We live in a noisy world. Young and old alike are troubled by sounds over which we may have little or no control: car and house alarms, motorcycles, loudspeakers, even movie previews.

We attend rock concerts, weddings, parties and sports events at which the music is so loud that you can hardly hear the person sitting next to you. At home, televisions, stereos and computer games are often turned up so loud that listeners cannot hear a doorbell or a telephone.

As if environmental noise were not enough, now we surround children with noisy toys and personal listening devices that can permanently damage their hearing. A series of studies conducted in 2002 indicated that even moderate (缓和的) background noise can interfere with how they learn language. In fact, children in classrooms on the noisy side of a school had lower reading scores than those whose classes were on the quiet side.

Noise-induced (噪音诱发的) hearing loss can come about in two ways: from a brief exposure to a very loud noise or from consistent exposure to moderate-level noise. Thus, there is much concern about the lasting effects of MP3 players that are turned up loud enough to block out surrounding sound, like street noise. An MP3 player at maximum volume produces about 105 decibels（分贝）— 100 times as severe as 85 decibels, where hearing damage begins.

So, before buying noise-making toys, parents would do well to listen to how loud they are. If the item comes with a volume control, monitor its use to make sure it is kept near the lowest level. Consider returning gifts that make loud noises, or disable the noise-making function. Children who play computer games and stereo equipment should be warned to keep the volume down. Most iPads have a control that allows parents to set a maximum volume.

Avoid taking children to loud action movies. If you do go and the sound seems deafening, ask the management to turn down the volume or insist on your money back.

The League for the Hard of Hearing urges parents to encourage participation in quiet activities, like reading, doing puzzles, making things with construction toys, playing educational computer games, drawing and painting, and visiting libraries and museums.

Noise And Children’s Hearing
Fact about noise	We live in a world of noise which   1.    people and is free of   2.   .
The  3.   that noise causes	We find it hard to hear others in a noisy   4.  .
Noisy toys and personal listening devices can permanently     5.   children’s hearing.
Two  6.  of noise-induced hearing loss	People are  7.  to loud noise for short time or to moderate-level noise for long time.
Advice for parents	They should pay attention to how   8.   the noise-making toys are and the returning gifts.
They shouldn’t   9.   their children to loud action movies.
They should encourage their children to  10.   in quiet activities.

 

Miss Williams is a teacher, and there are thirty children in her class. They are nice children, and Miss Williams like them all, but they often lose (丢失)some of the clothes. It’s winter, and the weather is very cold. The children’s mothers always take them to school with warm coats and hats and gloves（手套）. The children come into the classroom in the morning and take off their coats and hats and gloves, and put the gloves in the pockets of their coats.
Last Tuesday, Miss Williams found two small blue gloves on the floor in the evening, and the next morning, she asked the children, “Whose gloves are these?” But no one answered. “Haven’t you got blue gloves, Dick?” she asked him.
“Yes, Miss Williams,” he answered, “but those can’t be mine. I’ve lost already.”
【小题1】In winter, the children wore (穿) coats and gloves to _____.

A．play with snow

B．keep warm

C．play basketball

D．play outside

【小题2】 The two small gloves were for _____.

A．Dick

B．other children

C．nobody

D．Williams

【小题3】Miss Williams found the gloves _____.

A．in the chair

B．on the floor

C．on the road

D．on the desk

【小题4】 Which sentence is NOT right?

A．The children’s mothers often take them to school.

B．Children put the gloves in the pockets of their coats.

C．Dick hasn’t got any gloves.

D．Miss Williams thinks the children are nice.

— Whose jacket is this? Is it Mr Wang’s?
—No. ______ is on the desk.
A. Him    B. His     C. He 

Jack went to a barber's shop and had his hair cut, but when he came out, he was not happy with the result(结果). When his friend Bob saw him, he laughed and said, "What has happened to your hair, Jack?"
Jack said, "I tried a new barber's shop today, because I wasn't quite satisfied with my old one, but this one seems even worse."
Bob agreed(同意). "Yes, I think you're right, Jack. Now I'll tell you what to do when you go into a barber's shop next time: look at all the barber's hair, find out whose hair looks worst, and then go straight to him."
"Why shall I go to him?" Jack asked. "But that would be foolish!"
"Oh, no, it wouldn't," answered Bob. "Who cut that man's hair? Just think it. He couldn't cut it himself, could he? Another of the barbers cut it. So you know he can't be the worst barber."
【小题1】When Jack went out of the barber's shop, he was not happy because                      ____.

A．nobody had cut his hair

B．the barber hadn't cut his hair well

C．the barber had cut his hair carefully

D．he was not satisfied with his old barber

【小题2】"I tried a new barber's shop today." means ____.

A．this barber's shop was a new one

B．this was the only barber's shop in this town

C．Jack often went to this barber's shop

D．Jack had not been to this barber's shop before

【小题3】After Jack had his hair cut, he thought ____.

A．the new barber's shop was the best one

B．the old barber's shop wasn't so good as the new one

C．the new barber's shop was worse than the old one

D．the old barber's shop was the worst one

【小题4】Bob told Jack to find out which barber's hair looked the worst and then go straight to him. Why?

A．Because he was certainly the best barber.

B．Because he was free all the time.

C．Because he was the worst barber.

D．Because he wasn't the worst barber.

【小题5】From the story we know that ____.

A．it's foolish to have one's hair cut at a barber's shop

B．barbers cut each other's hair

C．barbers never have their hair cut

D．a barber always cuts his hair by himself

从Ⅱ栏中找出Ⅰ栏各句的应答语。(10分)
Ⅰ                                       Ⅱ
【小题1】How old are you?                      A. Yes, it is. Thanks.
【小题2】What color is your bag?                   B. I’m thirteen.
【小题3】 Is this your book?                       C. How do you do?
【小题4】 How do you do?                       D. It’s yellow.
【小题5】Do you know Mike?                 E. No, I don’t.
【小题6】What does she look like?               F. It is mine.
【小题7】Whose pen is this?                    G. Yes, he does..
【小题8】 Does he have an apple?               H. No, they are not mine.
【小题9】Are these pants yours?                I. The U.S.A.
【小题10】Where is Jim from?                   J. He is tall and he has a big nose.