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The next time you're struggling to finish a task at work,putting on some Bach or

Beethoven may be worth a 's__1____ main conclusion of an experiment

on British workers that found listening to classical music at work can improve

productivity by 15%.

An initial survey of 2,000 UK employees revealed that half of employees

regularly listen to music at of those employees' bosses reportedly

encourage the practice,but others are ___2___ (strict) against it, ___3___

( believe) it hurts work British classical music station Scala

Radio and psychologist Spelman set out ___4___ (determine) if

background music hurts workplace___5___ (efficient). Four office workers

____6__ (ask) to transcribe(转录)two 600-word sets of song

first set was transcribed with no music playing,while the other was completed

with classical music playing in the background.

The first task was completed in an average time of 20 minutes and 59

__7____ (second).However,the second transcription exercise ___8___

involved music was completed in an average time of 17 minutes and 42

seconds;a difference of three minutes and 17 seconds,or 15%.

"Music has a very powerful effect ___9___ the positively ___10___

(affect) mood,mental performance and physical performance," says

n in a media release.

【答案】 1. The 2. Strictly 3. believing 4. to determine 5. efficiency

6. were asked 7. seconds 8. that 9. on 10. affects

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Do you know what "noodling" is?It has nothing to do with the noodles that you

tike to eat. In the ___1___ ( south) United States,noodling is a kind of

fishing where you just use your hands. Most of the fish __2____ (catch) by

noodlers are catfish,which like to hide under overhanging banks. They think

their___3___ (enemy) can't see them,so they're safe. But they're not!

Noodlers feel around under the stream bank, seize resting catfish, __4____

pull them out of the water.

I learned about noodling when I lived __5____ the State of Ohio. Later I

moved to Colorado, ___6___ trout(鳟鱼)swim in mountain streams. I

wondered__7____ noodling would work on trout,but my friends told me they

were too smart and too fast. Well, I thought it would be worth ___8___

(try). In the fall, big,beautiful brown trout move into the shallow parts of the

Cache la Poudre River. I found a place and, luckily, there were two big trout.

When I tried to get close to them, they ___9___ ( hide) themselves under

the overhanging bank. I went over and "snaked" my hands under the bank. I felt

one! And it didn't move. ___10___ ( care), I slid both hands under the

fish, and then quickly lifted it out of the water onto the bank. Success! I could

really noodle trout!

【答案】 1. southern 2. caught 3. Enemies 4. And 5. in

6. where 7. whether/if 8. Trying 9. hid 10. Carefully

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You may often tell white lies (

善意的谎言

) to your child. “I've got Santa on the

phone and he says he's not coming unless you go to bed now,” is particularly

___1____ (use) during the festive season, for example.

It can seem like nothing: just another tool to improve your child's behaviour. But

don't get too ____2____ (attach) to the technique—telling too many white lies to

your child may have more far-reaching consequences than you might have hoped.

To examine the impact of parental lying, researchers in Singapore gave 379

adults online ____3____ (questionnaire). The results suggested that those

____4____ parents had lied more were now more likely to lie to their own parents—

by being lied to, in other words, it seemed they had started to believe that being

dishonest ___5___ (be) morally acceptable.

Additionally, if parents are constantly lying to their children, there may

potentially be other underlying relational issues ____6____ (contribute) to problems

in adolescence and adulthood. Yes, misleading children might not help their ___7___

(develop), but there may also be deeper problems that are responsible ____8____

their difficulty with attention or behaviour.

So, next time you think about telling ___9___ you see as a harmless white lie to

keep your child quiet or get them into bed,_____10_____ (think) again. It may save

you some time—but, in the long run, it's probably not worth it.

【答案】

1. useful 2. attached 3. questionnaires 4. whose 5. was

6. contributing 7. development 8. for 9. what 10. think

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