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     If you go out, you can find cars here and there. Bad smoke from a car can get into the air. This bad

smoke is called pollution.

     Pollution turns the air a gray color. It is very dirty. It also makes the air around us get worse and worse.

It is not good for our health.

    To keep pollution down, the States test cars every two years. This test checks to make sure the cars do

not pollute the air. If a car doesn't pass the test, the owner can't drive it the next year.

     Some car owners drive their cars even though they can't pass the test. It is also very bad for the air.

     People want to find a way to get these cars off the road. So a state program was started. Now it seems

to be helping. In the state program, the States buy cars that can't pass the test or will help pay for repairs.

This program has been helping people buy better cars or fix their old ones. And the air is becoming better

and better.

     The state program that takes pollution cars off the road has just finished its first year, and people say

it has been successful. For the past year, the state program has been buying cars that can't pass the test,

and the cars bought by the States through the program are put out of use.

1. ______ is called pollution.

A. The car

B. A gray color

C. The smoke from cars

D. The test

2. The cars are tested every two years to make sure ______.

A. people can visit the old cars

B. the owners don't drive any more

C. the owners can buy new cars

D. they don't pollute the air

3. In order to ______, the States buy cars that can't pass the test or will help pay for repairs.

A. get money from car owners

B. cut down the pollution

C. make the air around us worse

D. sell more new cars

答案

1-3       CDB

选择题
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At least 77 were wounded when hundreds of army soldiers and anti-government protesters (抗议者)clashed(冲突)in Bangkok early Monday morning 14 hours after Thai PM declared a state of emergency in the capital city, Thai media reports.

The Nation quoted hospital reports as saying at least 77 people suffered injuries mainly from teargas, with five seriously injured.

At around 7:20 a.m., the government announced it was in control of the situation at Din Daeng, The Nation said on its website.

Some protesters had been arrested, and Army Spokesman Col Sansern Kaewkamnerd earlier said “Similar operations will be carried out in other areas.”

The clash occurred around 4:30 a.m. Monday (21:00 GMT Sunday) when some 300 so-called red-shirted protesters used a seized bus to crash soldiers at Din Daeng District in north Bangkok, Army spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd told TPBS.

Soldiers fired warning shots into the air and used teargas to disperse the protesters after failing to persuade the red shirts to stop, Sansern said.

Earlier the Health Department of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration announced a total injury number of 68.

Army Chief General Anupong Paojinda refused to comment on the incident, adding that he will learn more about it first.

At about 6:15 a.m. Monday (23:15 GMT Sunday), former premier Thaksin Shinawatra told the Red-shirted protesters to continue fighting in a phone conversation with a main leader of the United Front for Democracy against Dictatorship (UDD).

Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva declared on Sunday afternoon a state of emergency in Bangkok and some districts of five provinces nearby.

The latest round of the anti-government protests led by UDD has entered its 19th day. Red-shirted protesters on Saturday forced the summits canceled(取消).

(Xinhua News Agency April 13, 2009)

49. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. At least 77 were wounded during the crash between soldiers and protesters.

B. The ASEAN summits have been cancelled.

C. Soldiers used teargas to disperse the protesters.

D. Thai Prime Minister announced a state of emergency.

50. What can you infer from the passage?

A. The conflict is connected with the former premier Thaksin.

B. The Army Chief General refused to comment on the incident.

C. Soldiers didn’t persuade the red shirts to stop.

D. About 300 protesters seized a bus and crashed soldiers.

51. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The latest round of protests started in March, 2009.

B. Five protesters died in the clash.

C. It’s officially said on the morning of Sunday that the situation was out of control.

D. It is most likely that the army is against the government.

52. What does the underlined word “disperse” probably mean?