Question

The fourth round of heavy smog to hit Beijing in four weeks has sent more people to the hospital with respiratory（呼吸的） illnesses and led to calls for laws to control the pollution.
Pan Shiyi, a celebrity real estate developer said he is planning to propose (提案) a Clean Air Act to the local government. As a representative to the Beijing Municipal People's Congress, he started an online survey at 9:20 a.m. Within three hours, more than 25,000 web users, or 99 percent of total respondents（应答者）, welcomed his proposal on Sina Weibo, China's Twitter.
They have good reasons to stand alongside Pan. The latest round of haze（雾霾）reduced visibility to under 500 meters in many parts of the city. The smog has also led to a great increase in respiratory illnesses, particularly among children and the elderly. Anxious parents and doctors almost all blame the smoggy air for the illnesses. Though most schoolchildren are home for the winter holidays, the bad air can easily move indoors. Besides, ordinary medical masks fail to provide adequate protection, so some people have turned to gas masks and respirators（呼吸器）.
The causes of the scary smog are rather mysterious, though experts blame excessive emissions and the mountains around Beijing that trap pollution in winter, unless there is adequate wind to clear it away. Some critics have pointed fingers at China’s top two oil firms, China National Petroleum Corp and China Petrochemical Corporation, saying the companies’ outdated production technologies produce large quantities of substandard, high-polluting gas fuel.
Meanwhile, concerned Beijingers have moved their brainstorming sessions to cyberspace. If Pan’s proposal for a Clean Air Act is adopted, netizens say the new law should include items providing for “car-free days” in times of smog, higher standards for vehicle fuel, stricter restrictions on industrial and exhaust gas emissions, and more effective protection for the public.
Beijing is not the only city that has ever lost the blue sky. Five days of thick fog caused thousands of deaths in Britain in December 1952, urging the government to pass the first Clean Air Act in 1956, which introduced smokeless zones and cleaner fuels to reduce pollution. That may provide some experience for Beijing to refer to

1. 1.
   What can we learn from the passage?
   1. A.
      People are clear about the causes of the smoggy weather
   2. B.
      Children staying indoors will not get respiratory illnesses
   3. C.
      Smog is worse for people with lower resistance to diseases
   4. D.
      Masks can give people protection against the smoggy weather
2. 2.
   Britain is mentioned in the last paragraph to ______
   1. A.
      suggest Beijing should learn from other countries
   2. B.
      let people know many places have this problem
   3. C.
      tell people the situation in Britain is worse
   4. D.
      call on the government to pass Britain’s Clean Air Act
3. 3.
   What’s the best title for this passage？
   1. A.
      The Use of Gas masks and Respirators
   2. B.
      Beijingers Call for Clean Air Act
   3. C.
      Effective Protection for Blue Sky
   4. D.
      The Mysterious Causes of the Scary Smog

Answer 1

CAB
试题分析：本文主要讲述的是雾霾天气对北京产生的巨大影响，想要中国在空气治理这一方面做出更多的努力。
1.C 推理题。根据文章第三段2,3行The smog has also led to a great increase in respiratory illnesses, particularly among children and the elderly.可知雾霾对于有呼吸道疾病的人影响很大，尤其的老人和和孩子。故C项正确。
2.A 推理题。根据文章最后一段Five days of thick fog caused thousands of deaths in Britain in December 1952, urging the government to pass the first Clean Air Act in 1956, which introduced smokeless zones and cleaner fuels to reduce pollution. That may provide some experience for Beijing to refer to可知是为中国的治理雾霾提出了一个学习的对象，就是1956年的英国所采取的措施。故A正确。
3.B 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段可知本文主要讲述的是雾霾天气对北京产生的巨大影响，想要中国在空气治理这一方面做出更多的努力。故B正确。
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点评：本文主要讲述的是雾霾天气对北京产生的巨大影响，想要中国在空气治理这一方面做出更多的努力。要求考生读懂文章中的每个句子的意思还要推理它们之间的关系，结合自己的生活常识和经验，再通过逻辑推理和判断，理解文章的言外之意，从而揭示文章的深层涵义。任何一篇文章都有其特定的写作目的，读者应当知道如何去做或按照某种方式传递思考问题。推理判断题的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理时我们务必要忠于原文，在文章中寻找并确定可推论的依据，即：已知部分－推论的前提，从中推测出未知部分－推理的结论，切忌妄加评论，把自己的观点当成作者的观点。