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(专心) 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】

试题分析：不管你是居住在繁华的都市，还是偏远的山村，都不会逃过噪音的干扰。噪音污染无处不在，而且日益严重。虽然科学证明完全的寂静对人类来说会是可怕的经历，但是太大的声音，哪怕是声音很大的音乐，都会给人带来危害。

1.主旨大意题。整篇文章都是关于噪音的问题，第一段描述了人们所处的充满噪音的世界，第二段是关于对噪音的科学测试，第三段讲述了一份关于噪音的报告，由此推断A选项更能概括文章内容，答案选A。

2.

3.Some people feel quite lonely without background music while they are working.可以推测“Background music”指人们在工作，购物等时候播放的音乐，答案选D。

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考点：考查社会生活类短文阅读。