Question

Music and Behavior
Where did you go yesterday? Did you hear 1 at any of those places? Today most stores and restaurants play music. You might 2 hear music in an office or on a farm.
Scientists believe that music changes the 3 people behave. According to some scientists, the sound of western classical music makes people 4 richer. When a restaurant plays classical music, people spend 5 money on food and drinks. When the restaurant plays 6 music, people spend less money. With 7 music, people spend even less.
Scientists also 8 that loud , fast music makes people eat faster. In fact, people 9 their food faster when the music gets faster. Some restaurants play fast music during their 10 hours. This gets people to eat faster and leave more quickly. In this way, restaurants 11 make more money.
Some scientists think that music makes you think and learn better. They say 12 music helps students to be more active. It is true that people earn better when they are 13. And listening to music can help you relax.  
The 14 time you hear music somewhere, be 15. It might change the way you do things.

1. 1.
   1. A.
      music
   2. B.
      stores
   3. C.
      songs
   4. D.
      sound
2. 2.
   1. A.
      already
   2. B.
      even
   3. C.
      hardly
   4. D.
      never
3. 3.
   1. A.
      way
   2. B.
      time
   3. C.
      idea
   4. D.
      place
4. 4.
   1. A.
      become
   2. B.
      get
   3. C.
      feel
   4. D.
      look
5. 5.
   1. A.
      much
   2. B.
      more
   3. C.
      little
   4. D.
      less
6. 6.
   1. A.
      pop
   2. B.
      modern
   3. C.
      light
   4. D.
      country
7. 7.
   1. A.
      no
   2. B.
      much
   3. C.
      any
   4. D.
      some
8. 8.
   1. A.
      expect
   2. B.
      hope
   3. C.
      realize
   4. D.
      believe
9. 9.
   1. A.
      cook
   2. B.
      order
   3. C.
      eat
   4. D.
      make
10. 10.
    1. A.
       free
    2. B.
       busy
    3. C.
       happy
    4. D.
       sad
11. 11.
    1. A.
       can
    2. B.
       should
    3. C.
       can’t
    4. D.
       needn’t
12. 12.
    1. A.
       how
    2. B.
       why
    3. C.
       what
    4. D.
       that
13. 13.
    1. A.
       excited
    2. B.
       interested
    3. C.
       confident
    4. D.
       relaxed
14. 14.
    1. A.
       first
    2. B.
       second
    3. C.
       next
    4. D.
       last
15. 15.
    1. A.
       quiet
    2. B.
       quick
    3. C.
       happy
    4. D.
       careful

Answer 1

ABACB BADCB ADDCD
1.因为从后面的句子可以看出，这段话的话题就是“music”。选A
2.后面提到意外的情况“在办公室和农场听到音乐”，因此这里要用意思为“甚至”的副词“even”。选B
3.这里表达的意思是“音乐改变人的行为方式”，因此，这里要用意思为“方式”的名词“way”。选A
4.这里的意思是“西方古典音乐使人感觉自己好像比实际上更有钱”的意思，因此，这里要用意思为“感觉”的动词“feel”。选C
5.既然“古典音乐让人感觉自己有钱”，自然会使人花钱更多，因此，这里要用意思为“更多”的形容词“more”。选B
6.与古典音乐相对应的是现代音乐。因为“古典音乐使人多花钱”，现代音乐自然会使人花钱更少些，选B
7.这句话的意思是“如果完全不播音乐，人们花的钱甚至更少。”因此，这里要用意思为“没有”的形容词“no”。选A
8.因为前面讲的这些都是科学家们“相信”的事情，这里自然也是科学家“相信”的事情。而且，前文有“Scientists believe”，而这里又有“Scientists also”，后面自然也是“believe”。选D
9.本文一直讲的是人们在饭店吃饭时听到饭店里播放的音乐时的反应，这句讲的是“当音乐播放得更快时”人们的反应，那自然是“吃得更快”，因此，这里要用表示“吃”的动词“eat”。选C
10.饭店客人太多，工作人员忙不过来的时候，常常会播放节奏欢快的音乐，以催促顾客快点吃完走人。因此，这里要用表示“忙碌”的形容词“busy”。选B
11.考查情态动词;饭店可以多挣钱，选A
12.这个空格只是一个引导后面的宾语从句的引导词，没有实际意思，因此，要用“that”。选D
13.从后面一句可以看出，这句的意思是“当人们放松的时候，其学习效果更好。”因此，这里要用一个意思为“放松”的过去分词或形容词“relaxed”。选D
14.这最后一段是一个提醒：下一次在哪里听到音乐的时候一定得小心，因此音乐可能会改变的行为习惯。因此，这里要填意思为“下一次”的形容词“next”，选C
15.而后一句自然要填意思为“小心”的形容词“careful”了。选D