Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension ( 40 minutes )
Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
Questions 26 to 35 are based on the following passage.
Since the 1940s, southern California has had a reputation for smog. Things are not as bad as they once were but, according to the American Lung Association, Los Angeles is still the worst city in the United States for levels of __26__ . Gazing down on the city from the Getty Center, an art museum in the Santa Monica Mountains, one would find the view of the Pacific Ocean blurred by the haze (霾). Nor is the state's bad air __27__ to its south. Fresno, in the central valley, comes top of the list in America for year-round pollution. Residents' hearts and lungs are affected as a __28__ . All of which, combined with California's reputation as the home of technological __29__ , makes the place ideal for developing and testing systems designed to monitor pollution in __30__（难） . And that is just what Aclima, a new firm in San Francisco, has been doing over the past few months. It has been trying out monitoring stations that are __31__ to yield minute-to-minute maps of __32__ （难）air pollution. Such stations will also be able to keep an eye on what is happening inside buildings, including offices.
To this end, Aclima has been __33__ with Google's Street View system. Davida Herzl, Aclima's boss, says they have revealed pollution highs on days when San Francisco's transit workers went on strike and the city's __34__ （难）were forced to use their cars. Conversely, "cycle to work" days have done their job by __35__ pollution lows.
A)assisted B) collaborating C) consequence D) consumers E) creating
F) detail G)domestic H) frequently I) inhabitants J) innovation K) intended
L) outdoor M) pollutants N) restricted O) sum
答案解析：
26. 根据原文“Los Angeles is still the worst city in the United States for levels of __26__”，可知此处指的是“污染物的水平”，所以选M(pollutants)。
27. 根据原文“Nor is the state's bad air __27__ to its south”，可知此处意为“不良空气并不仅限于南部地区”，所以选N(restricted)。
28. 根据原文“Residents' hearts and lungs are affected as a __28__”，可知此处意为“居民的心肺受到影响是后果”，所以选C(consequence)。
29. 根据原文“California's reputation as the home of technological __29__”，可知此处意为“加州以技术创新闻名”，所以选J(innovation)。
30. 根据原文“systems designed to monitor pollution in __30__”，可知此处指的是“监测空气污染的系统”，而后文to yield minute-to-minute maps of ...air pollution提到了精确至分钟的空气污染地图，可知这些系统非常详细、全面，所以选F(detail )。
31. 根据原文“monitoring stations that are __31__ to yield minute-to-minute maps”，可知此处意为“这些监测站旨在生成实时污染地图”，所以选K(intended)。
32. 根据原文“minute-to-minute maps of __32__ air pollution”，可知此处意为“室外空气污染的实时地图”，所以选L(outdoor)。
33. 根据原文“Aclima has been __33__ with Google's Street View system”，可知此处意为“Aclima与谷歌街景系统合作”，所以选B(collaborating)。
34. 根据原文“San Francisco's transit workers went on strike and the city's __34__ were forced to use their cars”，可知此处指“城市居民被迫使用汽车”，所以选I(inhabitants)。
35. 根据原文“‘cycle to work’ days have done their job by __35__ pollution lows”，可知此处意为“骑车上班日成功降低了污染水平”，所以选E(creating)。
