Hu Li's heart sank due to the color of the air.Driving 140 kilometers from Tianjin City to Beijing last week，she held her breath as the air became a charcoal grey haze(炭灰色的陰霾)．The 39­year­old businesswoman has lived in Beijing for a decade，and this past month，she said，brought the worst air pollution she has ever seen.It gave her husband a cough and left her seven­year­old daughter housebound(足不出戶)．“My husband as well as I is working here，so we have no choice，” she said.“But if we had a choice，we'd like to escape from Beijing.”
The extended heavy pollution over the last month，which caused punishment in return for a day last week－called the “airpocalypse” by internet users－ has largely changed the way that Chinese think about the country's air.On one day，pollution levels were 30 times higher than levels considered safe by the World Health Organization (WHO)．Flights were cancelled.Roads were closed.One hospital in east Beijing reported they had treated more than 900 children for breathing issues.Bloomberg found that for most of January，Beijing's air was worse than that of an airport smoking area.
The smog's(煙霧) most threatening aspect is its high concentration(濃度) of PM 2.5 － particulate matter that is small enough to breathe deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream，causing breathing infections，lung cancer and possibly damaging children's development.The WHO has estimated that outdoor air pollution accounts for two million deaths per year，65% of them in Asia.
小題1:Which conclusion can we draw from the first paragraph?
A．Hu Li is living in Beijing.
B．Hu Li traveled to Tianjin for business.
C．The haze is harmful to people.
D．The pollution is the worst in Beijing's history.
小題2:The haze affected people mainly in________．
A．the way they traveled
B．the opinion about national air
C．the way they lived their life
D．the life style of internet
小題3:From the passage we know high concentration of PM 2.5________．
A．can lead to choke
B．can cause heart cancer
C．will damage children's development
D．will damage people's organ
小題4:What's the best title for the passage?
A．Hu Li's attitudes to Beijing's haze
B．The damages of Beijing's haze
C．WHO suggests improving Beijing's air
D．What caused air pollution in Beijing

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:B
　本文主要以北京為例談論了霧霾天氣對人體的不良影響。
小題1:C　推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二句中的“she held her breath...”以及“It gave her husband a cough and left her seven­year­old daughter housebound”可知答案。
小題2:B　細節(jié)理解題。由第二段首句“The extended heavy pollution...has largely changed the way that Chinese think about the country's air.”可知答案。
小題3:D　細節(jié)理解題。由最后一段的“...is small enough to breathe deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream，causing breathing infections，lung cancer and possibly damaging children's development”可知D項正確，高濃度的PM 2.5會對人的內(nèi)臟造成危害。
小題4:B　主旨大意題。文章首段講霧霾對Hu Li一家的影響；第二段講嚴重的霧霾對市民生活造成的具體影響；尾段講高濃度的PM 2.5的具體危害，B項涵蓋了以上內(nèi)容。
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