Breathing this air day in day out eventually causes a lot of diseases:more than a third of the 4.3 million die of a stroke,while a quarter die of heart disease.And around one-third of annual lung disease deaths worldwide are due to waste from coal stoves.
Exposure tends to be extremely harmful for the people who spend the most time around the fire—usually women and young children.In fact,the WHO reports that household air pollution almost doubles the risk for childhood lung disease.
【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。一项研究表明,在家庭中来自烹饪的空气污染的害处是非常惊人的,厨房做饭产生的烟已经成为致命的杀手,因此我们应该引起注意,并提防来自烹饪的家庭污染。
5.According to Kirk Smith’s research, .
A.factories are the biggest killer worldwide nowadays
B.burning 400 cigarettes an hour is extremely dangerous
C.household air pollution from cooking is surprising harmful
D.some 4.3 million people die earlier each year than they should
答案:C
解析:细节理解题。根据第三段第三句中 “Kirk Smith...whose research suggests that household air pollution from cooking killed between 3.5 million and 4 million people in 2016” 可知,柯克·史密斯的研究结果表明,在2016年家庭中烹饪造成的空气污染已致使三百五十万人到四百万人死亡,由此可知它的害处是非常惊人的。故选C项。
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