Question

Music not only gives you something to sing and dance to, but also can make you
feel happier. Scientists say that music can help to relax people’s mind and even help
to relieve（痛苦） pain. How does music work its magic? It is the fact that music
can adjust(調節) our mood（心情）. Recently, there is a scientific research toback 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 (相反的情況)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（殘疾運動員基金會）.
The results showed that nearly half of the group that listened to happy music were willing to (愿意) hand out flyers. But less than 20% in the group that heard the aggressive music were willing to do so. This study suggests that our choice of music can influence our willingness to cooperate(合作). While a study also shows that productivity (生產效率) can be increased with the right choice of background music in the workplace. As music stimulates(刺激)worker’s mind, job satisfaction is often positively influenced. Other studies have shown that workers who are in a good mood have 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(直接影響) on cooperation and job satisfaction. These factors also have a direct relationship to the success of a business.
小題1:What do scientists say about music ? _____________________________.
小題2:The phrase “back up” , Paragraph 1 most probably means “support”, doesn’t it ?
_________.
小題3:Why do people use the right choice of background music in the workplace?_______ .
小題4:How do people feel if they are bored or sad ?_____________________ .
小題5: What do moods have a direct influence on?______________________________ .

Answer 1

小題1:Music can help to relax people’s mind and even help to relieve pain.
小題2:Yes, it does.
小題3:Because productivity can be increased.
小題4:They feel aggressive or under stress.
小題5:On cooperation and job satisfaction.

試題分析：這篇短文主要是介紹音樂的作用，音樂能幫助人們放松和緩解疼痛。研究表明音樂有多種功效，音樂對一個人的合作能力用很大影響。情緒的好壞直接影響合作和工作滿意度。這些因素也與一個企業的成功有直接關系。
小題1:細節理解題。根據文中這句話“Scientists say that music can help to relax people’s mind and even help
to relieve（痛苦） pain. ”可知音樂能幫助放松人們的頭腦，甚至緩解疼痛，所以回答為：Music can help to relax people’s mind and even help to relieve pain.
小題2:詞語解釋題。含有此短語的句子意思是： Recently, there is a scientific research toback up what we have always known about music. 近期，有一項科學研究支持了我們對音樂的了解。（音樂能調節我們的心情，這一觀點。）所以回答是肯定的，Yes, it does.
小題3:細節理解題。根據文中這句話“While a study also shows that productivity (生產效率) can be increased with the right choice of background music in the workplace. ”可知是為了提高生產效率，故回答是：Because productivity can be increased.
小題4:細節理解題。根據文中這句話“The studies have shown that when people are excited or happy they are more helpful. The opposite happens when people feel aggressive or under stress. ”這里的相反情況就是指，當人們表現出“bored or sad”這樣狀態時，人們就會好斗，就會有壓力，故回答為：They feel aggressive or under stress.
小題5:細節理解題。根據文中這句話“Moods have a direct influence(直接影響) on cooperation and job satisfaction. ”可知情緒的好壞直接影響合作和工作滿意度。故回答為：On cooperation and job satisfaction.