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阅读理解 　　Beijing is to spend up to US ＄20 billion to change the Chinese capital into a 21th century one for the 2008 Olympics． 　　The government managed to host the 2008 games．The general aim is for Beijing to have the same environmental standards as Paris, London or Washington by 2008． 　　Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent to pipe natural gas to the city’s home, taking away dirty coal burning gradually while 60 000 buses will be changed to liquefied gas． 　　The money also will be used for relocating the polluting factories and building green belts．By 2008 around 90 percent of Beijing’s waste will be treated, compared to only 40 percent at present． 　　Olympic officials have already announced that around 50 large projects are being dealt with to improve traffic congestion and cut down pollution．They include construction of Beijing’s first light railway, a 40.5kilometer line which is expected to be completed in 2005． 　　Beijing besides, plans to build an 82.25-kilometer-long subway to add to the existing 53 kilometres．Nine major roads will be rebuilt or widened． Beijing also plans to build a 70-meter-wide green belt along the waterways to protect water quality as well as increase the green areas． (1) The government will pipe natural gas to the city’s home in order to ________． [　　] A． solve the problem of being short of fuel B． bring down the cost of daily life C． reduce the pollution of our capital D． keep up with the development of modern society (2) From the last three paragraphs we know the fact that ________． [　　] A． lengthening the existing 53-kilometer subways is among the 50 large projects． B． a 40.5 kilometre line will be added to Beijing’s first light railway C． the length of the subway will be up to135.25 kilometres in 2005 D． a 70meter wide green belt will supply us with enough water (3) Which of the following is true according to the passage? [　　] A． The environment of London is better than Toronto． B． In the first paragraph “a 21st century one” refers to a modern and advanced capital． C． Beijing is badly polluted mainly by coal burning． D． Liquefied gas is more expensive than petrol． (4) This news report mainly talks about ________． [　　] A． how Beijing is becoming a 21st century city B． how many projects are being dealt with to improve traffic of Beijing C． how Beijing is being built into first class Olympic host city D． the use of the 20 billion US dollars (5) In how many ways in general does Beijing plan to improve it for the host of the 28th Olympics? [　　] A． 3． B． 4． C． 5． D． 6．

Answer 1

答案：1．C;2．A;3．B;4．C;5．C;
解析：

(1)	根据文章第三段“Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent to pipe natural gas to the city’s home, taking away dirty coal burning gradually while 60 000 buses will be changed to liquefied gas．”可知。
(2)	从文章第五段的“Olympic officials have already announced that around 50 large projects are being dealt with to improve traffic congestion and cut down pollution．”和第六段的“Beijing besides, plans to build an 82.25-kilometer-long subway to add to the existing 53 kilometres．”可得出答案。
(3)	从文章第一、二两节可知。
(4)	通读全文可知。这篇文章主要讲的是北京如何正在被建成一个一流的、现代化的奥运新城。
(5)	为迎接奥运会，事实上北京在很多的方面进行了改进，文章主要从改善大气状况、交通拥挤状况、污染物及污染工厂的处理和城市绿化5个方面进行阐述的。