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．
【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 work “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】Which sentence is Not true?

A．Air pollution is serious in Beijing and Chongqing．

B．Using coal is much more expensive than using gas．

C．Factories made much more pollution in China．

D．The reasons of air pollution in London and Beijing are different．

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】B
【小題3】A
【小題4】B
【小題5】B

解析試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了由于相同的原因，倫敦在五十年前和現在的北京或重慶一樣，是濃霧的。倫敦政府出臺新的法律，幾年內倫敦的空氣變得干凈多了，不再有霧霾。中國的城市也面臨倫敦當年的問題，然而中國解決起來更困難。可是有的地方的政府和人民注意減少污染，空氣也越來越清新。結果是北
京的霧霾比以前少多了。
【小題1】細節理解題。根據短文第一段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描述，可知倫敦的污染有一些是來自工廠，但許多來自冬季人們為了取暖所燃燒的煤。故選C
【小題2】細節理解題。根據第一段A new law was made and nobody could burn coal in any British city．Within a few years, the air became much cleaner描述，一個新的法律出臺了，沒有人在英國的任何一個城市燃燒煤。幾年內，空氣變得清新多了。由此可知選B.
【小題3】推理判斷題。根據第一段可以判斷。The “fog” was in fact smog, a mixture of smoke and fog．霧霾實際上就是煙和塵埃的混合物。
【小題4】歸納總結題。根據第二段，One reason is that more of the pollution comes from the factories, rather than from coal burnt in people’s houses和Another reason is that changing from coal to cleaner fuel(燃料), like gas, is quite expensive可知有兩點原因，故選B
【小題5】是非判斷題。改題是選擇不正確的選項。由第二段changing from coal to cleaner fuel(燃料), like gas, is quite expensive描述，從煤變成干凈的燃料像氣，相當貴�？芍�煤比氣貴。故選項B不正確。
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