Question

【题目】

A. realize B. similar C. tiny D. especially E. recognize

The next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear? Music is playing in the background. It's 【1】 to the music you listen to, but it's not exactly the same. That's because this music was 【2】 designed to relax you, or to give you extra energy. Sometimes you don't even 【3】 the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway.

This kind of music is called “Muzak”. If you listen to Muzak carefully, you will probably 【4】 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? They get as much as $4 million a year if their songs are used.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】E

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要讲在商场等地常会有背景音乐，能使人放松、给人额外的精力。一些创作者和音乐人不想自己的歌被当做背景音乐，但另一些却很高兴他们的歌被选中，因为这会为他们带来巨额收益。

【1】句意：她和你听得音乐相似，但并不完全相同。

根据下文“but it's not exactly the same”结合备选项可推出此处用be similar to表示“与……相似”。故选B。

【2】句意：那是因为这种音乐是特别设计来使你放松或给你额外精力的。

分析句子结构可知此处要用副词修饰谓语动词；结合备选项可知只有D项是副词，用especially表示“特别地”。故选D。

【3】句意：有时，你甚至没有意识到音乐正在播放，但不管怎样你对音乐有反应。

根据空前“don’t even”可知此处要填动词原形；根据题意可知此处是说你甚至没有意识到音乐正在播放，此处用realize表示“意识到”。故选A。

【4】句意：如果你仔细听背景音乐，你将可能识别出许多歌曲的名字。

根据上文“If you listen to Muzak carefully”，结合备选项可推出此处用recognize表示“辨别出，认出”。故选E。

选词填空题需要根据句子大意并结合备选词来确定空缺处所需词语。本题中所给词语都是符合语法的形式，选择之后无须变形。如第3小题，根据句意可推出是没有意识到音乐正在播放，用备选词realize合适，空前有助动词，此处用动词原形，无须变形即可得出答案。