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1、ResearchersatBrighamfoundaboutoneinfiveteenagersnow阅读理解答案 ResearchersatBrighamfoundaboutoneinfiveteenagersnowhavesomedegreeofhearingdamage.Theresearchersdidnotsaywhyhearinglosshasrisen,butotherexpertshavestrongsuspicions.Onelikelyculprit,theysay,isMP3players. AnMP3playercanbedangeroust
2、ohearingwhenitsdecibellevelisturneduptoohigh.High-decibelsoundscandamagenerveendings,calledhaircells.Ifasoundisloudenough,thedamagecanbepermanent.Aloudsoundcanshakethemembrane(薄膜)onwhichthehaircellssit—“likeanearthquake”.Thatshakecanbreakorevenuproothaircells.Whenthathappens,thehaircells
3、arefinished.Humanearscannotregrowhaircells.Therefore,whenlisteningtoanMP3player,setavolumelimitandavoidexposuretoloudsounds. Ontheotherhand,theloudnessoftoday’smusicmaynotbetotallyunderyourcontrol.Musiccompanieshavebeenpurposelyturningupthevolume.It’satrendcalledthefightforloudness. Pl
4、ayaCDfromthe1990s.Thenplayanewlyreleasedtune.Don’ttouchthevolumecontrol.You’llprobablynoticethatthenewCDsoundslouderthantheoldone.Why?SoundengineerswhocreateCDsareusingdynamicrangecompression(压缩),atechnologythatmakesthequietpartsofasonglouderandtheloudpartsquieter.Theoveralleffectofcompr
5、essionisalouderrecording. Manymusiciansandsoundengineersaren’tpleased.Theysaythatcompressionisdrivingdownthequalityoftoday’smusic,makingitsoundflatandblaring.GrayHobish,asoundengineer,explainsthatmusicshouldbeacombinationofloudnessandsoftness.Butmusiccompanieswanttomakemusicloudersoitwi
6、llstandout.That’simportantinthecompetitionamongrecordingcompanies. Whataboutlisteners?Manyteenagerslistentomusiconthegoinnoisyplacesandthroughheadphones,allofwhichreducesoundquality.Soyounglistenersmaynotnoticethepoorerqualityofmodernrecordings.“Totheirears,”saysHobish,“themusicsoundsfi
7、ne.Andtheyarenotawareofthehiddenthreatofthemusictheyareenjoying.” 44.Thephrase“likeanearthquake”inPara.2aimstoexplain_______. A.thatvolumecanstronglyaffectpartsoftheear B.howourbodyisunabletoregrowhaircells C.howmuchdamagetheearcanavoid D.thathaircellsareeasilydamage
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