听力原文：
Passage One

“Too many people view their jobs as a five-day prison from which they are paroled every Friday,” says Joel Goodman, founder of the Humour Project, a humour consulting group in Saratoga Springs, New York. Humour unlocks the office prison because it lets adults bring some of their childlike spirit to the job.
According to Howard Pollio, professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, an office with humour breaks is an office with satisfied and productive employees. Pollio conducted a study that proved humour can help workers excel at routine production tasks. Employees perform better when they have fun.
In large corporations with a hierarchy of power, there is often no outlet for stress. “Every company needs underground ways of poking fun at the organization,” says Lynn ... Mark, a speaker on workplace humour for St. Mary's Health Centre in St. Louis.
Kodak's Rochester, New York branch discovered a way for its 20000 employees to uncork their bottled-up resentments. Their 1000-square-foot Humour Room features a toy store. Among the room's many stress-reducing gadgets, the main attraction is a boss doll with detachable arms and legs. Employees can take the doll apart as long as they put its arms and legs back in place.
Sandy Cohen, owner of a graphic print production business, created the Quote Board to document the bizarre phrases people say when under strict deadlines. “When you're under stress, you say stupid things,” says Cohen. “Now we just look at each other and say, that's one for the Quote Board.”
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Q9：What does the passage say about humour in the workplace?

短文通篇都在讨论幽默对办公室气氛的益处，其中提到幽默会让办公室中充满童趣，接下来又提到，在权力等级分明的大公司，压力没有出口。综合考虑，幽默可以帮助员工减轻压力。故选项A正确。

听力原文：
Passage One

“Too many people view their jobs as a five-day prison from which they are paroled every Friday,” says Joel Goodman, founder of the Humour Project, a humour consulting group in Saratoga Springs, New York. Humour unlocks the office prison because it lets adults bring some of their childlike spirit to the job.
According to Howard Pollio, professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, an office with humour breaks is an office with satisfied and productive employees. Pollio conducted a study that proved humour can help workers excel at routine production tasks. Employees perform better when they have fun.
In large corporations with a hierarchy of power, there is often no outlet for stress. “Every company needs underground ways of poking fun at the organization,” says Lynn ... Mark, a speaker on workplace humour for St. Mary's Health Centre in St. Louis.
Kodak's Rochester, New York branch discovered a way for its 20000 employees to uncork their bottled-up resentments. Their 1000-square-foot Humour Room features a toy store. Among the room's many stress-reducing gadgets, the main attraction is a boss doll with detachable arms and legs. Employees can take the doll apart as long as they put its arms and legs back in place.
Sandy Cohen, owner of a graphic print production business, created the Quote Board to document the bizarre phrases people say when under strict deadlines. “When you're under stress, you say stupid things,” says Cohen. “Now we just look at each other and say, that's one for the Quote Board.”
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Q10：What does the study by Howard Pollio show?

短文中明确指出，霍华德·波利奥的研究证明，幽默可以使员工在日常的生产任务中表现更加出色。故选项D正确。

听力原文：
Passage One

“Too many people view their jobs as a five-day prison from which they are paroled every Friday,” says Joel Goodman, founder of the Humour Project, a humour consulting group in Saratoga Springs, New York. Humour unlocks the office prison because it lets adults bring some of their childlike spirit to the job.
According to Howard Pollio, professor of psychology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, an office with humour breaks is an office with satisfied and productive employees. Pollio conducted a study that proved humour can help workers excel at routine production tasks. Employees perform better when they have fun.
In large corporations with a hierarchy of power, there is often no outlet for stress. “Every company needs underground ways of poking fun at the organization,” says Lynn ... Mark, a speaker on workplace humour for St. Mary's Health Centre in St. Louis.
Kodak's Rochester, New York branch discovered a way for its 20000 employees to uncork their bottled-up resentments. Their 1000-square-foot Humour Room features a toy store. Among the room's many stress-reducing gadgets, the main attraction is a boss doll with detachable arms and legs. Employees can take the doll apart as long as they put its arms and legs back in place.
Sandy Cohen, owner of a graphic print production business, created the Quote Board to document the bizarre phrases people say when under strict deadlines. “When you're under stress, you say stupid things,” says Cohen. “Now we just look at each other and say, that's one for the Quote Board.”
Questions 9 to 11 are based on the passage you have just heard.

Q11：What can Kodak's employees do in the Humour Room?

短文中提到，纽约罗切斯特的柯达分公司发现了一个让员工释放不满的方法﹐他们打造了一间幽默屋，它以玩具店为特色，在众多的减压物品中，最吸引人的就是老板模样的玩偶，其胳膊和腿是可拆卸的，只要员工之后可以再把玩偶的胳膊和腿装回去，他们就可以将玩偶拆散。故选项B正确。