George Prochnik would like the world to put a sock in it. He makes his case in a new book, listening for Meaning in a World of Noise. Here he explains himself(using his indoor voice): 

     “We’ve become so accustomed to noise, there’s almost a deep prejudice against the idea that silence might be beneficial. If you tell someone to be quiet, you should like an old man. But it’s never been more important to find continuing quiet. Silence focuses us, improves our health, and is a key to lasting peace and satisfaction.

     “We need to excite people about the sounds you start to hear if you merely quiet things down a little. During a Japanese tea ceremony, the smallest sounds become a kind of art-----the spoons making a light ringing sound on a bowl, the edges of a kimono(和服) brushing against the floor.

     “Deaf people are very attentive(專(zhuān)注的) in almost every aspect of life. If two deaf people are walking together, using sign language, they constantly watch out for each other and protect each other by paying steady attention to the other. They are concerned yet also fully aware of their surroundings. Even deaf teenagers! We in the heating world can learn from them. If we remove the powerful blasts(一陣陣) of noise, we become aware of an extraordinarily rich world around us-----of little soft sounds and the sound of footsteps, of bird songs and ice cracking(開(kāi)裂聲). It’s astonishing how beautiful things sound when you really listen.”

64. What does the phrase “to put a sock in it” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?

A. to be quiet                 B. to be colorful

C. to be full of love            D. to be attentive to someone

65. What does Prochnik say about us?

A. We are used to quietness

B. We have to put up with noise.

C. We do not think silence to be beneficial.

D. We do not believe lasting peace to be available

66. Which of the following is true according to Prochnik?

A. We need more sounds in our lives.

B. There is nothing to be learned from the deaf.

C. We are not aware how rich the world around us is.

D. There is too much noise at a Japanese tea ceremony.

67. It can be inferred from the text that ________.

A. we can benefit a lot from old people.

B. it is a good idea to use sign language.

C. there is no escape from the world of sound.

D. it is possible to find how beautiful things sound.  

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：武漢市第四十九中學(xué)2007屆高考預(yù)測(cè)性考試、英語(yǔ)試題 題型：001

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第一節(jié)

聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話。每段對(duì)話后有一個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)完每段對(duì)話后，你都有10秒鐘的時(shí)間來(lái)回答有關(guān)小題和閱讀下一小題。每段對(duì)話僅讀一遍。

1．What’s the price of the reference book?

A．$ 5.5．

B．$ 13.5．

C．$ 9.5．

2．What does the woman mean?

A．She wonders whether he heard the scream．

B．She heard the scream．

C．She didn’t hear the scream．

3．What can we infer from the conversation?

A．A woman died．

B．Three children were lost．

C．A traffic accident happened．

4．How many members are there in the woman’s family?

A．At most five．

B．Most probably four．

C．At least six．

5．Where does the conversation probably take place?

A．In a hotel．

B．In a shop．

C．In a company．

第二節(jié)

聽(tīng)下面5段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白后有幾個(gè)小題，從題中所給的A、B、C三個(gè)選項(xiàng)中選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并標(biāo)在試卷的相應(yīng)位置。聽(tīng)每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白前，你將有時(shí)間閱讀各個(gè)小題，每小題5秒鐘，聽(tīng)完后，各個(gè)小題將給出5秒鐘的作答時(shí)間。每段對(duì)話或獨(dú)白讀兩遍。

聽(tīng)第六段材料，回答第6－7題。

6．Who are the two speakers?

A．Two passengers．

B．A passenger and a conductor．

C．A passenger and an official in a train station．

7．Where does the conversation take place?

A．At the booking office．

B．In a waiting room．

C．In a nonsmoking room．

聽(tīng)第七段材料，回答第8－10題。

8．What is the man going to do?

A．He wants to visit the theatre．

B．He wants to see Shakespeare’s play．

C．He wants to take a long walk with the woman．

9．Where do the two speakers probably come from?

A．One is from England and the other is from France．

B．Both of them are from France．

C．They both come from England．

10．What will the man probably do in the end?

A．Go to a talk about Shakespeare by taxi．

B．Go for a walk with the woman．

C．Go to see the play on foot．

聽(tīng)第八段材料，回答第11－13題。

11．What was the man doing when the woman was coming closer to him?

A．Sleeping．

B．Reading．

C．Doing research．

12．Why had the woman talked to the man?

A．To bring him a message from Pro．Grant．

B．To ask for help with the assignment．

C．To see what progress he’s made on his paper．

13．What seems to be the man’s problem?

