Passage Two
North China's Tianjin Municipality has started a "Blue Sky Project" to control the air pollution. Under the project requirements, the air quality in Tianjin is expected to measure up to the national standard by 2007, when two thirds of days in the year will enjoy fairly good or excellent air quality. In order to achieve the goal, Tianjin will take a series of measures such as controlling the use of coal, reducing the dust floating from construction sites, planting trees along the major streets, and replacing petrol with liquid natural gas as the fuel for vehicles.
Since people paid little attention to the environmental protection, the air quality in Tianjin has worsened during the past decade. The project has received wide praise and support from the natives. The newly-discovered "Great Wall" in south China's Hunan Province will open to visitors in the near future. "We will try to make it an internationally famous attraction for tourists," said Yuan Xinhua, director of the Hunan Provincial Tourism Administration. The main part of the 190-km "Southern China Great Wall" is located in Fenghuang County in western Hunan. Built during the Ming Dynasty (1368—1644) by the local Miao minority people, the Southern China Great Wall is 2.3 m high and 1.7 m wide.
The Chinese have been enjoying themselves by sightseeing or traveling during the Spring Festival this year rather than engaging in the traditional gathering of relatives and friends at home. In the past five days, over 200000 Beijingers spent the one-week Spring Festival holiday shopping in Tianjin. Low prices of consumer goods and the convenient railway service enable Beijingers to visit the neighboring city during the day. Meanwhile unlike previous years, an increasing number of Tianjiners went to Beijing during the Spring Festival to visit places of interest in the capital. Tourism had been heating up in the last few years. An increase in income and longer holiday shave made it possible for Chinese to relax after a year of work.
56. The “Blue Sky Project” was started for the sake of：( )
A. 2007 national standards
B. Environment protection
C. Tianjin Municipality
D. Air control
【答案】B。 “蓝天工程”是为了( )?本题定位至第一段：a "Blue Sky Project" to control the air pollution.很明显是在为了控制空气污染。D 选项为干扰项，虽然是为了控制空气，但是这个项目的核心是为了环境保护，因此选择更加符合题意的一项。故正确选项为 B。
57. According to paragraph 1, which is not involved in the measures that Tianjin will take?( )
A. Bikes
B. Cars
C. Coal
D. Plants
【答案】C。定位至原文第一段，天津市为了控制空气污染，采取了一些措施，Tianjin will take a series of measures such as controlling the use of coal, reducing the dust floating from construction sites, planting trees along the major streets, and replacing petrol with liquid natural gas as the fuel for vehicles. 控制煤炭的使用，减少建筑工地的扬尘，沿主要街道植树，以及 以液态天然气取代汽油作为汽车燃料。因此可知，四个选项中涉及到了煤炭的使用限制。故 正确选项为 C。
58. How would you describe the native’s attitude towards this project? ( )
A. Negative
B. Positive
C. It’s hard to tell
D. Neutral
【答案】B。定位文章第二段第二句：The project has received wide praise and support from the natives.可知当地人对于这个项目是十分支持的。故正确选项为 B。
59. What is the passage mainly about? ( )
A. Chinese people’s plans for the Spring Festival
B. The Southern “Great Wall”
C. Some construction projects by the government
D. The “Blue Sky Project”
【答案】C。文章在除了讲述“Blue Sky Project”之外，还讲了南方的“长城”和旅游业的情况，因此文章主要并不是围绕“蓝天计划”展开的，而是分别介绍了不同的几个政府建设项目。故正确选项为 C。
60. What made it possible for the Chinese to travel more? ( )
A. They are now richer and have longer vacation
B. their attitudes towards work and holiday have changed
C. there are more places of interest in the capital now
D. low prices of consumer goods and the convenient railway service
【答案】A。定位至尾端 Tourism had been heating up in the last few years. An increase in income and longer holiday shave made it possible for Chinese to relax after a year of work.可知，旅游业的升温离不开人们现在经济水平的增长和假期时间的增多。故正确选项为 A。
