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Music plays an important role in our daily life, and people have different tastes in music. Have you ever wondered 1.
why
musical preferences(偏爱)are so different from person to person?
Up to now, experts have 2.
carried
(carry) out plenty of studies to explore this question. A team from Cambridge University has studied a large number of people around the world and found a close connection between people's music tastes and their different 3.
personalities
(personality). Outgoing people usually enjoy 4.
energetic
(energy) music with strong beats. As for country music lovers, they are usually careful and serious in their work.
Researchers once believed people under great stress would choose sad music or gentle rhythmic(有节奏的)songs. 5.
However
, the result was totally different. They showed a love for loud music, which is believed to help them relax.
Besides, climate is also 6.
considered
(consider) to affect people's taste in music. People living in warm areas are found to be more outgoing and interested in danceable music. Longer daytime hours allow them to spend a great deal of spare time actively 7.
taking
(take) part in all kinds of outdoor activities, where lively and danceable music is always popular.
We should not 8.
easily
(easy) judge a person by his or her musical preferences. The Cambridge study has told us that people from different 9.
cultural
(culture) backgrounds are more similar than we imagine. Language and culture may divide us, but music acts as 10.
a
common bridge to connect all humans.