Question

    Stop and listen!What do you 1 ? You may hear many dnierent sounds,borne ot the sounds

2 noise. Noise is a loud or unwanted sound. Noise can be caused by many kinds of machines,

3 , cars,planes,farm tractors and so on. And,to some people,rock music is 4 a noise. What

happens 5 the people who live near noisy machines or use them over a period of time? Doctors have

found that these people have trouble 6 . But,more importantly,constant loud noise can cause a loss

(减损) of 7 .

    Scientists use a unit of measure 8 a decibel (分贝) to check the loudness of a sound. The sound of a quiet room,for example,measures 35 decibels. Talking measures 9 40 and 65 decibels. Sounds

from traffic and from some rock bands can measure over 120 decibels. Noise at this high level 10the greatest hearing loss.

() 1. A. look   B. listen   C. hear   D. see

() 2. A. may be   B. maybe   C. may   D. be

() 3. A. such   B. for example   C. such like   D. some examples

() 4. A. not   B. as well   C. too   D. also

() 5. A. with   B. to   C. on   D. about

() 6. A. in sleeping   B. to sleep   C. slept   D. sleep

() 7. A. hear   B. ears   C. heard   D. hearing

() 8. A. called   B. is named   C. calling   D. names

() 9. A. from   B. between   C. both   D. among

() 10. A. reaches   B. does   C. causes   D. is

Answer 1

1. C 2. A 3. B 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. D 8. A 9. B 10. C

[解析]本文介绍声音与人们的感受。科学家用分贝来测量声音的高低。

1. C根据上下文可知下句句意：你听到了什么？故选C

2. A B、C、D不能单独在此构成谓语动词，故选A. 一些声音可能是噪音。

3. B A. 这样的；B. 例如；C. 像……那样的；D. —些 例子，根据下文可知选 B.

4. D too,as well和also用于肯定句和疑问句，too 和as well多用于口语，一般放在句末；而also多 用于书面语，一般放在句中与动词连用。also,as well,too ,用于肯定句，also常用于be动词、情态 动词和助动词之后，行为动词之前；as welhtoo用 于句末;根据前面谓语动词is可知选 D.

5. B固定结构what happen to sb谁发生了什么事？ 选 B.

6. A 固定结构 have trouble (in) doing sth 在方面有困难，故选A.

7. D根据题意，连续的大的噪音能引起听力损失。 故选 D.

8. A过去分词作定语表示发生过的，被动的关系。 现在分词表示主动地正在进行的动作。B、D选项 不能用作定语。根据题意，a unit of measure是 call的动作对象，故选A.

9. B根据题意，说话声在40到65分贝之间。故选B.

10. C这个程度的噪音引起最大的听力损失。故选C.