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【題目】 When people talk about air pollution, they are usually thinking about outdoor air _______. But do you know that there is also air pollution inside homes, offices, hotels and other buildings? The air in your home can be 2 to 100 times more polluted than the air outdoors! In fact, some American doctors say that 50% of the illnesses have _______ to do with the polluted indoor air. A lot of pollution comes from indoor activities _______ smoking and cooking. As most people _______ about 80%—90% of their time inside buildings, it is important to take indoor air pollution seriously, too. Air pollution influences our health _______. When the air is polluted, not only young children and old people _______ from it, _______ people without health problems suffer as well. Indoor air pollution can _______ people’s eyes, noses and throats. Air pollution, both indoor and outdoor, can also _______ to lung cancer and heart disease! In the Great London Fog in 1952, 4000 people died in a few days ________ the pollution! It is said that half a million young children and women die each year in India because of indoor air pollution!

【1】A.pollutionB.polluteC.polluting

【2】A.nothingB.everythingC.something

【3】A.as well asB.such asC.instead of

【4】A.takeB.costC.spend

【5】A.in many waysB.in many thingsC.in many houses

【6】A.endureB.bearC.suffer

【7】A.yetB.but alsoC.or

【8】A.hitB.hurtC.pollute

【9】A.causeB.getC.lead

【10】A.because ofB.thanks toC.related to

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【6】C

【7】B

【8】B

【9】C

【10】A

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，重點介紹了同樣會致病的室內(nèi)空氣污染。不管是室內(nèi)還是室外空氣污染，都會對人們的健康造成危害，都應(yīng)該引起人們的重視。

【1】句意：當(dāng)人們談?wù)摽諝馕廴緯r，他們通常會想到室外空氣污染。

考查名詞。A. pollution污染，名詞；B. pollute污染，動詞；C. polluting污染，動名詞或現(xiàn)在分詞。根據(jù)句中air pollution提示，空格處指的是室外空氣污染，即outdoor air pollution。故選A。

【2】句意：50%的疾病與被污染的室內(nèi)空氣有關(guān)。

考查不定代詞。A. nothing什么都沒有；B. everything所有事情；C. something一些事情。根據(jù)下文“Indoor air pollution can hurt people’s eyes, noses and throats”可知，室內(nèi)空氣污染會損害人們的身體健康。故本句說的是“50%的疾病與被污染的室內(nèi)空氣有關(guān)”。have something to do with為固定搭配，意為“與……有關(guān)”，故選C。

【3】句意：很多污染來自室內(nèi)活動，如吸煙和烹飪。

考查連詞。A. as well as還有、不但……而且……；B. such as例如；C. instead of而不是。結(jié)合空格前后的activities和smoking and cooking可知，后面是在舉例子，應(yīng)用such as連接。故選B。

【4】句意：由于大多數(shù)人80%至90%的時間都是在建筑物內(nèi)度過的，所以也要認真對待室內(nèi)空氣污染問題。

考查動詞。A. take花費；B. cost值……錢；C. spend花費。本句主語people指人，而A、B選項的主語都是物，可排除。故選C。

【5】句意：空氣污染在許多方面影響著我們的健康。

考查短語辨析。A. in many ways在許多方面；B. in many things在許多東西中；C. in many houses在許多房子里。根據(jù)下文內(nèi)容可知，作者提到了空氣污染不分人群都會受到影響、人體多處器官都會受到傷害、不管室內(nèi)還是室外空氣污染都會致病，這是用多方面的例子來提醒人們要重視空氣污染。in many ways通常用于列舉例子，符合句意，故選A。

【6】句意：不僅年幼的兒童和老人會受到困擾。

考查動詞。A. endure忍耐；B. bear承受；C. suffer受折磨、遭受。根據(jù)后半句的suffer提示，此處也應(yīng)用suffer。suffer from為固定搭配，意為“遭受、忍受”，符合句意，故選C。

【7】句意：沒有健康問題的人也會受到影響。

考查連詞。A. yet還未；B. but also而且；C. or或者。根據(jù)句中not only提示，此處是固定搭配not only … but also …意為“不僅……而且……”，符合句意，故選B。

【8】句意：室內(nèi)空氣污染會傷害人的眼睛、鼻子和喉嚨。

考查動詞。A. hit擊、打；B. hurt傷害；C. pollute污染。根據(jù)上文“American doctors say that 50% of the illnesses have something to do with the polluted indoor air”可知，50%的疾病與被污染的室內(nèi)空氣有關(guān)，故此處說的是“室內(nèi)空氣污染會傷害人的眼睛、鼻子和喉嚨”，空格處應(yīng)填入意為“傷害”的動詞。故選B。

【9】句意：不管室內(nèi)還是室外的空氣污染都會導(dǎo)致肺癌和心臟��！

考查動詞。A. cause造成、引起；B. get獲得；C. lead導(dǎo)致。結(jié)合常識可知，此處說的是“不管室內(nèi)還是室外的空氣污染都會導(dǎo)致肺癌和心臟病”，空格處應(yīng)填入意為“造成、導(dǎo)致”的動詞。而A選項cause為及物動詞，而空格后有介詞to，而lead to為固定搭配，意為“導(dǎo)致”，符合句意，故選C。

【10】句意：四千人在幾天內(nèi)死于污染！

考查介詞短語。A. because of因為、由于；B. thanks to多虧、歸因于，通常用于好的方面；C. related to涉及。根據(jù)下文“It is said that half a million young children and women die each year in India because of indoor air pollution”可知，空格處也應(yīng)填入because of，意為“因為、由于”，符合句意，故選A。