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XI’AN – China has introduced various emergency responses and long-term measures against air pollution in the central and eastern regions.

The air quality index (AQI) for Xi’an reached 500 on Wednesday afternoon, at the top of the AQI scale, according to the national air quality monitoring website. Xi’an weather forecasters predict the smog (霧霾) will continue for the next week and air pollution may worsen.

“I have to keep buying masks for my family,” said Liu, buying masks at a pharmacy (藥店) near her home in downtown Xi’an. “This is the only thing we can do to protect ourselves.”

On Wednesday, a city government emergency response plan was put into action, suspending all construction and taking at least 50 percent of government vehicles off the road. Power plants must limit their output and reduce emissions.

Nearly half the country, more than 100 cities in 20 provinces, has suffered from smog since last December. Many have taken action, including experimenting with artificial methods to reduce smog, limiting vehicle use and fining polluters.

Assessments based on GDP alone were abandoned last month and more emphasis has been put on public well-being and the environment. Whether the move will be effective in forcing local governments consider environmental issues over economic growth remains to be seen. Environmental protection professionals are doubtful about the immediacy of the effects of these measures.

Xiao Hang, an urban researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said it took London 50 years to lose the moniker (綽號) “foggy London town”, and Los Angeles still struggles to control its photochemical (光化學(xué)) smog. “We can’t ignore environmental problems during the development process and China has a long way to go,” he said.

1.What would be the best title for the article?

A. AQI for Xi’an reached 500

B. Smog crisis tries the limits of people’s patience

C. Smoggy Chinese cities to clear the air

D. Dust masks become hot sellers

2.The underlined word “suspending” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by ________.

A. encouraging                    B. stopping                           C. continuing                       D. expanding

3.We can infer from the article that _________.

A. China is the only country suffering from smog

B. environmental professionals believe the air quality will soon be improved with these measures

C. assessments based on GDP alone were harmful to environmental protection

D. Xi’an was the most polluted city in China

4.What Xiao Hang said indicates _____________.

A. London still has serious air pollution after 50 years of effort

B. the development of China is more important

C. solving environmental problems requires great effort

D. it’s normal for China to have environmental problems

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.C

4.C

【解析】

試題分析:本文是一篇關(guān)于中國采取措施整治環(huán)境污染，減少霧霾的新聞報道。在文中作者提到了西安的空氣質(zhì)量，提到了西安市民以及政府對此采取的應(yīng)對措施。也提到了國家為了整治環(huán)境污染而采取的措施，并且指出整治污染是一個長期的過程。

1.C主旨大意題 。本文是新聞報道，在文章首段提出中心，即：中國已經(jīng)啟動緊急預(yù)案和并且采取長期措施來應(yīng)對霧霾天氣，由此判斷C選項內(nèi)容更能體現(xiàn)文章中心，答案選C。

2.B 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第四段a city government emergency response plan was put into action,可知后文是對緊急應(yīng)對計劃的解釋，由此推斷應(yīng)該是停止正在建設(shè)的項目，以減少污染，所以選B。

3.C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第六段內(nèi)容可知為了保護環(huán)境，考慮人們的健康，國家取消了僅僅依靠GDP做出的評估，由此推斷僅靠看經(jīng)濟增長來進行評定的措施是不利于環(huán)境保護的，故答案選C。

4.C推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章最后一段中“We can’t ignore environmental problems during the development process and China has a long way to go,和對倫敦治理霧霾的漫長過程可知解決環(huán)境問題需要人們付出很大的努力，故答案選C/

考點：考查新聞報道類短文閱讀。