Question

The world has many beautiful sounds. We can hear the songs of birds and the laugh of people. We can listen to cool music and news reports. And it’s all because of our ears! They bring us a world of sounds.

But some people can’t hear any sound at all. Some are born deaf. Others can hear well in their childhood, nut too many loud sounds hurt their ears later on.

Many people in China can’t hear ordinary sounds clearly. Lots of them are children. Most of them are born with good hearing. But six children of every 1,000 have hearing problems when they are born. And if a children has hearing problems, he or she usually will also have some learning problems at school.

A lot of things can cause fearing problems, like, too much earwax is not good for our hearing. And noise louder than 85 decibels (分贝) can hurt our ears and make us lose our hearing for a short time or even for ever.

Hearing is important for all of us. So we should do our best to give our ears special care. Don’t forget to do the following:

◎ Try to stay away from places with too much noise. If you have to go, wear earplugs.

◎ When swimming, remember to put earplugs into your ears to stop water from getting in.

◎ Never put anything sharp into your ears. If you think you have too much earwax, ask your parents to help you clean it out.

Keep these things in mind. Then you won’t be saying “WHAT? WHAT?” when you are older.

1.What does the underlined word “earwax” mean in the passage?

A．耳膜             B．耳鸣             C．耳垢             D．耳疾

2.Which of the following is NOT talked by the writer?

A．Illness and hearing problems.              B．people with hearing problems.

C．Ways to protect our ears.                 D．Danger of loud noise.

3.____________ is/are bad for our ears.

A．A little earwax      B．Earplugs           C．All noise          D．Noise louder than 85 decibels

4.The underlined sentence means ___________.

A．When you get older, you know it’s not polite to ask “What?”.

B．When you get older, you still have good hearing.

C．When you get older, you won’t ask questions.

D．When you get older, you will have fewer questions.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了患有听力疾病的人们很多,影响听力问题的一些原因及保护耳朵的方法.

1.联系前文too much 太多,可知此处指的是某物,人的耳膜不会增多,故选C.

2.这篇短文主要介绍了患有听力疾病的人们,保护耳朵的方法和巨响的危险.没有介绍疾病与听力的关系,故选A.

3.根据And noise louder than 85 decibels (分贝) can hurt our ears and make us lose our hearing for a short time or even for ever.描述,可知选D.

4.联系上文提出的三点建议,可知此处指的是采取上述保护措施的结果.故选B,当你变老时,你仍旧有很好的听力.

考点：科普性议论文阅读

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