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苏X老师 初三年级 专用资料 PAGE  PAGE 5 首字母专项训练 1. Life gets noisier every day and very few people can be free from noise of some kind or another. Whether you live in the center of a modern city or a village far awaythe chances that you will be disturbed by planes, cars, radios and so on are almost e 1 . We seemed to be used to noise, too. Some people feel quite lonely w 2 background music while they are working. Tests have showed that t 3 silence can be a very frightening experience. However, some people enjoy listening to pop music which is very loud, and this can be h 4 to their ears. In some heavy industrial areas, the noise level is far a 5 the usual safety level. One recent report about noise said that although a lot of people say that a 6 noise disturbs their attention, only a sudden change in the level of noise really affects people’s attention. It goes on to say that a background noise, which doesn’t change too much (music, for example) may even help to pay attention. People are testing w 7 to make less noise. There are even laws controlling noise. Some day in the future we can return to the “good old days” of peace and quiet. 2. Some people think that as more and more people have television in their homes, fewer and fewer people will buy books and newspapers. Why read an article in the newspaper, when the TV news can b 1 you the information in a few minutes and with pictures? Why read a novel, when a play on television can tell you the same story with color, picture and action? H 2 , television has not killed reading. Today, newspapers and magazines sell in very l 3 numbers. And books of every kind are sold more than ever before. Although some books with hard covers are expensive, books are still a cheap way to get information and entertainment. Some types of books should be in our homes. Every home should have a good dictionary. It might be e 4 . A