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