Do you often listen to music at loud volumes（音量）？ Over one billion（十亿） young people are at risk of hearing loss （失聪）because of listening to loud noise for long periods of time．Listening to music or watching a TV show at loud volumes is harmful to your hearing．
The United Nations has standards for safe listening． It is not safe to listen to sounds that are louder than 85 decibels（dB 分贝） 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 ears（内耳）． most of us are born with about 16，000 hair cells（听毛细胞） in our inner ears． However， listening to loud noise for a long time can make these cells work too hard and cause some of them to die． This is what causes 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．
The World Health Organization said the"safe level" for most sounds is below 80 dB for up to 40 hours a week． A level of 80 dB is roughly equal to（大约相当于） the noise of a subway．
（1）Many young people are at risk of hearing loss because they ．
| A． |
watch TV every day |
| B． |
listen to music every day |
| C． |
listen to loud noise in the subway |
| D． |
listen to loud noise for a long time |
（2）The sound level of a rock concert is about ．
| A． |
80 dB |
| B． |
85 dB |
| C． |
100 dB |
| D． |
110 dB |
（3）What is loud noise harmful to？
| A． |
The inner ears． |
| B． |
The brain． |
| C． |
The heart． |
| D． |
The eyes． |
（4）What can you learn from the passage？
| A． |
We feel comfortable when listening to loud music in a quiet place． |
| B． |
Most people are born with about 1， 600 hair cells in the inner ear． |
| C． |
It is not safe to listen to sounds that are louder than 85 dB for 15 minutes． |
| D． |
Below 80 dB for up to 40 hours a week is the"safe level" for most sounds． |
（5）What is the best title of the passage？
| A． |
Keep the Loud Volumes |
| B． |
Loud Noise Is Harmful to Hearing |
| C． |
The Risk of Listening to Music |
| D． |
Loud Noise Stops Ears from Working |
A primary school in Wuhan has used new desks and chairs to prevent students from getting short sight.The desks and chairs make students have the correct posture(座姿), especially when reading and writing. Each desk has an adjustable(可调节的)steel bar(铁架). The bar can help students keep their eyes at least 30cm from books.
Zhang Jianming is headmaster of the primary school. She said the new desks and chairs were provided by an eye care centre in the city. The school carried out a survey last September. It showed that about 7 per cent of its 1,093 students said they suffered from short sight.
The new desks and chairs have already improved the students’ posture, but both teachers and students might need more time to get used to them.
Yang Lihua is head of the Wuhan Youth Eye Care Center. She said the desks and chairs were introduced to 19 schools on a trial basis(试行). “During our research into short sight, we noticed that the number of students with short sight was increasing. This is because parents are teaching their children to read and write at a very early age without paying enough attention to their posture,” she said.
Feng Junying is a doctor at Beijing Jingshan School. “I think the new desks and chairs in Wuhan will certainly be helpful,” she said. “But bad reading habits at school are not the only reason for short sight. Children are using mobile phones and iPads when they are very young. This can be another reason for short sight at a young age.”
According to the passage, the adjustable steel bar can help the students keep their eyes ________ from books.
| A．20cm | B．25cm | C．29cm | D．32cm |
The schools in Wuhan introduced the desks with bars to the primary school students in order to ________.
| A．make students grow tall |
| B．help students have the correct posture |
| C．help students love reading |
| D．not allow students to use mobile |
Feng Junjing’s words mean ________.
| A．the number of students with short sight is increasing |
| B．the students don’t get used to the new desks and chairs |
| C．bad reading habits are not the only reason of the students’ short sight |
| D．the new desks and chairs are useless for the students to improve their eye sight |
From the passage, a good way to protect our eyesight is to________.
| A．buy an adjustable steel bar |
| B．go to the Youth Eye Care Centre often |
| C．have a correct posture when we are studying |
| D．read less and use mobile phones and iPads less |
We can infer( 推断)the passage is probably from ________part of a newspaper.
| A．Education | B．Culture | C．Technology | D．Medicine |
Jack was a carpenter(木匠). He was living in a village. His mother died a long time ago. His aged father, Ken, lived with him. Ken could not even walk well. He was so weak. It was because Jack did not give him enough food. He only gave his father a small bowl made from earth. Even a little rice in the bowl appeared to be much.
Jack had a son. His name is Mike. He was a very good boy. He loved his grandfather. He had great respect for the old man. He did not like his father’s attitude to his grandfather.
One day Ken was eating his food out of the earthen(土制的) bowl. The bowl fell down and broke into pieces. The food also fell on the floor. Jack saw the broken bowl. He was very angry with his father. The old man felt bad about what happened. He was sorry for his mistake.
Mike saw this. He did not like what his father did, but he was afraid to speak against his father. The next day, Mike took some of his father’s tools and a piece of wood. He worked with the tools to make a wooden bowl. His father saw him working.
“What are you making, Mike?”he asked.
