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 CO2,regional emission caps(区域排放上限)
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,viceminister
of environmental protection,said in an interview on
Monday.
The air quality in a city affects the areas nearby
because pollutants can travel in the sky,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(污染物) 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(能见度) 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_truepicture.” 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.