12.Many Beijing residents go to great lengths to avoid breathing the city's smoggy air,especially when it reaches critical pollution levels,but one local entrepreneur decided that canning and selling this poor quality air as a souvenir would be a great idea.Believe it or not,he was right.
After seeing a number of companies achieve commercial success by canning fresh air from countries like France,Canada or Australia and selling it in China.Dominic Johnson-Hill,a British-born citizen of Beijing and owner of the Plastered 8 souvenir shop,decided to turn the idea on its head and sell canned Beijing air throughout China and abroad.
"I'd seen people going crazy to buy canned air from Canada and Australia,so I thought it was time to push business the other way,"the entrepreneur said."They're perfect gifts!What else are you going to take home when you go home from Beijing?A roast duck?A Plastered T-shirt?These cans are light,portable,you can just imagine someone's face when they unwrap it for Christmas."
The few mouth-fulls of Beijing air come in standard tin cans featuring a couple of iconic city landmarks as well as a snarky description of the contents:"a unique blend of nitrogen,oxygen and some other stuff".The tongue-in-cheek souvenirs cost 25RMB (USS4)and are available at the Plastered 8 shop,as well as on its online shop.But if you're actually considering buying some,you'd better ask shop,as they are virtually flying off the shelves.Johnson-Hill told Ruptly that his shop is selling hundreds of Beijing air cans every day.
Personally,the well-sold can probably is an awakening for the public to be concerned about the living conditions.Yet one thing that's not particularly clear is if the air is really collected from Beijing,as the cans are labeled as"Made in Shenzhen".There's a big chance that's just Plastered 8 humor,as they also list"Choking Hazard"and"May have come into contact with nuts"as warnings.
Anyway,it is probably a unique way to arouse public awareness of protecting the environment.
32.What are many people in Beijing likely to do with the smoggy air?D
A.Try to get used to it.
B.Can it as a souvenir.
C.Sell it all over the world.
D.Try their best to avoid it.
33.How may one feel when receiving canned Beijing air for Christmas?B
A.Satisfied.
B.Surprised.
C.Frightened.
D.Refreshed.
34.Which of the following can replace the underlined word"stuff"in Paragraph4?B
A.liquids
B.objects
C.minerals
D.risks
35.What can we infer from the passage?C
A.There are unidentified objects in the canned Beijing air.
B.The Plastered 8souvenir shop is famous for its humour.
C.The writer may expect us to care more about the environment.
D.Dominic Johnson-Hill is a British man who lives in Beijing.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了北京糟糕的空气环境到时国外的空气罐头越来越流行,呼吁我们要保护环境.
解答 32.D.细节理解题.根据第一段Many Beijing residents go to great lengths to avoid breathing the city's smoggy air,especially when it reaches critical pollution levels可知许多在北京的人对于烟雾弥漫的空气是极力避免的;故选D
33.B.推理判断题.根据第三段These cans are light,portable,you can just imagine someone's face when they unwrap it for Christmas可知圣诞节收到北京罐头空气时是十分惊讶的;故选B.
34.B.词义猜测题.根据第四段The few mouth-fulls of Beijing air come in standard tin cans featuring a couple of iconic city landmarks as well as a snarky description of the contents:"a unique blend of nitrogen,oxygen and some other stuff".可知充满了北京的空气的标准锡罐具有几个标志性的城市地标以及网站描述的内容"一个独特的氮、氧和其他一些东西";可知意为东西;故选B
35.C.推理判断题.根据最后一段Anyway,it is probably a unique way to arouse public awareness of protecting the environment可知作家可能期望我们更关心环境;故选C.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.