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】
M: Of course! That's the reason I'm going to Chicago. Hi! My name's Barney Miller. What's your name?
W: Jenny Lin. I'm a sales representative for Woofers, based in Taiwan. Are you looking forward to the exhibition?
M: Huh, I've been waiting to go to the show for more than three months. There are going to be companies from over forty different countries there.
W: I know. I'm really looking forward to seeing what new products will be on the market next year.
M: I'm more interested in the new discoveries, which are being made in the electronics industry.
W: Really? Do you mind if I ask what part of the electronics industry you're in?
M: Not at all. I work in the Research and Development Department of a company based in Los-Angeles. We specialize in designing printers.
W: What's the name of your company? Maybe I've heard of it.
M: I don't think so. We're just a little company called "Sunrise".
W: Hmm. Oh, didn't you come out with an amazingly small but strong high tech printer at the exhibition last year in New York?
M: Yeah, that turned out to be our best seller of the year, but everyone forgets our name.
W: One of my jobs is to look for the products that will be the most successful, and then find out why. So I don't just remember the big companies.
M: I like the way you think, Jenny. Would you like to get together for dinner when we arrive in Chicago, so we can talk more about this?
(20)
A.A magazine.
B.The city of Chicago.
C.The electronics industry.
D.Their travel.
Meanwhile the practically real world for each one of us, the effective world of the individual, is the compound world, the physical facts and emotional values in indistinguishable combination. Withdraw or pervert (使错乱) either factor of this complex resultant, and the kind of experience we call pathological ensues.
This passage mainly discusses ______.
A.the dual nature of the world in which we humans live
B.the effect of strong emotions
C.emotion and reality'
D.emotions and passions—gifts of the spectator's mind