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第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，共10分)

    根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Muzak

       The next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear?   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 (电梯) 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:

【语篇解读】本文介绍了现在流行的录音助兴音乐---Muzak，即在很多商店，超市或者银行等公共场所被播放的背景音乐，在讲述它所所带来的好处的同事也谈到了其缺点。

71. 根据下句“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…”可知此处C项正确，即表示很多银行，商店或者超市等都把音乐当做一种背景，即衬出一种氛围。

72. 根据上句“…when people are more tired”可知它在人们劳累时，被播放的尤为频繁，故可推测接下来所讲即为“此种音乐的好处”，故B项“给人们提供能量，使精力充沛”符合题意。

73. 根据上文“…but others are happy when their songs are chosen. Why?”可知此句所讲应该为原因，承接上句，故F项“如果他们的歌被录用的话一年可以拿到4万美元”正确。

74. 根据上句“tired office workers suddenly have more energy…”以及下句“supermarket shoppers buy 38 percent more groceries”可知D项正确。.

75. 根据下句“they say it’s boring to…”可知此处讲解也有人不喜欢这种背景音乐，故A项正确。