12.Many Beijing residents go to great lengths to avoid breathing the city's smoggy air,especially when it reaches critical pollution levels,but one local entrepreneur decided that canning and selling this poor quality air as a souvenir would be a great idea.Believe it or not,he was right.
After seeing a number of companies achieve commercial success by canning fresh air from countries like France,Canada or Australia and selling it in China.Dominic Johnson-Hill,a British-born citizen of Beijing and owner of the Plastered 8 souvenir shop,decided to turn the idea on its head and sell canned Beijing air throughout China and abroad.
"I'd seen people going crazy to buy canned air from Canada and Australia,so I thought it was time to push business the other way,"the entrepreneur said."They're perfect gifts!What else are you going to take home when you go home from Beijing?A roast duck?A Plastered T-shirt?These cans are light,portable,you can just imagine someone's face when they unwrap it for Christmas."
The few mouth-fulls of Beijing air come in standard tin cans featuring a couple of iconic city landmarks as well as a snarky description of the contents:"a unique blend of nitrogen,oxygen and some other stuff".The tongue-in-cheek souvenirs cost 25RMB (USS4)and are available at the Plastered 8 shop,as well as on its online shop.But if you're actually considering buying some,you'd better ask shop,as they are virtually flying off the shelves.Johnson-Hill told Ruptly that his shop is selling hundreds of Beijing air cans every day.
Personally,the well-sold can probably is an awakening for the public to be concerned about the living conditions.Yet one thing that's not particularly clear is if the air is really collected from Beijing,as the cans are labeled as"Made in Shenzhen".There's a big chance that's just Plastered 8 humor,as they also list"Choking Hazard"and"May have come into contact with nuts"as warnings.
Anyway,it is probably a unique way to arouse public awareness of protecting the environment.
32.What are many people in Beijing likely to do with the smoggy air?D
A.Try to get used to it.
B.Can it as a souvenir.
C.Sell it all over the world.
D.Try their best to avoid it.
33.How may one feel when receiving canned Beijing air for Christmas?B
A.Satisfied.
B.Surprised.
C.Frightened.
D.Refreshed.
34.Which of the following can replace the underlined word"stuff"in Paragraph4?B
A.liquids
B.objects
C.minerals
D.risks
35.What can we infer from the passage?C
A.There are unidentified objects in the canned Beijing air.
B.The Plastered 8souvenir shop is famous for its humour.
C.The writer may expect us to care more about the environment.
D.Dominic Johnson-Hill is a British man who lives in Beijing.
分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者通過這篇文章主要向我們描述了北京糟糕的空氣環(huán)境到時國外的空氣罐頭越來越流行,呼吁我們要保護環(huán)境.
解答 32.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第一段Many Beijing residents go to great lengths to avoid breathing the city's smoggy air,especially when it reaches critical pollution levels可知許多在北京的人對于煙霧彌漫的空氣是極力避免的;故選D
33.B.推理判斷題.根據(jù)第三段These cans are light,portable,you can just imagine someone's face when they unwrap it for Christmas可知圣誕節(jié)收到北京罐頭空氣時是十分驚訝的;故選B.
34.B.詞義猜測題.根據(jù)第四段The few mouth-fulls of Beijing air come in standard tin cans featuring a couple of iconic city landmarks as well as a snarky description of the contents:"a unique blend of nitrogen,oxygen and some other stuff".可知充滿了北京的空氣的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)錫罐具有幾個標(biāo)志性的城市地標(biāo)以及網(wǎng)站描述的內(nèi)容"一個獨特的氮、氧和其他一些東西";可知意為東西;故選B
35.C.推理判斷題.根據(jù)最后一段Anyway,it is probably a unique way to arouse public awareness of protecting the environment可知作家可能期望我們更關(guān)心環(huán)境;故選C.
點評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.