Question

短文填空

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整、正确的形式，使短文通顺。

The next time you go into a bank, a store, or a supermarket, stop and listen. What do you hear? Muzak(背景音乐). This kind of music is1.s_______ to the music you listen to, but it's not exactly the same. That's because this music was especially designed to2.r_______ you, or to give you extra energy. Sometimes you don't even realize the music is playing, but you react to the music anyway.

Quiet3.b________ music used to be called "elevator (电梯) music" because we often heard it in elevators. But later we hear it in more and more places, and it has a new name "Muzak". If you listen to Muzak carefully, you will4.p_______know the names of many of the songs. Some 5.m_______ or songwriters don't want their songs to be used as Muzak, but others are happy when their songs are6.c_______ as Muzak. Why? They get as much as $4 million a year if their songs are used.

Music is often played in public places because it is designed to make people feel less7.l_______ when they are in an airport or a hotel. Tired office workers suddenly have more energy when they hear the8.p_______ sound of Muzak in the background.

However, some people don't like Muzak. They say it's9.b______ to hear the same songs all the time. But other people enjoy hearing Muzak in public places. They say it helps them relax and feel calm. One way or another, Muzak10.i_______ everyone.

Answer

1.similar

2.relax

3.background

4.probably

5.musicians

6.chosen

7.lonely

8.pleasant

9.boring

10.influences

【解析】

试题分析：我们到很多地方都可以听见背景音乐，文章介绍背景音乐的作用。它们可以让你放松心情，消除疲劳紧张的情绪，背景音乐正以不同的方式影响着每一个人。

1.句意：这种音乐类似你听到的音乐，但它并不完全相同。be similar to与…相似。结合句意可知，答案为similar。

2.句意：这是因为这种特别设计的音乐是让你放松的。动词不定式to后跟动词原形，结合句意以及首字母提示可知，答案为relax。

3.句意：轻柔的背景音乐被称为“电梯音乐”，因为我们经常在电梯听到它。前文提到Muzak(背景音乐)，英语释义为background music，故答案为background。

4.句意：如果你仔细听这些背景音乐，你可能知道许多歌曲的名字。副词修饰动词，结合句意可知，答案为probably。

5.句意：一些音乐家或作曲家不希望自己的歌曲作为背景音乐。此句缺少并列主语，应为名词的复数形式，指这些音乐的制作人，故答案为musicians。

6.句意：但其他的人会很高兴，当他们的歌曲作为背景音乐时。根据句意可知，此句是一般过去时态的被动语态，缺少过去分词，结合句意可知，答案为chosen。

7.句意：音乐经常在公共场所演奏，因为它的目的是让人们在机场或旅馆时感到不那么寂寞。feel lonely感到孤单寂寞，背景音乐不会使人感到寂寞，故答案为lonely。

8.句意：疲惫的上班族，当他们听到悦耳的背景音乐时突然有了更多的能量。形容词修饰名词，结合句意以及首字母提示可知，答案为pleasant。

9.句意：他们说总是听到相同的歌曲会很无聊。boring修饰物，bored修饰人，结合语境理解可知，答案为bored。

10.句意：背景音乐以不同的方式影响着每一个人。此句缺少谓语动词，说明现在的情况，时态为一般现在时态。注意动词用三单形式，结合句意，答案为influences。

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