首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Racket, din clamor, noise, whatever you want to call it, unwanted sound is America’s most widespread nuisance. But noise is more
Racket, din clamor, noise, whatever you want to call it, unwanted sound is America’s most widespread nuisance. But noise is more
admin
2011-02-10
38
问题
Racket, din clamor, noise, whatever you want to call it, unwanted sound is America’s most widespread nuisance. But noise is more than just a nuisance. It constitutes a real and present danger to people’s health. Day and night, at home, at work, and at play, noise can produce serious physical and psychological stress. No one is immune to this stress. Though we seem to adjust to noise by ignoring it, the ear, in fact, never closes and the body still responds--sometimes with extreme tension, as to a strange sound in the night.
The annoyance we feel when faced with noise is the most common outward symptom of the stress building up inside us. Indeed, because irritability is so apparent, legislators have made public annoyance the basis of many noise abatement programs. The more subtle and more serious health hazards associated with stress caused by noise traditionally have been given much less attention. Nevertheless, when we are annoyed or made irritable by noise, we should consider these symptoms fair warning that other thing may be happening to us, some of which may be damaging to our health.
Of many health hazards to noise, hearing loss is the most clearly observable and measurable by health professionals. The other hazards are harder to pin down. For many of us, there may be a risk that exposure to the stress of noise increases susceptibility to disease and infection. The more susceptible among us may experience noise as a complicating factor in heart problems and other diseases. Noise that causes annoyance and irritability in health persons may have serious consequences for these already ill in mind or body.
Noise affects us throughout our lives. For example, there are indications of effects on the unborn child when mothers are exposed to industrial and environmental noise. During infancy and childhood, youngsters exposed to high noise levels may have trouble falling asleep and obtaining necessary amounts of rest.
Why, then, is there not greater alarm about these dangers? Perhaps it is because the link between noise and many disabilities or diseases has not yet been conclusively demonstrated. Perhaps it is because we tend to dismiss annoyance as a price to pay for living in the modern world. It may also be because we still think of hearing loss as only an occupational hazard.
Which of the following best states the main idea of the passage? ______
选项
A、Noise is a major problem; most people recognize its importance.
B、Although noise can be annoying, it is not a major problem.
C、Noise is a major problem and has not yet been recognized as such.
D、Noise is a major problem about which nothing can be done.
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://jikaoti.com/ti/ltQYFFFM
本试题收录于:
NAETI中级口译笔试题库外语翻译证书(NAETI)分类
0
NAETI中级口译笔试
外语翻译证书(NAETI)
相关试题推荐
Nextfall,whenyouseegeeseheadingsouthforthewinter,flyingalongin"V"formation,youmightconsiderwhatsciencehasd
OfalltheemployedworkersintheUnitedStates,12.5millionarepartofatemporaryworkforce.TheUnitedStatesBureauofLa
Becausethisareahasahighrateofcrimeandunemployment,thereareonlypeoplemovingout.
EQEQisinnate.Infantsasyoungasthreemonthsshowempathy.Nowhereisthediscussionofemotionalintelligencemorep
Heobviouslystandsagoodchanceofgettingthepost,asheiswell______themoreinfluentialmembersofthecommittee.
AstheFAAinvestigationoftheplanecrashrevealed,theground-crewworkschedulewassocrowdedthattheycouldnothavecond
Formorethan50years,microbiologistsintheU.S.andEuropehavewarnedagainstusingantibioticstofattenupfarmanimals.
Thereisamythouttherethattoomanypeoplebelieve:thatwhenwereachacertainage,wecannolongerbehappy,independent
A、Theyhavecausedaseriesofpowerfailuresrecently.B、Theyhavebetrayedtrustofthegeneralpublic.C、Theyneedimprovemen
A、shortdistanceB、longdistanceC、allkindsofD、bothAandBB这条信息出现在听力材料的最后部分,而且基本与题目相同“Butthespecialgrowingcontainersar
随机试题
A.逆行性遗忘B.腰穿脑脊液呈血性C.乳突部皮下淤血D.熊猫眼征E.面神经损伤后颅窝骨折常出现()
异烟肼的鉴别方法有
下列选项属于我国国家监督体系的是:()
某工程双代号时标网络计划如图所标,该计划表明()
马远、夏圭是()时期的山水画家。
下面哪一历史时期不是封建社会?()
用一张钢板焊制一个容积为4m3的无盖长方体水箱,为了够用,又要使所剩钢板最少,应选择规格为()的长方形钢板.
撰写数据分析报告的原则不包括_______。
下列关于JavaApplicafion与Applet的说法中,正确的是()。
Theworld’spopulationcontinuestogrow.Therenowareabout4billionofusonearth.Thatcouldreach6billionbytheendof
最新回复
(
0
)