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 (威脅) 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(工業) 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(堆存處)，or is there any hope that we can get rid of (擺脫，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.
小題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. |
小題2:In Paragraph4, the underlined word “
chemicals” mean ____________.
小題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 |
小題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. |
小題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. |
