Question

【题目】

At night, you fall asleep while listening to beautiful music.【1】You can enjoy all of these things because of one important organ (器官) — the ears. March 3 is Ear Care Day. It helps us remember the importance of our ears and encourages us to take good care of them.

You may wonder: how do the ears work? The ear has three different parts: the outer ear, the middle ear, and the inner ear, The outer ear is the part you can see.【2】The sound then travels down to middle ear, the inner ear and then to your brain.

【3】Your ears keep on hearing sounds, but your brain just ignores them. That’s why you may sometimes wake up suddenly in the middle of the night — your brain heard something, but you don’t know what it was, since you were asleep.

But ears do more than hear.【4】In the inner ear, there are organs that are filled with liquid and covered in small hairs. When you move your head, the liquid and hairs move, too. They send messages to your brain about the position (位置) of your head.

More surprisingly, ears even help with tasting food.【5】But there are nerves ( 神经) running through the middle ear that connect the tongue to the brain.

The ears are truly important organs with many functions (功能). Everyone should make sure to protect their own ears as well as they can.

A. Of course, you don’t actually taste food with your ears.

B. Your ears never stop working, even when you are asleep!

C. In the morning, you are woken up by the singing of birds outside.

D. They help you keep your balance, too.

E. It collects sound around you.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】E

【3】B

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

本文详细介绍了耳朵的结构，以及告诉我们耳朵是重要的器官，有很多功能，所以人们应该尽可能地保护自己的耳朵。

【1】根据前文At night, you fall asleep while listening to beautiful music“晚上，当听着优美音乐的时候，你会睡着”，以及下文You can enjoy all of these things because of one important organ“因为一个重要的器官——耳朵，所以你可以享受到这些所有的事情”，可知，耳朵是很重要的器官，在晚上听着优美音乐的时候睡着，相对的在早上也可以被窗外的鸟儿叫醒，所以此空处填In the morning, you are woken up by the singing of birds outside。故选C。

【2】根据前文The outer ear is the part you can see“外耳是你可以看到的那部分”，及The sound then travels down to middle ear“然后声音会传播到中耳”，可知，此空处是描述外耳的作用是收集周围的声音，所以空格处填It collects sound around you。故选E。

【3】根据下文Your ears keep on hearing sounds“你的耳朵一直在听声音”，可知，即使你睡着了，你的耳朵也不会停止工作，所以空格处填Your ears never stop working, even when you are asleep。故选B。

【4】根据下文In the inner ear, there are organs that are filled with liquid and covered in small hairs… of your head“在内耳，有充满液体和覆盖炸小毛发的器官。当你摇头时，液体和小毛发也会移动。他们会向你的大脑发送关于你头颅位置的信息”，可知，耳朵也会起到平衡的作用，所以空格处填They help you keep your balance, too。故选D。

【5】根据上文More surprisingly, ears even help with tasting food“更令人惊讶地是，耳朵甚至能帮助品尝食物”，及下文But there are nerves running through the middle ear that connect the tongue to the brain“但是中耳有连接舌头和大脑的神经”，可知，实际上我们不是用耳朵品尝食物，而是因为中耳有连接舌头和大脑的神经，所以此空处是补充说明实际上我们不是用耳朵品尝食物，故填Of course, you don’t actually taste food with your ears。故选A。