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【題目】 Do you often listen to music at loud volumes（音量）? You should know that this habit is bad for your hearing, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).

Over 1 billion young people have problems in listening because they listen at loud volumes for a long time, WHO said. Listening to music or watching a TV show at loud volumes can harm your hearing.

The United Nations has standards for safe listening. It is not safe to listen to sounds that are louder than 85 decibels (分貝) for eight hours or 100 dB for 15 minutes. The sound of a busy road is about 85 dB and the sound of a rock concert can be about 100 dB.

Loud noise is harmful to the inner ear. Most of us are born with about 16,000 hair cells (聽(tīng)毛細(xì)胞) in our inner ears. These cells detect (探測(cè)) sounds. However, listening to loud noise for a long time can make these cells work too hard and make some of them die. This is why people have hearing loss.

Some people might think that their music isn’t all that loud. But this can depend on where you are. For example, if you are in a noisy place like the subway, you might turn up your music too loud without realizing it. Later, when you listen to it at the same volume in a quiet place, you might feel uncomfortable.

WHO said the “safe level” for most sound is below 80 decibels for up to 40 hours a week. A level of 80 decibels is roughly equal to the noise of a subway.

【1】According to the story, WHO suggests that it is NOT safe to _____.

A. listen to music every dayB. watch TV for over an hour

C. listen to loud sounds for longD. go to a rock concert

【2】The sound level of a busy road is about _____.

A. 80 dBB. 85 dB

C. 100 dBD. 115 dB

【3】Why can listening to loud music cause hearing problems?

A. Because it puts our brains under great pressure.

B. Because it can cause hair cells in the inner ear to die.

C. Because it prevents our ears from resting.

D. Because it allows people to get used to listening to loud sounds.

【4】What can we get from the last paragraph?

A. People love to listen to loud music.

B. It’s reasonable to listen to loud music in some places.

C. People are likely to listen to music on the subway.

D. People don’t always realize how loud their music is.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

本文主要講述了聽(tīng)大音量音樂(lè)的習(xí)慣對(duì)聽(tīng)力有害。世界衛(wèi)生組織稱，超過(guò)10億的年輕人在聽(tīng)力方面存在問(wèn)題，因?yàn)樗麄冮L(zhǎng)時(shí)間大聲聆聽(tīng)。聯(lián)合國(guó)有安全聆聽(tīng)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)。聽(tīng)八十小時(shí)大于85分貝或15分鐘大聲100分鐘的聲音是不安全的。長(zhǎng)時(shí)間聆聽(tīng)大聲的聲音可能會(huì)使這些細(xì)胞工作太猛，并使其中一些細(xì)胞死亡。這就是人們聽(tīng)力損失的原因。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題干句意：According to the story, WHO suggests that it is NOT safe to _____.根據(jù)這個(gè)故事，世衛(wèi)組織認(rèn)為_____是不安全的。選項(xiàng)A. listen to music every day每天聽(tīng)音樂(lè)。B. watch TV for over an hour看一個(gè)多小時(shí)的電視。C. listen to loud sounds for long長(zhǎng)時(shí)間聽(tīng)大聲的聲音。 D. go to a rock concert去聽(tīng)搖滾音樂(lè)會(huì)。結(jié)合原文信息，依據(jù)文中：Over 1 billion young people have problems in listening because they listen at loud volumes for a long time, WHO said.世界衛(wèi)生組織稱，超過(guò)10億的年輕人在聽(tīng)力方面存在問(wèn)題，因?yàn)樗麄冮L(zhǎng)時(shí)間聽(tīng)大音量的音樂(lè)。Listening to music or watching a TV show at loud volumes can harm your hearing.大聲聽(tīng)音樂(lè)或看電視節(jié)目會(huì)損害你的聽(tīng)力。正確答案為：C

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題干句意：The sound level of a busy road is about _____.一條繁忙道路的聲級(jí)大約是_____。結(jié)合原文信息，依據(jù)文中第三段：The sound of a busy road is about 85 dB 繁忙道路的聲音約為85分貝。正確答案為：B

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。題干句意：Why can listening to loud music cause hearing problems?為什么聽(tīng)大聲的音樂(lè)會(huì)導(dǎo)致聽(tīng)力問(wèn)題?選項(xiàng)A. Because it puts our brains under great pressure.因?yàn)樗�讓我們的大腦承受巨大的壓力。B. Because it can cause hair cells in the inner ear to die.因?yàn)樗鼤?huì)導(dǎo)致內(nèi)耳的毛細(xì)胞死亡。C. Because it prevents our ears from resting.因?yàn)樗�阻止我們的耳朵休息�?/span>D. Because it allows people to get used to listening to loud sounds.因?yàn)樗�讓人們�?xí)慣于聽(tīng)響亮的聲音。結(jié)合原文信息，依據(jù)文中：However, listening to loud noise for a long time can make these cells work too hard and make some of them die.然而，長(zhǎng)時(shí)間聽(tīng)太大的噪音會(huì)使這些細(xì)胞工作過(guò)度，導(dǎo)致一些細(xì)胞死亡。This is why people have hearing loss.這就是為什么人們會(huì)有聽(tīng)力損失。正確答案為：B

【4】推理判斷題。題干句意：What can we get from the last paragraph?我們能從最后一段得到什么?選項(xiàng)A. People love to listen to loud music.人們喜歡聽(tīng)吵鬧的音樂(lè)。B. It’s reasonable to listen to loud music in some places.在一些地方聽(tīng)大聲的音樂(lè)是合理的。C. People are likely to listen to music on the subway.人們很可能在地鐵上聽(tīng)音樂(lè)。D. People don’t always realize how loud their music is.人們并不總是意識(shí)到他們的音樂(lè)有多大聲。結(jié)合原文信息，依據(jù)文中：Some people might think that their music isn’t all that loud.有些人可能認(rèn)為他們的音樂(lè)沒(méi)有那么大聲。But this can depend on where you are.但這取決于你在哪里。For example, if you are in a noisy place like the subway, you might turn up your music too loud without realizing it.例如，如果你在像地鐵這樣嘈雜的地方，你可能會(huì)把音樂(lè)開(kāi)得太大而沒(méi)有意識(shí)到。正確答案為：D