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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’spopulation—about3bil
2、lionpeople—cooktheirmealswithwood,dung,coalandothersolidfuelsoveropenfiresoronprimitivestovesinsidetheirhomes,andthatsimpleactiskilling1.5millionpeopleeveryyear,accordingtoareportbytheWorldHealthOrganization.IndoorPollutionKillsMillionsEveryYearCookingwithsolidfuelson
3、openfiresortraditionalstovescreateshighlevelsofindoorairpollution,whichisamajorriskfactorforpneumoniaamongchildrenandchronicrespiratorydiseaseamongadults.Indoorsmokecontainsmanypollutantsthatcandamagehealth,suchcarbonmonoxideandparticulatepollutionlevelsthatmaybe20tim
4、eshigherthanacceptedguidelines.AccordingtotheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO),indoorairpollutionisresponsiblefor2.7percentoftheglobalburdenofdisease,andpneumoniaaccountsforthedeathsoftwomillionchildreneveryyear.In2002,cookingwithsolidfuelswasresponsiblefornearly800,000dea
5、thsamongchildrenandmorethan500,000deathsamongwomen.CleanerFuels,ModernStovesThesolutionistohelplow-incomefamiliesanddevelopingcountriesswitchtobetterstovesthatburnliquefiedpetroleumgas,biogas,orothercleanerfuels.Switchingfromatraditionalstovetoanimprovedstovesubstanti
6、allyreducesindoorsmokeandimmediatelycreatesahealthierenvironment."Makingcleanerfuelsandimprovedstovesavailabletomillionsofpoorpeopleindevelopingcountrieswillreducechildmortalityandimprovewomen'shealth,"saidDrLEEJong-wook,WHODirector-General,inapressreleaseannouncingth
7、ereport."Inadditiontothehealthgains,householdenergyprogramscanhelpliftfamiliesoutofpovertyandacceleratedevelopmentprogress."LowInvestmentforBigHealthandEconomicBenefitsOnaverage,itwouldcostaslittleas$6forfamiliestoinstallstovesthatarebetterventilatedandmorefuel-effici
8、ent.Halvingthenumberofpeopleworldwidestillcookingwithsolidfuelsby2015wouldcost$13billion,buttheeconomicbenefitwouldbe$91bill