题目内容
【题目】根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。有两项为多余选项。
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.
【答案】
【1】C
【2】B
【3】F
【4】D
【5】A
【解析】
试题分析：文章介绍了一种适合在公共场合播放的Muzak音乐及这种音乐对人们心情和工作生活的影响。
【1】C考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。上句问在这些公共场合你会听到什么？C项做出回答：是一种背景音乐。故选C.
【2】B考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。上句：在上午10点到11点和下午3点到4点人们累的时候会使人更有活力。B项说音乐的作用：音乐给人更多的能量。故选B.
【3】F考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。此处讲一些人喜欢自己的作品被选为Muzak的原因，他们可以挣到好多钱。F项符合句意，故选F.
【4】D考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。本段在讲Muzak音乐的作用，上句：劳累的办公室职员听到这种快乐的音乐会增加能量。下句：超市顾客听到这种音乐会多买38%的杂货。D项与两者并列讲工人能多生产13%的产品。故选D.
【5】A考查对上下文的理解和推理判断能力。本段讲有些人不喜欢Muzak音乐的原因，A项概括全段统领下文，故选A.
