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阅读10000句：81-90 第二部分：快速阅读能力培养篇 Passage 81 total:134 words There was one thought that air pollution affected only the area immediately around metropolitans. At present, we realize that the problem is universal. On several occasions over the past decade, a heavy cloud of air pollution has covered the east of the United States. In fact, the very climate of the entire earth may be infected by air pollution. Some scientists consider that the increasing concentration of carbon dioxide in the air resulting from the burning of fossil fuels is creating a “greenhouse effect” — conserving heat reflected from the earth and raising the world’s average temperature. If this view is correct and the word’s temperature is raised only a few degrees, much of the polar ice cap will melt and cities such as New York, Boston, Miami, and New Orleans will be in water. 一、即学即练 1）多项选择 1. As pointed out at the beginning of the passage, people used to think that air pollution______. A. lead to much damage in the countryside B. affected the eastern coast of the United States C. had damaged people’s health D. existed only around urban areas. 2. As to the greenhouse effect, some scientists believe that ______. A. it occurs because carbon dioxide builds up gradually B. we are still uncertain of its occurrence C. we rejects the possibility that it erupes ungrounded D. it will probably destroy the world 3. According to the passage, what is a greenhouse effect? it is a process of heat accumulated reflected and raising the world’s average temperature. it is a process of heat diffusion it may tell us how sun rays penetrate the atmosphere it may shield harmful rays outside our planet 4. It can be concluded that_______. A. the world’s temperature would not do much harm to life on earth B. lowering the world’s temperature would affect many major farming areas C. almost no temperature variations have occurred over the past decade D. the rise of the world’s temperature ma