Question

Life gets noisier every day and very few people can be free from noise of some sort or another. It doesn’t matter where you live－ in the middle of a modern city, or a faraway village the chances that you will be disturbed by jet aeroplanes, transistor radios, oil-powered engines, etc, are almost everywhere. We seem to be getting used to noise, too. Some people feel quite lonely without background music while they are working.

Scientific tests have shown that total silence can be very frightening experience for human beings. However, some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very loud, and this can do harm to their eardrums(耳鼓). The noise level in some disco is far above the usual safety level for heavy industrial areas.

One recent report about noise and concentration(專心) suggested that although a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their concentration , what really affects their ability to concentrate is a change in the level of noise. It goes on to say that a background noise, which doesn’t change too much (music, for example ) may even help people to concentrate.

1.The best title for this passage is________.

A. Noisy Life B. Background Noise

C. Disturbed Concentration D. Changeable Noise

2.From this passage, the pollution of noise__________.

A. doesn’t matter much

B. has become worse everywhere

C. has become better in big cities

D. has become better in villages

3.“Background music” in the passage means___________.

A. music played in the concert

B. a kind of noise coming into your ears

C. music helps people to concentrate

D. music played while people are working

4.Scientists have discovered that what prevents people from concentrating is _________.

A. any kind of noise

B. great changes in level of noise

C. background noise

D. various background music

 

Answer 1

1.A

2.B

3.D

4.B

【解析】

試題分析：不管你是居住在繁華的都市，還是偏遠的山村，都不會逃過噪音的干擾。噪音污染無處不在，而且日益嚴重。雖然科學證明完全的寂靜對人類來說會是可怕的經歷，但是太大的聲音，哪怕是聲音很大的音樂，都會給人帶來危害。

1.主旨大意題。整篇文章都是關于噪音的問題，第一段描述了人們所處的充滿噪音的世界，第二段是關于對噪音的科學測試，第三段講述了一份關于噪音的報告，由此推斷A選項更能概括文章內容，答案選A。

2.

3.Some people feel quite lonely without background music while they are working.可以推測“Background music”指人們在工作，購物等時候播放的音樂，答案選D。

4.

考點：考查社會生活類短文閱讀。