题目内容
第二节完型填空(共20小题,每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握大意,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Millions of youngsters across Europe could suffer permanent(永久性) hearing loss after five years if they listen to MP3 players at too high a volume for more than five hours a week, EU scientists warned. This seemed to be 36 for many youngsters.
The scientists’ study, requested by the European Commission, 37 the concept of “leisure noise”, which was thought to be fashionable for the youth. 38 it said children and teenagers should be 39 from increasingly high sound levels—with loud mobile phones also coming in for 40 .
“There has been increasing 41 about exposure from the new generation of personal music players which can reproduce sounds at very 42 volumes without loss of quality,” the Commission, the EU’s executive branch, 43 in the report.
“Risk for hearing damage depends on sound level and 44 time,” it said. “More and more young people were 45 with the significant threat that leisure noise brought to 46 .”
The scientists 47 the number of people in that risk category at between five and ten cent of listeners, 48 up to 10 million people in the European Union.
49 of personal music players have sharply increased in EU countries’ market in recent years, 50 of MP3 players.
Mobile phones which are used 51 too high a volume also came under 52 from Meglena Kuneva, the EU’s consumer affairs commissioner.
“I’m concerned that so many young people…who are 53 users of personal music players and mobile phones at high volume levels, may be 54 damaging their hearing,” she said in the statement.
So, the youth, you should think twice about your preference. You should remember your 55 is more important than fashion and cool.
36. A. wonderful B. thoughtful C. believable D. unbelievable
37. A. attracted B. attained C. attacked D. contrasted
38. A. But B. And C. However D. So
39. A. stopped B. prevented C. protected D. kept
40. A. criticism B. protection C. envy D. encouragement
41. A. concern B. appreciation C. distraction D. curiosity
42. A. low B. little C. hard D. high
43. A. protested B. stated C. warned D. worried
44. A. leisure B. pressure C. exposure D. expression
45. A. faced B. satisfied C. born D. armed
46. A. body B. hearing C. face D. life
47. A. sorted out B. made out C. marked out D. worked out
48. A. meaning B. reading C. saying D. being
49. A. Prices B. Praises C. Limits D. Sales
50. A. specially B. similarly C. particularly D. partly
51. A. at B. to C. for D. by
52. A. threat B. fire C. discussion D. repair
53. A. essential B. exhausted C. frequent D. free
54. A. consciously B. sensibly C. unwillingly D. unknowingly
55. A. future B. health C. hope D. goal
36—55 DCBCA ADBCA BDADC ABCDB
解析
第二节完型填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I hired a carpenter to help me restore an old farmhouse. After he had just finished a rough first day on the job, a 16 tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw 17 and now his ancient pickup truck refused to 18 . While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. 19 arriving, he invited me in to meet his family.
As we walked toward the front door, he paused 20 at a small tree, touching tips of the 21 with his hands.
When opening the door, he 22 an amusing transformation. His brown face was covered with 23 and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.
After leaving the 24 family, I passed the tree and my curiosity got the 25 of me. I asked him, who 26 me to the car, “Before we went in, 27 did you stop by the tree earlier”
“Oh, that’s my trouble tree,” he replied, “I know I can’t help having 28 on the job and in my life, but those troubles don’t 29 in the house with my wife and children. I know I can control one thing for 30 . I can hang them up on the tree every night 31 I come home. Then in the morning I pick them up again before I 32 for work.”
“ 33 thing is,” he smiled, “when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there aren’t nearly as 34 as I remember 35 up the night before.”
16.A.broken B.terrible C.flat D.fantastic
17.A.quit B.deleted C.declined D.reduced
18.A.ride B.increase C.perform D.start
19.A.Before B.On C.Immediately D.Directly
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20.A.shortly B.briefly C.quietly D.straight
21.A.trucks B.leaves C.branches D.shoots
22.A.went by B.went over C.went off D.went through
23.A.smiles B.sorrow C.confidence D.doubts
24.A.happy B.large C.complex D.modern
25.A.worse B.better C.more D.less
26.A.drove B.sent C.instructed D.walked
27.A.how B.who C.why D.where
28.A.matters B.troubles C.questions D.worries
29.A.belong B.insert C.include D.provide
30.A.instance B.ages C.purpose D.sure
31.A.when B.since C.because D.if
32.A.ask B.come C.leave D.look
33.A.Frightful B.Funny C.Strange D.Accessible
34.A.much B.few C.little D.many
35.A.picking B.holding C.hanging D.giving