A．He can’t find enough information for his research paper．

B．He can’t sleep at night in his noisy room．

C．He finds it difficult to write a short research paper．

聽(tīng)第九段材料，回答第14－17題。

14．Where was George yesterday?

A．At his usual place．

B．In the newspaper office．

C．At home．

15．Which of the following didn’t George do yesterday?

A．Go shopping．

B．Wash clothes．

C．Look after the baby．

16．Why did the woman call George?

A．To ask him to the concert．

B．To go on a holiday with him．

C．To invite him to dinner at home．

17．Where did George see Mary?

A．At the office．

B．At the concert．

C．In his sister’s home．

聽(tīng)第十段材料，回答第18－20題。

18．What will an ambitious person like to do when he gets older?

A．To become famous and successful．

B．To live a comfortable life．

C．To become the owner of a big company．

19．Who will win the competition?

A．Those who are clever and quick．

B．Those who are strong and healthy．

C．The people with the most training．

20．What makes it easier for you to get a job today?

A．Age．

B．Education．

C．Experience．

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Why are medical dramas so popular?

  Why are we so fascinated by medical dramas? From the high drama of Casualty and ER to the squeamish reality of Embarrassing Bodies and One Born Every Minute, it is hard to look away. Books with a medical or health theme are equally popular on best-selling lists.

  When it comes to how our bodies function and malfunction, we are hooked. Without doubt, medical science is a rich source of stories. The popularity of all forms of medical-based drama suggests that we love to watch and read about people dealing with pain and discomfort, facing problems we fear we might face too at some point in our lives. Prof George Ikkos, president of the Royal Society of Medicine’s psychiatry section, says it is more to do with learning about ourselves from other people. The integrity of our body is extremely important. We should be concerned about our own body and that lies at the heart of it. Programmes like Casualty are dramatic and exciting—they involve a lot of ordinary people we can relate to directly. "It’s not like watching something about nuclear physics or stamp collecting."

  Prof Ikkos says: "Well-informed programmes can be helpful but people engage at different levels, from the highbrow to the lowbrow, depending on how people relate to what they are watching." There is, of course, no research to confirm whether these dramas improve our understanding of medical matters or change our knowledge of health issues. Some fly-on-the-wall medical shows may simply be a popular form of voyeurism(窺探者). "But they do give information that is helpful. I would not want to discourage them," Prof Ikkos adds.

  The themes of health, medicine and science are also at the heart of many works of popular fiction and non-fiction. Best-selling novels such as Before I Go To Sleep by SJ Watson and Me Before You by Jojo Moyes tackle the subjects of long-term memory loss and life as a paraplegic(高位截癱的人). Thomas Wright, whose new book Circulation—a biography of the 17th Century physician William Harvey—won the Wellcome Trust Book Prize this week, does not need to be convinced about the power of medical history. He was attracted to the story behind Harvey’s discovery that the heart was the principal organ of the body, pumping blood through veins and arteries with an incredible force. During an experiment, Wright says, Harvey cut the aorta(主動(dòng)脈) of an animal and the blood dashed out with such force and quantity that it splattered the room. "It was so shocking to people who thought blood flowed slowly around the body. It’s an image that stayed in my mind."That dramatic scene opens Wright’s book and he returns to it at the end too. Back then, people did not have much faith in physicians and many did not believe that medicine would be able to help or cure them, if they could afford to go to them in the first place. As a result, Harvey had a tough time convincing people of his theories.

Wright says how we view doctors and their methods has changed greatly since then and that could explain the popularity of medical dramas."Now we look to doctors and scientists for answers—we hope that they can overcome illness and death. We put them on a pedestal. Just the act of going to a doctor makes me feel better, but that builds expectations and pressure too."Wright hopes his book will appeal to the same audience who watch the blood-stained medical dramas on TV.

63. People like to watch and read medical drama because________.

A. they want to form of medical-based drama

B. they want to read a rich source of stories.

C. they want to deal with pain and discomfort

D. they might face the similar situation in their life

64. According to prof Ikkos, which statement is right?

A. We can cure ourselves from dramas.

B. Pro Ikkos will improve medical drama show.

C. Different people can learn from the medical dramas.

D. There is no specific research to confirm medical matters.

65. Harvey’s experiment of cutting the aorta tells us_________.

A. the heart was the principal organ of the body

B. the heart in the animal can press the blood dash

C. in the 17th century, medical knowledge was convinced

D. in the 17th century, animal was used in medical operation

66. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

A.       B.

C.           D.

CP: central Point     P: Point      SP: Sun-point (次要點(diǎn))     C: Conslusion

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