A boy and his father went walking in the mountains. Suddenly the boy fell, hurt himself, and cried, “AAAhhhhhhhh!!!” To his surprise, he heard the voice repeating, somewhere in the mountain, “AAAhhhhhhhh!!!” Then the boy shouted, “Who are you?” He received the answer, “Who are you?” He got angry at the answer, so she shouted, “Foolish!” He received the answer, “Foolish!”

He looked at his father and asked, “What’s going on?” The father smiled and said, “My son, listen,” And then he shouted to mountain, “I love you!” The voice answered, “I love you!” Again the man cried, “You are the best!” The voice answered, “You are the best!”

The boy was surprised, but did not understand. Then the father explained (解释), “People call this Echo, but really this is life. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is just a reflection(反映)of what we have done. If you want more love in the world, have more love in your heart. If you want to be successful, work hard,. This can be used in everything in life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it.”

1.At first the boy cried because _______.

A. he hurt himself and felt bad

B. he wanted to give himself a surprise

C. he felt it was so quiet in the mountain

D. he hoped his father would help him

2.When the boy heard the voice repeating, he thought________.

A. it was foolish to hear others’ voice?????

B. someone else in the mountain liked his voice

C. there were many other people in the mountain?

D. he was laughed at by someone else in the mountain

3.The father shouted to the mountain to ________.

A. find out who was repeating his voice?

B. have fun with other people in the mountain

C. show more examples to his son before giving him the answer

D. let his son know whose voice was louder

4. The word “Echo” means__________.

A. life itself???????????? B. repeating voice??

C. love in the world?????? D. everything in life

5.From the story, we know _________.

A. the boy didn’t like others’ voice at all??

B. the father had his own way to teach his son

C. it is not polite to repeat others’ voice???

D. the boy and his father were rather tired

A boy and his father were walking in the mountains. Suddenly the boy fell，hurt himself，and cried，"AAAhhhhhhhh！！！”  To his surprise，he heard the voice repeating（重复），somewhere in the mountain,“AAAhhhhhhhh!!!＂Then the boy shouted，“Who are you?” He received the answer，"Who are you?" He got angry at the answer，so he shouted，"Foolish！＂ He received the answer，"Foolish！”

He looked at his father and asked，“What’s going on?" The father smiled and said，"My son，listen.”And then he shouted to the mountain，"1 love you！”The voice answered，“I love you!”Again the man cried，"You are the best！”The voice answered，“You are the best！”

The boy was surprised, but did not understand. Then the father explained（解释），"People call this‘Echo'，but really this is Life. It gives you back everything you say or do. Our life is just a reflection（反映）of what we have done. If you want more love in the world，have more love in your heart. If you want to be successful，work hard. This can be used in everything in life. Life will give you back everything you have given to it.”

1. At first the boy cried because _____ .

A. he hurt himself and felt bad

B. he wanted to give himself a surprise

C. he felt it was so quiet in the mountain

D. he hoped his father would help him

2.When the boy heard the voice repeating, he thought ______ .

A. it was foolish to hear others’ voice

B. someone else in the mountain liked his voice

C. there were many other people in the mountain

D. he was laughed at by someone else in the mountain

3. The father shouted to the mountain to ______ .

A. find out who was repeating his voice

B. have fun with other people in the mountain

C. show more examples to his son before giving him the answer

D. let his son know whose voice was louder

4. The word "Echo" means _______.

A. life itself    B. repeating voice    C. love in the world   D. everything in life

5. From the story，we know ______ .

A. the boy didn’t like others’ voice at all

B. the father had his own way to teach his son

C. it is not polite to repeat others’ voice

D. the boy and his father were rather tired

Listen! What can you hear? You may hear many different sounds．Some of those sounds may be noise．Noise is loud or unwanted sounds．

Noise call be caused by many kinds of machines，such as motor cycles，jet planes and tractors．And，to some people，rock bands can also brining noise．

What happens to people who live near noisy machines or use them for a long time? Doctors find that these people have trouble sleeping．But，most importantly，constant（持续的）loud noise can cause a loss of hearing．

Scientists use a unit of measure（度量）called decibel（分贝）to measure the loudness of a sound．The sound of a computer，for example，measures 35 decibels．Talking measures between 40 and 65 decibels．Sounds from traffic and from some rock bands can measures over 120 decibels．Noise at this high level causes the greatest hearing loss．

1．Noise can be caused by all the following except ________ according to the passage．

A．rock bands           B．tractors                C．jet planes                D．computers

2．“Decibel” is a ________．

A．unit that measures sound                          B．kind of noise

C．machines that makes very loud noise            D．person who hates noise

3．According to the passage，loud noise can ________．

A．help people sleep better                             B．make people work longer

C．make people deaf                                       D．make people happy and excited

4．Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Going to a concert is bad for our cars．

B．Not all sounds are noise．

C．The loudest noise comes from traffic and rock bands．

5．What's the main idea of this passage?

A．Noise pollution can be a serious problem．   B．Rock bands are noisy．

C．The way to measure noise．                        D．How to stop noise pollution．