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1、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, shops and restaurants in the USA. Very soon it spread to other parts of the world. Now it is becoming difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to background music.

To begin with, background music was intended simply to create a soothing (舒适的) atmosphere. Recently, however, it's becoming a big business. An American marketing expert has shown that music can boost(提升) sales or increase factory production by as much as a third.

But it has to be the light music. Lively music has no effect at all on sales. Slow music can increase receipts(收入) by 34%. This is probably because shoppers slow down and have more opportunity to spot items they would like to buy. Yet, slow music isn't always the answer. The expert found that in restaurants slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, which reduced overall sales. So restaurant owners might be well advised to play faster music to keep the customers moving-unless, of course, the resulting indigestion(消化不良) leads to complaints.

(1)、Background music was first used in the factories, shops and restaurants in the USA.

A：T

B：F

答案：A

(2)、An American marketing expert has found background music can increase sales or factory production.

A：T

B：F

答案：A

(3)、Slow music has no effect on sales.

A：T

B：F

答案：B

(4)、Slow music is useless in factories in increasing sales.

A：T

B：F

答案：B

(5)、Restaurant owners are advised to play lively music to increase overall sales.

A：T

B：F

答案：B

2、On February 14th many people in the world celebrate an unusual holiday, St. Valentine's Day, a special day for lovers. The origin of this holiday is uncertain but according to one story it gets its name from a Christian named Valentine who lived in Rome during the 3rd century A.D. His job was to perform marriages for Christian couples. Unfortunately, the Emperor of Rome didn't allow Christian marriages. So they had to be performed in secret. Finally Valentine was arrested and put into prison. While he was in prison he fell in love with the daughter of the prison guard. After one year the Emperor offered to release Valentine if he would stop performing Christian marriages. Valentine refused and so he was killed in February, 270 A.D. Before he was killed Valentine sent a love letter to the daughter of the prison guard. He signed the letter "from your Valentine". That was the first Valentine.

Today Valentines are cards usually red and shaped like hearts with messages of love written in them. On Valentine's Day tens of millions of people send and receive Valentines. Whether it is an expensive heart-shaped box of chocolates from a secret admirer or a simple hand-made card from a child, a Valentine is a very special message of love.

(1)、The passage is mainly about a special holiday.

A：T

B：F

答案：A

(2)、Valentine was put into prison because he sent a love letter to the daughter of the prison guard.

A：T

B：F

答案：B

(3)、It is because he refused to accept the Emperor's offer that Valentine was killed.

A：T

B：F

答案：A

(4)、Valentines are cards usually red, and shaped like hearts with messages of love written in them.

A：T

B：F

答案：A

(5)、People send Valentines to each other nowadays to celebrate Valentine's birthday.

A：T

B：F

答案：B

3、Man has always wanted to fly. Some of the greatest men in history had thought about the problem. One of them, for example, was the great Italian artist, Leonardo Da Vinci. In the sixteenth century he made designs for machines that would fly, but they were never built.

Throughout history, other less famous men had wanted to fly. An example was a man in England 800 years ago. He made a pair of wings from chicken feathers. Then he fixed them to his body and jumped into air from a tall building. He did not fly very far. Instead, he fell to the ground and broke every bone in his body.

The first real steps took place in France, in 1783. Two brothers, the Montgolfiers, made a very large "hot air balloon". They knew that hot air rises. Why not fill a balloon with it? The balloon was made of cloth and paper. In September of that year, the King and Queen of France came to see the balloon. They watched it carry the very first air passengers into the sky. The passengers were a sheep and a chicken. We do not know how they felt about the trip. But we do know that the trip lasted eight minutes and that the animals landed safely. Two months later, two men did the same thing. They rose above Paris in a balloon of the same kind. Their trip lasted twenty-five minutes and they traveled about eight kilometers.

(1)、Leonardo Da Vinci made designs for flying machines.

A：T

B：F

答案：A

(2)、Eight hundred years ago an Englishman made a kind of flying machine.

A：T

B：F

答案：B

(3)、In fact, the Englishman who tried to fly lost his life.

A：T

B：F

答案：A

(4)、The very first air passengers in the balloon were two Frenchmen.

A：T

B：F

答案：B

(5)、The two Frenchmen rose above Paris in November 1783.

A：T

B：F

答案：A