I didn't feel afraid and came out only because my time was up; I would happily have spent longer in there. Everyone was impressed that I'd beaten the record, but having spent so long searching for quiet, I was comfortable with the feeling of absolute stillness. Afterwards I felt wonderfully rested and calm.

　　I found that making space for moments of quiet in my day is the key to happiness — they give you a chance to think about what you want in life. How can you really focus on what's important if you're distracted by constant background noise? If you can occasionally become master of your own sound environment — from turning off the TV to moving to the country, as I did — you become a lot more accepting of the noises of everyday life.

　　1. Why did the writer love to travel everywhere?

　　A. To find a place to enjoy himself.

　　B. To study the customs of other countries.

　　C. To discover whether absolute silence exists.

　　D. To escape from the background roar of vehicles.

　　2. It is implied in Paragraph 2 that astronauts ______.

　　A. should be trained in the an echoic hall

　　B. should learn to cope with the silence of space

　　C. should knock on the door to make noises

　　D. should sense something was wrong by noises

　　3. The writer could hear the following in the an echoic hall except ______.

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