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Tobeginwith,"muzak"(音樂廣播網)wasintendedsimplytocreateasoothing(安慰)atmosphere.Recently,however,it'secomebigbusiness—thanksinparttorecentresearch.Dr.RonaldMilliman,anAmericanmarketingexpert,hasshownthatmusiccanboostsalesorincreasefactoryroductionbyasmuchasathird.But,ithastobelightmusic.Afastonehasnoeffectatallonsales.Slowmusiccanincreasereceiptsby38%.Thisisprobablybecauseshoppersslowdownandhavemoreopportunitytospotitemstheyliketobuy.Yet,slowmusicisn'talwaysanswer.Dr.Millimanfound,forexample,thatinrestaurantsslowmusicmeantcustomerstooklongertoeattheirmeals,whichreducedoverallsales.Sorestaurantsownersmightbewelladvisedtoplayup-tempomusictokeepthecustomersmoving—unlessofcourse,theresultingindigestionleadstocomplaints!
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1.Thereasonwhybackgroundmusicissopopularisthat______.
A.itcanhaveapowerfuleffectonthosewhohearit
B.itcanhelptocreateasoothingatmosphere
C.itcanboostsalesorincreasefactoryproductionerywhere
D.itcanmakecustomerseattheirmealsquickly
2.Backgroundmusicmeans________.
A.lightmusicthatcustomersenjoymostB.fastmusicthatmakespeoplemovefast
C.slowmusicthatcanmakecustomersenjoytheirmeals
D.themusicyouarelisteningtowhileyouaredoingomething
3.Restaurantownerscomplainaboutbackgroundmusicbecause______.
A.itresultsinindigestion
B.itincreasestheirsales
C.itkeepscustomersmoving
D.itdecreasestheirsales
4.Theword"up-tempomusic"probablymeans_____.
A.slowmusic
B.fastmusic
C.lightmusic
D.classicalmusic
