Doctors have known for a long time that extremely loud noises can cause hearing damage or loss.The noise can be the sound of a jet airplane or machines in factories of loud music or other common sound at home and at work. A person only needs to hear the noise for little mire than one second to be affected.
An American scientist has found that using aspirin (阿斯匹林) increase the temporary (暂时的)hearing loss or damage from loud noise. He did an experiment using a number of students at a university who all had normal hearing. He gave them different amounts of aspirin for different periods of time, then he tested their hearing ability. He found that students who were given four grams of aspirin a day for two days suffered much greater temporary hearing loss than those who did not use aspirin. The hearing loss was about two times as great.
The scientist said millions of persons in the U.S. use much larger amounts of aspirin than were used in his experiment. He said these persons face a serious danger of suffering hearing loss from loud noise.
1..
.Doctors have long known that__________.
A. one may lose his hearing when he hears a terribly loud noise.
B. one may become deaf when he hears a loud noise.
C.loud noises can cause damage to the hearing of the young people only
D. common sounds at home are not harmful to the ear
2..
.One conclusion you can draw from the passage is that aspirin________.
A. makes hearing damage from loud noise worse
B. should never be taken more than four grams
C.can damage one’s hearing when it is given more than four grams daily
D. always increases hearing loss by two times
3..
. The American scientist did his experiment in order to find ________.
A. how much aspirin would affect a person’s hearing
B. how much aspirin should be given in the treatment of the patients with hearing damage from loud noise
C.whether aspirin would increase the temporary hearing damage from loud noises
D.whether the people who had hearing damage should use aspirin
One night last February, a seventeen-year-old Duffy drove home along a winding road, he saw a strange light thrown against the tree. “I knew it wasn’t the moon”, he said. “I drive this road all the time and I notice little things out of place.”
Duffy stopped his car and got out to examine. Below him far down in the deep valley lay a broken car with its headlights on. Thirty minutes earlier, a man had driven off the edge of the road, which has no guardrail. His car fell and rolled end over end, landing on its top more than two hundred feet below.
Duffy rushed to call for help, then returned and got down to reach the injured driver. Snow covered the valley and the temperature was below freezing. After struggling back up the cliff, Duffy took off his jacket and shirt and wrapped the injured man in time, along with the blankets from his car.
Life-saving deeds are starting to become usual action for Duffy, the oldest of seven children. When he was 12, he saved his ten-year-old brother from drowning. Two years ago, his three-year-old sister ate rat poison, and Duffy cleaned out her mouth, make her drink milk to protect her stomach and called doctors.
“We have tried to teach the children good values, and it looks like we have got some reward for it.” His father says.
1..The strange light came from ________.
A. The bright moon. B. Duffy’s car.
C. The broken car in the valley D. an unknown place
2..The phrase” landing on its top” means the car lay_________.
A. on the top of the cliff B. with its wheels upward
C. with its head upward D. on the road as usual
3.. Duffy wrapped the man because_________.
A. he was badly injured B. he had lost too much blood
C. he had nothing on D. it was too cold that day
4.. From the above article, we can see Duffy has saved ________ at least. A. two B. three C. four D. five
John had to go to work. So he set off half an hour 36 than usual and arrived at the library before anybody else. The 37 to come was Mr. Steele, who thought, “This must be a wonder. John is 38 the first here. If he came as 39 as this every morning, he would get a lot more 40 done.” John began to get on with his work and by half past nine he had 41 all the postcards he had to write. It was a quarter to ten, and Mary had not arrived 42. He wondered 43 she was ill or if she had taken the day 44. But Mr. Steele came and 45 him if he knew where Mary was. If she were ill, she would 46, he said. It’s not like her. She’s usually 47. John said that he had no 48 where Mary was. But 49 the door opened and there was Mary. She was looking very 50 and tired. She apologized to Mr. Steele and explained that she had been 51 most of the night. She hadn’t 52 to sleep until five in the morning and had overslept. Mr. Steele was very 53 and suggested that she take the day off. She 54 him and said she would stay, but she 55 said a word for the rest of the morning. John, on the other hand, was feeling happy so at one o’clock he suggested to Mary that they go and have lunch together, and she agreed.
1...A. later B. faster C. slower D. earlier
2...A. next B. last C. third D. first
3...A. almost B. about C. actually D. finally
4..A. soon B. early C. late D. quick
5..A. job B. book C. work D. thing
6...A. taken B. sold C. finished D. ended
7..A. too B. yet C. still D. already
8...A. whether B. why C. when D. either
9..A. on B. over C. off D. up
10...A. told B. warned C. answered D. asked
11...A. telephone B. drive C. ride D. stay
12...A. later for work B. absent C. ill D. the first to come
13...A. question B. idea C. thought D. mind
14..A. at that moment B. for a moment C. long before D. after work
15..A. happy B. pale C. red D. excited
16...A. asleep B. away C. alone D. awake
17..A. got B. wanted C. hoped D. begun
18..A. cruel B. kind C. angry D. glad
19...A. taught B. told C. laughed at D. thanked
20...A. hardly B. nearly C. mostly D. immediately
We travelled together as far as Chicago, ______ we parted.
A. when B. which C. why D. where
Great changes ______ in the city, and a lot of factories ______.
A. have been taken place; have been set up B. have taken place; have been set up
C. have taken place; have set up D. were taken place; were set up
According to the record reports, one of the rare animals, ______ crocodile, is in ______ danger of dying out.
A. a; the B. / ;as C. / ; the D. the ; /
