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Beijing has started a battle to get rid of "Chinglish" （Chinese English）．The "Language Mandarins" of Beijing have decided that Chinglish is a disease for China's modernizing claim and must be obliterated before the city hosts the Olympic Games in 2008．
A road sign on the Avenue of Eternal Peace （Chang'an Street） ,for example, advises: "To Take Notice of Safe; The Slippery Are Very Crafty", a warning that the sidewalk was slippery（滑）．Another sign in a Beijing park reads: "Little grass is smiling slightly, please walk on sidewalk．"
Li Honghai, the city official in charge of the battle, said," Linguistic perfection （语言美） is becoming increasingly important with the rise in the number of the foreigners flowing into the city．"
However, not everyone shares the disdain （蔑视） of the Beijing government for the mixed language．"The choice of words is pretty much．One can either choose the verbs, adverbs, nouns or whatever one likes," explained one Hong Kong linguist on an Internet website．
So many examples exist that several Internet sites have been set up to collect Chinglish phrases．Many come from English instructions on packages such as a candle marked with "Keep this candle out of children" and a model boat—curiously named Posh Sailboat—which means, "Please don't place it in dusty play．"
If the battle against Chinglish is successful, Chinese will also turn their attention to the English-language versions of newspapers, which play an even more important role in teaching right English．
1.The underlined word "obliterated" refers to ________．
A．removed B．exploited C．translated D．beautified
2.From the passage, we know that________．
A．everyone shares the disdain for the mixed language
B．Chinglish usually communicates in many cases
C．all the people don't share the disdain for the mixed language
D．several Internet sites have been set up to clear the Chinghsh phrases
3.We can infer that the English language versions of newspapers _____．
A．should report the battle above
B．should be paid more attention to
C．should collect more Chingliah phrases
D．should be in duty to teach normal English
4.Which of the following signs is Chinglish?
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The government has agreed to get rid of _______ on press freedom.
| A．directions | B．restrictions | C．introductions | D．congratulations |
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Yuan Longping’s rice has helped so many people in the world get rid of hunger, so he _____ to be given so many awards.
A.reserves B.devotes C.preserves D.deserves
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70. We can’t get rid of war until we get rid of the causes of war. Which of the following words has similar meaning of the underlined word? _____
| A．reason | B．consequence | C．outcome | D．Result |
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A Dutch artist and designer has come up with a device which he hopes will get rid of pollutants from Beijing's smog skies, creating clean air for the city's mask-wearing people.
An electromagnetic field（电磁场） will pull particles（微粒） in the smog to the ground where they can be easily cleaned.
“It's like when you have a balloon which has static（静电） and your hair goes toward it. Same with the smog,” says artist Daan Roosegaarde.
His studio has reached an agreement with the Beijing government to test the technology in one of tile capital's parks.
With its skies regularly covered by dirty gray smog, Beijing this week announced a series of emergency measures to handle the problem.
Roosegaarde says an indoor model device has already proven it works and is confident that the results — with the help of a team of scientists and engineers — can be replicated outside.
“Beijing is quite a good place because the smog in Beijing is quite low. It lies in a valley so there's not so much wind. It's a good environment to explore this kind of thing.”
“We'll be able to purify the air and the challenge is to get the top of the smog so you can see the sun again.”
Roosegaarde acknowledges that projects like this are a way of drawing attention to the problem, rather than a practical solution to Beijing's awful air pollution.
“This is not the real answer for smog. The real answer has to do with clean cars, different industry and different lifestyles.”
However, he hopes the project will make a “fundamental statement” by allowing the city's people to realize the difference between breathing clean and smog-filled air.
1.The device works by _______.
A. helping keep the particles out with more masks
B. pulling pollutants to the ground with an electromagnetic field
C. absorbing hair with a balloon with static
D. creating clean air and let it out into the sky
2.According to the passage, ______ .
A. the Beijing government has agreed to use the technology in Beijing
B. they have proven the results of the device both indoors and outdoors
C. the results of the air-cleaning device can be expectable
D. the Beijing government has never done anything to handle the air pollution
3.What does Roosegaarde really mean by saying “Beijing is quite a good place…... ”?
A. The air pollution in Beijing is not quite serious.
B. The weather in Beijing is good for foreigners to live in.
C. Beijing is quite fit for using the air-cleaning device.
D. It is easy to get the top of the smog in Beijing.
4.Roosegaarde appeals to people in Beijing to ________.
A. pay attention to air pollution and solve the problem finally
B. invent more devices to clean the smog in Beijing
C. drive modern cars and try different lifestyles
D. realize how serious the pollution they're facing is
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A Dutch artist and designer has come up with a device which he hopes will get rid of pollutants from Beijing's smog skies, creating clean air for the city's mask-wearing people.
An electromagnetic field（电磁场） will pull particles（微粒） in the smog to the ground where they can be easily cleaned.
