Question

London used to be “foggy” for the same reason that cities like Beijing or Chongqing are “foggy” today. The “fog” was in fact smog, a mixture of smoke and fog. In other words, it was made by air pollution. In London, some of this pollution came from factories, but much of it came from the coal(煤)that people burnt in their houses to keep warm during the winter. By the 1950s, London’s smog problem had become so bad that the government decided to do something to clean the air. A new law was made and nobody could burn coal in any British city. Within a few years, the air became much cleaner. There were no more “pea-soupers”.
Many Chinese cities now face the same sort of problem with air pollution that London faced 40 or 50 years ago. However, this problem is more difficult for Chinese cities to solve. One reason is that more of the pollution comes from the factories, rather than from coal burnt in people’s houses. If these factories were closed, this would harm the economy and lots of people would lose their jobs. Another reason is that changing from coal to cleaner fuel(燃料), like gas, is quite expensive.
However, the air in many Chinese cities is becoming cleaner and cleaner, as the government and people pay more and more attention to cutting down pollution. As a result, there are fewer “pea-soupers” in Beijing than there used to be.
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【小題1】What was the main reason for air pollution in London?

A．There was too much smoke in the sky.

B．There were too many factories in the city.

C．People burnt too much coal in the houses.

D．The city was too big for the cleaners to clean.

【小題2】How did the air in London become much cleaner?

A．There was not so much fog in the winter later.

B．A law was made to keep people from burning coal in their houses.

C．Many factories in the city were closed.

D．People paid more attention to cleaning their city.

【小題3】 What does the underlined word “pea-soupers” refer to?

A．Smog

B．Smoke

C．Gas

D．Coal

【小題4】The problem of air pollution is more difficult for Chinese cities to solve because of _____  reasons.

A．one

B．two

C．three

D．four

【小題5】What do you think the government will do with the air pollution?

A．The government will ask people to burn coal.

B．The government will ask people always use gas instead of coal.

C．The government will close all the factories in China.

D．The government will pay more and more attention to cutting down pollution.

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】B
【小題5】D

解析試題分析：“霧”實(shí)際上是煙霧，煙和霧的混合物。許多中國城市面臨的空氣污染這個問題是我國城市難以解決的問題。一個原因是，更多的污染來自工廠，如果這些工廠被關(guān)閉，這將影響經(jīng)濟(jì)發(fā)展，很多人將失業(yè)。另一個原因是，改用清潔燃料，如天然氣，但是很貴�，F(xiàn)在政府和人們越來越重視減少污染。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：在倫敦，引起空氣污染的主要原因是什么？分析原文：In London, some of this pollution came from factories, but much of it came from the coal(煤)that people burnt in their houses to keep warm during the winter. 句意：在倫敦，一些污染來自工廠，但是多數(shù)是來自人們在冬天為了取暖而用的煤。明確主要原因是燒煤引起的。故選C
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：倫敦是如何將空氣變得清新的？分析原文：A new law was made and nobody could burn coal in any British city. Within a few years, the air became much cleaner. 句意： 一項(xiàng)新的法律是禁止個人在任何英國城市燒煤取暖。在短短的幾年內(nèi)，空氣變得干凈多了。因此明確是禁止用煤取暖。故選B
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：劃線詞與選項(xiàng)中哪個詞相近？通過閱讀短文得知，描述空氣的污染，與 pea-soupers 相近的詞義是smog煙霧污染。故選A
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：解決中國城市的污染問題主要有幾個原因？分析：短文的第二自然段，原文提到：one reason…….another reason…..,因此是兩個原因。故選B
【小題5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。問題：政府認(rèn)為處理空氣污染應(yīng)該做什么？分析原文：as the government and people pay more and more attention to cutting down pollution. 句意：政府和人們應(yīng)該更多的關(guān)注減少污染。結(jié)合選項(xiàng)第四項(xiàng)符合題意。故選D
考點(diǎn)：社會現(xiàn)象類短文閱讀。