阅读下列短文,从文后各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案 。
It was unusually quiet in the emergency room on December 25. I didn't think there would be any patients, sighing about having to work on Christmas. Just then five bodies   1  at my desk, a pale woman and four children.
"Are you all   2  ?" I asked.
"Yes," she said weakly and lowered her head.
But when they were asked to talk about their problems, things got a little  3 . Two of the children had headaches, but there was no  4  body language of holding the head.; two children had earaches, but only one could tell me which ear was affected. The   5  complained of a cough but seemed to work to produce it.
Something was wrong. I didn't say anything but   6 that it might be a little while   7  a doctor could see her. She  8 , "Take your time; it's warm in here." 
Then, I checked their chart. No address—they were homeless. The waiting room was warm. 
I went back to the nurses' station and mentioned we had a   9  family in the waiting room. The nurses went into action immediately, much as we do when there's a   10  emergency. But this was a Christmas emergency. 
We were all   11  a free meal on Christmas Day, so we claimed that meal and prepared a big dinner for our guests .We needed presents. We  12  from different departments candies, fruits and other things  13 that could be presents. Our team worked to meet the needs of a family who just wanted to be  14  on Christmas.
Later, as the family walked to the door to  15  , the four-year-old boy came running back, gave me a hug and whispered."Thanks for being our angels today."

【小题1】
A.showed up B.took inC.came outD.looked on
【小题2】
A.thirstyB.hungry C.sickD.warm
【小题3】
A.uncertainB.smoothC.naturalD.funny
【小题4】
A.common B.usualC.fairD.normal
【小题5】
A.motherB.childrenC.nursesD.doctor
【小题6】
A.answered B.imaginedC.explainedD.commented
【小题7】
A.after B.sinceC.whenD.before
【小题8】
A.advisedB.addedC.explainedD.replied
【小题9】
A.funnyB.lonelyC.joblessD.homeless
【小题10】
A.war B.fireC.medicalD.electrical
【小题11】
A.rewarded B.offeredC.allowedD.ordered
【小题12】
A.borrowed B.receivedC.collectedD.bought
【小题13】
A.expensiveB.availableC.generousD.present
【小题14】
A.funB.warmC.busyD.lucky
【小题15】
A.leaveB.travelC.restD.relax

Everything that humans hear is in the form of waves (波).Just as the eye sees light wares in the form of colors, the ear and the eye Curs these different waves into signals that the brain (大脑) can make sense of.

The ears and brain have an Amazing amities to recognize(识别)particular sounds. For example, a mother often can tell when her baby is crying even if there are other crying babies in the same room. This is because the sound of her baby’s cry has special meaning to her and the brain has recorded is importance.

The ability to recognize sounds improves with experiences. As the brain receives information about sounds from day to day, it stores the information in its memory. When the brain hears new sounds, it gives meaning to them based on the information already in the memory. This is why certain words or songs can make a person happy. Often it is not the words or songs themselves that cause this feeling. The sounds are connected to happy memories for that person.

After hearing process controlled by the brain is to decide where a sound is coming from. One ear is usually closer to the source (来源) of a sound than the other ear is. Sound waves are stronger when they reach the ear that is closer. They also reach the closer ear first. The brain recognizes these differences and uses them to decide the location of the source of the sound.

1.Which of the following shows the normal hearing process of a mother hearing her baby crying?

a. The ears receive the sound waves.

b. The mother recognizes her baby’s cry.

c. The ears turn the sound waves into signals.

d. The baby’s cry ravels in the form of sound waves

e. The brain connects the signals to the information in me memory.

A.d-a-c-b-e          B.d-a-c-e-b          C.a-d-c-b-e          D.a-d-c-e-b

2. Certain words or songs can change tarpon’s moods mainly because of his         .

A.lifestyle           B.personality        C.experiences       D.hobbies

3.According to the last paragraph, It will be the most difficult for a person who has lost the hearing in one ear to tell         .

A.where the source of a sound is             B.how loud a sound is

C.when a sound starts to appear              D.what makes a sound

4.What is the best title for this passage?

A.Human Brain’s Amazing Facts

B.Human Hearing Characteristics

C.How to improve Hearing

D.How Do Humans Hear

 

完形填空

Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often   1  sad and lonely.

One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small   2  was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away   3  failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned   4  a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very   5 .

“Thank you for   6  me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.

The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be  7 !”

The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the kind little girl grew up, she was   8  ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the   9  of ther happiness. She always smiled and   10 , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind   11  when I was a little girl.”

