Somescientistssaythatanimalsintheoceanareincreasinglythreatened(威胁)bynoisepollutioncausedbyhumanbeings.Thenoisethataffects(影响)seaanimalscomesfromanumberofhumanactivities.Suchnoisesareaddedtonaturalsounds.Thesesoundsincludethebreakingoficefieldsunderwaterearthquakesandsoundsmadebyanimalsthemselves.
Decibels(分贝)measuredinwateraredifferentfromthosemeasured(测量)onland.Anoiseofonehundredandtwentydecibelsonlandcausedpaintohumanears.Inwateradecibellevelofonehundredandninety-fivewouldhavethesameeffect.
Somescientistshaveplannedtosetanoiselimitofonehundredandtwentydecibelsinoceans.Theyhavefoundthatnoisesatthatlevelcanfrightenandconfuse(混淆)whales.
AteamofAmericanandCanadianscientistsdiscoveredthatloudnoisescanseriouslyhurtsomeanimals.Theresearchteamfoundthatpowerfulunderwaterexplosionswerecausingwhalesintheareatolosetheirhearing.Thisseriouslyaffectedthewhales’abilitytoexchangeinformationandfindtheirway.Someofthewhalesevendied.Theexplosionshadcausedtheirearstobleedandbecomeinfected.
Manyresearcherswhoseworkdependsonoceansoundsdisagreetoalimitofonehundredandtwentydecibels.Theysaysuchalimitwouldmeananendtoimportantindustrial(工业的)andscientificresearch.Scientistsdonotknowhowmuchandwhatkindsofnoisesareharmfultooceananimals.Howevermanyscientistssuspect(怀疑)thatnoiseisagreaterdangerthantheybelieved.Theywanttostopnoisesfromharmingcreaturesintheocean.
1.Accordingtothepassagewhichofthefollowingisincreasinglydangeroustoseaanimals?
A.Theman-madenoises.B.Thenoisesmadebythemselves.
C.Thesoundofearthquakes.D.Thesoundoftheice-breaking.
2.Whichofthefollowingisdiscussedinthesecondparagraph(段落)?
A.Differentplaceswithdifferenttypesofnoises.
B.Thehumanearshavefeelingstoalltypesofnoises.
C.Thesamenoisemeasureddifferentlyonlandandintheocean.
D.Theoceananimal’sreactiontonoises.
3.AstotheinfluenceofnoisesonwhaleswhichofthefollowingstatementsisTRUE?
A.Theyaredeafbecauseofnois