In today’s world, almost everyone knows that air pollution 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. 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 passage is mainly about ______ .       
A．a(chǎn)ir pollution B．water pollutionC．noise pollutionD．world pollution
小題2:According to the passage, a continuous noise of _______decibels can make people deaf.
A．less than 85B．less than 65C．a(chǎn)bout 65D．more than 85
小題3:10 percent of the workers in Britain are being deafened because _______ .
A．they are working in noisy places
B．they often listen to pop music
C．they live near airports
D．they are too busy to listen to others’talk
小題4:The government of China is trying to reduce ______.
A．only the air pollution
B．only the air and water pollution
C．only the water pollution
D．the air, water and noise pollution
小題5:According to the passage,which of the following statement is TRUE?
A．People working and living under noisy places usually have good hearing.
B．Many teenagers in the US was said to have bad hearing because they enjoy listening to pop music.
C．A few people living near airports become deaf.
D．Noise coming from jet planes or machines won’t do much harm to people.

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:D
小題5:B

試題分析：這篇文章描寫了噪音對身體有害以及各個國家的噪音污染情況。英國10%的工人正在變聾是因為他們在吵鬧的地方工作，美國的青少年據(jù)說聽力很差，是因為他們喜歡聽流行音樂以及中國政府正在減少空氣、水和噪音污染。
小題1:主旨題：根據(jù)In today’s world, almost everyone knows that air pollution 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.可知這篇文章主要講了噪音污染的問題，故選C。
小題2:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)It is said that a continuous noise of over 85 decibels（分貝） can cause deafness.可知持續(xù)超過85分貝的噪音會讓人耳聾，故選D。
小題3:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)Today, however, scientists believe that 10 percent of workers in Britain are being deafened by the noise where they work.可知英國10%的工人正在變聾是因為他們在吵鬧的地方工作，故選A。
小題4:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)In China, the government is trying to solve not only air and water pollution problems but also noise pollution problems.可知中國政府正在減少空氣、水和噪音污染，故選D。
小題5:細節(jié)題：根據(jù)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.可知許多美國的青少年據(jù)說聽力很差，是因為他們喜歡聽流行音樂，故選B。
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A．because he has shared his thoughts on happiness with a worldwide audience
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