Question

第二節(共5小題；每小題2分，共10分)

    根據短文內容，從短文后的七個選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。

Muzak

       The next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear?   71   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 (電梯) 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" everyday. 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.     72

       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?   73  

       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 doeswhat it is designed to do. Tired office workers suddenly have more energy when they hear the pleasant sound of Muzak in the background.   74   Supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more groceries.

          75  . 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

71---75   CBFDA  

解析:

【語篇解讀】本文介紹了現在流行的錄音助興音樂---Muzak，即在很多商店，超市或者銀行等公共場所被播放的背景音樂，在講述它所所帶來的好處的同事也談到了其缺點。

71. 根據下句“it’s similar to the music you listen to”以及最后一句中的信息“you don’t even realize the music is playing…”可知此處C項正確，即表示很多銀行，商店或者超市等都把音樂當做一種背景，即襯出一種氛圍。

72. 根據上句“…when people are more tired”可知它在人們勞累時，被播放的尤為頻繁，故可推測接下來所講即為“此種音樂的好處”，故B項“給人們提供能量，使精力充沛”符合題意。

73. 根據上文“…but others are happy when their songs are chosen. Why?”可知此句所講應該為原因，承接上句，故F項“如果他們的歌被錄用的話一年可以拿到4萬美元”正確。

74. 根據上句“tired office workers suddenly have more energy…”以及下句“supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more groceries”可知D項正確。.

75. 根據下句“they say it’s boring to…”可知此處講解也有人不喜歡這種背景音樂，故A項正確。