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环球雅思学校入学测试题（A）

READING

READINGPASSAGE1

Youshouldspendabout20minutesonQuestion1-13,whicharebadonReading

Passage1below:

Readingpassage1haightctionsA-H.

ChoothecorrectheadingforA-Gfromthelistofheadingsbelow.

LISTOFHEADINGS

i

ii

iii

iv

v

vi

vii

viii

ix

x

xi

xii

Rearchonearphonesharm

Beyondcomfortableofhearing

Themaximumnoilevelofthe'Walkman'

Harmfulnoipollution

Noieverywhere

Reasonsforharm

Themaximumsafenoidosage

Thecurofsilence

Acurefor'tinnitus'

Alarmingstatisticalevidence

Achronichearinglossimpairment

Thedangeroffallingasleep

nAiv

nBv

nCxi

nDvii

nEiii

nFxii

nGix

ExampleSectionHviii

AItisbyoldsayingthatthevirtueofsilencebyclaimingitisgolden,yetexperiencetellsus

efitofsilencetothehuman

perfluousnoi;s

verprentinmodernlifeandisan

effectsofnoipollutionareoftwokinds:acute--exposureto

anindividualinstanceofaveryloudnoi,suchasagunshotorexplosion;andchronic--the

experienceoftoomuchnoioveranextendedperiodoftime.

BCityandurbandwellerxistinanincreasinglynoi-riddenenvironment,anditisnow

weexcludethemoreobvious

sourcesofnoipollutionsuchasjetplaneengines,roadworks,powertools,loudmusicatdance

partiesandsoon,

onlytowalkthroughasuburbanshoppingmallordepartmentstore,orcatchabusortraintobe

subjectedtonoilevelsthatafewdecadesagowouldhavebeenconsideredbeyondhuman

ularpracticeof'layering'sound,byaddingaloudersourceofnoitothat

whichalreadyexistsinordertomaskit,eofthe

accumulativenatureofnoiabu,constantnoiisworthannoisyperiodsintersperdwith

silence.

COurnoilevelacceptancethresholdisrisinginstepwiththenumberofpersonsdeveloping

ailablefromarecentsurveyconductedbytheAustralianBureauof

Statisticsshowthat7.4%ofpeopleover14yearsofagehavesomediscerniblehearingproblem.

Accordingtothesurvey,24.6%ofthe7.4%ofpersonswithaffectedhearinghaveproblems

caudbysubjectiontoaconstantbarrageofnoi,eitheratwork,intheeverydayliving

environment,blemismostvere

formalesagedbetween25and64yearsofage,9.1%ofwhomhaveahearingdisability,andfor

whichthecauisconstantnoiin44.4%ofcas.

DOfcurrentconcerntoacousticalengineersandpsychologistsattheNationalAcoustics

LaboratoriesinSydney,Australia,isthepotentialfordamagetotheeardrumcaudbythe

transst

universalfadamongyoungpeople,thepocket-sizedradio-castteplayer(commonlyknownby

thebrandname'Walkman')maybeexposingitsownertogreaterthanthemaximumsafedosage

ofnoirecommendedforindustrialworkers-90decibels*sage,

calledDo1,canbeachievedmuchsoonerbyexposingtheeartoonlyslightlymorethan90

stothedecibellevellogarithmicallyshortentheexposuretimerequiredtoreach

tance,toachieveDo1in4hours,itisnecessarytoraithedecibel

exposurelevelbyamere3decibels.

EOnedangerpodtoyoungearsisthatthepeaksoundlevelfromtheradio-castteplayers

isoftenfartoogreat;athighvolumeitisalltooeasytoreceiveDo1inashortperiodoftime.

Anyfurthernoiheardabove90decibelsthatdayandtherecipientiscausingmeasurable

rdangeristhelikelihoodofachangeinthepainthresholdof

noiresultinginurscompensatingbyincreasingthevolumetolevelswayabovewhatis

y,inrtableearphonesblocktheearcanal,therebyfurtherincreasingthe

noilevelabsorbed.

FButperhapsthemostalarmingpotentialfordangercaudbyinrtableearphonesistheea

llearphones

more,thereisthedangeroffalling

asleepwiththeearphonesinrted,leadingtoanaccumulationofexcessnoiwhileunconscious.

ybeginasanacute

temporarycondition,ncomplaint

is'tinnitus',ora'ringingintheears'whichfailstosubsideaftertheearsaresubjectedtoashortbut

exhaustingconditionthatcanriouslythreatenthecomposureof

lievedthecomporBeethovenwas

ent,thereislittlethatcanbedoneinthemajorityof

cas,althoughthevictimmightbeabletoobtainsometemporaryreliefbyusingamasking

devicewhichblocksouttheoffendingfrequenciesofsoundwithother,lessannoyingfrequencies.

HInevitably,though,yearsofexcessivenoiaccumulationtaketheirtollandpartialor

nceisthecureforailingears(or,atleast,thebestwaytoprevent

furtherdeteriorationofone'shearing),itissoberingtorealithatitisalsotheunfortunateand

permanentcurofalifetimeofnoiabucaudbyignoringthewarnings.

Questions8-13

Dothefollowingstatementsagreewiththeinformationgiveninreadingpassage1?

WriteTRUEifthestatementagreeswiththeinformation

FALSEifthestatementcontradictstheinformation

NOTGIVENifthereisnoinformationonthis

en

torexplosionwillbebracketedwithlong-timenoiexperienceinonecategoryof

10.'Layering'

lianBureauofStatisticssurveyedthatlessthan20percentpeopleaffectedhearinghave

problemscau

eveDo1in4hours,theearneedstobeexpodto93decibelsforthatperiodoftime.

True

veneverbelievedthathisabilitytocompomusicwasthreatenedbyhis'tinnitus'.Not

given

WRITING

Youshouldspendabout20minutesonthistask.

themtravelbyair,while

otherstravelbytrain.

tleast80words.