In today's world, almost everyone knows that air pollution（污染）and water pollution are harmful to people's health. However, not all the persons know that noise is also a kind of pollution, and that is harmful to human health, too.
People who work and live under noisy conditions usually become deaf（聾）. Today, however, scientists 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（織）cloth become deaf. Quite a few people living near airports also become deaf. Recently it was discovered that many teenagers in America could hear no better than 65-year-old persons, for these young people like to listen to pop music and most of pop music is a kind of noise. Besides, noise produced by jet planes or machines will make people's life difficult and unpleasant, or even make people ill or even drive them mad.
It is said that a continuous noise of over 85 decibels（分貝）can cause deafness. Now the governments in many countries have made laws to control noise and make it less than 85 decibels.
In China, the government is trying to solve not only air and water pollution problems but also noise pollution problems.
小題1: The text is mainly about _________ .
A．a(chǎn)ir pollutionB．noise pollution
C．water pollutionD．world pollution
小題2:According to the text, a continuous noise of _______ decibels can make people deaf.                                                                
　    
A．less than 85B．less than 65
C．more than 85D．a(chǎn)bout 65
小題3:10 percent of the workers in Britain are being deafened because_______________ .
A．they are too busy to listen to others' talk
B．they often listen to pop music
C．they live near airports
D．they are working in noisy places
小題4:The government of China is trying to solve ____________ .
A．a(chǎn)ir, water and noise pollution
B．only air and water pollution
C．only water pollution
D．only air pollution
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People tend to become more personal and hide less of themselves when using email . Researchers from Open University in Britain have found in a recent study that there are good reasons for this .
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Height is just one of the thousands of features your genes(基因)decide. In fact, because you have two parents, your genes provide you a height that usually lands somewhere between the height of each parent. If both your parents are tall, then most probably you will be tall, too, but if you have questions about how tall you're going to be, ask your doctor if he or she can help you find it out.
But genes don't decide everything. For example, eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing to your full potential(潛力). Getting plenty of sleep and enough exercise will help you grow to the expected height.
No doubt(懷疑) you're wondering how fast you should grow. It depends. There's no perfect or right answer. Generally speaking, kids grow about 2 inches (6 centimeters) a year between age 3 and the time when they start puberty (when your body starts changing and becoming more grown up).
Your doctor will know how your growth has been going over the years. Two centimeters here and 2 inches there are not nearly as important as the height you're at now, how you've been growing up to this point, and what other changes your body may be going through.
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A．you should have enough exerciseB．you can ask doctors for help
C．you should save the environmentD．You can record your growth during puberty
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A．how the genes work in your bodyB．when is the time you grow fast
C．why you look like your parentsD．how you grow to a certain height
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A．how good it is to be a doctorB．how much sleep time we need
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A．Your height most probably depends on how high your parents are.
B．Girls’ age for starting puberty is usually earlier than that for boys’.
C．The time showing the first changes of puberty is never noticed.
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　　Love as though you have never been hurt before,
　　Sing as though no one can hear you,
　　Live as though heaven is on earth."
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小題1: According to the passage, what does the writer usually do?
A．He pretends to be a rock star.B．He dances in his own home.
C．He sings songs while going to work.D．He gets jammed on his way to work.
小題2:What do other people think of the writer?
A．They think that the writer is strange.B．They look down upon the writer.
C．They believe that the writer is lonely.D．No one is interested in the writer.
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C．They are perfect.D．They are educated.
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C．life is like a great recipeD．life is to be treasured
小題5:The underlined part “the child” in the last paragraph probably refers to _______.
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