With better air quality and a shorter rush hour, everything seems good so far in Beijing as the capital prepares to host the APEC meeting.

"It felt so good to see the clear sky and breathe fresh air when I was sitting in the bus in the morning rush hour," said Shi Chao, a 28-year-old who commutes about 50 kilometers every day.

The smooth traffic on the North Third Ring Road, which usually experiences traffic jams, greatly lightened his mood, he said.

"As APEC approaches, my students and I have felt the improvement in the environment and traffic," he said, recalling his bad coughs in October smog.

The capital's air pollution has drawn increasing attention from the world, To control air pollution while hosting the APEC meetings, Beijing has released a series of policies, including keeping half of private vehicles off the road every day based on their license plate numbers and suspending work at all construction sites in the capital.

Along with the control of industrial production, the efforts are expected to cut the emission of pollutants by 30 percent during the meetings in Beijing, "We will pay a price since these measures will affect usual social and business activities, but it's worthwhile," said Chai Hefa, deputy head at the China Research Academy of Environmental Sciences.

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1.How does Shi Chao go to work?

A By bike

B By taxi

C By bus

D By subway

解析：选C。C.细节理解题。根据第二段“when I was sitting in the bus in the morning rush hour”在早上上班期间我坐在公交车里可知，答案为C。

2.What does the underlined word approaches mean in Chinese?

A 处理

B 走近

C 临近

D 接手

解析：选C。C. 推理判断题。根据“my students and I have felt the improvement in the environment and traffic”可知，我的学生与我已经感觉到了环境与交通状况的改善。由此可知，APEC临近了。

3.Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A Beijing has done a lot of work to control air pollution.

B In October Shi Chao had a bad cough because of smog.

C Government will pay a lot of money because of APEC.

D People can drive their cars freely during the APEC meetings.

解析：选D。D.推理判断题。根据“keeping half of private vehicles off the road every day based on their license plate numbers”可知，APEC期间，私家车根据号牌隔日通行，因此在这期间人们并不能自由的驾驶。

4.From the passage we can know Shi Chao may be ______.

A a worker

B a student

C a teacher

D a doctor

解析：选C。C.细节理解题。根据第三段“my students and I have felt the improvement”中提到了我的学生与我，所以选C。

5.What’s the best title of the passage?

A Blue skies ready to greet APEC

B Great Changes in Beijing

C Smog in Beijing

D How to protect the environment in Beijing

解析：选A。A 主旨大意题。从第一段“With better air quality and a shorter rush hour”与第三段“The capital's air pollution has drawn increasing attention from the world. To control air pollution while hosting the APEC meetings”可知,本文主要讲了政府为APEC会议顺利进行所做的努力以及达到的效果。