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Passage 2　　The current emergency in Mexico City that has taken over our lives is nothing I couldever have imagined for me or my children. We were living in an environmental crisis, an air pollution emergency of unprecedented  1 .  2 it really means is that just to breathehere is to 3 a dangerous game with your health.　　 4 parents, what  5 us most are reports that children are at higher  6 because they breathe more times per minute. What more can we do to protect them and ourselves? Our pediatrician’s （儿科医师） medical  7 was simple:  8 the city  9 . We are foreigners and we are among the small minority that can afford to leave. We are herebecause of my husband’s work. We know that for us, this is a  10 danger.  11 ,we can’t stand for much longer the fear we feel for our boys. We can’t stop them frombreathing.　　But for millions, there is no choice. Their lives, their jobs, their futures  12 on being here. Thousands of Mexicans arrive each day in this city, 13 for economic opportunities Thousands more are born here each day. Entire families work in the streets and  14 live there. It’s a familiar sight:  15 parents hawk goods at stoplights, their children play in the grassy highway dividers, breathing exhaust fumes. I feel  16 complaining about my personal situation; we won’t be here long enough for our children to form the  17 thaw skies are colored only gray.　　The word “emergency” 18 the unusual. But when daily life itself is an emergency, the concept loses its meaning. It is human nature to try to  19 that which we can’t change, or to mislead ourselves  20 believing we can adapt.1. A. quality　　　　B. severity　　　C. intensity　　　D. density2. A. Which　　　　　B. Whatever　　　C. How　　　　　　D. What3. A. act　　　　　　B. conduct　　 　C. perform　　　　D. play4. A. As　　　　　　 B. Like　　　　　C. With　　　　　 D. Unlike5. A. terrorizes 　　B. fears　　　　 C. interrupts　　 D. suffers6. A. rate　　　　　 B. risk　　　　　C. amount　　　　 D. quantity7. A. recommendation B. reference　　 C. diagnosis　　　D. comment8. A. resign　　　　 B. abandon　　　 C. forbid　　　　 D. prohibit9. A. consistently　 B. persistently　C. permanently　　D. unconditionally10. A. transient　　 B. momentary 　　C. temporary　　　D. instant11. A. Therefore　　 B. Moreover　　　C. Thus　　　　　 D. However12. A. decide　　　　B. depend　　　　C. revolve　　　　D. concentrate13. A. desperate　　 B. fanatic　　　 C. insane　　　　 D. furious14. A. fundamentally B. literally　　 C. practically　　D. essentially15. A. since　　　　 B. as　　　　　　C. now that　　　 D. if16. A. guilty　　　　B. reasonable　　C. rational　　　 D. conscientious17. A. impression　　B. suppression　 C. depression　　 D. oppression18. A. supplies　　　B. implies　　　 C. designates　　 D. complies19. A. feel like　　 B. dedicate to　 C. adapt to　　　 D. see to20. A. to　　　　　　B. for　　　　　 C. onto　　　　　 D. into