题目内容
2.Fresh Canadian Air Sells Big in ChinaVitality Air,a Canadian company,is making money from air pollution problems abroad by selling bottled fresh air from the Rockies.
"To be honest,we're selling air,"Troy Paquette,one of the company's co-founders,said."(36)A."
The idea came to Paquette and his friend Moses Lam as a bit of a joke.They chatted to some people who lived abroad in regions with severe air pollution.Paquette and Lam joked about packaging some fresh Canadian air and shipping it around the world so people could experience it.
(37)F.The men put up their products on eBay,with prices varying from15to 46U.S.dollars.Some of the products are sold to Canadians,but interest has also come from China,Iran,Afghanistan and other places abroad,Paquette said.
(38)G.For several days,the city reported the level of PM 2.5to be more than 600micrograms per cubic meter.The government ordered all outdoor construction to stop and all schools to remain closed until the smog cleared.Paquette believes the country's air pollution contributes to the recent increase the company sees in interest from China.
(39)D.They are in talks with cooperators in China,as well as in other countries,who want to keep the product in stores.
"(40)E,"Paquette said.
A.Clean,beautiful,fresh mountain air
B.We are hunting for Chinese cooperators
C.That's something on our original schedule
D.Now,Paquette and Lam are considering bigger plans
E.It's something we never expected in our wildest dreams
F.Several months later,they turned the joke into a reality
G.Earlier this month,Beijing gave its first-ever warning for air pollution.
分析 本文主要讲的是Paquette和 Lam 创建Fresh Canadian Air公司.本公司是起源于一句开玩笑的话,而最后做得很大,而且远销海外,卖到了许多大国家.
解答 36.A.理解衔接题.前文中讲"we're selling air",所以在这里应该是对他们所销售的空气特点的描述.故选A.
37.F.理解衔接题.前文中讲"The idea came to Paquette and his friend Moses Lam as a bit of a joke."以及后文"The men put up their products on eBay"可知那个原先的玩笑已成现实.故选F.
38.G.理解衔接题.根据后文中讲"Paquette believes the country's air pollution contributes to the recent increase the company sees in interest from China."可知这里讲的是中国某城市的空气污染.观察选项,只有G最为合适.故选G.
39.D.理解衔接题.后文中讲"They are in talks with cooperators in China,as well as in other countries",说明Paquette and Lam 还有大的计划.故选D.
40.E.理解衔接题.根据上文中讲他们做的是一种疯狂,不可思议的事情,所以在文末总结该件事.故选E.
点评 本文是新闻报道类阅读理解文章,阅读此类文章主要是要了解:
①新闻报道了什么事件;②事件是因为什么而发生的,相关背景如何;③文段中指出的事件发生过程中的突出细节是 什么;④事件造成的后果是什么;⑤事件的本质是什么,透过事件的表面现象,我们看到了什么社会问题.通过这样的梳理,我们就可以把新闻的脉络理清楚.这类材料命题点往往落在事实细节上
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