熱點Listeningtoclassicalatworkboostsproductivity,studyfinds.調(diào)查發(fā)現(xiàn)：作時聽古音樂能提高率。熱點鏈接Thenexttimeyou’restrugglingtofinishupataskatwork,throwingonsomeBachorBeethovenmayworthtry.That’sthemainconclusionofanexperimentonBritishworkersthatfoundlisteningtoclassicalmusicatworkcanimproveproductivity15%.An（初步的）surveyof2,000employeesrevealedthathalfregularlylistentomusicthejob.Someofthoseemployeesbossesreportedlyencouragethepractice,butothersstrictlyagainstit,believingithurtsworkperformance.So,BritishclassicalmusicstationScalaRadiopsychologistDr.BeckySpelmansetoutto（查明）backgroundmusichurtsor（阻礙）workefficiency.Fourofficeworkerswereaskedtotranscribe（抄寫two600-wordsetsofsonglyrics.Thefirstsetwastranscribedwithnomusicplaying,whiletheotherwascompletedwithclassicalmusicplayinginbackground.Thefirsttask,completedinsilence,wascompletedinanaveragetimeof20minutesand59seconds.However,thesecondtranscriptionexercisethatinvolvedmusicwascompletedinanaveragetimeof17minutesand42seconds;adifferenceofthreeminutesand17seconds,or15%.“Musichasapowerfulimpactonthebrain.Itaffectsmood,mentalperformanceandphysicalperformance,saysDr.Spelmaninamediarelease（媒體發(fā)布會“Manypeoplefindthatlisteningtocertaintypesofinstrumentalmusiccanhelpthemwiththeirproductivitylevels.”ScalaRadio’sinitialresearchhadfoundthatmanyBritishworkersputheadphonesonfirstthingwhentheysitdownattheirdeskstohelpthemconcentrateorblockout（排除（分散注意力的事）Athirdofthoserespondents（被調(diào)查人）saidtheyworkharderwhilelisteningtomusic,40%thinktheymoreworkdone.Manyrespondentstheylistenmusicsimplytoavoidsilence（,andmorethantwo-thirdsofrespondentswhoworkfromhomesaidtheywouldstruggletoconcentratewithoutmusicplayinginthebackground.

Inall,47%ofthosepolledontheirworklisteninghabitssaidtheyfeellessstressedwithbackgroundmusicplaying,whileoverathirdsaidtheirproductivityimproves.“Providedmusichasacalm,regularbeat,itcanactuallyhelpustostaycalm,reducingourstress,slowingourheartrate,andmoderating（緩和ourpulse,”saysDr.Spelman.“Thismakeseasierforustofocusonthetaskathand.”>>>>單詞記boost促進(jìn)；推動；使興旺productivity生產(chǎn)力workefficiency工作效率headphone耳機(jī)struggleto努力；吃力地進(jìn)行pollon投票heartrate心率pulse脈搏provided如果；假如重點解So,BritishclassicalmusicstationScalaRadioandpsychologistDr.BeckySpelmansetouttodetermineifbackgroundmusichurtsorhindersworkefficiency.亮點詞setout算；著手難句解該句主語為BritishclassicalmusicstationScalaRadioandpsychologistDr.BeckySpelman作連詞引導(dǎo)賓語從句，意為“是”。注釋：因此英國古典音樂電臺ScalaRadio心理學(xué)家貝基曼博士著手研究背景音樂是否會損害或妨礙工作效率。Manypeoplefindthatlisteningtocertaintypesofinstrumentalmusiccanhelpthemwiththeirproductivitylevels.亮點詞helpsb.with幫助某人做某事注釋引導(dǎo)賓語從句，作為動詞的賓語，certaintypesofinstrumentalmusic為賓語從句的主語。

ScalaRadio’sinitialhadfoundthatmanyBritishworkersputonwhentheysitdownattheirdeskstohelpthemconcentrateorblock（排除）distractions.亮點詞初的難句解由hadfound可知該句時態(tài)為過去完成時，that引導(dǎo)賓語從句，從句中又包含了一個由when引導(dǎo)的時間狀語從句。注釋ScalaRadio的初步研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，許多英國員工坐在辦公桌前時，第一件事就是戴上耳機(jī)，以幫助他們集中注意力或排除干擾。設(shè)題點考查文章細(xì)節(jié)解和斷命題示例1（）doestheword“impactmeaninChinesethispassage?A.激勵B.影響能量貢獻(xiàn)【解析據(jù)后一句“Itaffectsmood,mentalperformance…”句表示音樂對大腦有著非常強(qiáng)大的影響。impact意“影”?！敬鸢该}示例2

可知，該（）Howlongdidittaketocompletethesecondtranscriptionthatinvolvedmusic?A.Anaveragetimeof20minutesand59seconds.B.Anaveragetimeof38minutesand41seconds.C.Anaveragetimeof17minutesand42seconds.D.Anaveragetimeof3minutesand17seconds.【解析根據(jù)文章第四段第二句“Howevethesecondtranscriptionexercisethatwascompletedinanaveragetimeof17minutesandseconds……”可知應(yīng)選C項?！敬鸢该}示例3（Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothepassage?

A.ThemainconclusionexperimentonBritishworkersthatmanyworkersliketolistentoclassicalmusicatwork.B.Aninitial2,000USAemployeesrevealedthathalfregularlylistentomusiconthejob.C.Anymusiccantocalm,reducingstress,slowingourheartrate,andmoderatingourpulse.D.Morethantwo-thirdsofrespondentswhoworkfromhomesaidtheywouldhardlyconcent