練習(xí)：
1. The shop workers in the Westem world are glad when Christmas is over because they don’t have to
A) rush their feet off all day.
B) listen to the music playing all the time in the shop.
C) work overtime to make more profits for the boss.
D) try to please the customers.
2. It has been proved that listening to simple，happy has a good effect on
A) cows.
B) workers.
C) customers.
D) bosses.
3. Which of the following statements is true，according to the research findings reported in paragraph 6.’?
A) Repeated hearings of complex pieces of music are enjoyable and not tiresome.
B) Repeated hearings of complex pieces of music are tiresome at first and then become enjoyable.
C) Repeated hearings of simple songs are more enjoyable than those of complex pieces of music.
D) Repeated hearings of simple songs become tiresome sooner than those of complex pieces of music.
4. In hostage situations the US police forces repeatedly play pop songs at high volume in order to
A) put pressure on the criminals.
B) distract the attention of the criminals.
C) keep the criminals awake.
D) please the criminals.
5. According to the article，which of the following most appropriately indicates the nature of the effect repeated hearing of the same tune produces on the hearer?
A) Social.
B) Physical.
C) Psychological.
D) Both physical and psychological.
答案與題解：
1. B 答案在文章的開頭就可以找到。第二段的最后一句話和第三段的第一句話講的很清楚。
2. A 奶牛聽了音樂會(huì)多產(chǎn)奶，這是早在二十世紀(jì)四十年代就被實(shí)驗(yàn)證明的了。但聽音樂對(duì)工人、顧客和利潤(rùn)有沒有正面的效應(yīng)，并沒有得到科學(xué)的驗(yàn)證。注意文章的作者在第三段里用了Perhaps這個(gè)詞，說明對(duì)下面的話持不肯定態(tài)度。第四段的第一句話則講得更加明確。
3. D 答案在第五段里可以找到。先覺得好聽，然后覺得厭煩，這一時(shí)刻，聽簡(jiǎn)單的歌曲比聽復(fù)雜的音樂出現(xiàn)的更快。
4. A 根據(jù)文章所述，在劫持人質(zhì)的情況下，美國(guó)警察常常對(duì)罪犯用大音量播放流行歌曲，目的是讓罪犯最終難以承受而放棄劫持。
5. D 從全文來看，反復(fù)聽同一個(gè)曲調(diào)對(duì)聽者產(chǎn)生的影響有心理方面的，也有生理方面的。
1. The shop workers in the Westem world are glad when Christmas is over because they don’t have to
A) rush their feet off all day.
B) listen to the music playing all the time in the shop.
C) work overtime to make more profits for the boss.
D) try to please the customers.
2. It has been proved that listening to simple，happy has a good effect on
A) cows.
B) workers.
C) customers.
D) bosses.
3. Which of the following statements is true，according to the research findings reported in paragraph 6.’?
A) Repeated hearings of complex pieces of music are enjoyable and not tiresome.
B) Repeated hearings of complex pieces of music are tiresome at first and then become enjoyable.
C) Repeated hearings of simple songs are more enjoyable than those of complex pieces of music.
D) Repeated hearings of simple songs become tiresome sooner than those of complex pieces of music.
4. In hostage situations the US police forces repeatedly play pop songs at high volume in order to
A) put pressure on the criminals.
B) distract the attention of the criminals.
C) keep the criminals awake.
D) please the criminals.
5. According to the article，which of the following most appropriately indicates the nature of the effect repeated hearing of the same tune produces on the hearer?
A) Social.
B) Physical.
C) Psychological.
D) Both physical and psychological.
答案與題解：
1. B 答案在文章的開頭就可以找到。第二段的最后一句話和第三段的第一句話講的很清楚。
2. A 奶牛聽了音樂會(huì)多產(chǎn)奶，這是早在二十世紀(jì)四十年代就被實(shí)驗(yàn)證明的了。但聽音樂對(duì)工人、顧客和利潤(rùn)有沒有正面的效應(yīng)，并沒有得到科學(xué)的驗(yàn)證。注意文章的作者在第三段里用了Perhaps這個(gè)詞，說明對(duì)下面的話持不肯定態(tài)度。第四段的第一句話則講得更加明確。
3. D 答案在第五段里可以找到。先覺得好聽，然后覺得厭煩，這一時(shí)刻，聽簡(jiǎn)單的歌曲比聽復(fù)雜的音樂出現(xiàn)的更快。
4. A 根據(jù)文章所述，在劫持人質(zhì)的情況下，美國(guó)警察常常對(duì)罪犯用大音量播放流行歌曲，目的是讓罪犯最終難以承受而放棄劫持。
5. D 從全文來看，反復(fù)聽同一個(gè)曲調(diào)對(duì)聽者產(chǎn)生的影響有心理方面的，也有生理方面的。