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 becomes 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(专注的)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(一阵阵)of noise, we become aware of an extraordinarily rich world around us—of little soft and the sound of footsteps, of bird songs and ice cracking(开裂声). It's astonishing how beautiful things sound when you can really listen. ”
我们生活在一个充满噪音的世界里，并且习以为常。但让我们安静下来倾听吧，我们会发现世界是更加美好的，这对我们是有益的。
17. What does the phrase “to put a sock in it” in Paragraph 1 probably mean? A. To be quiet. C. To be full of love.
B. To be colorful.
D. To be attentive to someone.
答案：A。词义猜测题。由下文内容可知，George Prochnik认为人们习惯了周围噪音的存在，但却没有意识到安静的环境对人们是有益的，故画线部分点出了他的观点，即希望世界是安静的。
18. What does Prochnik say about us? A. We are used to quietnesss. 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.
答案：C。细节理解题。由第二段第一句话可知，我们习惯了噪音的存在，因而对安静对人们有益这一说法有很深的偏见，故C项正确。
19. Which of the following is TRUE according to Prochnik? A. We need more sounds in our lives.
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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.
答案：C。细节理解题。根据最后一段内容可知，聋哑人能专注于周围的环境，这一点是我们有听力的人应该向他们学习的，因此，如果我们能摆脱周围的噪音的话，我们就会意识到周围的世界是多么的丰富多彩。
20. 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
答案：D。推理判断题。根据文章最后一句It's astonishing how beautiful things sound when you can really listen.可知，当我们能真正聆听大自然的各种声音的时候，我们就会发现周围的世界是美好的。
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