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      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 sound 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 connected yet also fully aware of their surroundings.Even deaf
teenagers! We in the hearing 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 (開裂聲). It's astonishing how beautiful things sound when
you can really listen."

1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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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     "Who made your T-shirt?" A Geo letown University student raised that question. Pietra Rivoli, a professor
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step toward a better are for the people who word there. In the colorful used-clothing markets of Tanzania, she
realizes that "it is only in this final stage of life that the T-shirt will meet a real market," where the price of a
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those who are against globalization. The chances opened up by trade are vast, she argues, but free markets
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A. She used to work on a cotton farm.
B. She wrote a book about world trade.
C. She wants to give up her teaching job.
D. She wears a T-shirt wherever she goes.
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C. prices of T-shirts rise and fall frequently
D. prices of T-shirts are usually reasonable
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A. Free markets.
B. Price changes.
C. Unexpected connections.
D. Chances opened up by trade.
4. What would be the best title for the text?
A. What T-shirts Can Do to Help Cotton Farms
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     "Who made your T-shirt?" A Geo letown University student raised that question. Pietra Rivoli, a professor
of business, wanted to find the answer. A few weeks later, she bought a T-shirt and began to follow its path
from Texas cotton. rim to Chinese factory to charity bin (慈善捐贈(zèng)箱). The result is an interesting new book.
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      Following a T-shirt around the world in a way to make her point more interesting, but it also frees Rivoli
from the usual arguments over global trade. She goes wherever the T-shirt goes, and there are surprises
around every corner. In China, Rivoli shows why a clothing factory, even with its poor conditions, means a
step toward a better are for the people who word there. In the colorful used-clothing markets of Tanzania, she
realizes that "it is only in this final stage of life that the T-shirt will meet a real market," where the price of a
shirt changes by the hour and is different by its size and even color.
     Rivoli ' s book is full of me able people and scenes, like the noise, the bad air and the"muddy-sweet smell
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those who are against globalization. The chances opened up by trade are vast, she argues, but free markets
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A. She used to work on a cotton farm.
B. She wrote a book about world trade.
C. She wants to give up her teaching job.
D. She wears a T-shirt wherever she goes.
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A. cheaper T-shirts are needed
B. used T-shirts are hard to sell
C. prices of T-shirts rise and fall frequently
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C. Unexpected connections.
D. Chances opened up by trade.
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