Passage 2 The current emergency in Mexico City that has taken over our lives is nothing I couldever have imagined for me or my children. We were living in an environmental crisis, an air pollution emergency of unprecedented 1 . 2it really means is that just to breathehere is to 3 a dangerous game with your health. 4parents, what 5us most are reports that children are at higher 6because they breathe more times per minute. What more can we do to protect them and ourselves? Our pediatrician’s （儿科医师） medical 7was simple: 8the city 9 . We are foreigners and we are among the small minority that can afford to leave. We are herebecause of my husband’s work. We know that for us, this is a 10danger. 11 ,we can’t stand for much longer the fear we feel for our boys. We can’t stop them frombreathing. But for millions, there is no choice. Their lives, their jobs, their futures 12on being here. Thousands of Mexicans arrive each day in this city, 13for economic opportunities Thousands more are born here each day. Entire families work in the streets and 14live there. It’s a familiar sight: 15parents hawk goods at stoplights, their children play in the grassy highway dividers, breathing exhaust fumes. I feel 16complaining about my personal situation; we won’t be here long enough for our children to form the 17 thaw skies are colored only gray. The word “emergency” 18the unusual. But when daily life itself is an emergency, the concept loses its meaning. It is human nature to try to 19that which we can’t change, or to mislead ourselves 20believing we can adapt.1.
A. quality B. severity C. intensity D. density2.
A. Which B. Whatever C. How D. What3.
A. act B. conduct C. perform D. play4.
A. As B. Like C. With D. Unlike5.
A. terrorizes B. fears C. interrupts D. suffers6.
A. rate B. risk C. amount D. quantity7.
A. recommendation B. reference C. diagnosis D. comment8.
A. resign B. abandon C. forbid D. prohibit9.
A. consistently B. persistently C. permanently D. unconditionally10.
A. transient B. momentary C. temporary D. instant11.
A. Therefore B. Moreover C. Thus D. However12.
A. decide B. depend C. revolve D. concentrate13.
A. desperate B. fanatic C. insane D. furious14.
A. fundamentally B. literally C. practically D. essentially15.
A. since B. as C. now that D. if16.
A. guilty B. reasonable C. rational D. conscientious17.
A. impression B. suppression C. depression D. oppression18.
A. supplies B. implies C. designates D. complies19.
A. feel like B. dedicate to C. adapt to D. see to20.
A. to B. for C. onto D. into
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A. regarded B. considered C. pondered D. referred2.
A. illegal B. identical C. different D. profound3.
A. However B. Nevertheless C. In fact D. In contrast4.
A. to abandon B. to derive C. to enrich D. to accumulate5.
A. confess B. realize C. admit D. reveal6.
A. found B. missed C. lost D. enriched7.
A. while B. that C. when D. whether8.
A. measure B. luck C. reason D. sense9.
A. endures B. exists C. prevails D. emerges10.
A. appropriate B. unique C. reliable D. dependent11.
A. informative B. thoughtful C. considerable D. conceivable12.
A. unbelievable B. imaginary C. impressive D. idealized13.
A. enlightening B. delighting C. refreshing D. distressing14.
A. conforming B. complying C. matching D. resembling15.
A. although B. since C. if D. therefore16.
A. reasonable B. inevitable C. incredible D. distinguish17.
A. Separate B. discern C. compare D. distinguish18.
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A. understanding B. ignorance C. recognition D. exaggeration2.
A. are B. becomes C. is D. prove3.
A. languages B. dialects C. vernaculars D. jargons4.
A. this B. between C. among D. that5.
A. Some B. Few C. Most D. Part6.
A. traditionally B. basically C. fundamentally D. differently7.
A. ever B. being C. never D. been8.
A. we B. they C. you D. all9.
A. in B. on C. during D. over10.
A. but B. or C. and D. then11.
A. to B. and C. through D. ever12.
A. afterwards B. again C. backwards D. never13.
A. the B. / C. some D. a14.
A. return B. make C. come D. go15.
A. stay B. go C. move D. push16.
A. in B. on C. through D. into17.
A. themselves B. seldom C. all D. often18.
A. market B. area C. region D. locality19.
A. here B. there C. China D. world20.
A. even B. ever C. most D. more