Question

While smog（雾霾）is a problem in many of the world’s cities, few have it as bad as china. Most of last year, the air around Beijing was polluted. And the people of Harbin, in Northeast China, have not had it easy either. On days in winter, when air was really dirty, people couldn’t even see across streets and airplanes have a hard time landing.

The problem is so serious that it has caused different ways to deal with the smog. The most usual way is wearing face mask（口罩）that almost no city people leaves home without them. There are also different kinds of air purifiers（净化器）. Scientists are trying to clean the air using artificial(人工的) rain.

The best way to control smog would be cutting emissions（排放）. The government of China decided to do something to fight against the pollution that is becoming a serious health problem for its people. They have shut down some factories. They stop cars from going into cities like Beijing, on days when there is much smog. They have also planned to spend as much as 3 trillion yuan fighting against smog.

But the fact is that is not effective enough to stop the smog and allow people to experience a bright sun. The right thing officials should do is: clean up China’s cities the old way — By cutting down emissions.

1.On days, people couldn’t across the streets in Harbin because      .

A. it’s too snowy    B. it’s too cloudy    C. the air is too dirty

2.The second paragraph talks about      ways to fight against the smog.

A. two    B. three    C. four

3.What does the writer mainly tell us in the third paragraph      ?

A. The government is trying to cut down emissions

B. The government has shut down some factories.

C. The government stops cars going into the big cities

4.The underlined word “effective” in the last paragraph means       .

A. expensive    B. difficult    C. useful

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Cutting down Emissions.

B. The Dirty Air in Beijing

C. Heavy Smog in Harbin

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.C

5.A

【解析】这篇短文讲述的是中国北方的一些城市，在冬天受到严重雾霾的影响，空气质量很差，严重危害着人们的健康。政府采取了一些措施，但不是很有效，最好的抵御雾霾的方法就是减少碳排放。

1.细节理解题。根据短文第一段中And the people of Harbin, in Northeast China, have not had it easy either. On days in winter, when air was really dirty, people couldn’t even see across streets and airplanes have a hard time landing可知，由于哈尔滨的空气质量很差，人们几乎不能看到街道的对面，因此人们不能过马路。由此可知应选C。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段中The most usual way is wearing face mask... There are also different kinds of air purifiers... Scientists are trying to clean the air using artificial(人工的) rain可知，这里提到了三种抵抗雾霾的方法，有戴口罩、使用空气净化器以及人工降雨。故应选B。

3.细节理解题。这一段的中心句是The government of China decided to do something to fight against the pollution that is becoming a serious health problem for its people，主要讲述的是政府采取了一些措施来抵抗空气污染。因此应选A。

4.词义猜测题。根据But the fact is that is not effective enough to stop the smog and allow people to experience a bright sun. The right thing officials should do这两句，以及上文讲述了政府采取的一些措施，but表示转折，说明这些措施对于阻止雾霾不是很有效用。effective有效的，跟useful有用的意思接近。故选C。

5.主旨大意题。这篇短文讲述的是中国北方的一些城市，在冬天受到严重雾霾的影响，空气质量很差，严重危害着人们的健康。最好的抵御雾霾的方法就是减少碳排放，因此A选项点明了文章的关键，故选A。B和C两个选项都太片面，短文中提到了北京和哈尔滨两个城市的情况。