Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated (人口密集的)cities in the world, but with night skies around 1,000 times brighter than globally accepted levels, it gains a bad reputation for its light pollution.

A study by Hong Kong University found that brightness levels in the southern Chinese city's popular shopping district of Tsim Sha Tsui were 1,200 times greater than the international dark sky standard.

The crowded city of 7 million residents(居民), full or residential high-rises, towering office blocks and neon(霓虹燈) advertisements, has no laws to control outdoor lightning.

The result is that light pollution is thought to be much worse than in other large cities, including London, Sydney, Tokyo and Shanghai.

“In Hong Kong , you can’t go anywhere outdoor in the evening without your eyes being blinded by this really disturbing outdoor lightning,” the light pollution survey’s head Jason Pum told AFP.

“The fact that we have all this light in the sky means energy is wasted,” he said, adding that too much artificial lightning also affects nightly wildlife.

Research has suggested that light pollution can cause a number of harmful health effects in humans, including sleeplessness and headaches and can also interrupt body clocks and hormones(荷爾蒙).

The university survey, the result of five million measurements taken from points across the city, was released just days before the start of the annual Earth Hour event, organized by the World Wildlife Fund.

People around the world will be encouraged to turn off the lights for an hour on Saturday night to raise awareness of climate change. Last year, a number of Hong Kong’s major buildings along Victoria Harbour went dark to mark Earth Hour.

“Anyway, we should do our best to reduce the amount of lightning and adjust it for the benefit of the environment.”

1.If you walk out at night in Hong Kong, you can see all those things except ______.

A. neon advertisements              B. residential buildings

C. a dark sky with twinkling stars      D. high office blocks

2..which of the following statements about too much lightning is NOT true?

A. Too much lightning means a waste of energy.

B. It can make the sky and the city more beautiful.

C. It may have a bad effect on nightly wildlife.

D. It can lead to some health problems.

3..We can know from the passage that__________

A. light pollution in Hong Kong is among world’s worst.

B. light pollution is the biggest problem in Hong Kong.

C. Earth Hour is simply organized to reduce pollution.

D. light pollution is the primary causes of sleeplessness.

4..what will the author probably discuss after the last paragraph?

A. Bad effects of light pollution

B. Causes of light pollution

C. Worries about light pollution

D. Ways to reduce light pollution

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇體育類的新聞報道，報道了百米賽跑，高爾夫球，撐桿跳，50Km競走等四個項目的冠軍和他們的簡單的比賽經(jīng)歷。

1. C細節(jié)理解題。The crowded city of 7 million residents(居民), full or residential high-rises, towering office blocks and neon(霓虹燈) advertisements, has no laws to control outdoor lightning.句意為：這個七百萬居民的擁護城市，到處都是高聳的辦公大樓，霓虹燈廣告，沒有去控制外面閃爍的這些燈光的法律。故答案應為C。

2.B細節(jié)判斷題。The fact that we have all this light in the sky means energy is wasted在天空中存在的這些燈光是能源上的浪費，故A是正確的；adding that too much artificial lightning also affects nightly wildlife.另外補充到：太多的人靠光也會影響野生的動植物，故C是正確的；Research has suggested that light pollution can cause a number of harmful health effects in humans,研究顯示， 光污染也導致了大量的對人體產(chǎn)生危害的因素，故D是正確的；所以答案應為B。

3. A細節(jié)理解題。Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated (人口密集的)cities in the world, but with night skies around 1,000 times brighter than globally accepted levels, it gains a bad reputation for its light pollution.意思為：香港是世界上人口最密集的城市之一，但是這個城市晚上的亮光是世界可接受水平的1000倍，它得到了一個光污染的壞名聲。故答案為A。但文中并未說明光污染是這個城市的最大問題，故B是錯誤的；地球一小時很簡單的就被人們所接受了，是為了節(jié)省能源。故C是錯誤的，光污染是人失眠的主因，文中并沒有得出這樣的結(jié)論，故D是錯誤的。

4.D文意推論題�！癆nyway, we should do our best to reduce the amount of lightning and adjust it for the benefit of the environment.”句意為：無論如何，我們都應盡我們最大的努力去減少光污染，使之有利于我們的環(huán)境。故下文應該告訴我們具體的方法是什么，所以答案應為D。

【考點】考查社會現(xiàn)象類文章的閱讀理解。

 

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