People ___2___ work and live under noisy conditions usually become deaf. Today, however, ___3___ believe that 10 percent of workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise where they work. Many of the workers who print newspapers and books, and who weave（织）cloth become deaf. Quite a few people ___4___ near airports also become deaf. Recently it was ___5___ that many teenagers in America could hear no ___6___ than 65-year-old people, for these young like to listen to“pop”music and most of“pop”music is a kind of noise.___7___, noise produced by jet planes or machines will make people's life difficult and unpleasant, or even make people iii or even drive them mad.

　　Nowadays the government（政府）in many countries have ___8___ laws（法律）to reduce or control noise and make it less than 85 decibels（分贝）. In China, the people's government is trying to ___9___ not only air and water pollution problems but ___10___ noise pollution problem.

根据短文内容，从下列各题所给的四个选项中选择正确的一项。

　　Our village carpenter（木匠）, John Hill, came one day and made a dining table for my wife. He made it just the right size to fill the space between the two windows. When I got home that evening, John was drinking a cup of tea and writing out his bill（帐单）for the job.

　　My wife said to me, quietly, “That's his ninth cup of tea today.” But she said, in a loud voice, “ It's a beautiful table, dear, isn't it ? ”

　　“ I'll decide about that when I see the bill, ” I said.

　　John laughed and gave me his bill for the work. I read:

　　One dining table 10 November 1989

　　Cost（成本；费用）of wood ￡17.00（ ￡是pound的符号）

　　Paint（油漆）￡1.50

　　Work, 8 hours（￡1 an hour）￡8.00

　　Total（合计）￡36.50

　　When I was looking at the bill, John said, “ It's been a fine day, hasn't in? Quite sunny. ”

　　“ Yes, ” I said. “ I'm glad it's only the 10th November. ”

　　“Me, too, ” said John. “ You wait it'll be a lot colder by the end of the month. ”

　　“Yes, Cold  and more expensive! Dining tables will be ￡20 more expensive on November 30th, won't they, John? ”

　　John looked hard at me for half a minute. Was there a little smile in his two blue eyes? I gave his bill back to him .

　　“If it isn't too much trouble, John , ” I said . “please add it up again. You can forget the date . ”

　　I paid him ￡26.50 and he was happy to get it .

1. Why did John talk about the weather when the writer was looking at the bill?

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A. Because he didn't want the writer to go through the bill carefully .

B. Because it was really a fine day .

C. Because he wanted the writer to check the bill carefully .

D. Because he wanted to tell the writer what the weather was like .

2. Why did the writer say that dining tables would be ￡20 more expensive on November 30th ?

[　　]

A. Because it was difficult to make dining tables in cold weather .

B. Because paint would be more expensive .

C. Because the cost of wood would be more expensive .

D. Because he thought John would almost certainly add the date to the cost of the dining table

3. The writer thought John would ask for ______ if he made a dining table on the last day of November .

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A.￡20.00　　　B.￡46.50　　　C.￡56.50　　　D.￡26.50.

4. When the writer gave him the money, John was happy because ______.

[　　]

A. he got what he should get for his work

B. he got much more money for his work

C. he got the money easily

D. he didn; t have to add up the costs again

5. From the story we know that ______ .

[　　]

A. John made a mistake in the bill

B. John tried to fool the writer in order to get more money for his work

C. John had written out the bill before the writer got home

D. John still wanted to get ￡36.50 for his work in the end

根据对话内容，用框内的词填空

　　Waiter: Good evening, Madam.

　　Linda: Good evening.

　　Waiter: A table for two?

　　Linda: Yes. Can we (1) at the table by the window?

　　Waiter: OK. This way, please. (At the table) Here's the (2) .

　　Paul: Thank you.

　　Waiter: May I take your (3) now?

　　Paul: Yes. We'll have chicken, beef (4) onions, some mushrooms soup(汤).

　　(After the meal…)

　　Linda: Excuse me, could we (5) some (6) , please?

　　Waiter: Yes, Madam. Would you (7) anything else?

　　Paul: No, (8) . Could we have the bill(帐单)?

　　Waiter: Of course, sir.

e-mail, who, rubbish, please, normal

1.　　　　　 flowers are these on the table?

2.Mom is very 　　　　　 with her new job.

3.You can use e-mail English when　　　　　 your friends.

4. It 　　　　　 takes 20 minutes to get there.

5. I forgot to take out the 　　　　　 when I left home this morning.