11．Parties，iPods，concerts，movies，TV shows，video games，traffic．All of these things of the modern world make life entertaining and enjoyable．But our 21st-century lifestyle is also loud and，if we don't take notice，it can have an effect on our hearing．
Most teenagers don't think about hearing loss．But if you experience any of the following symptoms，you may already be hearing damaged：you make efforts to hear normal talk，you have to turn up the TV or radio so high that others complain，you watch other people's expressions to understand what they are saying，you ask people to repeat themselves，you misunderstand what people are saying or you hear ringing in your ears．
iPods and other MP3 players are as common as the clothes you wear，and just as fashionable．But if you turn up an iPod to more than 60 percent of its maximum volume，and listen to music for more than an hour，you are asking for trouble．And，it does not matter if the music you play is classical，rock or heavy metal．
Some researchers find that young people who break the so-called 60-percent/60-minute rule in listening to iPods are at the risk of suffering hearing loss．
Why is an iPod dangerous？With ear buds placed directly in the ear canal and high-volume music played over a long period of time，it's like working in a loud factory all day，being a maintenance person under a jet airplane or using a jackhammer（手提鉆）on a building site．
Similarly，iPod music can cause a short time or permanent hearing damage．A loud iPod can cause a ruptured（破裂的）eardrum and，over time，may cause permanent damage to the tiny hairs in the inner ear．If these tiny hairs are damaged，they cannot effectively send sounds to the auditory nerves（聽覺神經(jīng)）that connect to the brain．If this happens，hearing loss becomes permanent．
67．Which of the following shows that you are suffering hearing loss？B
A．You are interested to listen to others'talking．
B．You have to read others'expressions to understand them．
C．You can only understand others over the phone．
D．You always think you hear the ringing of the phone．
68．Which of the following is TRUE when you listen to music？C
A．Listen at least an hour every time．
B．Turn up the volume to the highest level．
C．Keep the sound lower than 60% of its highest volume．
D．Choose classical，rock or heavy metal music．
69．What is the correct order of causing permanent hearing loss？D
a．The eardrum is broken．
b．The auditory nerves cannot receive sounds．
c．Tiny hairs are damaged．
d．Ear buds are placed directly in the ear canal．
e．High-volume music is played over a long time．
A．d-a-c-b-e           B．e-c-a-b-d              C．b-c-a-d-e           D．d-e-a-c-b
70．This passage is mainly aboutB．
A．music that teenagers like         
B．hearing problems caused by the loud world
C．ways that teenagers enjoy music     
D．dangerous modern lifestyles of teenagers．

分析 本文敘述了開聚會，聽ipod、音樂會、電影、電視劇、游戲、交通等所有這些事情使現(xiàn)代生活充滿快樂的．但是有時人們不注意開的音量特別大，以致于影響了他人同時對自己的聽力也有所傷害，本文還介紹了對耳朵傷害的各種情況．

解答 67．B．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)you may already be hearing damaged：you make efforts to hear normal talk，you have to turn up the TV or radio so high that others complain，you watch other people's expressions to understand what they are saying，你必須讀別人的表情來了解他們，故選B．
68．C．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)But if you turn up an iPod to more than 60 percent of its maximum volume（最大音量），and listen to music for more than an hour，you are asking for trouble．保持聲音低于60%的最高音量，故選C．
69．D．細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段With ear buds placed directly in the ear canal and high-volume music played over a long period of time，和最后一段A loud iPod can cause a ruptured（破裂的）eardrum and，over time，may cause permanent damage to the tiny hairs in the inner ear．If these tiny hairs are damaged，they cannot effectively send sounds to the auditory nerves（聽覺神經(jīng)）that connect to the brain．If this happens，hearing loss becomes permanent．故選D．
70．B．主旨大意題．根據(jù)縱觀全文主要談的聲音太大引起的聽力問題，故選B．

點評 細節(jié)事實理解題主要考查考生對文章中某一些特定細節(jié)或文章的重要實事的理解能力．它一般包括直接理解題和語義理解題兩種．直接理解題的答案與原文直接掛鉤，從閱讀材料中可以找到．這種題難度低，只要學生讀懂文章，就能得分，屬于低層次題．而語義理解題須將題目信息與原文相關(guān)信息進行語義上的轉(zhuǎn)換才能得出結(jié)論．這類題目要求考生能理解原文中某個短語或句子的含義，從而找到與答案意思相同的詞語和句子．

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    B．They are worried about the quality of the"summer school"．
    C．They want their children to be forced to make up the gap．
    D．They can't afford to the further study during vacation．
52．What would be the best title of this passage？D
    A．Opening Summer Camps
    B．Forbidding Summer Schools
    C．Spreading Year-Round Education
    D．Minding the Summer Learning Cap．

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