With the crazy smog going on in China, businessmen are now ready to grope for your wallet. “Smog economy” is stimulating a shopping spree on certain products against the terrible weather. Now let’s see what we have on the list to help us through the crisis.
1. Masks
Well, I would say you had better stay indoors to save your lives. PM 2.5 just surged up to 750 in Beijing recently. 3M just sold 220,000 masks of a kind. No.1 best-selling products!
2. Air purifiers
This kind of products is rarely seen in Chinese households in the past. They have become a necessity now. I do like these little gadgets, but they are just too expensive.
3. Oxygen inhalers
I didn’t realize oxygen inhalers also get a cut in the smog economy. As a matter of fact, your oxygen uptake has nothing to with relieving (減輕) the impact of smog. It might even lead to oxygen poisoning when you inhale too much oxygen. So don’t get greedy.
4. Salt lamps
Compared to oxygen inhalers, salt lamps are even worse. Some stores are selling the products at several hundred yuan, saying that they can release negative ions(離子), reduce radiation levels and purify the air. The lamps mainly contain sodium chloride. The boiling point of sodium is about 800 degrees centigrade and that of candle is 500. So how on earth can negative ions be released at only 500 degrees?
5. Plants that absorb smog
Yeah, right. Plants Vs Smog. It is scientifically justified (證明) that some plants do absorb pollutants from the air. Money plants and calla lilies are among the best-sellers in the market. Even if they don’t work, it’s good to have some plants in the house anyway.
【小題1】According to the passage, smog _______.

A．give some economic chances to businessmen
B．is very bad to economy
C．makes some crisis come out
D．have nothing to do with the economy
【小題2】What is the meaning of the underlined word?
A．Giving up shopping. B．Feeling down in shopping.
C．Having a lot to buy. D．Buying something enthusiastically.
【小題3】Salt lamps are useless, because_______.
A．it may cause poisoning
B．it actually can’t release the negative ions
C．it reduces radiation level and makes the air dirty
D．the prize is very high
【小題4】How many ways does the author think are useful?
A．2. B．3. C．4. D．5.


【小題1】A
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】B

解析試題分析：霧霾天氣給人們的健康造成危害，卻給商家?guī)?lái)機(jī)會(huì)，作者例舉了和大霧有關(guān)的產(chǎn)品，一一說(shuō)明它們的功能，和是否真的有用途。
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第一段的句子：With the crazy smog going on in China, businessmen are now ready to grope for your wallet.可知大霧給商人帶來(lái)了機(jī)會(huì)，選A
【小題2】猜詞題：從第一段的句子：“Smog economy” is stimulating a shopping spree on certain products against the terrible weather.“大霧經(jīng)濟(jì)”激發(fā)了人們的購(gòu)買(mǎi)熱情，可知“spree”的意思是“熱情的購(gòu)買(mǎi)東西”的意思，，選D
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)題：從第五段的句子：So how on earth can negative ions be released at only 500 degrees?
可知鹽燈是沒(méi)有用的，因?yàn)樗鼘?shí)際上不能釋放負(fù)離子，選B。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章的內(nèi)容：可知作者認(rèn)為口罩，空氣凈化器，和植物都是能夠?qū)Υ箪F有用的，所以是3種，選B
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