Question

Dear Mayor,

I would like to draw your attention to the depressing state of the environment in our city. Increased vehicles have made the air polluted. Citizens find it difficult to breathe. Dumping toxic chemicals into the river has polluted the drinking water and ground water.

All of us, as concerned citizens, have discussed these problems in various meetings. We have come up with the following proposals（提议）.

The green roads are no longer green. Many trees and bushes have been cut. We propose restricting the movement of vehicles. Besides, we should make it compulsory（强制性的）to use anti-pollution devices on all vehicles. We should also plant more plants and trees along roads.

The Bada Nadi River has become a dumping ground of toxic chemicals from some factories. These toxic chemicals have killed nearly all the life in the river and polluted our drinking water and ground water. We propose that the Bada Nadi River be declared a protected water body. All the dumping should be banned and heavy fine should be imposed on the offenders（违法者）. To tackle the problem of managing toxic waste, we propose setting up a water treatment plant so that only clean water is discharged into the river. Cleaning up the river and introducing various fishes and plants to the river will bring it back to life.

Lastly, the noise pollution caused by honking（鸣）horns and blaring loudspeakers has caused distress to one and all. Many people have suffered from noise-related illnesses. We propose a blanket ban on the use of loudspeakers. And“no horn zones”should also be declared in residential hospitals and school areas.

I would request you to seriously consider our proposals and act accordingly.

Thank you!

 Sincerely yours,

A kind-hearted citizen

1.The author wrote this letter in order to ______.

A. express his/her thanks to the mayor

B. complain about the environment

C. share his/her opinions about city life

D. make his/her suggestions on managing toxic waste

2.In order to protect the Bada Nadi River, the author suggests _______.

A. anti-pollution devices should be used on vehicles

B. planting more trees and bushes along roads

C. restricting the movement of vehicles

D. banning dumping dangerous chemicals into the river

3.The underlined word “tackle”in the fourth paragraph means“_______”.

A. put off                              B. deal with

C. set up                               D. turn down

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了作者关于解决城市环境恶劣向市长提的几条建议。为了保护拿帝河，作者建议应该禁止倾倒有毒垃圾而且对所有违法者沉重的罚款。对于处理有毒垃圾作者建议建立一个污水处理厂,因此只有干净的水排入河里。关于噪音污染，作者提出一个完全禁止使用高音喇叭。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段的I would like to draw your attention to the depressing state of the environment in our city.可知作者认为我们城市的环境处于令人沮丧的状态，所以作者因环境差而抱怨。

 故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据第四段的All the dumping should be banned and heavy fine should be imposed on the offenders（违法者）.可知为了保护拿帝河，作者建议应该禁止倾倒有毒垃圾而且对所有违法者沉重的罚款。故选D。   

3.词义猜测题。we propose setting up a water treatment plant so that only clean water is discharged into the river. 我们建议建立一个污水处理厂,因此只有干净的水排入河里，从中可知这是作者提出的处理有毒垃圾的建议。故选B。

考点：科普环保类短文阅读。