2．直接解題。
1.The shop workers（店員） in the western(西方的) world are glad（高興的） when Christmas（圣誕節(jié)） is over（結(jié)束） because（因為） they don’t have to（不必）
A)rush（使匆忙， 飛奔，涌現(xiàn)） their feet（腳， 英尺） off（離開， 脫離）all day（整天）．
B)listen to （聽）the music playing all the time (始終) in the shop．
C)work overtime（加班地，加班的） to make more profits （賺取更多的利潤）for the boss（老板）．
D)try to please（使...滿意） the customers（顧客）．
1．B． 該題可以根據(jù)文章主題直接判斷選項B正確。 也可以利用問題句中的細節(jié)信息詞（shop workers），和特征詞（Christmas）作為答案線索，同時還可以考慮利用備選項中的一些細節(jié)信息詞（C：boss; D: customers）共同作為答案線索， 在文章中查找答案相關(guān)句：
If there is one group of Workers across the Western world who will be glad that Christmas is over that group is shop workers．
It is not that they like to complain．They realize that they are going to be rushed off their feet at Christmas．They know that their employers need happy customers to make their profits that pay their wages．But there is one thing about working in a Shop over（在...的期間） Christmas that is too（太...而不能...） bad(壞的， 嚴重的) to tolerate（仍受）．
That thing is music（音樂）．These days(目前)，all shops（商店） and many offices（辦公室） have（讓） what is known as （被稱為）“Piped music（通過線路輸送的音樂）” or “muzak” playing for all the hours （一直）that（when） they are open(營業(yè)著的)． Muzak has an odd history． During the 1940s，music was played to cows as part of a scientific experiment．It was found that COWS which listened to simple，happy music produced more milk．Perhaps workers and customers who listened to simple， happy music would be more productive and spend more money.
根據(jù)文章中的答案相關(guān)句（第2段最后1句，第3段前兩句）判斷商店里播放的背景音樂是店員們盼望圣誕節(jié)結(jié)束的原因。
1.The shop workers（店員） in the western(西方的) world are glad（高興的） when Christmas（圣誕節(jié)） is over（結(jié)束） because（因為） they don’t have to（不必）
A)rush（使匆忙， 飛奔，涌現(xiàn)） their feet（腳， 英尺） off（離開， 脫離）all day（整天）．
B)listen to （聽）the music playing all the time (始終) in the shop．
C)work overtime（加班地，加班的） to make more profits （賺取更多的利潤）for the boss（老板）．
D)try to please（使...滿意） the customers（顧客）．
1．B． 該題可以根據(jù)文章主題直接判斷選項B正確。 也可以利用問題句中的細節(jié)信息詞（shop workers），和特征詞（Christmas）作為答案線索，同時還可以考慮利用備選項中的一些細節(jié)信息詞（C：boss; D: customers）共同作為答案線索， 在文章中查找答案相關(guān)句：
If there is one group of Workers across the Western world who will be glad that Christmas is over that group is shop workers．
It is not that they like to complain．They realize that they are going to be rushed off their feet at Christmas．They know that their employers need happy customers to make their profits that pay their wages．But there is one thing about working in a Shop over（在...的期間） Christmas that is too（太...而不能...） bad(壞的， 嚴重的) to tolerate（仍受）．
That thing is music（音樂）．These days(目前)，all shops（商店） and many offices（辦公室） have（讓） what is known as （被稱為）“Piped music（通過線路輸送的音樂）” or “muzak” playing for all the hours （一直）that（when） they are open(營業(yè)著的)． Muzak has an odd history． During the 1940s，music was played to cows as part of a scientific experiment．It was found that COWS which listened to simple，happy music produced more milk．Perhaps workers and customers who listened to simple， happy music would be more productive and spend more money.
根據(jù)文章中的答案相關(guān)句（第2段最后1句，第3段前兩句）判斷商店里播放的背景音樂是店員們盼望圣誕節(jié)結(jié)束的原因。