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【題目】No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22, 1998.It was started to protect the environment.By now, more than 1，000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.

The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001.Other cities, including Taipei, Shanghai and Wuhan, also support the day.

In Beijing, more and more people are joining the campaign.It asks drivers to leave their cars at home for one day each month and walk or ride a bike to work.It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5 (World Environment Day)．The slogan for the day is, “If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day.”So far, more than 200，000 drivers have shown their support.“We can't control the weather, but we can choose not to drive，” said Wei Zhonghua, a car club chairman.Beijing is trying to have 238 blue sky days this year.In the first quarter of 2012, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days.This was 11 days less than the number for the same period the year before.Much of the dust comes from the desert, but cars cause most of the air pollution.We must do more for No Car Day.

【1】The first No Car Day fell on ______.

A. February 2nd B. June 5th C. July 5th D. September 22nd

【2】______ was the first city to have No Car Day in China.

A. Beijing B. Chengdu C. Shanghai D. Wuhan

【3】What does the underlined word “slogan” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. 目的 B. 原因 C. 意義 D. 口號

【4】How many blue sky days did Beijing have in the first quarter of 2011?

A. 63. B. 52. C. 41. D. 238.

【5】Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. China is the first country to start No Car Day.

B. No Car Day is World Environment Day.

C. No Car Day has been supported by over 1，000 cities around the world so far.

D. Much of the dust in the air comes from cars.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】這篇短文主要介紹了世界上無車日的由來，以及他的活動目的和在中國的舉辦情況，呼吁人們在無車日多做有益于環(huán)保的事情。

【1】題意：第一個無車日在_______________。考查細節(jié)理解。A. February 2nd二月二號；B. June 5th六月5號；C. July 5th7月5號；D. September 22nd9月22號。根據(jù)第一段第一句No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22, 1998.可知第一個無車日在1998年9月22日；結(jié)合題意和語境可知選D。

【2】題意：________是中國無車日第一城�？疾榧毠�(jié)理解。A. Beijing北京；B. Chengdu成都； C. Shanghai上海；D. Wuhan武漢。根據(jù)第二第一句The first No Car Day in China was in Chengdu in 2001.可知成都是中國無車日第一城。結(jié)合題意和語境可知選B。

【3】題意：第3段中的劃線單詞“slogan”是什么意思？考查詞意猜測題。A. 目的；B. 原因；C. 意義；D. 口號。根據(jù)上文It also calls on Beijingers not to use cars on June 5 (World Environment Day)．（它還呼吁北京人不要在6月5日（世界環(huán)境日）使用汽車。）聯(lián)系下文“If we drive for one less day, we can have one more nice day.”（“如果我們少開車一天，我們可以有一個更美好的一天�！�）可知The slogan for the day is,意思是這天的口號是，slogan這個單詞指的是口號。結(jié)合題意可知選D.

【4】題意：2011的第一季度北京有多少個藍天？考查細節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段倒數(shù)第三四句In the first quarter of 2012, Beijing only had 52 blue sky days. This was 11 days less than the number for the same period the year before.（在2012的第一季度，北京只有52個藍天日。這比前一年同期減少了11天。）可知2011的第一季度北京有52+11=63個藍天。結(jié)合題意和語境可知選A.

【5】題意：下列哪個說法是正確的？考查理解判斷題。A. China is the first country to start No Car Day. 中國是第一個開始無車日的國家；根據(jù)第一段第一句No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22, 1998.可知A錯誤；B. No Car Day is World Environment Day. 無車日是世界環(huán)境日；世界環(huán)境日6月5日，根據(jù)第一段第一句No Car Day was first started by 34 cities in France on September 22, 1998.可知B錯誤； D. Much of the dust in the air comes from cars. 空氣中的大部分灰塵來自汽車。根據(jù)第四段倒數(shù)第二句Much of the dust comes from the desert, but cars cause most of the air pollution.可知D錯誤；C. No Car Day has been supported by over 1，000 cities around the world so far. 到目前為止，世界各地已經(jīng)有1000多個城市支持無車日；根據(jù)第一段第三句By now, more than 1,000 cities around the world have had a No Car Day.描述,可知選C。