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阅读理解。 Could you stand the noise of a street-sweeping truck going up and down the street outside of your housethree times a week at 4 a.m.? The noise-described by Blomberg as "loud as a NASCAR (全国运动汽车竞赛
协会) race car but at a speed of 5 miles per hour-annoyed him so much that he tried to persuade the city to
rearrange for street sweeping to begin at 6 a. m. He also founded the non-profit Noise Pollution Clearinghouse,
an organization that provides research and information to others whose request for quiet might otherwise fall
on deaf ears.
Hearing loss is the most obvious medical consequence of noise pollution, but it is hardly the only one,
explains environmental psychologist Airline Bronzaft. In her research, Bronzaft found that constant noise
exposure can reduce children's learning ability and cognitive (认知的) development."Most importantly, each
day, you've got to take a break from sound regularly." says Bronzaft.
"The bad news," says Blomberg, "is that the last century was the noisiest in history. The good news," he
continues, "is that the greener we get, the quieter we'll also get." Electric cars and lawn equipment make less
noise, just as more fuel-efficient vehicles. Improved technology can also provide measures to make the
problem less serious. Police cars could replace those loud sirens (警报器) with models that better aim the
sound in one direction.
"I don't think you can name a noise source that I can't find a way to make it quieter," says Blomberg. But
the real challenge is to change people's attitudes." In the 1960s, we made it unacceptable to throw litter out of
the window of your car," he says. Today it's time to recognize that"noise is to the soundscape as rubbish is
to the landscape." The goal is to "create a culture where you do not throw your 'noise' litter out of the
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健康环保累阅读概念：
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健康环保类文章阅读技巧：
健康环保类文章常是介绍科学知识、生活常识和环境保护方面的短文。阅读此类短文要以现象或事物为中心进行思考，理解现象产生的原因、条件和客观规律等。同时要抓住事物的特征、用途和相互关系等。科普环保类文章一般为说明文，从结构上看大致可分为三个部分：
第一部分一般是文章的首段，主要用来提出文章的主题，即文章想要阐述、说明的主要内容；
第二部分是文章的主体，可由若干个段落组成，对文章的主题进行展开说明；
第三部分是结尾段，对文章的主题进行归纳总结。这类文章多用一般现在时，而且一般多使用客观性词语表述。有时为了强调客观性，也常使用被动语态。
从近几年的考试题来看，科普环保类的文章越来越与人们的实际生活相接近。由于此类文章缺乏故事情节，很多同学对此类文章感到费解。但一般的科普类文章都是就事论事，需要逻辑推理和想象的时候较少，因此此类阅读题也没有同学们想象中的那么难，只要多加训练，就能较好地答题。
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阅读后根据阅读内容，识别观点、人物、事件之间的关系以及文章的结构关系。如：时间关系、比较或对比关系、相关关系及因果关系等。
