2008年职称英语考试综合类课堂笔记一百一十二

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2．直接解题。
1.The shop workers（店员） in the western(西方的) world are glad（高兴的） when Christmas（圣诞节） is over（结束） because（因为） they don’t have to（不必）
A)rush（使匆忙， 飞奔，涌现） their feet（脚， 英尺） off（离开， 脱离）all day（整天）．
B)listen to （听）the music playing all the time (始终) in the shop．
C)work overtime（加班地，加班的） to make more profits （赚取更多的利润）for the boss（老板）．
D)try to please（使...满意） the customers（顾客）．
1．B． 该题可以根据文章主题直接判断选项B正确。 也可以利用问题句中的细节信息词（shop workers），和特征词（Christmas）作为答案线索，同时还可以考虑利用备选项中的一些细节信息词（C：boss. D: customers）共同作为答案线索， 在文章中查找答案相关句：
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...的期间） Christmas that is too（太...而不能...） bad(坏的， 严重的) to tolerate（仍受）．
That thing is music（音乐）．These days(目前)，all shops（商店） and many offices（办公室） have（让） what is known as （被称为）“Piped music（通过线路输送的音乐）” or “muzak” playing for all the hours （一直）that（when） they are open(营业着的)． 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.
根据文章中的答案相关句（第2段最后1句，第3段前两句）判断商店里播放的背景音乐是店员们盼望圣诞节结束的原因。

2.It has been proved （已经被证明）that listening to （听）simple（简单的， 朴素的），happy（快乐的）music has a good effect on(对...有影响)
A)cows（母牛）．
B)workers（工人）．
C)customers（顾客）．
D)bosses（老板）．
2．A． 细节题。 利用问题句中带有细节信息的词语（simple happy music）及被选项中的细节信息词（A：cows. B: workers. C: customers. D: bosses）共同作为答案线索， 在文章中查找答案相关句：
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题答案相关句）But there is one thing about working in a Shop over Christmas that is too bad to tolerate．
（第1题答案相关句）（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（在过去被发现） that cows （母牛）which listened to（听） simple，happy music produced（生产， 结（果实），引起） more milk（牛奶）. Perhaps（或许） workers and customers （顾客）who listened to（听） simple， happy music would be more productive（多产的）and spend（花费） 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．
答案相关句的内容表明：奶牛听了音乐会多产奶，这是早在二十世纪四十年代就被实验证明的了．但听音乐对工人、顾客和利润有没有正面的效应，并没有得到科学的验证。