500 years ago in Britain, the burning of coal (煤) was increasing in cities like London. Coal was used in factories and also used to heat homes. Coal, when burnt makes a lot of smoke, which makes the air very dirty.
About 200 years ago, the Industrial Revolution (工業革命) began in Britain. Factories were built, and even more coal was burnt. Air pollution was becoming a really big problem.
Smoke and fog together make smog (煙霧). Smog was a big problem in London's winter. Because of the cold weather, more coal was burnt to warm houses and this made more smoke.
When smog stayed over a city, it became really hard to breathe and see clearly. In 1952, the Great London Smog happened and more than 4,000 people died because of the smog.
New laws (法律) were made in 1956 and 1968 to stop such sad things from happening again. These laws were called the Clean Air Acts.
These laws were made so that air would become cleaner. The laws encouraged people to use less coal or switch to other fuels such as gas. Factories started using tall chimneys (煙囪) so that the smoke would go high up in the sky and no longer cover cities, and new factories were built in the countryside. Smog appeared less often and the air became cleaner.
77. From the passage, we learn that smog was a big problem in ______ in London.
A. spring B. summer C. autumn D. winter
78. The underlined words "switch to" mean "______" in Chinese.
A. 發明 B. 換用 C. 拒絕 D. 節省
79. Which was NOT a way people in Britain used to make the air cleaner, according to the passage?
A. Factories built higher chimneys.
B. People began to use less coal.
C. More People began to ride bikes.
D. New factories were built outside cities.
80. Which is the best title for the passage?
A. Air Pollution in Britain in the Past.
B. How to Make the Air Cleaner.
C. Smog Is Bad for the Environment.
D. New Laws to Stop Air Pollution.
科目：初中英語 來源：2013年山東省荷澤市高級中等學校招生考試英語 題型：051
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閱讀下面的短文，完成相關任務。
In the Charles E．Johnson Elementary School in New York, there is a special radio．It gives people warnings(警報)about bad weather．
One day, there came a sound from the radio．This sound brought the piece of news：a heavy storm was coming．William Tomic, principal(校長)of the school, asked teachers to bring children indoors and put them in a safe place at once．
Minutes later, the storm came．However, because of the warning of the radio and the quick work of the principal, no one was hurt．
“The radio really did work very well．________(我們對它的工作感到很高興)，”William Tomic said．“The parents were as well．”
The U．S．government hopes there will be more such success stories．It plans to give this kind of radios to all 97,000 public schools in the country．
Every year, more than 10,000 big thunderstorms, 2,500 floods, 1,000 tornadoes(龍卷風)and some hurricanes(颶風)take place in the U．S．, so the waming radios are very useful．They not only give people warnings about bad weather, but also give warnings about other dangerous things．
(一)請根據短文內容，簡要回答下列問題．
1．What does the special radio give people?
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2．Why was no one hurt in the school in the storm?
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(二)請根據短文中所給漢語完成句子。
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(三)請把短文中劃線的句子譯成漢語。
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缺詞填空，根據短文內容及首字母提示，補全空格內單詞，使短文完整、通順。
Do you want to live a happier, less stressful life? Try l 1 for no reason at all．That's how thousands of people start their day at Laughter Clubs around the world-and many doctors now think that having a good laugh might be one of the best ways to k 2 healthy．The first Laughter Club was s 3 in Mumbai, India, in 1995 by Dr Madan Kataria．There are now o 4 500 Laughter Clubs in India and more than 1, 300 worldwide．Many doctors are also i 5 in the effects of laughter on our health．
According to a 5-year study in the body, laughter improves our health against illness by about 40％．So, w 6 happens at a Laughter Club? I went along to my nearest club to find out．I was quite n 7 at the beginning of the class, to be honest, I was worried about looking foolish．Our laughter teacher told us to clap our hands and say "ho ho ho, ha ha ha, " while looking at each other．However, our bodies can't tell the difference between fake laughter and real laughter．S 8 they still produce the same healthy effects．
Surprisingly, it works! After ten minutes, e 9 in the room was laughing for real-and some people just couldn't stop! At the end of the class I was surprised by how relaxed and comfortable I felt．So if you're u 10 stress, then start laughing．You might be very pleased with the results!
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閱讀理解，根據文章內容判斷正誤
Soccer is a popular sport. Many games are held in different places every year. World Cup is the game that all the players want to play most. It is held every four years. Only the best team can win the last game.
Last year, the 2002 World Cup was held in South Korea and Japan. Hundreds of thousands of people went to the games or watched them on TV day and night. They all got very excited and hoped their favourite team become the world's best team.
Soccer is a team sport. There are eleven players in each team of a game. The earliest games of soccer in England were not like what we know today. Games were played between two teams. Each team had more than five hundred players, and each team had to try to carry the ball to the other team's town. Today some towns in England still play like this.
1．The last World Cup was held in 2002.
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2．When soccer was first played in England, there were about 500 players in each team.
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3．Hundreds of thousands of people go to the World Cup games because they are the players of the games.
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4．To soccer players, World Cup are more important than any other game.
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5．Today no one plays soccer like the English people before.
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More and more Chinese people go traveling abroad during these years. But not all tourists behave well in the places of interest. Recently, a story about a 15-year-old Chinese tourist has caused a heated discussion online.
【1】The 15-year-old teenager carved 刻 “Ding Jinhao 丁錦昊 was here” in Chinese in the 3,500-year-old Luxor Temple盧克索神廟. A Chinese traveler took a photo and shared it on Sina Weibo on May 24.
Many people were angry about what Ding had done and decided to search the Internet for the boy. 【2】他們只花了一天時間就在南京找到了他的有關信息。After that, Ding’s parents quickly said sorry to the media. “We want to say sorry to the Egyptian people and to people who have paid attention to this matter across China,” Ding’s mother said.
Ding’s parents said they should face it and their son had 【3】a learned his lesson.
【3】b ????? to Xinhua, local Egyptians had worked to try and clean the sculpture雕像. 【4】There was some improvement, but the words could not be totally wiped off.
閱讀短文，根據其內容，完成下列任務。
任務一：將1.處劃線的句子譯成漢語。
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任務二：將2.處劃線的句子譯成英語。
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任務三：Guess the Chinese meaning of “learn lesson” in 【3】a: ????????????????????? ????????????
在文中3.b處填入一個適當的單詞???????????????????????????????????? ????????????
任務四：寫出文中4.處句子的同義句。
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任務五：5.在短文中找一個恰當短語作為短文的標題。
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