D. Because it exposes yourself to other cultures. 潮阳启声学校 2023—2024 学年度第二学期第一次月考 高一年级英语科试题 B 本试卷共四部分，满分 120 分，考试时间 120 分钟 As I walked along the Edgware Road, I felt as though the world was closing in on me. All 第一部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分 50 分) the sounds I take for granted, had gone. I had entered a world of silence. This unsettling 第一节(共 15 小题;每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 分) experience occurred a few weeks ago when I agreed to go deaf for a day to support the work of 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。 the charity Hearing Dogs for Deaf People, for which I am an ambassador. When I managed to take a cab to the office of my manager, Gavin, I couldn’t hear what the A taxi driver was saying to me. Conversation was impossible. Then, when I reached the office, I had Four books that will inspire you to travel the world to ring the intercom ( )five times as I couldn’t hear a response. There's truly nothing like travel when it comes to gaining perspectives and exposing 对讲机 yourself to other cultures. To get you in the adventuring mood, we asked Amazon Senior Editor Everybody said I was shouting at them-- I simply wasn’t aware of how loudly I was Chris Schlep to help you come up with a list of books that transport readers to another time and speaking as I couldn’t hear my own voice. Gavin kept telling me my phone was ringing, but I place. Below, see his list of four books that will inspire you to travel the world. didn’t realize. I was too busy trying to concentrate on reading his lips. And when he tried to tell me a code to put into my phone, I had to keep asking him to repeat it, more slowly. Eventually he ITALY: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter This book by the popular author Jess Walter is a love story that begins on the Italian Coast in lost his patience and snapped at me: “Just give me the phone!” I was shocked. the early 60s and eventually concludes in contemporary Hollywood's screen. As the settings shift People couldn’t be bothered to repeat themselves, so they kept trying to do things for me that from Italy to Edinburgh and Los Angeles, you will find yourself longing to go as well. Buy it on I was perfectly capable of doing myself. I felt I’d lost control. Amazon. Price: $28.90 Being deaf for a day was extraordinarily tiring. I had to work so hard to “listen” with my eyes, get people’s attention and use my other senses to make up for my lack of hearing. It was a SEATTLE: Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple Maria Semple's first novel is not exactly a love story in Seattle, but if you read it, you just huge, exhausting effort. might want to come here to see if people are really as selfinvolved as the characters in her book. Until that experience, I didn’t realize how much I took my own hearing for granted, or the What really shines through is the strange storytelling and the laughs. Buy it on Amazon. sorts of emotions and experiences deaf people go ... ...
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