Question

【題目】根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。有兩項為多余選項。

Muzak

The next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear? 【1】 It’s similar to the music you listen to, but it’s not exactly the same. That’s because this music was especially designed to relax you, or to give you extra energy. Sometimes you don’t even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway.

Quiet background music used to be called “elevator music” because we often heard it in elevators. But lately we hear it in more and more places, and it has a new name “Muzak”. About one-third of the people in America listen to “Muzak” every day. The music plays for 15 minutes at a time, with short pauses in between. It is always more lively between ten and eleven in the morning, and between three and four in the afternoon, when people are more tired. 【2】

If you listen to Muzak carefully, you will probably recognize the names of many of the songs. Some musicians or songwriters don’t want their songs to be used as Muzak, but others are happy when their songs are chosen. Why? 【3】

Music is often played in public places because it is designed to make people feel less lonely when they are in an airport or a hotel. It has been proven that Muzak does what it is designed to do. Tired office workers suddenly have more energy when they hear the pleasant sound of Muzak in the background. 【4】 Supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more groceries.

【5】 They say it’s boring to hear the same songs all the time. But other people enjoy hearing Muzak in public places. They say it helps them relax and feel calm. One way or another, Muzak affects everyone. Some farmers even say their cows give more milk when they hear Muzak!

A. Some people don’t like Muzak.

B. The music gives them extra energy.

C. Music is playing in the background.

D. Factory workers produce 13 percent more.

E. Muzak tends to help people understand music better.

F. They get as much as $4 million a year if their songs are used.

G. Muzak is played in most of the big supermarkets in the world.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】F

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹了一種適合在公共場合播放的Muzak音樂及這種音樂對人們心情和工作生活的影響。

【1】C考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。上句問在這些公共場合你會聽到什么？C項做出回答：是一種背景音樂。故選C.

【2】B考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。上句：在上午10點(diǎn)到11點(diǎn)和下午3點(diǎn)到4點(diǎn)人們累的時候會使人更有活力。B項說音樂的作用：音樂給人更多的能量。故選B.

【3】F考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。此處講一些人喜歡自己的作品被選為Muzak的原因，他們可以掙到好多錢。F項符合句意，故選F.

【4】D考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。本段在講Muzak音樂的作用，上句：勞累的辦公室職員聽到這種快樂的音樂會增加能量。下句：超市顧客聽到這種音樂會多買38%的雜貨。D項與兩者并列講工人能多生產(chǎn)13%的產(chǎn)品。故選D.

【5】A考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。本段講有些人不喜歡Muzak音樂的原因，A項概括全段統(tǒng)領(lǐng)下文，故選A.