英语阅读,Doctorshaveknownforalongtimethatextremelyloudnoisescancausehearingdamageorloss.Thenoisecanbethesoundofajetairplaneormachinesinfactoriesorloudmusicorothercommonsoundsfoundathomeandatwork.Aperson
英语阅读,
Doctorshaveknownforalongtimethatextremelyloudnoisescancausehearingdamageorloss.Thenoisecanbethesoundofajetairplaneormachinesinfactoriesor
loudmusicorothercommonsoundsfoundathomeandatwork.
Apersononlyneedstohearthenoiseforlittlemorethanonesecondtobeaffected.
AnAmericanscientisthadfoundthatusingaspirincouldincreasethetemporaryhearinglossordamagefromloudnoise.Hedidanexperiment,usinganumberofmale
studentsatauniversitywhoallhadnormalhearing.Hegavethemdifferentamountsofaspirinfordifferentperiodsoftime,andthenhetestedtheirhearingability.He
foundthatstudentswhoweregivenfourgramsofaspirinadayfortwodayssufferedmuchgreatertemporaryhearinglossthanthosewhodidnotuseaspirin.Thehearingloss
wasabouttwiceasgreat.
ThescientistsaidmillionsofpersonsintheUnitedStatesusemuchlargeramountsofaspirinthanwereusedinthestudy.Hesaidthesepersonsfaceaseriousdangerof
sufferinghearinglossfromloudnoises.
1.Doctorshavelongknownthat______.
A)one’shearingdamageorlosshasnothingtodowithaloudnoise
B)hearingdamageorlosscanbecausedbyextremelyloudnoises.
C)loudmusicarenotharmfultotheear
D)commonsoundsathomearenotharmfultotheear
2.Thispassagesuggeststhatthenoisecanbe______.
A)thesoundofajetairplane
B)loudmusic
C)thesoundofmachinesinfactories
D)alloftheabove
3.Accordingtothispassage,oneconclusionyoucandrawisthataspirin______.
A)shouldneverbetakenmorethanfourgramsdaily
B)candamageone’shearingwhengivenmorethanfourgramsdaily
C)makeshearingdamagefromloudnoiseworse
D)increaseshearinglossbythreetimes
4.MillionsofAmericansareindangerofsufferinghearinglossbecausethey______.
A)oftentakejetairplanesontrips
B)likelisteningtoloudmusic
C)aredrownedinloudnoises
D)taketoomuchaspirin