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Have you ever wondered how many cigarettes you're passively smoking while walking through the streets of a polluted, smog-infused((烟雾笼罩的)city?No?Well, a pair of digital developers just invented an app that will definitely and accurately answer that question.
Shit, I Smoke! was created by Brazilian-born designer Marcelo Coelho and Paris-born app developer Amaury Martiny in just a week, after they read a study that analyzed air pollution and its equivalent(等量)to cigarette smoking. The article, co-written by Richard Mueller, a MacArthur fellow and physics professor at the University of California, Berkeley, explains a mathematical model that compares smoking and tobacco-related deaths to levels of PM2.5, a microscopic particle(微粒)that is a dangerous, cancerous pollutant after burning.
The app shows that Parisians can effectively inhale(吸入) between three and six cigarettes per day, while a person in Delhi could be smoking up to 20 cigarettes-without even touching one--on a bad day. Other cities have worrying numbers, too (6. 5 cigarettes daily in Mexico City ).
“I was surprised to see that Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo have the best air quality in all Latin America,despite the fact that these are heavily populated cities,”said Coelho, who's originally from the latter, Brazil's largest city.
For both Coelho and Martiny, the app isn't only a useful tool to inform users about their city's air quality;it also makes this information more accessible and easier to understand. “These air-quality monitoring stations are just numbers, numbers that are very specific to professionals who work in environmental issues,” Martiny said. “So when you make this conversion(转换)to cigarettes, it makes it easier to understand what people are dealing with and the consequences air quality has in the daily lives.”
The developers' plan now is to keep working on and enriching the app's features. This will most likely include monthly average cigarette rates, and enabling users to get data from cities other than the one they're in.
1. What does the underlined part “that question” mean?
A. How severely a city's air is polluted.
B. How harmful it is to smoke in urban areas.
C. How many cigarettes one usually smokes daily.
D. How much harmful air you're taking in in urban areas.
2. According to Shit, I Smoke!, which city has the worst air quality?
A. Paris B. Delhi.
C. Mexico City. D. Sao Paulo.
3. Before Coelho used the app, he probably thought that__________.
A. Brazil might have good air
B. his hometown was a badly polluted city
C. air pollution wasn't a problem in Latin America.
D. Buenos Aires had the best air quality in Latin America
4. In the opinion of Coelho and Martiny, what is the usage of the app?
A. Encouraging people to abandon the habit of smoking.
B. Recommending some best places for people to live in.
C. Helping people better know their everyday air quality.
D. Reminding people to do something good for the environment.
【答案】1. D 2. B 3. B 4. C
【解析】
本文是说明文，文章介绍了一种APP，能够将空气污染程度转换成等于吸了多少支烟，从而让人们更容易了解空气质量。
【1题详解】
词句猜测题。根据上下文可知，that question指代上文“how many cigarettes you're passively smoking while walking through the streets of a polluted, smog-infused city? ”，因此可知 that question 指的是在污染严重的城市里，你被动地吸入了相当于多少支烟的有害气体。故选D项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。第三段中提到 “that Parisians can effectively inhale(吸入) between three and six cigarettes per day… a person in Delhi could be smoking up to 20 cigarettes… Other cities …6. 5 cigarettes daily in Mexico City ”。根据APP显示的数据，巴黎人一天等同于吸3.6支烟，新德里的人最糟糕的时候一天可能会等同于吸多达20支烟，墨西哥人一天等同于吸6.5支烟；再根据下文“… Sao Paulo have the best air quality in all Latin America”可知，圣保罗的空气质量非常好。比较四个城市的数据，可以看出新德里的空气污染情况最严重。 故选B项。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段来自巴西最大的城市圣保罗的Coelho 所说的话“I was surprised to see that Buenos Aires and Sao Paulo have the best air quality in all Latin America, despite the fact that these are heavily populated cities（我惊讶地看到，布宜诺斯艾利斯和圣保罗的空气质量在整个拉丁美洲都是最好的，尽管这些都是人口稠密的城市）”可知，在使用APP之后，他发现圣保罗空气质量是最好的，也就是说在使用APP之前，他觉得他的家乡圣保罗的空气质量很差，污染严重。故选B项。
【4题详解】
推理判断题。根据第五段“when you make this conversion to cigarettes, it makes it easier to understand what people are dealing with and the consequences air quality has in the daily lives（当转换为你吸多少支香烟时，就更容易让人们懂得他们在应对的是什么以及空气质量在日常生活中的影响）”可知，APP将空气污染程度转换成抽多少支烟这样具体的数字，更容易让人们了解空气质量如何。故选C项。
