四、阅读理解。(2025·福建)
As we often use eyes to touch nature, most of us “lose” the ability to listen to the world.
Peter writes music. He likes sounds and uses natural sounds as part of his music. He often went out into the wild with his microphone and recorded interesting sounds to put in movies or to use in his own songs. Instead of trying to capture just the sound of one animal or bird, he recorded the sound of everything all together—the animals, the trees, the wind and the earth. He called these recordings “soundscapes”—the sound of a certain place. Every soundscape Peter recorded had a lot of information.
Back in his workshop, Peter used a computer to make a picture of all the sounds going on in a place. Each animal, bird and insect had its own place in the picture—its own notes in the music. The busier the picture, the richer the life in that place. “While a picture may be worth 1,000 words, a soundscape is worth 1,000 pictures,” Peter said. “Our ears tell us the sound of every leaf and animal and speak to the natural sources(来源)of our lives, which may hold the secrets of love for all things, especially our own humanity.”
But not everything is satisfying. When Peter began recording over forty years ago, he could record for ten hours and get one hour of usable material good enough for a movie. Now, because of human activities, it can take up to 1,000 hours or more to get the same thing. Some of the places he has recorded over the years have slowly fallen silent. His sound pictures show that although nature might look the same to humans, it has lost part of its orchestra(管弦乐队).
So next time you are in a forest, try another way to look—shut your eyes, and listen.

()1. Why did Peter record natural sounds?
A. To write songs for a music group.
B. To discover rich lives in the forest.
C. To use some of them in his music.
D. To make music about birds singing.
()2. What does the underlined word “capture” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A. Shut.
B. Catch.
C. Touch.
D. Check.
()3. What is a sound picture in the text?
A. The sound of every leaf and animal in nature.
B. The sound recorded in the natural environment.
C. A picture of music with sounds of 1,000 animals.
D. A picture of music with natural sounds in a place.
()4. What does the writer mainly want to tell us?
A. Nature is the source of our future.
B. Nature has wonders to be heard.
C. Making music enriches our lives.
D. Making music needs information.

四、1. C 【点拨】根据“He often went out into the wild with his microphone and recorded interesting sounds to put in movies or to use in his own songs.”可知，彼得录制大自然的声音是为了在他的音乐中使用这些声音。故选 C。
2. B 【点拨】根据语境可知，他没有试图只捕捉一种动物或鸟类的声音，而是把所有东西的声音都记录下来，故此处画线部分意为“捕捉”，和 catch 意义相近。故选 B。
3. D 【点拨】根据“Peter used a computer to make a picture of all the sounds going on in a place. Each animal, bird and insect had its own place in the picture—its own notes in the music”可知，“sound picture”是指用计算机制作的包含某个地方所有声音的图片，即包含大自然的声音的音乐图片。故选 D。
4. B 【点拨】本文主要讲述了彼得通过录制大自然的声音来创作音乐，并强调了大自然的声音的丰富性和重要性，所以文章主要告诉我们大自然有奇妙的声音。故选 B。