Question

Ladies and gentlemen, I returned to this year in a time machine. In the year 2500, we are able to travel through time to any year in the history of the earth. This year is your last chance your lifestyle to save the earth.

  Beginning in the middle of the 20^th century, a few people were worried about polluting the earth’s water and air, but most people did not change their way of life. Instead, they continued to pour(倒) dangerous chemical(化學物品) and other waste into lakes and seas, to drive more and more cars and trucks, and to cut down trees.

  By the year 2200, the earth’s water was completely polluted. People could no longer drink water, and they had to use other types of liquids(液體). Scientists said that in the future there might be too many people on the earth. But not enough was done.

  So by the year 2300, there were so many people that food became scarce. There was no water to grow food and all of the fish in lakes and seas died because of pollution. Terrible wars broke out between the rich and the poor. Scientists were working very hard to find another planet in space where humans could live.

  By the year 2400, the air was too polluted for humans to breathe. So we had to leave the earth. But only the rich were able to leave. Where did we go? Nowhere. And everywhere. You see scientists did not find another safe planet, so now we must travel around the universe in our space ships. We are still looking for a place to call our home.

  So it is up to you to change history. There is still hope. You must change your lifestyle now, before it is too late.

1.Which problem is NOT talked about in Paragraph 2?

A. Water        B. Air        C. Lifestyle     D. Food

2. The underlined word ‘scarce’ means ‘______’ in Chinese.

A. 昂貴的       B. 充足的       C. 缺乏的       D. 特殊的

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Only a few people changed their lifestyle in the 20^th century.

B. There was no clean water for people to drink by the year 2200.

C. All the fish died because of the pollution by the year 2300.

D. We found a new home in another planet by the year 2400.

4.What’s the best title of the passage?

A. Stop polluting                       B. Change or leave   

C. Look for new home                   D. Return to the earth

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要以擬人的手法講述了環境污染的嚴重事實，作者通過時間隧道從2500年穿越回到了20到25世紀的不同時代，并描述了各個不同時代的污染的嚴重性，提醒人類保護環境，愛護人類自己。

1.細節理解題。根據短文第二段a few people were worried about polluting the earth’s water and air, but most people did not change their way of life.內容可知，本段主要涉及到了空氣質量、水資源和人類的生活方式，唯獨沒有提到食物方面的問題，故選D。

2.詞義猜測題。根據本句內容So by the year 2300, there were so many people that food became scarce. 可知，本句中包含一短語so...that...，意為截止到2300年，地球上的人類是如此之多以致于食物變得太少。再加上下一句There was no water to grow food，可知食物應該是不夠人類吃的，故選C。

3.推理判斷題。根據短文第二段but most people did not change their way of life.可知，A選項表述正確；第三段By the year 2200, the earth’s water was completely polluted. People could no longer drink water,可知，B項的描述也是正確的；第四段all of the fish in lakes and seas died because of pollution. 可知C項內容正確；倒數第二段內容說到了2400年，只有富人才有機會離開不適宜人類生存的地球，但是也沒有可以適宜人類其他星球供人類居住，可知D項內容不正確；故選D。

4.主旨大意題。縱觀全文內容可知本文主要描述的就是人類的污染環境極其嚴重，已經嚴重威脅人類的生存，到了非停止不可的地步了，所以A項“停止污染”作為文章標題比較合適，故選A 。

考點：環保類短文閱讀。