Question

In today’s world, almost everyone knows that air pollution and water pollution are harmful to people’s health. However, not all the persons know that noise is also a kind of pollution, and that is harmful to human health, too.

People who work and live under noisy conditions usually become deaf. Today, however, scientists believe that 10 percent of workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise where they work. Many of the workers who print newspapers and books, and who weave（織） cloth become deaf. Quite a few people living near airports also become deaf. Recently it was discovered that many teenagers in America could hear no better than 65-year-old persons, for these young people like to listen to pop music and most of pop music is a kind of noise. Besides, noise produced by jet planes or machines will make people’s life difficult and unpleasant, or even make people ill or even drive them mad.

It is said that a continuous noise of over 85 decibels（分貝） can cause deafness. Now the governments in many countries have made laws to control noise and make it less than 85 decibels.

In China, the government is trying to solve not only air and water pollution problems but also noise pollution problems.

1.The passage is mainly about ______ .

A. air pollution B. water pollution C. noise pollution D. world pollution

2.According to the passage, a continuous noise of _______decibels can make people deaf.

A. less than 85 B. less than 65 C. about 65 D. more than 85

3.10 percent of the workers in Britain are being deafened because _______ .

A. they are working in noisy places

B. they often listen to pop music

C. they live near airports

D. they are too busy to listen to others’talk

4.The government of China is trying to reduce ______.

A. only the air pollution

B. only the air and water pollution

C. only the water pollution

D. the air, water and noise pollution

5.According to the passage,which of the following statement is TRUE?

A. People working and living under noisy places usually have good hearing.

B. Many teenagers in the US was said to have bad hearing because they enjoy listening to pop music.

C. A few people living near airports become deaf.

D. Noise coming from jet planes or machines won’t do much harm to people.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.D

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章描寫了噪音對(duì)身體有害以及各個(gè)國家的噪音污染情況。英國10%的工人正在變聾是因?yàn)樗麄冊(cè)诔臭[的地方工作，美國的青少年據(jù)說聽力很差，是因?yàn)樗麄兿矚g聽流行音樂以及中國政府正在減少空氣、水和噪音污染。

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