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【题目】 Over a cup of iced tea at the midtown Radiance Tea House&Books,whose noise is not much louder than a coffee machine's,Gregory Scott Farber,a non-practicing lawyer who works as a research analyst, described SoundPrint he created as"Yelp for noise". SoundPrint allows users to search for and grade restaurants and bars according to their sound level. "laces are getting louder,"Farber said. "People tell me thirty or forty years ago you could go somewhere to eat and expect to have a conversation. "

Farber suffers from permanent hearing loss,caused by meningitis(脑脊膜炎)which he contracted when he was a baby. Like so many great inventions,Farber's invention arose from a desire to find love-or,at least,a place to have a date. "When I was dating,I put a lot of efforts into trying to pick quiet spots,"he said. "I'd google' quiet restaurants'. Then I would show up,but it would be noisy. " His hearing aid helped,but not enough. "Out of curiosity,I started taking decibel(分贝)measurements. "He sent a list of his favorite quiet places to friends in the hearing-loss community,and soon found many requests from his normal-hearing friends.

SoundPrint includes a sound-level meter,so diners and drinkers can take measurements using their smartphones,and upload data to the database. Farber said that the app brings no profit. SoundPrint covers about two thousand cities,though only fifteen have a significant number of users. Farber recently analyzed the data from 2,376 Manhattan restaurants and bars,and the findings are not good for ears. More than 70%of the former and 90%of the latter were rated as"loud"-defined as between 76 and 80 decibels,or as noisy as an air-conditioner.

【1】What does Gregory Scott Farber do for a living?

A.He sells hearing aids.

B.He develops computer programs.

C.He defends people in a court of law.

D.He makes a detailed analysis of data.

【2】Why did Farber create SoundPrint?

A.Because he wanted to earn more money.

B.Because he could hear nothing without a hearing aid.

C.Because he wanted to help his friends who suffer hearing loss.

D.Because he suffered hearing loss and wanted to find a quiet place for dating.

【3】What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A.SoundPrint can be downloaded to user's phones.

B.SoundPrint can detect noise from air-conditioner.

C.SoundPrint is widely used in 2,000 American cities.

D.SoundPrints can analyze data from restaurants and bars

【4】The data collected by SoundPrint showed that ______in Manhattan.

A.restaurants are noisier than bars

B.a large majority of bars are noisy

C.there are more restaurants than bars

D.all the bars are as noisy as air-conditioners

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章讲述Gregory Scott Farber开发了一个叫做SoundPrint的软件。通过数据收集和分析，可以帮助用户找到安静的地方。

【1】细节理解题。根据第1段Gregory Scott Farber, a non-practicing lawyer who works as a research analyst（Gregory Scott Farber,一位非执业律师,从事研究分析师工作）可知，Gregory Scott Farber从事的是“研究分析师”的工作。故选D项。

【2】细节理解题。由第2段Farber suffers from permanent hearing loss, caused by meningitis(脑脊膜炎）which he contracted when he was a baby. Like so many great inventions, Farber's invention arose from a desire to find love-or, at least, a place to have a date（法伯患有永久性听力损失，是由他小时候感染的脑膜炎引起的。和许多伟大的发明一样，Farber的发明源于寻找爱情的渴望，或者至少是一个约会的地方。）可知，Farber 发明SoundPrint的原因，是因为他从小患病，且为了在约会的时候找寻一个安静的地方。所以才开发了这款软件。故选D项。

【3】推理判断题。根据最后一段SoundPrint includes a sound-level meter, so diners and drinkers can take measurements using their smartphones, and upload data to the database(SoundPrint包括一个声音电平测量器，食客和饮酒者可以使用智能手机进行测量，并将数据上传到数据库)可知，用户可以通过手机下载SoundPrint。故选A项。

【4】细节理解题。根据最后一段Farber recently analyzed the data from 2,376 Manhattan restaurants and bars, and the findings are not good for ears（Farber最近分析了来自曼哈顿2376家餐馆和酒吧的数据，发现这些餐馆和酒吧对耳朵不好）可知，这些曼哈顿的很多餐馆和酒吧产生的声音对耳朵不好，比较吵闹。故选B项。