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课件网) 中考英语 （广西专用） 第二部分 读写能力提升 专题十八 选择型阅读理解 Passage 1(2019河池, D) The World Health Organization(世界卫生组织) says air pollution kills seven million people around the world each year. Even if polluted air does not kill us, it can make us very sick. However, breathing dirty air may do more than hurt your body. It can also affect (影响) your brain and your abil- ity to think. A new study shows that air pollution can cause a“huge” reduction(减少)in our intelligence(智力).The re- searchers reported that long-term exposure(暴露) to air pollution can affect a person's mental(智力的) abilities in two areas:language and math. Xi Chen, the researcher of the Yale School of Public Health led the study. He and his team found that breathing polluted air can reduce a person's education level by about one year. A组 2015—2019年广西中考题组 Chen said that the effect(结果) generally is worse for those over 64 years of age,for men and for those with little or no education. “The older persons—they are more affected. And we find, quite interestingly,men are more affected than wom- en. And people working outdoors are more affected than people working indoors.” The researchers noted that the effect of pollution on language ability is even more serious as people age, espe- cially among men and the less educated. Why were language skills more affected than math There are two main kinds of tissue(组织)in the brain:white matter and grey matter.White matter is more connected with a person's language skills, while grey matter is connected to our ability to solve math problems. Studies have shown that air pollution has a great effect on the white matter in the brain, but not the grey matter. Chen said that air pollution did affect the math skills, just not as much as their language skills. 1.Air pollution causes million people to die around the world each year. A.one B.two C.seven D.sixty-four 2.Which is not true according to the passage A.Breathing dirty air may hurt your body. B.Breathing dirty air can affect your brain. C.Breathing dirty air can affect your ability to think. D.Breathing dirty air can make your immune system(免疫系统) strong. 3.The effect of breathing polluted air generally is worse for those people except . A.men B.women C.those with little or no education D.those over 64 years of age 4.In the sixth paragraph, “people working outdoors” probably refers to(指的是)“ ”. A.the researchers B.people with little or no education C.people from the World Health Organization D.people from the Yale School of Public Health 5.Air pollution affected the language skills math skills. A.as much as B.as little as C.more than D.less than 答案 语篇解读 本文是一篇应用文。介绍了环境污染对人们的影响。呼吁大家保护环境。 1.C 细节理解题。根据第一段第一句The World Health Organization(世界卫生组织) says air pollution kills seven million people aro ... ...
