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20.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 businessman 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(创可贴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 businessman 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,easily carried home.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 famous city landmarks as well as a bitter description of the contents:"a unique mix of nitrogen(氮气),oxygen and probably some unknown stuff".The ironic(讽刺的) souvenirs cost 28 RMB(US$4)and are available at the Plastered 8 shop,as well as in its online shop.But if you're actually considering buying some,you'd better ask the shop in advance,as they are always flying off the shelves.Johnson-Hill said 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 whether the air is really collected from Beijing,because the cans are labeled as"Made in Shenzhen".There's a big chance that it is just a kind of"Plastered 8 humor",as they also list"Choking Risk"and"May have unidentified objects inside"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.
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 paragraph 4?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 8 souvenir shop is famous for its humuor.
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 英国出生的北京市民Dominic Johnson-Hill看到售卖新鲜空气如此火爆,想到了另一种生意门路--售卖北京的"脏空气",并且获得了成功.

解答 32-35.DBBC
32题答案:D 考查细节推理,根据文章第一段的"Many Beijing residents go to great lengths to avoid breathing the city's smoggy air"(许多北京居民会尽力避免呼吸这座城市的雾霾空气)可知本题答案为D选项.拓展:go to great lengths to do sth"尽力做某事".
33题答案:B 考查细节推理,根据常识可知圣诞节收到的礼物一般都是美好的,而将一罐"脏空气"带回去给别人做圣诞礼物,别人一定会感到很"吃惊",故本题答案为B选项.
34题答案:B 考查细节推理,根据文章倒数第二段的"May have unidentified objects inside"(可能内含不明物)可知本题答案为B选项.
35题答案:C 考查细节推理,根据文章倒数第二段的"Personally,the well-sold can probably is an awakening for the public to be concerned about the living conditions"(个人而言,卖得很俏的罐装气体对与大众而言是关心居住条件的一种觉醒)可知本题答案为C选项.

点评 本文是一篇环境保护类阅读,题目涉及多道细节理解题,做题时结合原文和题目有针对 性找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确的答案.

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A.was very excited and thankful
B.was worried and looked up at the sky
C.was surprised and decided to find the owner
D.spoke of his difficulties and asked for more help
70.At the end of the story,the studentC.
A.was very proud of himself
B.was very pleased with his life
C.felt very sorry about his first idea
D.felt sad for not taking his teacher's advice.

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