A. IN B. ON C. BY D. ATIX. READ THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE AND MARK THE...

27. A. in B. on C. by D. at

IX. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the

correct answer to each of the questions.

Music influences people in different ways or the same person differently at

different times. Music may seem to influence people differently. That is because people

can react differently to the music. We are able to apply a choosing process to the music

we hear. If someone hates jazz, then a jazz piece with a positive effect will probably not

make him feel good. A happy song might appear to make an angry person angrier, yet it

is not the music itself that is creating the anger; rather it is the positive effect of the music.

The angry person does not want to accept the song's happy feeling: it points out his

already existing anger, and makes that anger come to the surface. When a piece of music

is played and we are listening to it, our body, mind, and feelings are being affected. The

musicians of ancient cultures such as China, India, Turkey and Greece understood the

effects of music. In fact, Pathagoras, in ancient Greece, introduced a whole science that

concerned them. Because the musicians of these ancient cultures understood these effects,

they created music that was positive, uplifting, and beneficial. Once the effects of music

are better understood, the next step is to gain a better understanding of the music around

us, and what effect it is actually having.