Silence can be interpreted in the same way in all cultures.()
此题为判断题(对,错)。
此题为判断题(对,错)。
We can infer from the passage ______.
A.how to avoid nagging family members
B.how to silence gossiping friends
C.how to make a harmless revenge
D.how to deal with bothersome coworkers
It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A.Americans' character is affected by their social and geographical environment
B.Americans want to participate in all kinds of activities
C.curiosity is characteristic of Americans
D.Americans do not know how to deal with silence
根据下面材料,回答{TSE}题.{TS} Cooperation can cure the following EXCEPT
A. lack of interest in others.
B. self-centeredness.
C. unintelligence.
D. lack of social feeling.
What can we infer from the saying" There's no one thing you can do"(Para. 2 )?
A.People can do nothing about silencing the noise of airplanes.
B.There are toe many things to be considered when people make planed quiet.
C.People have to deal with everything that causes the noise of airplanes.
D.Only one thing needs to be done when people silence the noise of airplanes.
By quoting (引用) the remark of a being from another planet, the author inter
A. suggest human beings are controlled by a clock
B. describe why clocks can rule the planet Earth
C. tell readers what clocks look like
D. compare clicks to human beings
If indeed silence is golden, it is also becoming as rare as gold.
It seems that the progresses of man includes a rising volume of noise. 【M1】______
In every home a stereo or television will fill the rooms sound. 【M2】 ______
Between sunrise and sunset, streets and highways are a constant source
of voice from cars, buses, and trucks. You can pass any factory or 【M3】 ______
construction area and the roar of their machinery will make your ears 【M4】 ______
ringing. Music is played in every supermarket, most restaurants, and 【M5】 ______
many offices. Big cities of the world are well-known by. their noisiness.【M6】______
Noise pollution is the new side effect of our technological
age. Day or night, sound of the work fills the air. It seems 【M7】______
that the smoothing effects of silence are nowhere to be found.
Even the quiet of our careful protected wilderness areas can 【M8】______
be invaded at any moment by a passed jet. 【M9】______
We are learning, finally, that silence is a natural resource
and must be protected by law. It appears that we all find company
in sound, if we all demand a little quiet from time to time. 【M10】______
【M1】
The reason why one would rather be a mosquito than a mute at a party is that ______.
A.conversation, however meaningless, is preferable to silence
B.a mosquito makes more noise than a mute and noise is second nature to man
C.man can achieve identity through noise
D.the qualities of a mosquito are superior to those of a mute
听力原文: Silence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In between be does all he can to make a noise in the world, and he fears silence mere than anything else. Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence. If he is introduced to another person, and is number of pauses occur in the conversation, he regards himself as a failure. He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he is anxious to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure.
The aim of conversation is, for the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the buzzing sound. There are, it must be admitted, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as annoying as the continuous noise made by a mosquito. But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person. Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is pleasant even to the mind. He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbors.
Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new. Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other people's ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel. At the end of an evening, during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time, they just prove themselves to be successful conservationalists.
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A.To exchange ideas.
B.To prove their value.
C.To achieve success in life.
D.To overcome their fear of silence.
听力原文: It's common knowledge that music can have a powerful effect on our emotions. In fact, since the 1930s, music therapists have relied on music to calm patients and help control pain. Now psychologists are confirming that music can also help relieve depression and improve concentration. For instance, in a recent study, 50 surgeons were given some high-stressed math problems to solve. They were divided into three groups: one worked in silence, and in another, the surgeons listened to music of their choice on headphones; the third group listened to classical music chosen by the researchers. The results of the study may surprise you. The doctors who got to choose their own music experienced less stress and scored better than the others. One possible explanation is that listening to the music you like stimulates Alfa waves in the brain, increases heart rate and expands breathing. That helps to reduce stress and sharpen concentration. Other research suggests a second relationship between music and the brain: By examining the blood of students after they listened to a variety of classical music selections, researchers found that some students showed a large increase in endorphin, a natural pain reliever. This supports what music therapists have known for years: Music can help revitalize or calm the patient.
(33)
A.Training given to music therapists.
B.How music prevents disease.
C.Studies on the benefits of music.
D.How musicians create music.
(33)
A.Training given to music therapists.
B.How music prevents disease.
C.Studies on the benefits of music.
D.How musicians create music.
听力原文: It' s common knowledge that music can have a powerful effect on our emotions. In fact, since the 1930s, music therapists have relied on music to calm patients and help control pain. Now psychologists are confirming that music can also help relieve depression and improve concentration. For instance, in a recent study, 50 surgeons were given some high-stressed math problems to solve. They were divided into three groups: one worked in silence, and in another, the surgeons listened to music of their choice on headphones; the third group listened to classical music chosen by the researchers. The results of the study may surprise you. The doctors who got to choose their own music experienced less stress and scored better than the others. One possible explanation is that listening to the music you like stimulates Alfa waves in the brain, increases heart rate and expands breathing. That helps to reduce stress and sharpen concentration. Other research suggests a second relationship between music and the brain: By examining the blood of students after they listened to a variety of classical music selections, researchers found that some students showed a large increase in endorphin, a natural pain reliever. This supports what music therapists have known for years: Music can help revitalize or calm the patient.
(33)
A.Training given to music therapists.
B.How music prevents disease.
C.Studies on the benefits of music.
D.How musicians create music.