[填空题]The loud, distinctive noises of genuine laughter often make it spread more quickly to ______.

[填空题]The loud, distinctive noises of genuine laughter often make it spread more quickly to ______.

[单项选择]Loud noises can annoying.
A. hateful
B. painful
C. horrifying
D. irritating

[单项选择]Loud noises can be irritating.
A. hateful
B. painful
C. stimulating
D. annoying

[单项选择]Some years ago, thumping, jumping noises routinely issued from the apartment upstairs as if baby elephants were competing in the 50-yard dash. 1 went up one day to politely inquire. "No，nobody’s making noise here, "the husband and wife both insisted. " It must be coming from elsewhere in the building. " Two children about five years old, each holding soccer balls, stood right beside their parents. " Could the thumping be your kids running around, perhaps playing soccer " I asked. "Oh no, we never let the kids play in the house. "
For months, the pattern continued: the thumping and jumping above, our delicate check-in, the denial. It got so that every time I saw the couple, I glared without a word of greeting.When they moved out of the building, the thumping stopped.
I suppose I could have forgiven my neighbors and spared them the glare. After all, forgiveness is in a trend advocated by best-selling books, foundations and research institutes. The notion has gone well beyond sp
A. careless
B. dishonest
C. ignorant
D. immodest

[单项选择]Expected noises are usually more （） than unexpected ones of the like magnitude.
A. manageable
B. controllable
C. tolerable
D. perceivable

[单项选择]If city noises ______ from increasing, people ______ shout to be heard even at the dinner table in 20 years from now.
A. are not kept; will have to
B. are not kept; have to
C. do not deep; will have to
D. do not deep; have to

[单项选择]A. Mediterranean people were born with loud voice to speak shrilly.
B. Mediterranean people have very unique vocal organs to produce noises.
C. Mediterranean people like to make noises to enjoy themselves.
D. Mediterranean people like to draw others attention by making loud noises.

[单项选择]That trumpet player was certainly loud. But I wasn’t bothered by his loudness（）by his lack of talent.
A. so much as
B. rather than
C. as
D. than

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Have you ever been startled by a loud noise or by someone appearing suddenly behind you on dark night or by a snake in the grass Do you remember the sudden, tight feeling in your chest, the way your heart started go pound, the way you seemed to breathe more rapidly Such reactions occurred because you were frightened. Your brain sent a signal to the special gland (腺) in your body caned the adrenal (肾上的) gland. Other parts of your body were involved, too, but the adrenal gland has a very special function.
The adrenal gland is located on top of your kidney. Since you have two kidneys. You also have two adrenal glands. Each adrenal gland is divided into two parts: a cortex (外皮) and a medulla (髓质). The cortex forms the outer shell; the medulla forms the central core. Both the cortex and the medulla secrete (分泌) hormones, but they have different functions.
The cortex produces more than forty different chemical compounds and hormones. All these things are essential to su
A. It is secreted by the kidneys into the bloodstream.
B. It is hormone that prepares the body for emergencies.
C. It is the only useful hormone produced in the body.
D. It is essential to sustain life.