2013年高考英语二轮专题思路点拨及增分训练 阅读理解一七.docVIP

2013高考英语二轮训练阅读理解 Air quality in Shanghai worsened last week compared with the previous week, according to the latest report from the Shanghai Environment Monitoring Centre. The average air pollution index (API) for sulphur dioxide (SO2) remain almost unchanged from the previous week, but the APIs for nitrogen oxide (NOx) and total suspended (悬浮) particles (TSP) rose by 35 and 27 percent.The overall quality still belonged to class 2 category. Nitrogen oxide, caused mainly by vehicle exhaust and burning of cooking gas, was still the major pollutant of the week. The Shanghai Environmental Monitoring Centre operates six automatic air monitors in the city’s Putuo, Yangpu, Luwan, Hongkou, Jing’an and Xuhui districts. API 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 NOX SO2 TSP 0 12 13 14 15 16 17 18(October) 0-50: excellent 51-100: good 101-200: slight pollution 201-300: medium pollution 301-400: heavy pollution 64. Judging from the chart, on which day was the air quality the worst? A. October 13. B. October 14. C. October 17. D. October 18. 65. Which of the following can be used to describe the air quality of the week? A. GoodB. Seriously polluted. C. Excellent. D. Slightly polluted. 66. Six automatic air monitors are operated in the city except ________. A. Putuo District B. Xuhui District C. Chang’an District D. Hongkou District 67. In Shanghai, nitrogen oxide mainly comes from ________. A. the burning natural gasB. the burning cooking gas C. the burning coal D. dust raised by vehicles 64、BA CB A Joe and Helen Mills had two small children. One was six and the other four. They always refused to go to bed, and Helen was always complaining (抱怨) about this and asking Joe for help. But as he did not come home until after they had gone to bed during the week, he was unable to help except at weekends. Joe considered himself a good