D
Parties, iPods, concerts, movies, TV shows, video games, traffic. All of these things of the modern world make life entertaining and enjoyable. But our 21st-century lifestyle is also loud and, if we don’t take notice, it can have an effect on our hearing.
Most teenagers don’t think about hearing loss. But if you experience any of the following symptoms（症状）, you may already be hearing damaged: you make efforts to hear normal talk, you have to turn up the TV or radio so high that others plain, you watch other people’s expressions to understand what they are saying, you ask people to repeat themselves, you misunderstand what people are saying or you hear ringing in your ears.
iPods and other MP3 players are as mon as the clothes you wear, and just as fashionable. But if you turn up an iPod to more than 60 percent of its maximum volume（最大音量）, and listen to music for more than an hour, you are asking for trouble. And, it does not matter if the music you play is classical, rock or heavy metal.
Some researchers find that young people who break the so-called 60-percent/60-minute rule in listening to iPods are at the risk of suffering hearing loss.
Why is an iPod dangerous? With ear buds placed directly in the ear canal and high-volume music played over a long period of time, it’s like working in a loud factory all day, being a maintenance（修理）person under a jet airplane or using a jackhammer（手提钻）on a building site.
Similarly, iPod music can cause a short time or permanent（永久的）hearing damage. A loud iPod can cause a ruptured（破裂的）eardrum and, over time, may cause permanent damage to the tiny hairs in the inner ear. If these tiny hairs are damaged, they cannot effectively send sounds to the auditory nerves（听觉神经）that connect to the brain. If this happens, hearing loss bees permanent.
【小题1】Which of the following shows that you are suffering hearing loss?A．You are interested to listen to others’ talking.B．You have to read others’ expressions to understand them.C．You can only understand others over the phone.D．You always think you hear the ringing of the phone.【小题2】 Which of the following is TRUE when you listen to music?A．Listen at least an hour every time.B．Turn up the volume to the highest level.C．keep the sound lower than 60% of its highest volume.D．Choose classical, rock or heavy metal music.【小题3】What is the correct order of causing permanent hearing loss?
a. The eardrum is broken.
b. The auditory nerves cannot receive sounds.
c. Tiny hairs are damaged.
d. Ear buds are placed directly in the ear canal.
e. High-volume music is played over a long time.A．d-a-c-b-eB．e-c-a-b-dC．b-c-a-d-eD．d-e-a-c-b【小题4】This passage is mainly about .A．music that teenagers likeB．hearing problems caused by the loud worldC．ways that teenagers enjoy music D．dangerous modern lifestyles of teenagers.B
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(答案→)B
解析：本文叙述了开聚会，听ipod、音乐会、电影、电视剧、游戏、交通等所有这些事情使现代生活充满快乐的。但是有时人们不注意开的音量特别大，以致于影响了他人同时对自己的听力也有所伤害，本文还介绍了对耳朵伤害的各种情况。
【小题1】细节理解题。根据you may already be hearing damaged: you make efforts to hear normal talk, you have to turn up the TV or radio so high that others plain, you watch other people’s expressions to understand what they are saying,你必须读别人的表情来了解他们，故选B。
【小题2】细节理解题。根据But if you turn up an iPod to more than 60 percent of its maximum volume（最大音量）, and listen to music for more than an hour, you are asking for trouble.保持声音低于60%的最高音量，故选C。
【小题3】细节理解题。根据倒数第二段With ear buds placed directly in the ear canal and high-volume music played over a long period of time,和最后一段A loud iPod can cause a ruptured（破裂的）eardrum and, over time, may cause permanent damage to the tiny hairs in the inner ear. If these tiny hairs are damaged, they cannot effectively send sounds to the auditory nerves（听觉神经）that connect to the brain. If this happens, hearing loss bees permanent.故选D。
【小题4】主旨大意题。根据纵观全文主要谈的声音太大引起的听力问题，故选B。