The Smog(煙霧)
For over a month,Indonesia was in crisis.Forest fires raged out of control as the country suffered its worst drought for 50 years.Smoke from the fires mixed with sunlight and hot dry air to form a cloud of smog.This pollution quickly spread and within days it was hanging over neighbouring countries including Malaysia,Singapore and Thailand.
When the smoke combined with pollution from factories and cars,it soon became poisonous(有毒的).Dangerous amounts of CO became trapped under the smog and pollution levels rose.People wheezed(喘息)and coughed as they left the house and their eyes watered immediately.
The smog made it impossible to see across streets and whole cities disappeared as grey soot(煙灰)covered everything.In some areas,water was hosed(用膠管澆)from high-rise city buildings to try and break up the smog
Finally, heavy rains, which came came in November. Put out the fires and clear the air . But the environmental costs and health problems will remain Many people from South—Eastern Asian cities already suffer from breathing huge amounts of Car exhaust fumes(汽車排放的廢氣)and factory pollution Breathing problems could well increase and many non—sufferers may have difficulties for the first time.Wildlife has suffered too.In lowland forests,elephants,deer, and tigers have been driven out of their homes by smog.
But smog is not just an Asian problem. In fact .was world was first used in London in 1905 to describe the mixture of smoke and thick fog.Fog often hung over the capital.Sometimes the smog was SO thick and poisonous that people were killed by breathing problems or in accidents.
About 4,000 Londoners died within five days as a result of thick smog in 1952.
16 Indonesia was in crisis because of the drought.
A Right B Wrong C Not mentioned
17 The smog spread to neighbouring countries.
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18 The air-pollution index went up to 300 within a few days.
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19 Water was used to try to break up the smog.
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20 Many Indonesians blamed the government for the drought.
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21 The forest animals haven’t been affected by the smog.
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22 The word “smog” first appeared in 1952.
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16 A 題句的意思是“由于干旱,印度尼西亞處于危機之中”。與文章第一旬意思相同,故為正確答案。
17 A 題句的意思是“煙霧飛散到臨近國家”。與第一段第三句意思相同,故選A。
18 c 題句意思是“空氣污染指數(shù)幾天內(nèi)達到300”。文章根本沒有提到此事。故選C。
19 A 題句的意思是“人們用水來驅(qū)散煙霧”。第三段第二旬就有這層意思,故選A。
20 c 題句意思是“很多印尼人因為旱災而抱怨政府”。這層意思文中根本沒有提到,故選C。
21 B 題句的意思是“森林里的動物未曾受到煙霧的影響”。文中第四段最后一句提到一些動物由于煙霧逃出了森林。故題句意思與原文有出入,選B。
22 B 題旬的意思是“smog這個詞最早出現(xiàn)于1952年。最后一段提到這個詞首次是在1905年出現(xiàn)的。題句意思與原文不符,故選B。
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