2009年職稱英語綜合類C級模擬試題一(11)
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第四部分：閱讀理解（每題3分，共45分）
第1篇
1．B． 該題可以根據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結束的原因。
2．A． 細節題。 利用問題句中帶有細節信息的詞語（simple happy music）及被選項中的細節信息詞（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：
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（在過去被發現） 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.
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。
3．D． 細節題。 利用備選項中的細節信息結構：complex pieces of music和simple songs共同作為答案線索， 在文章中查找答案相關句：
That thing is music．These days，au Shops and many offices have what is known as “Piped music1” or “muzak” playing for all 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．(第2題答案相關句) 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.
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．
（第5段） Research（研究） shows（顯示， 指示） that repeated hearings of complex pieces of music bring greater enjoyment（快樂） before becoming tiresome（煩人的）．And that point（時刻， 地點， 分數）come（到來， 出現） much sooner （更快）with simple songs.
答案相關句說：重復收聽復雜得音樂會出現先覺得好聽，然后覺得厭煩的情況， 而出現厭倦這一時刻，聽簡單的歌曲比聽復雜的音樂出現的更快．
4. A. 細節題。 利用問題句中的特征詞（US police forces）， 細節信息結構（pop songs）及被選項中的共有詞criminals共同作為答案線索， 在文章中查找答案相關句：
（第3題答案相關句）Research shows that repeated hearings of complex pieces of music bring greater enjoyment before becoming tiresome．And that point come mach sooner with simple songs2.
“That’s especially the case with tunes that arc already familiar one that tipping point3 is reached，repeated listening become unpleasant，says professor John Sloboda of UK’s Keele University’s music psychology group．“And the less control you have over what you hear, the less you like it”
（第7段）That′s why police forces in the US often try and resolve(解決， 決心) hostage（人質） situations by playing（播放） pop songs over and over again （反復地）at high volume． Eventually（最后）, it becomes（變得） too（太...而不能...） much for the criminals to stand（站立，忍受） and they give up（放棄）．
答案相關句說：在人質被劫持的情況下，美國警察常常對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． 細節題。 利用被選項中的修飾結構（social, physical, psychological）共同作為答案線索， 在文章中查找答案相關句：
（第4題答案相關句） That′s why police forces in the US often try and resolve hostage situations by playing pop songs over and over again at high volume．Eventually, it becomes too mach for the criminals to stand and they give up．
The problem gets particularly bad at Christmas，when the muzak consists entirely of the same few festive tunes played over and over again. What makes it worse for the shop workers is that they already know these tunes．They get bored very quickly．Then they get irritated．Then they get angry．
Shop workers in Austria recently threatened to go on strike for the right to silence．“Shop workers can’t escape the Christmas muzak. they feel as if they are terrorized all day．Especially ?FJingle Bells4.It arouses aggressive feelings，”said Gottfried Rieser, of the Austrian shop worker′s union．
It is not just shop workers who complain．A survey this year by UK recruitment website Retailchoice.com found that Christmas is not only the most testing time for shop workers，but that almost half had complaints from customers about muzak．And the British Royal National Institute for the Deaf estimates that some stores play jingle Bells 300 times each year
“That’s acoustic（有關聲音的） torture（折磨， 痛苦），”says Nigel Rodgers of Pipedown，a group against（反對） muzak.″It′s not loud(高聲的) but the repetitive（重復的） nature（本質）causes （造成）psychological stress（壓力）．”
The group wants the government（政府） to legislate against （立法反對）unwanted（不必要的，討厭的） music in stores, hospitals， airports，swimming pools and other public places， claiming（聲稱， 主張） it raises（提高， 飼養，募集） the blood pressure (血壓) and depresses(壓低，使沮喪/) the immune（免疫的） system
Perhaps groups like Pipedown don't really have much to complain about．After all，surely the real point is that people have money to spend．Why complain about a bit of music?
根據答案相關句的內容判斷：反復聽同一個曲調對聽者產生的影響有心理方面的，也有生理方面的。
