2．直接解題。
1.The shop workers（店員） in the western(西方的) world are glad（高興的） when Christmas（圣誕節(jié)） is over（結束） because（因為） they don’t have to（不必）
A)rush（使匆忙， 飛奔，涌現(xiàn)） their feet（腳， 英尺） off（離開， 脫離）all day（整天）．
B)listen to （聽）the music playing all the time (始終) in the shop．
C)work overtime（加班地，加班的） to make more profits （賺取更多的利潤）for the boss（老板）．
D)try to please（使...滿意） the customers（顧客）．
1．B． 該題可以根據(jù)文章主題直接判斷選項B正確。 也可以利用問題句中的細節(jié)信息詞（shop workers），和特征詞（Christmas）作為答案線索，同時還可以考慮利用備選項中的一些細節(jié)信息詞（C：boss; D: customers）共同作為答案線索， 在文章中查找答案相關句：
If there is one group of Workers across the Western world who will be glad that Christmas is over that group is shop workers．
It is not that they like to complain．They realize that they are going to be rushed off their feet at Christmas．They know that their employers need happy customers to make their profits that pay their wages．But there is one thing about working in a Shop over（在...的期間） Christmas that is too（太...而不能...） bad(壞的， 嚴重的) to tolerate（仍受）．
That thing is music（音樂）．These days(目前)，all shops（商店） and many offices（辦公室） have（讓） what is known as （被稱為）“Piped music（通過線路輸送的音樂）” or “muzak” playing for all the hours （一直）that（when） they are open(營業(yè)著的)． Muzak has an odd history． During the 1940s，music was played to cows as part of a scientific experiment．It was found that COWS which listened to simple，happy music produced more milk．Perhaps workers and customers who listened to simple， happy music would be more productive and spend more money.
根據(jù)文章中的答案相關句（第2段最后1句，第3段前兩句）判斷商店里播放的背景音樂是店員們盼望圣誕節(jié)結束的原因。
2.It has been proved （已經(jīng)被證明）that listening to （聽）simple（簡單的， 樸素的），happy（快樂的）music has a good effect on(對...有影響)
A)cows（母牛）．
B)workers（工人）．
C)customers（顧客）．
D)bosses（老板）．
2．A． 細節(jié)題。 利用問題句中帶有細節(jié)信息的詞語（simple happy music）及被選項中的細節(jié)信息詞（A：cows; B: workers; C: customers; D: bosses）共同作為答案線索， 在文章中查找答案相關句：
If there is one group of Workers across the Western world who will be glad that Christmas is over that group is shop workers．
It is not that they like to complain．They realize that they are going to be rushed off their feet at Christmas．They know that their employers need happy customers to make their profits that pay their wages．（第1題答案相關句）But there is one thing about working in a Shop over Christmas that is too bad to tolerate．
（第1題答案相關句）（第3段） That thing is music．These days，au Shops and many offices have what is known as “Piped music1” or “muzak” playing for au the hours that they are open．Muzak has an odd history． During the 1940s，music was played to cows as part of a scientific experiment． It was found（在過去被發(fā)現(xiàn)） that cows （母牛）which listened to（聽） simple，happy music produced（生產， 結（果實），引起） more milk（牛奶）. Perhaps（或許） workers and customers （顧客）who listened to（聽） simple， happy music would be more productive（多產的）and spend（花費） more money.
（第4段） In fact，nobody knows what effect playing muzak in shops has on profits．It is simply something that everybody does．But we are learning more about the effect of constantly repeated hearings of songs on the people who have to hear them all the time．
答案相關句的內容表明：奶牛聽了音樂會多產奶，這是早在二十世紀四十年代就被實驗證明的了．但聽音樂對工人、顧客和利潤有沒有正面的效應，并沒有得到科學的驗證。
1.The shop workers（店員） in the western(西方的) world are glad（高興的） when Christmas（圣誕節(jié)） is over（結束） because（因為） they don’t have to（不必）
A)rush（使匆忙， 飛奔，涌現(xiàn)） their feet（腳， 英尺） off（離開， 脫離）all day（整天）．
B)listen to （聽）the music playing all the time (始終) in the shop．
C)work overtime（加班地，加班的） to make more profits （賺取更多的利潤）for the boss（老板）．
D)try to please（使...滿意） the customers（顧客）．
1．B． 該題可以根據(jù)文章主題直接判斷選項B正確。 也可以利用問題句中的細節(jié)信息詞（shop workers），和特征詞（Christmas）作為答案線索，同時還可以考慮利用備選項中的一些細節(jié)信息詞（C：boss; D: customers）共同作為答案線索， 在文章中查找答案相關句：
If there is one group of Workers across the Western world who will be glad that Christmas is over that group is shop workers．
It is not that they like to complain．They realize that they are going to be rushed off their feet at Christmas．They know that their employers need happy customers to make their profits that pay their wages．But there is one thing about working in a Shop over（在...的期間） Christmas that is too（太...而不能...） bad(壞的， 嚴重的) to tolerate（仍受）．
That thing is music（音樂）．These days(目前)，all shops（商店） and many offices（辦公室） have（讓） what is known as （被稱為）“Piped music（通過線路輸送的音樂）” or “muzak” playing for all the hours （一直）that（when） they are open(營業(yè)著的)． Muzak has an odd history． During the 1940s，music was played to cows as part of a scientific experiment．It was found that COWS which listened to simple，happy music produced more milk．Perhaps workers and customers who listened to simple， happy music would be more productive and spend more money.
根據(jù)文章中的答案相關句（第2段最后1句，第3段前兩句）判斷商店里播放的背景音樂是店員們盼望圣誕節(jié)結束的原因。
2.It has been proved （已經(jīng)被證明）that listening to （聽）simple（簡單的， 樸素的），happy（快樂的）music has a good effect on(對...有影響)
A)cows（母牛）．
B)workers（工人）．
C)customers（顧客）．
D)bosses（老板）．
2．A． 細節(jié)題。 利用問題句中帶有細節(jié)信息的詞語（simple happy music）及被選項中的細節(jié)信息詞（A：cows; B: workers; C: customers; D: bosses）共同作為答案線索， 在文章中查找答案相關句：
If there is one group of Workers across the Western world who will be glad that Christmas is over that group is shop workers．
It is not that they like to complain．They realize that they are going to be rushed off their feet at Christmas．They know that their employers need happy customers to make their profits that pay their wages．（第1題答案相關句）But there is one thing about working in a Shop over Christmas that is too bad to tolerate．
（第1題答案相關句）（第3段） That thing is music．These days，au Shops and many offices have what is known as “Piped music1” or “muzak” playing for au the hours that they are open．Muzak has an odd history． During the 1940s，music was played to cows as part of a scientific experiment． It was found（在過去被發(fā)現(xiàn)） that cows （母牛）which listened to（聽） simple，happy music produced（生產， 結（果實），引起） more milk（牛奶）. Perhaps（或許） workers and customers （顧客）who listened to（聽） simple， happy music would be more productive（多產的）and spend（花費） more money.
（第4段） In fact，nobody knows what effect playing muzak in shops has on profits．It is simply something that everybody does．But we are learning more about the effect of constantly repeated hearings of songs on the people who have to hear them all the time．
答案相關句的內容表明：奶牛聽了音樂會多產奶，這是早在二十世紀四十年代就被實驗證明的了．但聽音樂對工人、顧客和利潤有沒有正面的效應，并沒有得到科學的驗證。