B
Scientists from Spain and the Netherlands did a study and discovered that road traffic noise near schools could cause problems for children.
In the study, Maria Foraster and her team from the Barcelona Institute for Global Health worked with 2,680 children aged 7—10 at 38 schools in Barcelona, Spain. They tested the children's thinking and memory skills by giving them four computer tests over a year. There researchers looked at the noise both inside and outside the schools. They also estimated(估算) the noise levels at the children's homes. Air pollution, people's home locations, and other related factors(相关因素) were also considered.
The results(结果) showed that children in noisy schools had a hard time remembering and paying attention to things compared to children in quiet schools. When children were inside the classroom, changing traffic noise was an even bigger problem for them than just loud traffic noise. And no connection was found between noise at home and children's learning abilities.
One limitation(局限性) of the study was that the researchers did not study the noise levels from the past, which might have influenced the test scores. However, 98% of the children had been in the same school for at least a year, and the noise levels did not usually change very fast.
This study is important because many children worldwide are exposed to(遭受) traffic noise in schools. The researchers advised that more tests should be done in other places to see if the results are the same for different groups of children. If the answer is yes, this discovery might change the future rules about noise pollution near schools.
6. What do we know about the study from Paragraph 2?
①Its results. ②Its researchers.
③How it was made.
④Where it was carried out.
A. ①②③
B. ①②④
C. ②③④
D. ①③④
7. According to the study, what kind of noise had a greater influence on children's learning abilities?
A. Just loud traffic noise.
B. Changing traffic noise.
C. Noise from their neighbours.
D. Noise from their classmates.
8. What can we learn from Paragraph 4?
A. The study is of great importance.
B. The study has thought about all factors.
C. The study could be carried out better.
D. The study fits most children in the world.
9. The writer wrote the passage to
.
A. ask for rules about noise pollution
B. be against the building of schools near busy roads
C. tell readers about the influences of traffic noise on adults
D. introduce a study on the influences of traffic noise on children
10.
新考法 创新设问 What's the structure of the passage?
A. Introduction → Steps → Findings → Limitation→Meanings.
B. Introduction → Limitation → Steps → Findings→Meanings.
C. Meanings → Introduction → Findings → Limitation→Steps.
D. Meanings → Findings → Limitation → Introduction→Steps.