Question

【題目】A mainly B energy C work D exactly E square

What do you hear when you go into a store or a supermarket? Soft music is playing in the background. It’s similar to the music you listen to, but it's not 【1】 the same. That is because this music was designed to relax you or give you extra 【2】. Sometimes you don't even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway.

Quiet background music used to be called “elevator (電梯) music” because it was 【3】 played in elevators. But now we hear it in more and more public places such as a railway station or a 【4】. And now it has a new name “Muzak”. About one-third of the people in America listen to “Muzak” every day. The music plays for 15 minutes at a time.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】E

【解析】

這篇短文主要講述了在不同場所播放的音樂。

【1】句意：它和你聽的音樂很相似，但并不完全相同。

根據(jù)下文“That is because this music was designed to relax you or give you extra ____2____.”可知，這里是說音樂并不完全相同。exactly副詞，確切地；故選D。

【2】句意：那是因為這音樂是為了讓你放松或給你額外的能量。

根據(jù)上文“this music was designed to relax you”可知，此處是“給你額外的能量”。energy 名詞，能量。故選B。

【3】句意：因為它主要在電梯里被播放。

根據(jù)上文“Quiet background music used to be called “elevator (電梯) music”可知，此處是“它主要在電梯里被播放”。mainly副詞，主要地。故選A。

【4】句意：但現(xiàn)在我們在越來越多的公共場所，如火車站或廣場上聽到了這種聲音。

根據(jù)上文“such as a railway station”可知，這里是說在廣場上。square名詞，廣場。故選E。