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Section A

PartⅢ Reading Section A

Since the 1940s, southern California has had a reputation for smog. Things are not as bad as they once were but, according to the American Lung Association, Los Angeles is still the worst city in the United States for levels of _____(1). Gazing down on the city from the Getty Center, an art museum in the Santa Monica Mountains, one would find the view of the Pacific Ocean blurred by the haze(霾). Nor is the state's bad air_____(2). To its south. Fresno, in the central valley, comes top of the list in America for year-round pollution. Resident's hearts and lungs are affected as a_____(3).

All of which, combined with California's reputation as the home of technological_____(4), makes the place ideal for developing and testing systems designed to monitor pollution in_____(5). And that is just what Aclima, a new firm in San Francisco, has been doing over the past few months. It has been trying out monitoring that are_____(6) to yield minute-to-minute maps of_____(7) air pollution. Such stations will also be able to keep an eye on what is happening inside buildings, including offices.

To this end, Aclima has been_____(8) with Google's Street View system. Davida Herzl, Aclima's boss, says they have revealed pollution highs on days when San Francisco's transit workers went on strike and the city's_____(9) were forced to use their cars. Conversely, "cycle to word" days have done their job by_____(10) pollution lows.

A.assisted

B.collaborating

C.consequence

D.consumers

E.creating

F.detail

G.domestic

H.frequently

I.inhabitants

J.innovation

K.intended

L.outdoor

M.pollutants

N.restricted

O.sum

单选题
【正确答案】 M
【答案解析】

of前边是levels级别,等级的意思,of后应该是名词形式,翻译为_____的级别,根据文章首句说南加利福尼亚的雾霾是出了名的差可判断这篇文章关于坏境。26空这一句说在美国,洛杉矶____的级别方面是最差的城市,名词又跟环境污染有关的就是M 选项pollutants 污染物。

单选题
【正确答案】 N
【答案解析】

倒装句,正常语序应该是 the state’s bad air is not____to its south. 意思既相符,又符合这个搭配的只能是restricted, be restricted to 仅限于。

单选题
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】

本空在a后边 一定是名词, as a consequence固定搭配,意为结果,因此。这句话意思是,结果,具名的心脏和肺都受到感染。

单选题
【正确答案】 J
【答案解析】

空格前边是名词 of 形容词,因此可推断此结构是A of B的结构,因此空格应该是名词。跟在technological技术的 后边,并且后文又说designed设计监视器,可推断这里应该是技术创新闻名的地方, 因此才能设计出来一些机器。

单选题
【正确答案】 F
【答案解析】

本句是一个完整句说明不缺成分,那么空格的地方应该是状语部分,跟在in后边 detail可形成固定搭配,in detail详细的。

单选题
【正确答案】 K
【答案解析】

be___to 因此这个地方应该是动词ing或者动词过去分词,在仅有的几个符合条件的选项里intended符合意思,be intended to 打算做某事,意图做某事。

单选题
【正确答案】 L
【答案解析】

空格前边of 后边名词此处缺一个形容词,前边说这个检测器目的是监测出____的环境污染,符合意思的是outdoor 户外的环境污染情况。

单选题
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】

位于has been__with后边此处应该是动词ing或动词过去分词,只剩下了collaborating和creating, collaborating是可以和with搭配的,意为与...合作,符合题意。

单选题
【正确答案】 I
【答案解析】

跟在city后边一定是名词,后边又是被迫使用汽车,前边应该是人类,表达人类的选项是consumers和inhabitants,但是这篇文章并没有强调消费者,所以根据整篇文章的北京应该是说城市的居民们。

单选题
【正确答案】 E
【答案解析】

在剩下的六个选项里A assisted 含义不符合D consequence词性不符合G domestic含义不符合H frequently词性不符合O sum词性不符合,符合形式以及含义的只有creating。