PartⅢReading 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 passa ge. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding let ter for each item onAnswer Sheet 2with 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.
Millions die early from air pollution each year. Air pollution costs the global economy more than $5 trillion annually in welfare costs, with the most serious26occurring in the developing world.
The figures include a number of costs27with air pollution. Lost income alone amounts to $225 billion a year.
The report includes both indoor and outdoor air pollution. Indoor pollution, which includes
28like home heating and cooking, has remained29over the past several decades despite advances in the area. Levels of outdoor pollution have grown rapidly along with rapid growth in industry and transportation.
Director of Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation Chris Murray30it as an “urgent call to action.”“One of the risk factors for premature deaths is the air we breathe, over which individuals have little31,”he said.
The effects of air pollution are worst in the developing world, where in some places lost-labor income32nearly 1% of GDP. Around 9 in 10 people in low-and middle-income countries live in places where they33experience dangerous levels of outdoor air pollution.
But the problem is not limited34to the developing world. Thousands die prematurely in the U.S. as a result of related illnesses. In many European count Ries, wherediesel (diesel) 35 have become more common in recent years, that number of reaches of days.
A)ability I)exclusively
B)associated J)innovated
C)consciously K)regularly
D)constant L)relates
E)control M)sources
F)damage N)undermine
G)described O)vehicles
H)equals
December 2018 CET-4 Translation Test Paper 1: Communication
Due to the rapid development of communication network, the number of smartphone users in China has increased at an alarming rate in recent years. This has greatly changed the way many people read. They now often read news and articles on their smartphones instead of buying traditional newspapers and periodicals. The development of a large number of mobile applications enables people to read novels and other forms of literary works on their mobile phones. Therefore, the sales of paper books have been affected. However, the survey shows that despite the steady growth of the mobile phone reading market, more than half of adults still like to read paper books.