雅思阅读模拟试题-音乐

雅思阅读模拟试题:音乐

Background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it. Recorded background music first found its way into factories, shop and restaurants in the US. But it soon spread to other arts of the world. Now it is becoming increasingly difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to music. To begin with, “ muzak ” (音乐广播网) was intended simply to create a soothing (安慰) atmosphere. Recently, however, it’s become big business –thanks in part to recent research. Dr. Ronald Milliman, an American marketing expert, has shown that music can boost sales or increase factory production by as much as a third.

But, it has to be light music. A fast one has no effect at all on sales. Slow music can increase receipts by 38%. This is probably because shoppers slow down and have more opportunity to spot items they like to buy. Yet, slow music isn’t always answered. liman found, for example, that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. So restaurants owners might be well advised to play up-tempo music to keep the customers moving – unless of course, the resulting indigestion leads to complaints!

( )1. The reason why background music is so popular is that ______.

A. it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it

B. it can help to create a soothing atmosphere

C. it can boost sales or increase factory production everywhere

D. it can make customers eat their meals quickly

( )2. Background music means ________.

A. light music that customers enjoy most

B. fast music that makes people move fast

C. slow music that can make customers enjoy their meals

D. the music you are listening to while you are doing something

( )3. Restaurant owners complain about background music because ______.

A. it results in indigestion

B. it increases their sales

C. it keeps customers moving

D. it decreases their sales

( )4. The word “ up-tempo music” probably means_____.

A.slow music

B.fast music

C.light music

D.classical music

注释：1. spread to 传到，波及，蔓延到

2. to begin with 首先；第一点(理由)

To begin with, we must consider the faculties of the staff all-sidedly.

首先，我们必须全面地考虑全体员工的素质。

3. intend vt.想要，打算，意指，意谓

4. boost 增进；改善

We need to boost our spirits. 我们需要鼓舞士气。

5. have to be [美，口]肯定是。。。，毫无疑问是。。。

6. receipt 收据；收条When you have paid for sth., a receipt is given to you.

当你付了某个东西的钱时，就给了你收据。

接受；收到

(pl) 收入；收益higher receipts 高收入

7. slow down v.(使)慢下来

答案：1 B 2 D 3 D 4 B

雅思考试阅读模拟试题：钱币

In the earliest stages of man’s development he had no more need of money than animals have. He was content with very simple forms of shelter, made his own rough tools and weapons and could provide food and clothing for himself and his family from natural materials around him. As he became more civilized, however, he began to want better shelter, more efficient tools and weapons, and more comfortable and more lasting clothing than could be provided by his own neighborhood or by the work of his own unskilled hands. For these things he had to turn to the skilled people such as smiths, leather workers or carpenters. It was then that the question of payment arose.

At first he got what he wanted by a simple process of exchange. The smith who had not the time to look after land or cattle was glad to take meat or grain from the farmer in exchange for an axe or a plough. But as more and more goods which had no fixed exchange value came on the market, exchange became too complicated to be satisfactory. Another problem arose when those who made things wanted to get stocks of wood or leather, or iron, but had nothing to offer in exchange until their finished goods were ready.

Thus the difficulties of exchange led by degrees to the invention of money. In some countries easily handled things like seeds or shells were given a certain value and the farmer, instead of paying the smith for a new axe by giving him some meat or grain, gave him so many shells. If the smith had any shells left when he had bought his food, he could get stocks of the raw materials of his trade. In some countries quite large things such as cows or camels or even big flat stones were used for trade. Later, pieces of metal, bearing values according to the rarity of the metal and the size of the pieces, or coins were used. Money as we know it had arrived.

1 Exchange of goods became difficult because _________.

A: man became more civilized

B: smiths began to look after land or cattle in their spare time

C: more and more goods which had no fixed exchange values came to the marker

D farme rs hadn’t enough grain or meat to provide for skilled workers