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Maybe you have seen this in schools: some students are Studying nearly all the time but they just pass their exams, while some others may spend much less time on their books but do much better in exams.How could this happen? People used to think that hard work is the only way to success.But now they have understood that smart work can make them succeed, too.

     Hard workers don't mind working for long hours, while smart workers always think of several different answers to these questions, "Why should I suffer this?  Isn't there a better way to do this?" Thanks to these people, we can use computers instead of the abacus now.Progress in every field is the direct result of "try to find a better way" by smart workers.

There was a large soap factory in Japan. Once it received an unusual letter from someone who complained that there was no soap in the soapbox he bought.

How could empty soapboxes go out of the factory? The engineers checked the producing and packing The producing was fine, but in about one in ten thousand cases, the packing machine (机器)let an empty soapbox go.There was no need to spend a lot of money repairing the machine for such a small problem.The engineer soon worked out a solution: he put a huge X-ray (X光射线) machine and two large computers to find out the empty soapboxes.After teaching the workers how to use it, he sat down in his seat, exhausted.

     "Sir, we could have solved the problems in a much simpler and cheaper way," a worker said.

     "Really? How? "

     "We can put a huge fan (风扇) near the packing machine. The wind coming from the fan will blow away the empty boxes, leaving the other boxes with soap.There would be no need for an X-ray machine, two computers, and operating by workers."

     See, this is smart work. In order to succeed, we should not only work hard like the engineer, but also think smart like this worker.

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1.Some students spend much less time on schoolwork but do much better in exams _______.

A.because of their hard work

B.because of different education

C.because they try to find a better way

D.because they study for a much longer time

2.Someone wrote to the soap factory and complained that _______.

A.the soapbox he bought was empty

B.their soap was too expensive

C.the soap he bought was terrible

D.their service was very bad

3.The soap factory could only _______ near the packing machine to solve the problems in a much simpler and cheaper way.

A.set some soapboxes

B.set an X-ray machine

C.put two large computers

D.put a huge fan

4.The phrase "blow away" here in Chinese means _______.

A.停止                   B.吹走                     C.熄灭                      D.逃脱

5.The article mainly tells us that we should _______ in order to succeed.

A.think of different answers to our questions

B.spend much less time on our schoolwork

C.work hard like the engineer and think smart like the worker

D.spend enough money repairing the machine for any problem

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     Have you ever noticed background music? You can listen to it everywhere, restaurants, airports,
supermarkets, department stores… Background music is supposed to influence (影响) your attitudes
(态度) and mood (心情).
     Companies pay millions of dollars every year for background music. It's supposed to make you feel
better about yourself and the people around you. Factories use it a lot. It makes the workers happy and
work better. It is said (据说) that in a factory, music can increase the production by 4.5 percent.
Workers do not easily get tired if they listen to music all day. A worker in San Francisco said:" If the
music stops, somebody always runs to the telephone to complain about it. "Background music was
started during World War II when some factories had their own orchestras to keep workers happy and
calm . Now, of course, the music is piped in (以电讯设备传送) by a machine and different kinds of
music are played at different time in a day. For example, the music they play are faster at 10 than 8,
because workers are usually slower then.
     It's also very interesting that fast music is played in restaurants where hamburger is sold. Before
playing fast music, customers spent 22 minutes eating hamburgers. When they started playing fast music,
they found that a customer spent only 17 minutes eating! So they have more people coming in and out to
buy hamburgers. It's good for business. You can see why music has become so popular. In Los Angeles
(洛杉矶), for example, 30 different companies are selling background music services.
     The Xerox Corporation (静电复印公司) in Rochester, N.Y.(纽约州的罗切斯特市), spends
more than $80,000 a year for background music. Prison warders (狱警) use it. Farmers also use it to
keep their cattle calm. It's said that background music even influence plants.
1. According to the passage, background music _____.
A. can possibly make people feel better and influence their attitudes
B. increases the production by 4.5 percent in every factory
C. is sometimes very boring to the workers

2. A worker in San Francisco said if the music stopped, _____.
A. someone would always go to complain about it
B. he himself would call up the background music company
C. people would go and tell the telephone operator about the accident

3. Background music was started in factories _____.
A. in the 1950's
B. because workers there all liked music very much
C. during World War II

4. The eating time for each hamburger customer is _____ minutes less than before.
A. 5
B. 7
C. 17

5. What can we learn from the passage?
A. We can only hear background music in some public places of foreign countries.
B. The Xerox Corporation in Rochester, N.Y.spend$800 thousand a year for background music.
C. Prison warders and farmers also use background music.
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