People have been listening to music to get in the mood for hundreds of years. Recently, there is scientific research to back up what we have always known about music. The studies have shown that when people are excited or happy they are more helpful. The opposite happens when people feel aggressive(好斗的) or under stress. The use of music can influence how helpful people can be.
Dr Adrian North made a study with 256 university students. Half the group took exercise in the gymnasium listening to music which can bring happiness and the other half exercised to aggressive music. When leaving the gym, the students were asked to hand out flyers (傳單) in support of the local disabled athlete’s foundation.
The results showed that nearly half of the group that listened to happy music were willing to hand out flyers. But in the group that heard the aggressive music, less than 20% were willing. This study suggests that our choice of music can influence our willingness to cooperate(合作).
While a study also shows that productivity (生產(chǎn)效率) can increase with the right choice of background music in the workplace. As music stimulates (刺激) workers’ minds, job satisfaction is often positively influenced. Other studies have shown that workers who are in a good mood report more job satisfaction than those in a bad mood.
These studies show that music can have a powerful influence on a person’s ability to cooperate. Moods have a direct influence on cooperation and job satisfaction, etc. These factors also have a direct relationship to the success of a business.
小題1:The underlined words “back up” in the paragraph can be replaced by _____.
A．supportB．leaveC．refuseD．compare
小題2:In the studies mentioned in the passage, music is used to _____.
A．express people’s ideasB．change people’s moods
C．improve people’s healthD．show people’s love of arts
小題3:According to the passage, people who are in a good mood _____.
A．can understand the musicB．have a good taste in music
C．might do well in their workD．a(chǎn)re influenced by others
小題4:The passage is mainly about _______.
A．effort and successB．music and science
C．work and lifeD．music and mood

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D 

試題分析：這篇文章講的是音樂和情緒的關系，正確的音樂的選擇可以影響人們的情緒，情緒好的人工作效率高，更容易與人合作，更容易成功。
小題1:猜詞題：從第一段的句子：People have been listening to music to get in the mood for hundreds of years.可知人們一直在聽音樂改變自己的情緒，后面說現(xiàn)在的研究也支持這一說法。Back up=support，選 A
小題2:推理題：從第三段的句子：This study suggests that our choice of music can influence our willingness to cooperate(合作).可知在這些研究中音樂被用來改變?nèi)藗兊男那�。選B
小題3:細節(jié)題：從第四段的句子：While a study also shows that productivity (生產(chǎn)效率) can increase with the right choice of background music in the workplace. 可知情緒好有可能工作好，選C
小題4:主旨題：縱觀全文和第一段的句子：People have been listening to music to get in the mood for hundreds of years.可知這篇文章講的是音樂和情緒的關系，選 D  
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