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题型：语法填空-短文语填难度：0.94 引用次数：94 题号：18097604

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Background music may seem harmless, but it can have a powerful effect on those who hear it. 1 (record) background music first found its way into factories, shops and restaurants in the U. S. But it soon 2 (spread) to other parts of the world. Now it is becoming increasingly difficult to go shopping or eat a meal without listening to music.

To begin with, background music was intended simply 3 (create) a comfortable atmosphere, Nowadays, however, it’s become a big business. Dr. Ronald Milliman, an American marketing expert, has shown that music can increase sales or factory production by as much as a third.

But, it has to be light music. A fast one has no effect at all 4 sales. Slow music can increase sales by 38%. This is probably 5 shoppers slow down and have more opportunities to look for the things they like to buy. Yet, slow music meant customers took longer to eat their meals, 6 reduced sales. So restaurant owners might be advised to play up-tempo music to keep the customers 7 (move).

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Chinese singer-songwriter Liu Shuang was on a journey to Beijing when he received a message, 1 (say) that his song Mohe Ballroom had gone viral (走红). However, he didn’t take it 2 (serious) until he learned that footage of the song had been viewed more than 10 million times.

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