Reading comprehension(阅读理解)：

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)：

　　Do you have bright ideas?Ideas for inventions that change the world or, at least, make life easier for somebody?P　　1　　 we all do sometimes, but we don’t often make the idea a real thing．Recently, there was a competition in a country, which encouraged young people to make their bright ideas come true．There were t　　2　　 groups in the contest：Group A was for school children under 16; Group B was for those o　　3　　16．And there were eleven prize-winners altogether．

　　Neil Hunt, one of the prize-winners, was c　　4　　“Sunshine Superman”by one newspaper writing about his design．When people study the weather, it’s important to be able to record the sunshine accurately．We need to know how many h　　5　　 of sunshine we have and how strong it is．Most sunshine recorders o　　6　　 record direct(直接的)sunshine．Neil’s is more accurate and this is very important for research into ways of using solar power．Neil plans to keep inventing．

　　The ideas in the competition were so g　　7　　 that we are surprised that the industry(工业界)doesn’t ask more school children for suggestions．

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。(每空一词)

　　Life gets noisier every day and very f　　1　　 people can be free from noise of some kind or another．W　　2　　 you live in the centre of a modem city or a village far away－the chances that you will be disturbed by planes, cars, radios, etc．are almost everywhere．We seem to be used to noise, too．Some people feel quite lonely w　　3　　 background music while they are working．

　　Tests have s　　4　　 that total silence can be very frightening experiences．H　　5　　 , some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very loud, and this can do harm to their ears．The noise level in some places is far a　　6　　 the usual safety level for heavy industrial areas．

　　One recent report about noise said that a　　7　　 a lot of people say that any noise disturbs their attention, only a sudden c　　8　　 in the level of noise really affects people's attention．It goes on to say that a background noise, which doesn't change too much(music, for example)may even help people to pay attention．

　　People axe testing ways to make less noise．There are even laws c　　9　　 noise．We cannot r　　10　　 to the“good old days”of peace and quiet．But we can make less noise－if we shout loudly enough about it．