Mayor Boris Johnson Monday outlined plans to make London “the cleanest” by the 2012 Olympics and called for commitments from other world cities at a climate change conference. Leaders of the world's 40 largest cities are meeting in Seoul this week for a summit on combating global warming ---- the third to be held since 2005.
"What we should do in Seoul is agree that we will stop the endless addiction of mankind to the internal combustion engine (內(nèi)燃機)," said Johnson. He told a press conference the world's cities consume 75 percent of its energy and produce 80 percent of the emissions which cause climate change. "The problem of our planet is an urban problem," Johnson said.
He said the British capital wants to use the Olympics "to drive the greening and the improvement of our city" and noted that London is committed to reduce carbon emissions by 60 percent by 2025.
Johnson said the key measure was addressing the problems relating to domestic and commercial buildings, which accounted for 70 percent of carbon dioxide emissions in London. This involved retrofitting (翻新) ---- installing lagging (絕緣層材料) ---- in large numbers of public buildings.
Johnson proclaimed himself a "passionate cyclist" and said he would push ahead with cycle super-highways around London.
London's air quality problem, he said, was caused by vehicle emissions from 8,300 antiquated (陳舊的) diesel (柴油) buses, which could be replaced by low-carbon vehicles. There were also 32,000 taxis running on diesel fuel, which could be replaced by electric vehicles.
Johnson said there would be a substantial (實質(zhì)上的) program in the next few years to produce a "cleaner, greener" bus for his city. "The age of the diesel-emitting bus has got to be over in London."
小題1:Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to this passage?
A．The used buses running on diesel will be replaced by electric vehicles.
B．London’s air quality will be improved in the near future.
C．London promises to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 60 percent by 2025.
D．Plans have been made to solve the problem of carbon dioxide emissions.
小題2:What does the underlined word mean in the first paragraph?
A．discussing B．resistingC．a(chǎn)greeingD．supporting
小題3:The topic of the meeting in Seoul might be __________.
A．climate changeB．London Olympics in 2012
C．global warmingD．green environment
小題4:If the passage was continually written, the following might be __________.
A．measures to replace the old and used vehicles
B．measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in London
C．measures to solve housing and commercial items
D．measures to end the age of the diesel bus

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:C
小題4:D
本文講述約翰遜市長在40大城市領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人峰會上講述倫敦未來的節(jié)能計劃。
小題1:根據(jù)第一段可知，The used buses running on diesel will be replaced by low-carbon vehicles.
故A項表達錯誤。
小題2:猜詞題。四十個大城市的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人將聚集首爾召開地址全球變暖的峰會。故選B。
小題3:歸納主題。根據(jù)首段可知答案為C。
小題4:預(yù)測下文。根據(jù)最后一段約翰遜說將會有一個實質(zhì)性計劃，創(chuàng)造更干凈更綠色的公共汽車，可知接下來將講述計劃的內(nèi)容。
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