首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Broken: Dreams of Rural Peace It was dusk in Tubney Woods, deep in rural Oxfordshire. The birds were singing at the end of an
Broken: Dreams of Rural Peace It was dusk in Tubney Woods, deep in rural Oxfordshire. The birds were singing at the end of an
admin
2009-06-15
5
问题
Broken: Dreams of Rural Peace
It was dusk in Tubney Woods, deep in rural Oxfordshire. The birds were singing at the end of another perfect day. The woman living at the edge of the forest could stand it no longer. She phoned the local noise pollution officer.
"It’s the rooks(秃鼻乌鸦)," she said. "1 can’t bear that awful cawing(呱呱地叫)noise. Can you do something about it?"
The call was no surprise to officials at the Vale of White Horse District Council.(46)The countryside, as every country-dweller knows, can be a hellishly(可怕地)noisy place.
Last week David Stead, a West Yorkshire farmer, appeared in court in Wakefield accused of allowing his cocks to break noise regulations by crowing(打鸣)at dawn, waking a neighbour.(47)Six months ago Corky, a four-year-old cock, was banned from crowing after complaints in the Devon village of Stoke.
Complaints about noise reasonable or not - are at record levels in country areas. Environmental health officers say this is partly because of an increase in noisy activity. However, a significant number of complaints come from newcomers to the countryside.
There are many sources of rural noise.(48)Mechanised grain driers, usually switched on for three weeks in September, can produce a maddening low-frequency hum. Mike Roberts, chief environmental health officer at Vale of White Horse, said noise often sounded worse in the countryside than in cities. With less background sound, unwelcome noises can seem louder and travel further.
The oddest complaints, however, are the ones council officials can do nothing about. Vale of White Horse officials have been asked to silence not only nesting rooks. Pigeons and pheasants(雉鸡)have also caused concern. In Kent, council officials have been asked to silence baby lambs.(49)Another insisted he could hear an alien spaceship landing over the garden fence.
"We get regular complaints. They usually come from retired people who have just moved into the country. We send them a polite letter."
And the lady who complained about the rooks? She was politely told she would have to put up with it."(50)" said Mr Roberts. "In the end, she accepted there was nothing much she could do - except move out." It is not recorded who won, the lady or the rooks.
A Mr Stead said they were only doing what comes naturally.
B We asked her what we were supposed to do, shoot the birds, or chop the trees down?
C They have heard every kind of complaint.
D One man rang to say he was kept awake by the splashing of a fountain in the garden next door.
E The council will ask the farmer to move it.
F Farm machinery is a common cause.
选项
答案
F
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/aymd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语卫生类A级题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语卫生类A级
职称英语
相关试题推荐
Youwillheartwotelephoneconversations.Writedownonewordornumberinthenumberedspacesontheformsbelow.CONVERSA
Youwillheartwotelephoneconversations.Writedownonewordornumberinthenumberedspacesontheformsbelow.CONVERSA
OrderingRoomServiceRoomNo.:【L5】______Whatfordinner:twofreshJuices,oneorangeandone【L6】______,tworoastbeefsandw
Youwillhearfivepeoplegivingreasonswhychildrenlearntheirmothertonguesowell.Beforeyoulisten,readthelistof
YouwillheararadiointerviewwithMikeReynolds,whosehobbyisexploringundergroundplacessuchascaves.Forquestions9-1
YouwillheararadiointerviewwithMikeReynolds,whosehobbyisexploringundergroundplacessuchascaves.Forquestions9-1
Antonioonlylostthe100-metreracebecausehefell.notIfAntoniohad____________________wonthe100-metrerace.
MOUNTAINCLIMBINGOneofthemostdifficultbutrewardingofpastimesisthesportofmountainclimbing.Mountainclimbing
Lindawantstochangeacassettebecauseshedislikesit.Frankrecommendsafamousband.
WILLIAMTHEHERO!BraveWilliamBaldock,whoissixyearsold,isaheroafterhelpinghismotherwhenshefelldownstairs
随机试题
枳实消痞丸的药物组成为
输液过程中导致静脉痉挛的原因是
全息光栅玻璃属于以下哪种玻璃?
在一个自然年度内,保荐人指定的保荐代表人受到不受理或不再受理监管措施的次数超过()次,中国证监会自确认之日起3个月内不受理其推荐,已受理的责令其撤销推荐。
下列关于印花税征收管理规定的说法中,正确的是()。
新购进设备的下列企业中,可以享受企业所得税加速折旧优惠的有()。
在中国的传统节日中,既是节日又是节气的是()。
2018年1月,李某找到刘某委托其代办某银行信用卡,并签订了委托授权书,载明由刘某全权代理李某与银行签订相关合同,但事后李某口头声明合同是网上找的模板,刘某只能代办信用卡,刘某表示同意。信用卡办理成功后,刘某一直未交付给李某。后刘某因为急需用钱在告知李某并
Whatisanactiveholidayaccordingtotheman?
【B1】【B17】
最新回复
(
0
)