“I am making a wooden bowl! ”replied Mike. “I am making it for you, father. When you grow old, like my grandfather, you will need a bowl for food. A bowl made from earth may break very easily. So I want to give you a wooden bowl”
After hearing this, Jack felt sorry and regretted having treated his father badly.What kind of bowl did Jack’s father own?
| A．A wooden bowl. | B．An earthen bowl. |
| C．A golden bowl. | D．A plastic bowl. |
Why did Jack give his father a small bowl to have dinner?
| A．Because it was expensive. |
| B．Because it wasn’t easy to break. |
| C．Because his father liked the bowl. |
| D．Because the food in it appeared to be much. |
What’s the Chinese meaning of the underlined word “attitude”?
| A．策略 | B．思想 | C．态度 | D．好心 |
What’s the true reason of Mike’s making a wooden bowl?
| A．To make a better bowl for his grandfather. |
| B．To learn the skills of a carpenter. |
| C．To prepare a bowl for his father. |
| D．To teach his father a lesson. |
What’s the title of the passage?
| A．Two broken bowls | B．A wooden bowl |
| C．A little grandson | D．A poor old man |
Mr Wang is travelling abroad. Now he is staying in a hotel.Here is the information of his room card on both sides.
(response zone:感应区; check out:办理退房手续)Mr Wang’s hotel is ________.
| A．at the corner of King Street |
| B．next to a park |
| C．near a bank on King Street |
| D．between a park and a bank |
If you want to know more about Hotel Eiffel, you can ________.
| A．call the police |
| B．go to the bank |
| C．visit the hotel’s website |
| D．return the card to the Service Centre |
Mr Wang can take________ buses to the hotel.
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
If Mr Wang gets lost, he can _______.
| A．take Bus 74 to the hotel |
| B．wait until the light is green |
| C．search the Internet at the response zone |
| D．call the hotel at the phone number on the card |
The card can be used ________.
| A．to open the door |
| B．to close the door |
| C．to take a bus for free |
| D．to find the way back home |
Mistakes are great teachers. Success comes to those who are willing to risk making mistakes to achieve their goals and wishes, and who are able to learn from those mistakes. And in order to learn from mistakes , you must be willing to pay for them .
Mistakes can be very valuable, but when you try to get others to pay for your mistakes, then you lose the chance to learn from them. When something goes wrong, it's usually very easy to find someone else’s mistakes, but is that useful?
Much of the value of mistakes comes from the fact that they need a cost that must be paid. The person who learns the most from a mistake is the one who pays the price for that mistake.
When you make a mistake, what you shouldn’t do is to run away from it. You need to accept it because you can learn a lot from it. The mistake has been made, so make the most of it. Pay the price, learn the lesson, and grow that much stronger.
When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Remember the causes , and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The present is still in your power. Make full use of your mistakes to achieve your goals and wishes.
| Mistakes are great teachers |
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| People who can |
Success comes to those who not only achieve their goals and wishes at the risk of making mistakes |
| When you make mistakes |
Don’t run away from them. It’s easy but |
| The value of mistakes |
You can learn a lot from mistakes and grow stronger by |
| The suggestions |
When you make mistakes, remember |
Millions of British people have ditched the traditional “thank you” and took the place of it with the less formal(正式的) “cheers”, according to a survey.
Although the common person will say “thank you” nearly 5,000 times a year, one in three are more likely to add a “cheers” or “ta” where it’s needed to show they are fashionable.
One in twenty now say “nice one” instead, while the younger are more likely to offer a “cool” than a “thank you”.
“Merci”, “fab” and even “gracias” were also listed as common expressions to use, as “much appreciated(感激)”.
One in twenty who took part in the survey of 2,000 people by the Food Network UK for Thank You Day, which is marked on November 24, 2011, said a formal “thank you” was now not often needed in everyday conversation. More than one in ten adults said they regularly(有规律地) won’t say thank you if they are in a bad mood. Most people stated(陈述) that saying thank you was something that their parents trained them. A huge 70 percent of those who are questioned will say thank you to a person’s face without even meaning it, while one fifth avoid(避免)saying it when they know they should.
It seems our friends and family get the stress of our bad manners. Half of them admit (承认) they’re not good at thanking those closest to them. Many of them explain that they don’t say thank you because their family “already know I’m thankful”.
When spoken words won’t do, it falls to a nice text to do the job for most people.
One third will still send a handwritten thank-you note---but 45 percent admit it’s been more than six months since they tried to send one.
A quarter of British people say “thank you” with food, with 23 percent cooking a meal to show their appreciation to someone. Another 15 percent make a cake.
It follows that 85 percent of people will be angry because of not getting the gratitude (感激)they feel they should receive. Most of the people who took part in the survey say that they say “thank you” _______.
| A．when they are in good mood |
| B．completely out of habit |
| C．when they feel truly grateful |
| D．purely out of politeness |
The underlined word “ditched” in Paragraph 1 means “________”.
| A．gave up | B．used | C．shared | D．knew |
It can be learned from the passage that _______.
| A．different ways of expressing gratitude are all fashionable |
| B．people should avoid saying “thank you” nowadays |
| C．a thank-you note is still appreciated by most people |
| D．people in a bad mood never say “thank you” |
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Most people express their gratitude to others by buying food for them. |
| B．About fifty percent of people try not to say thank you when they should. |
| C．Most people may feel natural when they fail to receive others’ gratitude. |
| D．Many people think it unnecessary to say thanks to their family members. |