【題目】 Over a cup of iced tea at the midtown Radiance Tea House&Books,whose noise is not much louder than a coffee machine's,Gregory Scott Farber,a non-practicing lawyer who works as a research analyst, described SoundPrint he created as"Yelp for noise". SoundPrint allows users to search for and grade restaurants and bars according to their sound level. "laces are getting louder,"Farber said. "People tell me thirty or forty years ago you could go somewhere to eat and expect to have a conversation. "

Farber suffers from permanent hearing loss,caused by meningitis(腦脊膜炎)which he contracted when he was a baby. Like so many great inventions,Farber's invention arose from a desire to find love-or,at least,a place to have a date. "When I was dating,I put a lot of efforts into trying to pick quiet spots,"he said. "I'd google' quiet restaurants'. Then I would show up,but it would be noisy. " His hearing aid helped,but not enough. "Out of curiosity,I started taking decibel(分貝)measurements. "He sent a list of his favorite quiet places to friends in the hearing-loss community,and soon found many requests from his normal-hearing friends.

SoundPrint includes a sound-level meter,so diners and drinkers can take measurements using their smartphones,and upload data to the database. Farber said that the app brings no profit. SoundPrint covers about two thousand cities,though only fifteen have a significant number of users. Farber recently analyzed the data from 2,376 Manhattan restaurants and bars,and the findings are not good for ears. More than 70%of the former and 90%of the latter were rated as"loud"-defined as between 76 and 80 decibels,or as noisy as an air-conditioner.

【1】What does Gregory Scott Farber do for a living?

A.He sells hearing aids.

B.He develops computer programs.

C.He defends people in a court of law.

D.He makes a detailed analysis of data.

【2】Why did Farber create SoundPrint?

A.Because he wanted to earn more money.

B.Because he could hear nothing without a hearing aid.

C.Because he wanted to help his friends who suffer hearing loss.

D.Because he suffered hearing loss and wanted to find a quiet place for dating.

【3】What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A.SoundPrint can be downloaded to user's phones.

B.SoundPrint can detect noise from air-conditioner.

C.SoundPrint is widely used in 2,000 American cities.

D.SoundPrints can analyze data from restaurants and bars

【4】The data collected by SoundPrint showed that ______in Manhattan.

A.restaurants are noisier than bars

B.a large majority of bars are noisy

C.there are more restaurants than bars

D.all the bars are as noisy as air-conditioners

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章講述Gregory Scott Farber開發(fā)了一個叫做SoundPrint的軟件。通過數(shù)據(jù)收集和分析，可以幫助用戶找到安靜的地方。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第1段Gregory Scott Farber, a non-practicing lawyer who works as a research analyst（Gregory Scott Farber,一位非執(zhí)業(yè)律師,從事研究分析師工作）可知，Gregory Scott Farber從事的是“研究分析師”的工作。故選D項。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。由第2段Farber suffers from permanent hearing loss, caused by meningitis(腦脊膜炎）which he contracted when he was a baby. Like so many great inventions, Farber's invention arose from a desire to find love-or, at least, a place to have a date（法伯患有永久性聽力損失，是由他小時候感染的腦膜炎引起的。和許多偉大的發(fā)明一樣，Farber的發(fā)明源于尋找愛情的渴望，或者至少是一個約會的地方。）可知，Farber 發(fā)明SoundPrint的原因，是因為他從小患病，且為了在約會的時候找尋一個安靜的地方。所以才開發(fā)了這款軟件。故選D項。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段SoundPrint includes a sound-level meter, so diners and drinkers can take measurements using their smartphones, and upload data to the database(SoundPrint包括一個聲音電平測量器，食客和飲酒者可以使用智能手機進行測量，并將數(shù)據(jù)上傳到數(shù)據(jù)庫)可知，用戶可以通過手機下載SoundPrint。故選A項。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段Farber recently analyzed the data from 2,376 Manhattan restaurants and bars, and the findings are not good for ears（Farber最近分析了來自曼哈頓2376家餐館和酒吧的數(shù)據(jù)，發(fā)現(xiàn)這些餐館和酒吧對耳朵不好）可知，這些曼哈頓的很多餐館和酒吧產(chǎn)生的聲音對耳朵不好，比較吵鬧。故選B項。

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