Part
III Section A
Reading Comprehension
(40 minutes)
Directions: /n this sefon, there is a passage with ten blanks, You are required to select one word for each blank
from a list of choices
Since the 1940s, southem Califomia has had a reputation for smog. Things are not as bad as they once were
ut, according to the American Lung Association, Los Angeles is still the worst city in the United States for levels
of 26. Gazing down on the city from the Getty Center, an art museum in the Santa Monica M
would find the view of the Pacific Ocean blurred by the haze(5). Nor is the states bad air 2to its south.
Fresno, in the central valley, comes top of the list in America for year-round pollution Residents' hearts and lungs
are affected as a 28
All of which, combined with California's reputation as the home of technological 29 , makes the place
ideal for developing and testing systems designed to monitor polution in 30. And that is just what Acma. a e
firm in San Francisco, has been doing over the past few months. It has been trying out monitoring statie
that are 31 to yield minute-to-minute maps of_ air pollution. Such stations will also be able to
keep an eye on what is happening inside buildings, including offices
To this end, Aclima has been 33 with Googles Street View system. Davida Herzl, Aclima's bos
says they have revealed pollution highs on days when San Francisco's transit workers went on stri
and the city's 34 were forced to use their cars. Conversely, " cycle to work"days have done th
job by pollution lows.
I)inhabitants
A)assisted
innovat
B)collaborating
K)intended
C)consequence
L)outdoor
D)consumers
M)pollutants
E)creating
N) restricted
F)detail
O)sum
G) domestic
