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BEIJING -- Beijing is to spend up to US $20 billion to change the Chinese capital into a 21th century one for the 2008 Olympics.
The government managed to host the 2008 games. The general aim is for Beijing to have the same environmental standards as Paris, London or Washington by 2008.
Hundreds of millions of dollars will be spent to pipe natural gas to the city's homes, taking away dirty coal burning gradually while 60 000 buses will be changed to liquefied(液化的)gas.
The money also will be used for relocating the polluting factories and building green belts. By 2008 around 90 percent of Beijing's waste will be treated, compared to only 40 percent at present.
Olympic officials have already announced that around 50 large projects are being dealt with to improve traffic congestion and cut down pollution. They include construction of Beijing's first light railway, a 40.5-kil-ometer-long line which was completed in 2005.
Beijing, besides, plans to build an 82.25-kilometer-long subway to add to the existing 53 kilometers. Nine major roads will be rebuilt or widened.
Beijing also plans to build a 70-meter-wide green belt among the waterways to protect water quality as well as increase the green areas.

单选题 The government will pipe natural gas to the city's homes in order to ______.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】推理判断题。文章第二段提出北京的目标是拥有如巴黎、伦敦或者华盛顿那样的环境标准，而在第三段第一句中指出将该市居民家中通上管道天然气的目的是taking away dirty coal burning(取代带来污染的燃煤)。由这两处并结合常识可知这样做就是为了减少污染，选[C]。

单选题 From the last three paragraphs we know the fact that ______.

A、 the construction of Beijing's first light railway is among the 50 large projects
B、 a 40.5-kilometre line will be added to Beijing's first light railway
C、 the length of the subway will be up to 82.25 kilometers in 2005
D、 a 70-meter-wide green belt will supply us with enough water

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】细节题。[A]对应于倒数第三段第二句，而[B]则是曲解了这一句的意思；[C]中的82.25 kilometers是计划兴建的长度而不是总长度，与倒数第二段第一句不符；[D]与最后一段的意思不符。

单选题 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A、 The environment of London is better than Toronto.
B、 In the first paragraph "a 21st century one" refers to a modem and advanced capital.
C、 Beijing is badly polluted mainly by coal burning.
D、 Liquefied gas is more expensive than petrol.

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】细节题。本题由常识也可推知[B]的意思正确。[A]中的Toronto在文中未提及，文中只在第三段中提到了北京准备取消燃煤，但并没有提到[C]的意思；文章也没有对燃油与液化气的价格进行比较，因此[D]项也不对。