单选题 Have you ever gone to a concert and realized that your seats were right next to the booming speakers? Are you guilty【C1】______turning up the volume on your portable cassette or CD player to drown out the whining of your little brother? Sometimes it's difficult to avoid loud music or noises, but they can be bad news because loud noises can【C2】______temporary or permanent hearing loss. Extremely loud music and noises that go on for long periods of time are common causes of deafness. If a noise is so loud that you have to shout to make yourself【C3】______. there is a【C4】______that the mechanism inside your ear can be injured. Temporary hearing loss can happen after you've been exposed to loud noise for only 15 minutes. If you have temporary hearing loss, you won't be able to hear as【C5】______as you normally can, and you may have tinnitus, which is a fancy word for ringing in the ears. Your ears call feel "full", too. 【C6】______, these things usually go away and your hearing soon return to normal. Permanent hearing loss can happen when someone is exposed to loud noise over and over. Construction workers and people who work in factories must【C7】______ear protectors because the equipment they use can be extremely loud. But even some lawn mowers and power tools can permanently【C8】______a person's ability to hear high-pitched noises and can also give him permanent tinnitus. Listening to extremely loud music over and over can also have the same effect on a person's hearing. And using headphones on a portable cassette or CD player can be dangerous【C9】______if the volume is too high and the headphones are used a lot, the noise can damage the ears. The best way to avoid hearing loss is to wear ear protectors when working with machinery and earplugs when going to a concert. Headphones are OK to wear when you're listening to music; just be sure the volume isn't too high, and give them a rest【C10】______once in a while.
单选题 【C1】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:“be guilty of sth/doing sth”为固定搭配,意思是“犯了……罪,对……感到内疚”。
单选题 【C2】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:这句话是说大的吵闹声会导致暂时性或永久性的听力丧失,所以选cause。
单选题 【C3】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:make oneself heard是使某人被听见,就是让别人听见自己讲什么。根据文章内容应该选使自己被别人听见。
单选题 【C4】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:chance除了表示机会以外,还有可能性的意思。
单选题 【C5】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:as well as是副词比较级,意为跟什么一样好。不能用good,因为它修饰的是动词hear,只能用副词,另外两项含义不对。
单选题 【C6】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:unfortunately不幸地,遗憾地;accordingly相应地,因此,于是;unexpectedly出乎意料地:luckily幸运地。联系上下文可知这里应该是选C。
单选题 【C7】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:wear是戴上的意思,为最佳选项,其他的都不符合句意。
单选题 【C8】
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】解析:从这句话来分析,这里应该填动词,B作为动词意思是“引起,使发生”,排除。而根据句意应该填“影响”的含义,所以选A。
单选题 【C9】
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】解析:根本据上下文,这里需要一个表原因的词,因为后边的从句是对前面一句进行解释说明。所以C为正确选项。
单选题 【C10】
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】解析:every once in a while为习惯用法,意思是“每隔一会,时不时地”。