Psychologists now believe that noise has a considerable effect on people’s attitudes and behavior. Experiments have proved that in noisy situations (even temporary ones ), people behave more irritably and less cooperatively; in more permanent noisy situations, many people cannot work hard, and they suffer from severe anxiety as well as other psychologecal problems. However psychologists distinguish between“sound”and “noise”.“Sound”is measured physically in decibels.“Noise”cannot be measured in the same way because it refers to the psychological effect of sound and its level of “intensity”depends on the situation. Thus, for passengers at an airport who expect to hear airplanes taking off and landing, there may be a lot of sound, but not much noise (that is, they are not botered by the noise). By contrast, if you are at a concert and two people behind you are whispering you feel they are talking noisily even if there is not much sound. You notice the noise because it affects you psychologically. Both sound and noise can have negative effects, but what is most important is if the person has control over the sound. People walking down the street with earphones listening to music that they ecjoy, are receiving a lot of decibels of sound, but they are probably happy hearing sounds that they control. On the other hand, people in the street without earphones must tolerate a lot of noise which they have no control over. It is noise pollution that we need to control in order to help people live more happily.

　　36. According to the passage people_________.

　　A. can not work better in a noisy situation

　　B. will suffer from complete deafness because of noise pollution

　　C. can be psychologically affected by working in very noisy factories

　　D. may cooperate well in a noisy surrounding

　　37. “Sound”, as defined by the psychologist，_________.

　　A. can be measured in the same way that “noise” in measured

　　B. may be extremely harmful to health

　　C. is not at all different from “noise”

　　D. can be measured by machines

　　38. Peple waiting at an airport_________.

　　A. enjoy hearing airplanes taking off and landing

　　B. are usually not troubled by the noise

　　C. can easily tell sound from noise

　　D. are often physically affected by the noise

　　39. People enjoy listenting to music________.

　　A. though they are receiving a lot of decibels of sound in fact

　　B. because it does not have any negative effect

　　C. because they do not have to tolerate the noise around them

　　D. even though it is sometimes unpleasant hearing strange sounds

　　40. We can conclude from the passage that we need to control noise pollution if__________.

　　A. we want to stay both psychologically and physically healthy

　　B. we don’t want to be physically dent(削弱)

　　C. we want to cooperate well

　　D. we don’t want to be anxious

　　Questions 41 to 45 are based on the following passage. Complete each of the sentences with less than 10 words.

　　It seems to me that many British newspapers aren’t really newspaper at all. They contain news. It is true, but much of this news only appears in print because it is guaranteed to shock, surprise appears in print because it is guaranteed to shock, surprise or cause a chuckle(轻声笑).

　　What should we expect to find in a real newspaper? Interesting political articles? Accurate report of what has been happening in distant corners of the world? Full coverage of great sporting event? In depth interviews with leading personalities? It is a sad fact that in Britain the real newspapers, the ones that reort the facts, sell in thousands, while the popular papers that set out to shock or amuse have a circulation of several million. One inescapable(不可避免) conclusion is that the vast majority of British readers do not really want a proper newspaper at all. They just want a few pages of entertainment.

　　I buy the same newspaper every day. In this paper, political matters, both British and foreign, are covered in full. The editorial column may support government policy on one issue and oppose it on another. There is a full page of book reviews and quoted daily. So are the exchange rates of the world’s major currencies. The sports correspondents are among the best in the country, while the standard of the readers’ letters in absolutely first class.

　　If an intelligent person were to find a copy of this paper 50 years from now. he or she would still find it entertaining, interesting and instructive.

　　So my favorite newspaper is obviously very different from those popular papers that have a circulation of several million. But that does not mean that it is “better” or that they are “worse”. Weare not comparing like with dislike. A publisher printing a newspaper with a circulation of several million is running a highly successful commercial operation. The people who buy this product are obviously satisfied customers and in a free society everybody should have the right to buy whatever kind of newspaper he pleases.

　　41. What kind of news can be found most in the newspaper with a circulation of several millions?

　　42. What does the author conclude about the British readers?

　　43. What is the attiude of the author toward the popular papers?

　　44. What kind of newspaper does the author always buy?

　　45. What’s the best title for the passage?

　　Part Ⅲ. Vocabulary and Structure

　　Directions: There are 30 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). Choose the One that best completes the sentence. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.

　　46. The________child was learning to walk again gradually.

　　A) broken B) harmed

　　C) injured D) enable

　　47. It is high time you_______what a bad impression your impatrience makes on people.

　　A) realized B) realize

　　C) will realize D) should realize

　　48. The car was repaired but not quite to my________.

　　A) joy B) pleasure

　　C) attraction D) satisfaction

　　49. He promised me that the messagea_________at once.

　　A) could be sent B) would be sent

　　C) must be sent D) be sent

　　50. All things_______, the planned trip will have to be called off.

　　A) be considered B) considered

　　C) considering D) having considered

　　51. I’m going to the hairdresser’s to________.

　　A) have cut my hair B) cut my hair

　　C) have my hair cut D) cut me my hair

　　52. He hurried to the station_______himself two bours early for the train.

　　A) to find B) only to find

　　C) finding D)to have found

　　53. They seem to have no interest in________.

　　A) mutual B) only to find

　　C) common D) usual

　　54. You are late for the meeting.________on time next time.

　　A) Do be B) To be surely

　　C) Must be D) Make sure

　　55. One day I________a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor at a nearby state college.

　　A) came across B) came about

　　C) came after D) came at

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