2022--2023高二英语阅读理解10篇 1 Three hundred million children live in areas with extreme air pollution, new research by the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund(UNICEF)reveals. The air they breathe is more than six times as polluted as what is considered safe. The new study was the first to make a global estimate of pollution exposure. It shows that almost 90 percent of the world’s children—two billion—live in places where outdoor air pollution levels are dangerously high. UNICEF warned that these levels of global air pollution have contributed to 600, 000 child deaths a year. Children are far more likely to be harmed by air pollution than adults are, UNICEF said. So, UNICEF urged nations to cut fossil fuel burning rapidly. Fossil fuels, such as coal and gas, are the main source of air pollution. “The danger caused by air pollution is enormous,” said Anthony Lake, UNICEF’s executive director. “No society can afford to ignore air pollution. We protect our children when we protect the quality of our air, both of which are central to our future.” Air pollution is the world’s single biggest environmental health risk, and it is getting worse, with levels of poisonous air rising 8% in the last five years. More than three million people a year die as a result of outdoor air pollution—six every minute on average. Such deaths are set to double by 2050 as fast-growing cities expand. Indoor air pollution, mainly from wood stoves, causes another three million deaths a year. Meanwhile, children are especially at risk, the UNICEF report says, because they breathe more rapidly than adults and their lungs take in more pollutant particles. The tiny particles can also cross the blood-brain barrier, which children are more susceptible to. Once they do, they can permanently harm brain development. Even the unborn are affected, as the particles taken in by a pregnant woman can injure a child in the womb. Children in poor countries are doubly at risk, scientist Jos said. Their bodies are often already weakened by not getting enough to eat, and available health care is often inadequate. Of the 300 million children exposed to levels of pollution six times above what is considered safe, 220 million live in South Asia. India in particular hosts many of the world’s most polluted cities. Moreover, figures reveal a striking disparity in five-year cancer survival rates for children in air polluted areas compared with those from developed countries. UNICEF urged all countries to cut air pollution by reducing fossil fuel burning in power plants and vehicles. It also recommended that schools and playgrounds not be located near sources of pollution, such as busy roads and factories. In addition, it called for the use of less-polluting cooking stoves. 1．Which one of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the text A．A large number of children in the world cannot breathe clean air. B．Through collective efforts, the situation of air pollu ... ...
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