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Silence Please 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 Christmas that is too bad to tolerate. That thing is music. These days, all shops and many offices have what is known as "Piped music" or "muzak" playing for all the hours that they are open. Muzak has an odd history. During the 1940s, music was played to cows as part of a scientific experiment. It was found that co A. Repeated hearings of complex pieces of music are enjoyable and not tiresome. B. Repeated hearings of complex pieces of music are tiresome at first and then become enjoyable. C. Repeated hearings of simple songs are more enjoyable than those of complex pieces of music. D. Repeated hearings of simple songs become tiresome sooner than those of complex pieces of music. [填空题]
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Harriet Beecher Stowe had poured her heart into her anti-slavery(反对奴隶制度) book Uncle Tom’s Cabin.{{U}} (46) {{/U}}The publisher was so doubtful that he wanted her to split the publishing costs with him, and all she hoped was that it would make enough money for her to buy a new silk dress. But when the first 5,000 copies were printed in 1852, they sold out in two days. In a year the book had sold 300,000 copies in the United States and 150,000 in England.{{U}} (47) {{/U}}Within six months of its release, a play was made from the book which ran 350 performances in New York and remained America’s most popular play for 80 years. It might appear that Uncle Tom’s Cabins was universally popular, but this was certainly not true. Many people during those pre-Civil War days’ — particularly defenders o 我来回答: 提交
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