【正文】 harder to 4 .Air pollution has increased the 5 of mental illness, diabetes and kidney disease. It is even thought to be prematurely ageing the faces of city dwellers by accelerating wrinkles and age __6 . What’s worse, almost 90% of the world’s children live where outdoor air pollution 7__ WHO limits.Increasing efforts 8 global warming by cutting the fossil fuel consumption will help cut air pollution. Some major world cities are also doing something 9 traffic smog by setting dates 10 the worst polluting cars will be banned. The huge cuts in health costs that could be achieved with cleaner air are being better understood.1. A. amount B. sector C. toll D. equivalent2. A. in B. to C. for D. by3. A. bined B. united C. integrated D. connected4. A. deal B. cope C. cherish D. tackle5. A. incident B. incidence C. accident D. instance6. A. spots B. areas C. sections D. spans7. A. recedes B. succeeds C. exceeds D. precedes8. A. of fighting B. to fighting C. for fight D. to fight9. A. for B. with C. about D. from10. A. in which B. for which C. about which D. by whichPart V Reading Comprehension (20 points, 1 point each)Directions: In this part of the test, there are four short passages. Read each passage carefully, and then do the questions that follow. Choose the best answer from the four choices given and answer the questions on your Answer Sheet.Passage OneDespite the enormous contribution of the music industry to the UK economy and the huge benefits to children, the government remains quiet about its importance in schools, but instead announced plans to try mental health training for pupils recently. It has not dawned on politicians that this can be achieved through the arts.Music education has bee harder to access since 2010, when new measures were introduced to boost the number of students studying science and languages, and since then the number of students taking music at Alevel has dropped by about 9% as teachers homed in on “academic” subjects.Children are pelled to take up private tuition, putting those who cannot afford such lessons at a disadvantage. In 2014, the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain found that out of its members aged 7 to 13, nearly 70% of those at state school received private education. In 201213, only 10% of music students at universities came from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.But that’s not the only problem. For a creative subject, music has always been taught in a far too academic way, meaning that theoretical knowledge is the main route to advancement. While there are routes into musical careers for the untrained, there are also dozens of choirs and amateur collectives that put a huge focus on musical notation.This is an obscure, tricky language that can only be read by a small number of people, most of whom have benefited from private education. Children who cannot prehend it are written off even when they are capable performers.The insistence on theoretical understanding is supported by the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music, which sets the most widelyused music exams. To meet its requirements, pupils must work through limited repertoires of old, mostly classical music, focusing their efforts on mastering musical literacy, above songwriting, posing or enjoyment.So there is not only a wealthy elite presiding over music, but an academic one, which decides what sort of knowledge and ability make children petent – even though, like artists, musicians vary immensely in their tastes, tools and learning mechanisms.Sure, we may not be able to tell the difference between a low sound and a high sound, but we can play our favorite songs. That is all I wanted from music.I worry that the current state of play means many children are locked out. As a discipline, music needs to attract a bigger crowd. Diversity breeds diversity, and teaching is where this needs to start.1. It can be inferred from the first two paragraphs that ______.A. politicians are aware of the importance of musicB. music education is worsening around the countryC. arts have little to do with mental health trainingD. students prefer music to science or languages2. Which of the following is NOT one of the problems with music education?A. Children have to receive private music education.B. Excessive weight is given to theoretical knowledge.C. Music tests focus on knowledge of classical music.D. Children are taught to write songs or pose music.3. In Paragraph Eight, the author expresses the belief that ______.A. learners of music should try to be professionalB. music can be learned from your favorite songsC. music is learned mainly for personal enjoymentD. many people actually know little about music4. The author argues in the last paragraph that ______.A. current teaching methods of music lack varietyB. classical music should be made more popularC. not everyone can bee a great musicianD. music learning requires rigorous disciplines5. It can be inferred from this passage that advanced music education in the UK ______.A. has bee much