Question

Dear editor,

  I'm writing to you to say something about the noise in my neighborhood. I've lived in this city for years. It used to be very 1 here. But now I have found that everyone and everything is loud. Loud dogs, loud music early in the morning and at night, parties all the time ...I don't 2 the last time I had peace of mind. It's so loud that I have to take sleeping pills to  3   Not sure what to do anymore. It

4 me very stressed out (心力交摔)and hopeless. One time I tried to complain to a neighbor 5 their noise and they threatened (威胁)me. The police don't do anything to help at all. There's nothing I can do to get out of this  6 .

  I don't think that we should just 7 noise pollution. Now I make sure that the people that I talk to understand the importance of reducing (减少)noise pollution.     I can't do  8  right now but I do what I can. People need to work together to    9  noise pollution. Of course it will not change over night, but 10 we can make the noise levels lower in our communities. If you are not part of the solution (解决办法)then you are part of the problem.

(   ) 1. A. small B. clean

        C. quiet D. crowded

(   ) 2. A. think B. care

         C. remember D. regard

(   ) 3. A. go    to work B. go    to sleep

           C. keep    fit D. feel    confident

(   ) 4. A. makes B. changes

          C. encourages D. forces

(   ) 5. A. for B. of

         C. with D. about

(   ) 6. A. problem B. questions

          C. period D. pain

(   ) 7. A. receive B. accept

         C. refuse D. produce

(   ) 8. A. something B. anything

     C. much D. many

(   ) 9. A. discuss B. finish

        C. develop D. prevent

(   ) 10. A. at    first B. at    least

        C. at    most D. at    last

Answer 1

l.C与下文的loud—词相对应。

 2.C本句意为"我不记得我最后一次拥有平静（是什么时候了）"。

3.B

4.A   make sb. +adj意为"使某人怎么样"。

5.D   complain about意为"抱怨 "。

6.A   problem侧重指"难题，困难"。

7.B   accept意为"主观上接受……"。

8.C本句意为"我不能一下做很多，但我会做我能够做的"。much指代作者的行动、努力等。

9.D

10. B    at least意为"至少"。