Question

    At night, you fall asleep while listening to beautiful music. In the morning, you are woken up by the singing of birds outside. You can enjoy all of these things because of one important organ—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. It collects sound around you. The sound then travels down to the middle ear, the inner ear and then to your brain.

Your ears never stop working, even when you are asleep! Your ears continue hearing sounds, but your brain just ignores(忽视) them. That’s why you may sometimes wake up suddenly in the middle of the night—your brain hears something, but you don’t know what it is, since you are asleep.

More surprisingly, ears even help with tasting food. Of course, you don’t actually taste food with your ears. But there are nerves running through the middle ear that connect the tongue(舌头) to the brain. If something happens to your ears, you may have a hard time telling different tastes apart, according to the website of People’s Daily.

The ears are truly important organs with many functions(功能,作用). You should make sure to protect your own ears as well as you can. There are some Dos and Don’ts you need to know.

First of all, when the sun is shining, wear some sunscreen on your ears. And during winter, cover your ears with a hat or a scarf. Secondly, dry your ears with a towel after swimming or having a bath. If you feel water in your ear, shake your head a little bit. This can help you get the water out of your ear.

Besides, don’t listen to music on your earphones for too long. Follow the 60: 60 rule: listen to music at 60 percent of the maximum volume(最大音量) for no more than 60 minutes a day. Also, it’s not a good idea to share earphones with friends. When you have only one earphone, you might turn the volume up too high, since one earphone isn’t loud enough.

1.Which is TRUE according to the passage?

A.The outer ear is the most important part.

B.We can still know what is happening when we are asleep.

C.We’d better not use one earphone when we listen to music.

D.We can still taste food with ears if our tongue doesn’t work.

2.We can protect our ears by_________.

A.wearing no sunscreen on sunny days

B.listening to the singing of birds outside

C.washing our ears with a towel after swimming

D.covering our ears with a scarf in cold weather

3.What are paragraph 2, 3 and 4 mainly about?

A.Why we celebrate Ear Care Day. B.The protections of ears.

C.Why we can hear sound. D.The functions of ears.

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.D

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了耳朵是人体非常重要的器官，详述了耳朵的构造以及是如何工作的，并且给了大家一些建议，关于保护耳朵该做什么和不该做什么。

1.判断正误题。根据文章未提及耳朵三个部分哪个最重要，A选项表述不当，排除；根据“Your ears continue hearing sounds, but your brain just ignores(忽视) them…but you don’t know what it is, since you are asleep”，可知我们睡着时不知道发生了什么，B选项表述错误，排除；根据“Of course, you don’t actually taste food with your ears. But there are nerves running through the middle ear that connect the tongue(舌头) to the brain”，可知中耳部分的神经会连接舌头和大脑，但不是说我们可以只用耳朵品尝味道，D选项表述错误，排除；根据“Also, it’s not a good idea to share earphones with friends”，可知不建议我们用一只耳朵听音乐，C选项表述正确，故选C。

2.细节理解题。根据“And during winter, cover your ears with a hat or a scarf”，可知在寒冷的冬天，我们可以用围巾或帽子包住耳朵，故选D。

3.段落主旨题。通读这三段，可知主要在介绍耳朵的功能，包括它是如何运作能听见声音的、它还可以帮助品尝味道等，故选D。