BEIJING, March 7 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will take a series of measures to tackle its environmental problems and is confident they will not derail its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, an official said on Thursday.
Beijing has formulated 84 measures to deal with environmental issue and air pollution, said Li Shixiang, Beijing's executive vice mayor, at the ongoing annual session of the National People's Congress, the top legislature.
Beijing is expected to cut its current coal consumption by more than half to 10 million tonnes a year by 2017. It will also impose tough controls over industrial pollution and dust fall from construction sites, while reducing the number of newly added vehicles every year to 150,000, said Li.
He said the Chinese capital will benefit from the experience of successfully holding the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Beijing and Zhangjiakou City in neighboring Hebei Province will launch a joint bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympic Games, the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) announced in early November 2013.
Beijing will bid to stage the ice events while Zhangjiakou will seek hosting rights for snow sports, according to the COC.
Beijing has been plagued by choking smog and it is a great concern for its chances of hosting the Winter Olympics.
【小题1】What does the underlined word “plagued”mean in the last paragraph？A．annoyedB．destroyedC．strikedD．broken【小题2】Which statement is true according to the passage？A．Beijing will cut its current coal consumption.B．Beijing will reduce the number of newly added vehicles every year.C．Beijing will firmly control industrial pollution and dust fall from construction sites.D．Smog will hurt Beijing's Winter Olympics bid.A
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(答案→)A
解析：本文是一篇新闻报道，来源于新华英语网站。文章讲述了北京积极应对环境问题，并重审这些不会影响北京申办2022冬奥会。
【小题1】考查猜测词义。根据文章第一段中的Beijing has been plagued by choking smog and it is a great concern for its chances of hosting the Winter Olympics.可知，北京受雾霾的困扰，很关心申办冬奥会的机会。故选A。
【小题2】考查细节理解。根据文章第一段中的Beijing will take a series of measures to tackle its environmental problems and is confident they will not derail its bid to host the 2022 Winter Olympics可知，环境问题不会影响申办2022冬奥会。故选D。