We show an amazing tolerance for a form of pollution that is a growing problem: noise. Airplane traffic is increasing by five percent a year. Urban noise is doubling every ten years. By air, land and sea, we are facing an onslaught of noise that is threatening our ability to live in this world. We have granted ourselves the right to make noise. But what about our responsibilities? Have we developed a sense of acoustic responsibility?

The evidence suggests that we have not. Many people seem to believe they have an unlimited right to make noise with cars and motorbikes, and with loud music at home and in the street. In some countries measures have been taken to force people to make less noise. In Britain, for example, a law has been passed preventing people from disturbing their neighbors with music at night.

It is widely accepted that we should deal with our rubbish in a responsible way Noise is in reality a particularly insidious form of rubbish. It destroys community life, pursues us into our homes, keeps us from sleeping and is the cause of many stress-related illnesses, as well as hearing loss. Our acoustic environment belongs to all of us. Everyone has the right to use it, but no one has the right to abuse it. Let’s start using it responsibly.

The underlined word “acoustic” in the first paragraph probably means ________.

A. environment          B. pollution              C. sound             D. rubbish

Which of the following statements is NOT correct?

A. Nowadays everyone thinks it’s all right to make noise.

B. British law protects people from their neighbors’ music at night.

C. The level of noise produced in cities is twice as high now as ten years ago.

D. Noise can sometimes cause hearing loss.

The passage is probably written to _______.

A. introduce acoustic responsibility             B. call for people to make less noise

C. compare rubbish and noise                            D. describe people’s attitude to noise

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Alcohol is often taken as a symbol of a special celebration or as a sign of friendship．So it is    36   to see people toasting with a large glass of alcohol to the health or fortune.   37  , every year, alcohol also ruins thousands of lives and destroys many happy families .
Some people drink alcohol to   38    their tension or pain. They   39    think that through drinking, they can   40    from their problems and worries. But it is never a   41  ．During those hours of drinking, alcohol only numbs（麻木）their senses and makes them forget their worries.   42   , when they wake up, their problems are still unsolved .
A   43   alcohol drinker is running the great   44   of getting heart diseases and liver（肝脏）failure. Too much alcohol taken into the body system, death will    45   occur. Alcohol also affects unborn babies    46  . Those pregnant mothers with    47    alcohol in their blood system risk    48   their unborn babies to suffer from defects（缺陷）at birth.     49  , babies are innocent victims due to their mothers’ mistake. Therefore they should be extremely cautious  of any alcohol and it is better to    50  all drinking during pregnancy(怀孕期).
Drunken driving is one of the worst   51   of alcohol abuse. Every year, many lives are lost due to   52   driving on roads and highways. A drunk driver cannot see and judge the distance   clearly and will find it difficult to control his vision and   53    on the road，so he    54    control over his reflexes. That is    55    accidents occur. Not only does he hurt himself but also other innocent road users.
36.A.normal                 B.common             C.ideal                  D. regular
37.A.Accidently            B. Fortunately        C.Excitedly           D. Unfortunately
38. A. relieve                      B.increase              C.create                 D.produce
39. A.usually                B.surely            C. mistakenly           D. aimlessly
40. A.differ                  B. solve                 C. cancel              D. escape
41. A. success               B. solution            C. fact                  D. decision
42. A. However             B. Meanwhile        C. So                   D. Besides
43. A. social                 B. heavy            C. addicted           D.light
44. A.advantages           B.possessions         C.risks                  D.measures
45. A. eventually           B. probably           C.hardly                D.strongly
46. A.anxiously            B. Disastrously    C. extensively        D.differently
47. A. proper                B.little                  C. excessive           D.no
48. A. causing              B.making                     C. having              D.protecting
49. A.Above all             B.First of all          C.All in all           D. After all
50.A. run out                      B.leave out            C. cut out             D.carry out
51.A. reasons                      B. causes              C. effects              D. examples
52. A. drunken             B.normal               C.careless              D. dangerous
53.A. patience              B.emotion             C. judgement         D.imagination
54.A.manages to           B.tries to               C.refuses to           D.fails to
55.A.when                    B.what                  C.where         D. how

A pop star, _______drug abuse, may get an 18-month prison term.

         A businesswoman, a mother of four, an international fashion icon（偶像） , a woman committed to making the world a better place for women and children—Queen Rania of Jordan is truly changing the world．

         Rania was bom in Kuwait, in 1970．Shortly after Iraq invaded that country in 1990, her family fled and settled in Jordan．After graduating from a business school, Rania became successful in the business world．

         When she was just 22, she went to a dinner party that changed her life forever．It was there that she met Jordan' s Prince Abdullah．Six months later, Rania and Abdullah had a royal wedding and started a family．

         After the death of her father – in – law, King Hussein, in 1999, Prince Abdullah was crowned King Abdullah II of Jordan, and Rania became the world' s youngest living queen．

         In her role as Queen, Rania has become well known around the world for her charity work and her efforts to improve educational opportunities for girls．She is an outspoken advocate of women' s rights, education reform, and child abuse．She is also well - known for her efforts to remove Western stereotypes （旧观念） about the Muslim world．

         Rania explains that there is a direct relationship between increasing education and eliminating poverty．" You can change the course of a nation through education," she says．" One of the most important things you can do for a girl is empower her with her education．Once she has the education she can then have control over her income, she can change her life, she can have choices．"

         In the future, Rania says, she hopes for a more open and secure world．"We look at problems happening halfway across the world and we think,' Well, that' s their problem．' But it' s not," she says．" When you solve somebody else' s problem, you are solving a problem for yourself, because our world today is so interconnected．"

56．Rania and her family moved to Jordan because ____．

         A．she was engaged to Jordan' s Prince Abdullah

         B．she wanted to attend a business school there

         C．Jordan was a more developed country than Kuwait

         D．the war broke out between Kuwait and Iraq

57．Rania became the world' s youngest living queen when she was ____．

         A．a girl of 22        B．at the age of 23      

         C．in her thirties              D．29 years old

58．In her role as Queen, Rania is more devoted to ____．

         A．her business work    B．girls' education      

         C．fashion shows             D．her family

59．Rania thinks that ____．

         A．women have brought about great changes to the world

         B．education can help a girl find a wealthy husband

         C．in the world today, all countries depend on each other

         D．the Muslim world needs more help from the western countries

60．The text mainly describes Rania as ____．

         A．a caring mother             B．a fashion model

         C．a social activist             D．a smart businesswoman

The main cause of HIV / AIDS infection in China is drug abuse,  ______ is very serious in Yunnan.

A. what                B. who             C. that         D. which