The world itself is becoming much smaller by
using modern traffic and modern communication. Life today is much easier than
it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the
biggest problems is pollution.
To pollute means
to make things unfit or unclean to use. Pollution comes in many ways. We see
it, smell it, drink it and even eat it. Pollution is beginning to threaten (威胁) our health, our happiness and our
life.
Man has been
polluting the earth from the time he first made fire, washed his clothes in the
river and threw his waste on the ground. When land was used up or water became
dirty, men moved on to another place. At first, the problem was not so serious
because there was plenty of clean air, land and water. There weren’t so many
people then and their wants fewer. All the dirty things could be absorbed(吸收) by nature and soon covered over.
But this is no longer true. The increase of pollution and the development of
industry(工业) have changed that. Man is slowly
poisoning(毒害)not only his environment but also himself.
Through the use of
poison, man has polluted the land, killing the animals. By putting dirty water
and chemicals into rivers and lakes we have polluted our drinking
water, killing the fish.
Our increasing
population is part of the problem. More people, more waste.
Where is this all
to end? Are we turning the world into a big rubbish dump(堆存处)，or is
there any hope that we can get rid of (摆脱，除去) the
pollution? Luckily, millions of people have been warned of the danger of
pollution. Large numbers of people are now working hard to bring pollution
under control.
The earth is our
home. We must take care of it. This means keeping the land, air and water
clean. And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.
1.Which of the following is NOT true
according to the passage?
A. We live on the earth, so we should look
after it.
B. Man is fighting against different kinds of
pollution.
C. To pollute means to
make air, water and land unfit for use.
D. All the waste produced by modern industry
can be absorbed.
2.In Paragraph4, the underlined word “chemicals”
mean ____________.
A. 化学物质 B. 医疗器械 C.
污染源 D. 塑料制品
3.Through the uncontrolled use of poison man
has___________.
A. made the drinking water
dirty B. polluted the land
C. killed the animals D.
all of the above
4.From the sentences “More people, more
waste.” We know that ___________
A. we need more people,
not more waste
B. the increase of population caused more
waste.
C. there isn’t any hope
that we can get rid of the pollution
D. More people have been warned of the danger
of more waste.
5.Which of the following is TRUE according
to the passage?
A. Man begins to understand the pollution.
B. Man doesn’t know how to control pollution.
C. Man is doing something to control
pollution.
D. Man still doesn’t realize how serious
pollution is.
