Question

完形填空。通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳答案。

When Chinese people find out that someone comes from London, they often say, "London is a foggy city, isn't it?" British people who visit China often ____say that London is not a foggy city at all! But if London is not foggy,  ____ do so many people in China think it is? In fact, London used to be a foggy city,  but it isn't any more.

In London lots of its pollution came from factories, but a lot of it came from coal because people used it in their houses to keep warm during the winter. By the 1950s, London's air pollution had become so _____that the government decided to do something to clean up the air. A new rule was made. It said that ______was not allowed to burn coal in any British city. Just a few years ______, the air became much cleaner.

Now many Chinese cities meet the same kind of ______with air pollution that London met forty or fifty years ago. However, this problem is ______for Chinese cities to solve . First, more of the pollution comes from big factories than from coal that people use in their houses. If these factories are suddenly ______, lots of people may lose their jobs. Second, cleaner fuels are quite expensive. However, the air in many cities is _____slowly becoming cleaner, because the government and ordinary people are trying to make pollution ______.

1.A . must           B. have to          C. should       D. will

2.A. what           B. when             C. which         D. why

3.A. seriously       B. terrible         C. good          D. badly

4.A. somebody       B. anybody         C. nobody      D. everybody

5.A. before        B. ago             C. later         D. after

6.A. problem       B. question        C. accident     D. discussion

7.A. much difficult  B. much more difficult C. more easier D. much easier

8.A. closed        B. close            C. open          D. opened

9.A. almost        B. already          C. nearly        D. hardly

10.A. many           B. more            C. little       D. less

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.B

4.B

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.A

9.B

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：本题主要谈论大气污染问题。

1.B 考查情态动词及语境理解题。句意：访问中国的英国人经常说伦敦不再是一个多雾的城市!A . must必须，must表示主观；B. have to 不得不，表示客观。C. should应该；D. will将；愿意；必须。结合句意可知选B。

2.D考查疑问词及语境理解题。句意：但如果伦敦不是雾蒙蒙的，什么在中国如此多的人认为它是雾蒙蒙的? A. what什么；B. when什么时候；C. which哪一个；D. why为什么。结合语境可知选D。

3.B考查形容词及语境理解题。句意：到二十世纪50年代，伦敦的空气污染已经变得如此糟糕，政府决定采取行动治理空气。So+形容词+that+句子：如此……以至于……。结合句意可知选B。

4.B考查不定代词及语境理解题。句意：据说，不允许任何人在任何一个英国城市燃煤。A. somebody某人；常用于肯定句和含有情态动词疑问句中；B. anybody任何人；作主语时跟单数动词，用于否定句、疑问句、条件句；C. nobody 无人，没有人；D. everybody人人，每一个人。结合句意可知选B。

5.C考查介词和形容词及语境理解题。句意：几年后,空气变得很清洁。A. before在……以前；时间段+ before，常用在过去完成时态或将来完成时态中。B. ago以前，时间段+ago: 多长时间以前，常用过去式；C. later以后，时间段+later意思是多长时间以后；D. after在……之后。根据句意可知选C。

6.A考查名词及语境理解题。句意：现在中国许多城市空气污染遇到了伦敦四十或五十年前遇到的同样的问题。A. problem难题；B. question疑问，问题；C. accident事故，意外事件；D. discussion讨论，议论。结合语境和句意可知选A。

7.B考查形容词比较级。句意：然而，中国城市这个问题更难以解决。more difficult：更难的；easier：更容易。Much可修饰形容词或副词的比较级。结合句意可知选B。

8.A考查语境理解题。句意：如果这些工厂突然关闭，很多人可能会失去他们的工作。A. closed关闭的，形容词；B. close关，动词；C. open开，动词；开放的，形容词；D. opened开，open的过去式。结合句意和语境理解题可知选A。

9.B考查副词。句意：然而，在许多城市的空气已经慢慢变得干净。 A. almost几乎；B. already 已经；C. nearly几乎，差不多；D. hardly几乎不。根据下文because the government and ordinary people are trying to make pollution ______.并结合语境理解可知选B。

10._____slowly becoming cleaner, because the government及语境理解可知选D。

考点：考查环保类短文。