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1、雅思考试阅读考题回顾朗阁海外考试研究中心 王上考试日期：2013年6月8日ReadingPassage1Title:IndoorAirPollutionQuestiontypes:ShortAnswer;FlowChart;TRUE/FALSE/NOTGIVEN;文章内容回顾室内污染的一大来源为做饭产生的空气污染。相关英文原文阅读IndoorPollutionfromCookingFiresKills1.5MillionPeopleAnnuallyMorethanhalftheworld’spopulat
2、ion—about3billionpeople—cooktheirmealswithwood,dung,coalandothersolidfuelsoveropenfiresoronprimitivestovesinsidetheirhomes,andthatsimpleactiskilling1.5millionpeopleeveryyear,accordingtoareportbytheWorldHealthOrganization.IndoorPollutionKillsMillionsEveryY
3、earCookingwithsolidfuelsonopenfiresortraditionalstovescreateshighlevelsofindoorairpollution,whichisamajorriskfactorforpneumoniaamongchildrenandchronicrespiratorydiseaseamongadults.Indoorsmokecontainsmanypollutantsthatcandamagehealth,suchcarbonmonoxideandp
4、articulatepollutionlevelsthatmaybe20timeshigherthanacceptedguidelines.AccordingtotheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO),indoorairpollutionisresponsiblefor2.7percentoftheglobalburdenofdisease,andpneumoniaaccountsforthedeathsoftwomillionchildreneveryyear.In2002,co
5、okingwithsolidfuelswasresponsiblefornearly800,000deathsamongchildrenandmorethan500,000deathsamongwomen.CleanerFuels,ModernStovesThesolutionistohelplow-incomefamiliesanddevelopingcountriesswitchtobetterstovesthatburnliquefiedpetroleumgas,biogas,orotherclea
6、nerfuels.Switchingfromatraditionalstovetoanimprovedstovesubstantiallyreducesindoorsmokeandimmediatelycreatesahealthierenvironment."Makingcleanerfuelsandimprovedstovesavailabletomillionsofpoorpeopleindevelopingcountrieswillreducechildmortalityandimprovewom
7、en'shealth,"saidDrLEEJong-wook,WHODirector-General,inapressreleaseannouncingthereport."Inadditiontothehealthgains,householdenergyprogramscanhelpliftfamiliesoutofpovertyandacceleratedevelopmentprogress."LowInvestmentforBigHealthandEconomicBenefitsOnaverage
8、,itwouldcostaslittleas$6forfamiliestoinstallstovesthatarebetterventilatedandmorefuel-efficient.Halvingthenumberofpeopleworldwidestillcookingwithsolidfuelsby2015wouldcost$13billion,buttheeconomicbenefitwouldbe$91bill