When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the   12  all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were   13  that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”

The lovely old woman still   14  and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or   15 . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”

1.                A.thought        B.found          C.sounded  D.felt

 

2.                A.butterfly        B.bird            C.snake    D.squirrel

 

3.                A.so             B.or             C.but  D.as

 

4.                A.on            B.up             C.into D.down

 

5.                A.surprised       B.tired           C.mad D.angry

 

6.                A.catching        B.beating         C.killing    D.saving

 

7.                A.active          B.happy          C.energetic D.humorous

 

8.                A.always         B.never          C.seldom   D.hardly

 

9.                A.success         B.secret          C.power    D.lesson

 

10.               A.asked          B.hoped         C.answered  D.refused

 

11.               A.witch          B.fairy           C.ghost D.princess

 

12.               A.village         B.town           C.city   D.world

 

13.               A.excited         B.pleased        C.glad  D.afraid

 

14.               A.shouted        B.cried          C.smiled D.jumped

 

15.               A.young          B.great          C.nice  D.quiet

 

 

Have you ever heard an echo of your voice?

An echo is a reflected(反射)sound. Stand in a very large, empty hall with nothing on the walls. Then shout. The sounds you make will hit the walls and come back to you. The walls reflect the sounds. These reflected sounds are called “echoes”.

We can use reflected sound to make sound travel farther. Hold a watch about fifty centimeters from your ear. You cannot hear it. The sound of the watch travels a short way in all directions. It does not travel as far as your ear. You can make it travel to your ear by using a roll of cardboard(纸板筒).

Make the roll of cardboard about fifty centimeters long. Put one end over your ear and hold the watch at the other. Now you can hear the watch because the sound has not gone in all directions. It is reflected down the roll to your ear.

A megaphone(喇叭筒)works in the same way. It makes sound travel farther. It reflects the sound into a beam which can travel a long way. In the ship, the sailor uses the megaphone to make his voice travel. Without the megaphone, his voice cannot travel far.

We use reflected sound in many ways. We use it to measure the depth of the sea, for example. Among the animals, bats and whales use reflected sound to tell them where they are and what things are near them.

1. Which is the right order of hearing our echo in a very large, empty hall?

a. We hear the reflected sound       b. The sound returns to us  

c. The sound hits the walls          d. We make a sound

A.c, b, a, d

B.c, a, b, d

C.d, c, b, a

D.d, b, c, a

2.. From the text we learn that __________ .

A.reflected sound is useful only to blind people

B.people haven’t made use of reflected sound yet

C.bats use reflected sound to fly and get food

D.whales don’t use reflected sound as they live in the sea

3. If you haven’t got a megaphone, ____ will help you to make your voice travel farther.

A.a long piece of wood

B.a roll of cardboard

C.a thin thread

D.a long piece of silk

 

Once there was a poor little girl living near a forest. She had no family and no one to love her. So she often   21   sad and lonely.

One day, when she was walking in the forest, she found that a small   22   was trapped unluckily in a bush. The butterfly tried to fly away   23   failed. The kind little girl saved the butterfly with great care. Instead of flying away, the butterfly turned   24   a beautiful fairy (仙女). The little girl was very   25  .

“Thank you for   26   me. You are so kind. I will make any of your dreams come true.” said the fairy.

The little girl thought for a moment and then said, “I want to be   27  !”

The fairy said, “Very well. I will help you.” And she said something in the little girl’s ear. Then the fairy disappeared.

As the kind little girl grew up, she was   28   ready to help people in need and was popular among the villagers. No one in the village was as happy as she was. Everyone asked her the   29   of her happiness. She always smiled and   30  , “The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a kind   31   when I was a little girl.”

When the kind girl became a very old woman and was dying, the neighbours in the   32   all gathered (聚拢) around her bed because they were   33   that her secret of happiness would die with her. They asked, “Please tell us what the kind fairy said.”

The lovely old woman still   34   and said, “She told me that everyone needed me, no matter how safe they seemed, no matter how rich or poor, no matter how old or   35  . She said that helping others would make me happy all my life.”

1.A. thought            B. found            C. sounded          D. felt

2.A. butterfly      B. bird         C. snake                D. squirrel

3.A. so             B. or           C. but              D. as

4.A. on             B. up           C. into                 D. down

5.A. surprised      B. tired            C. mad              D. angry

6.A. catching       B. beating      C. killing              D. saving

7.A. active         B. happy            C. energetic            D. humorous

8.A. always         B. never            C. seldom           D. hardly

9.A. success            B. secret           C. power                D. lesson

10.A. asked         B. hoped            C. answered         D. refused

11.A. witch         B. fairy            C. ghost                D. princess

12.A. village           B. town         C. city             D. world

13.A. excited           B. pleased      C. glad             D. afraid

14.A. shouted           B. cried            C. smiled               D. jumped

15.A. young         B. great            C. nice             D. quiet

 

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