Question

BEIJING—The sky is gray and air smells strange. It’s another day of smog (煙霧).

On Saturday, heavy haze (霜）still covered north and east China. Highways were closed and 1 couldn’t take off on time.

The smoggy weather 2 the country’s land from north to south, including Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, and 6 other provinces. People could only see clearly 3 than 50 meters in some areas.

Cities 4 Shanghai and Nanjing have been covered by the gray sky for the past several days. Many walkers in the street had to wear 5  .   In the Lukou airport in Nanjing, more than 60 flights

were canceled (取消）on Saturday 6 the haze, which also made primary and middle schools and kindergartens (幼兒園）stop 7 on Thursday and Friday in Nanjing.

The office worker of Environmental Protection said earlier this week that there were several _8 reasons behind the widespread haze: unpleasant weather conditions making 9 difficult for smog to disappear, automobile exhaust (尾氣)，and coal use for winter heating.

To fight pollution, the Chinese government now plans to clean up the air by cutting coal use,

10 some factories, and removing (去除）6 million old cars from the roads. The treatment of smog will be a long fight. If we use buses or cars less and ride more, we believe a clear sky is not a faraway dream.

(    )    1.    A. coaches    B.    trains    C.    flights    D.    ships

(    )    2.    A. included    B.    influenced C,    interviewed D,    impressed

(    )    3.    A. less    B.    more    C.    farther    D.    nearer

(    )    4.    A. in    B.    like    C.    around    D.    outside

(    )    5.    A. hats    B.    gloves    C.    sunglasses    D.    masks

(    )    6.    A. besides    B.    except    C.    because of    D.    for

(    )    7.    A. classes    B.    rest    C.    work    D.    shopping

(    )    8.    A. mainly    B.    mostly    C.    main    D.    most

(    )9.    A. that    B.    this    C.    one    D.    it

(    )    10.    A. disagreeing    B.    closing    C.    agreeing    D.    opening

 

Answer 1

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