“It’s like when you have a balloon which has static（静电） and your hair goes toward it. Same with the smog,” says artist Daan Roosegaarde.
His studio has reached an agreement with the Beijing government to test the technology in one of tile capital’s parks.
With its skies regularly covered by dirty gray smog, Beijing this week announced a series of emergency measures to handle the problem.
Roosegaarde says an indoor model device has already proven it works and is confident that the results — with the help of a team of scientists and engineers — can be replicated(复制的) outside.
“Beijing is quite a good place because the smog in Beijing is quite low. It lies in a valley so there's not so much wind. It's a good environment to explore this kind of thing.”
“We'll be able to purify the air and the challenge is to get the top of the smog so you can see the sun again.”
Roosegaarde acknowledges that projects like this are a way of drawing attention to the problem,rather than a practical solution to Beijing's awful air pollution.
“This is not the real answer for smog. The real answer has to do with clean cars, different industry and different lifestyles.”
However, he hopes the project will make a “fundamental statement” by allowing the city's people to realize the difference between breathing clean and smog-filled air.
1.The device works by _______.
A. helping keep the particles out with more masks
B. pulling pollutants to the ground with an electromagnetic field
C. absorbing hair with a balloon with static
D. creating clean air and let it out into the sky
2. According to the passage，_______ .
A. the Beijing government has agreed to use the technology in Beijing
B. they have proven the results of the device both indoors and outdoors
C. the results of the air-cleaning device can be expectable
D. the Beijing government has never done anything to handle the air pollution
3.What does Roosegaarde really mean by saying “Beijing is quite a good place... ”?
A. The air pollution in Beijing is not quite serious.
B. The weather in Beijing is good for foreigners to live in.
C. Beijing is quite fit for using the air-cleaning device.
D. It is easy to get the top of the smog in Beijing.
4.Roosegaarde appeals to people in Beijing to ________.
A. pay attention to air pollution and solve the problem finally
B. invent more devices to clean the smog in Beijing
C. drive modern cars and try different lifestyles
D. realize how serious the pollution they're facing is
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39．–Is it the_______bad smell that is difficult?
-Of course．
| A．how getting rid of | B．got rid of | C．to get rid of | D．being got rid of |
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What way are you thinking of ________ rid of this kind of pollution?
| A．to get | B．get | C．getting | D．got |
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根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。
1.We ___________（比较） Beijing to the heart of China.
2.The ___________（大多数） of the committee members are for the bill.
3.These matters are particularly important to the _________ (国家的) security.
4.The great earthquake is really a d______________ to the people．
5.A good b__________ makes a good ending．
6.I must say that he did the work very _____________ (粗心大意的)and always made mistakes．
7.There are strong a______________ for and against death punishment．
8.Though the people are richer today, China is still a d_____________ country．
9.His rough ___________(礼貌) annoyed everybody.
10.Your behavior will have a negative e__________ on your children．
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Throwing waste into a volcano sounds like a neat way to get rid of at least some of the mountains of waste we produce, but in reality it is a bit more difficult and dangerous!
“For a volcano to be able to effectively digest waste material it would have to be actively erupting,” says Dr Alanna Simpson, a researcher at Geoscience Australia.
We don’t have any active volcanoes in Australia. Throwing garbage into a dormant(休眠的) volcano, such as Mt Gambier in South Australia, as a way of removing waste would be useless as it may not erupt for hundreds of thousands of years.
“Putting waste into this volcano would destroy its natural beauty and appeal,” says Simpson.
Of course, a volcano that is actively erupting is a pretty dangerous place to hang out. Approaching the mouth of a volcano with a garbage truck full of rubbish would be extremely hazardous.
“Not only is there lava(熔岩), such as with the Hawaiian volcanoes, there may also be poisonous gases, rocks and lava being erupted into the air,” explains Simpson.
In fact, erupting volcanoes are often considered so dangerous that people are typically moved out from around the vent(火山口).
Volcanoes, whether active or dormant, are also often considered places of extreme natural beauty and many are protected as national parks.
So throwing our waste into volcanoes isn’t the simple solution it might seem. Maybe we should just think about using less and recycling more.
1.According to this passage, putting waste into a dormant volcano would ______?
A. cause danger B. resulted in nothing
C. bring destruction to nature D. poison people
2.What is Dr Simpson’s attitude towards the suggestion of throwing waste into volcanoes?
A. She is in favour of it. B. She is against it.
C. She doesn’t reveal her opinion. D. She partly agrees with it.
3.What does the underlined word “hazardous” mean in Paragraph 5?
A. Dangerous. B. Exciting. C. Difficult. D. Effective.
4.Which of the following is the best title for this passage?
A. What should we do with volcanoes?
B. An ideal way to deal with rubbish.
C. A problem of rubbish.
D. Why don’t we throw waste into volcanoes?