Cities need to put efforts to deal with pollution and clear the air.

Chinese cities will need to put efforts to clear up the sky when a new department to improve regional air quality is set up by 2015, according to the latest plan released by the State Council.

Besides the existing pollution control program for SO2, regional emission caps (區(qū)域排放上限) for other certain chemicals will be established in the three key air polluting areas— the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region. Coal-consumption caps will also be tried out in some areas, according to the plan.

“The plan is aimed at dealing with regional air pollution—such as acid rain and smog—which have become increasingly obvious in China in recent years and caused a severe threat to people’s health,” Zhang Lijun, vice-minister of environmental protection, said in an interview on Monday.

“The air quality in a city affects the regions nearby because pollutants (污染物) Can travel through the atmosphere,” said Chai Fahe, vice-director of Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences.

“So efforts to reduce air pollution in a single city, targeting a certain pollutant will not be enough,” Chai said.

Zhang said, “The country’s major industrial districts—the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region—have recorded more than 100 misty days annually in recent years.”

These three regions, home to at least 200 million people, occupy only 6. 3 percent of the country’s area but consume 40 percent of the country’s coal and produce half of its steel, according to official figures.

Studies also show that the visibility (能見度) in eastern regions of China has dropped by 7 to 15 km compared to that in the early 1960s, as a result of air pollution.

Liaoning province, the Shandong Peninsula, Wuhan in Hubei province and its surrounding area, the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan region in Hunan province, the Chengdu-Chongqing region, and the western coast of the Taiwan Straits are also listed as areas to carry out such regional air pollution control programs, according to the plan.

The new plan also requires an improved air quality system, which will measure the pollution levels. “The current system, which only measures some major pollutants, cannot reflect the true picture.” said Chai.

1. It will not be enough to reduce air pollution in a single city because　　　.

A. air pollution has been becoming more and more serious in recent years

B. air pollution like acid rain and smog is threatening people’s health

C. air pollutants in a city can travel in the sky and affect nearby areas

D. air pollutants stay in fixed places over the cities

2.. Suppose the visibility in eastern regions of China was 130 km in the early 1960s, the visibility there nowadays is　　　.

A. 123 to 115 km　　　　B. 137 to 145 km

C. 123 to 145 km　　　　D. 115 to 137 km

3.. The main purpose of the passage is　　　.

A. to inform readers of the damage caused by air pollution

B. to introduce the new plan to control air pollution

C. to provide official figures of air pollution levels

D. to point out the regions affected by air pollution

4.. What does the underlined phrase“the true picture”in the last paragraph mean?

A. The major pollutants.

B. The key polluted areas.

C. The major polluted cities.

D. The pollution levels.

 

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析:目前，國務院提出了一項最新計劃，要求中國的城市努力去控制空氣污染，整頓環(huán)境。這項計劃旨在處理如酸雨和霧霾等地區(qū)性空氣污染問題，而且此項計劃還要求相應地 改進空氣質量檢測系統(tǒng)，否則目前的空氣質量檢測系統(tǒng)不能反應真正的狀況。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段 “The air quality in a city affects……So efforts to reduce air pollution in a single city, targeting a certain pollutant will not be enough,”可知污染空氣的物質會在大氣層中流動，所以整治一個城市的空氣污染是不夠的，故答案選C。

2.推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第三段 Studies also show that the visibility (能見度) in eastern regions of China has dropped by 7 to 15 km compared to that in the early 1960s,可知中國東部地區(qū)的能見度與六十年代相比下降了7-15公里，由此判斷A選項正確。

3.主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章開頭……according to the latest plan released by the State Council.可知國務院提出了一項最新的計劃要求城市到2015年改進空氣質量，達到符合的標準，然后在下文中都是對此項計劃進行細致說明，由此判斷文章的目的是介紹一項控制空氣污染的新計劃，故答案選B。

4. 詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文章末段首句可知新計劃要求改進空氣質量系統(tǒng)，因為這是衡量空氣污染程度的標準，由此判斷本句內(nèi)容是指目前的系統(tǒng)不能衡量真正的空氣污染程度，故答案選D。

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