The government managed to host the 2008 games. The general aim is for Beijing to have the same environmental standards as Paris, London or Washington by 2008.
Hundreds of millions o1' dollars will be spent to pipe natural gas to the city's homes, taking away dirty coal burning gradually while 60,000 buses will be changed to liquefied gas.
The money will also be used for relocating the polluting factories and building green belts. By 2008 around 90 percent of Beijing's waste will be treated, compared to only 40 percent at present.
Olympic officials realize the city has a long way to go to match the environmental standards of such cities as Paris, Toronto, Istanbul and Osaka.
City officials have already announced that around 50 large projects are being dealt with to improve traffic congestion (拥挤)and cut down pollution. They include construction of Beijing's first light railway, a 40.5-kilometer line which is expected to be completed in 2005.
Beijing plans to build an 82.55-kilometer-long subway to add to existing 53 kilometers. Nine major roads will be rebuilt or widened.
Beijing also plans to build a 70-meter-wide green belt along the waterways to protect water quality as well as increase the green areas.
The government will pipe natural gas to the city's homes in order to ______.
A.solve the problem of being short of fuel
B.bring down the cost of daily life
C.reduce the pollution of our capital
D.keep up with the development of modern society
The following tells us how to reuse the used water. Which is the right order of the passage? A. to have the used water filtered B. to put chemicals in it C. to pipe it to the users D. to pipe the used water to be purified to a factory
A.do experiments with water
B.purify the used water and reuse it
C.use fresh water once again
D.make use of seawater
A. must
B. seemed to
C. needn't
D. should
The water is brought from the waterworks to each street by a large underground pipe—a water main. The water in this pipe is then forced by pressure into the smaller pipes which carry it to storage tanks at the tops of the buildings. Other pipes bring the water down from the storage tank to the kitchens and bathrooms in the building.
When the water has been used, it is taken away from the building by drainpipe. These take the waste water to another large pipe under the road—the main sewer. The waste water then flows along the sewer to the sewage works where it is cleaned. This "clean" water is then poured into the sea or into a river, or in some countries, sent back to the waterworks to be used again.
Electricity is also brought to the house by a main, in this case a cable. This cable may be underground or, in country districts, it may hang above ground on pylons. The cable is connected to a meter in the building. This meter measures the amount of electricity that is used in the building. Near the meter there is a master switch which can cut off the supply of electricity. There are also fuse boxes between the master switch and the wires which take the electricity to each of the switches in the building. All these wires, fuses and switches are the "wiring circuit".
It can be inferred from this passage that______.
A.water and electricity are the only main services in our homes
B.the pipes bringing water to our homes are unimportant
C.water is less significant than electricity in our homes
D.we are unaware of how water or electricity is brought to our homes
__________ .the new electronic device they designed is nOW in regular peration.
A.With the solved problem
B.With this problem being.Solved
C.With the problem solved
D.With this problem to solve
They thought about the problem for a long time but came to no______.
A.end
B.result
C.opinion
D.conclusion
A__________to this problem is expected to be found before lon9.
A.resuit
B.response
C.settlement
D.solution
He made a proposal that the problem ______ at the meeting. ()
A.discuss
B.be discussed
C.will be discussed
D.would be discussed
It is high time that you______the problem carefully about what you will do in the future.
A.are studied
B.must study
C.studied
D.study
The writer may probably believe that ______.
A.few people have realized how serious the problem of pollution is
B.the problem of pollution has not yet become a major concern
C.the problem is not so serious that it does not require an immediate solution
D.people are so eager for the benefits of modern society that they pay little attention to the problem of pollution