Question

The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means. 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 dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.

Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the more pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place, man moved to another place. But this is no longer true.

Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.

Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.

Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. They stop people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air. Pollution by SO2 is now the most dangerous kind of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. We are sure that if there are fewer people driving, there will be less air pollution.

The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means keeping the land, water and air clean. And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.

1._______, our world is becoming much smaller.

A. Because of the rise in pollution

B. Thanks to science development

C. Because the earth is being polluted day and night

D. Because the earth is blown away by the wind every year

2.Hundreds of years ago, life was __________ it is today.

A. much easier than B. as easy as

C. much harder than D. as hard as

3.Pollution comes in many ways. We can even hear it. Here “it” means _______.

A. rubbish(垃圾) B. noise pollution

C. air pollution D. water pollution

4.Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution because _______.

A. it makes much noise

B. it makes us angry more easily

C. it makes our rivers and lakes dirty

D. it’s bad for all living things in the world

5.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.

B. The pollution of the earth grows as fast as the world population does.

C. The problem of pollution is not so serious because there are not so many people living on the earth.

D. If people could go to work by bus or bike instead of car or motorbike, it would be helpful in fighting against the problem of SO2.

Answer 1

1.B

2.C

3.B

4.D

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：由于現(xiàn)代化的交通和溝通方式，世界正變得越來越小，生活也更加便捷，但隨之而來的是各種污染。作者最后呼吁，地球是我們的家園，人人都要愛護它。

1.細節(jié)理解題。根據文章第一句“The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means.”說明現(xiàn)代技術讓這個世界變得更小。A、C、D均與文意不符，故選B。

2. today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago”說明幾百年前的生活比現(xiàn)在更艱難。C項表述正確，故選C。

3. comes in many ways. We can even hear it.說明這里的it是指能夠被聽見的污染，那么就是噪音污染。故選B。

4. pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad for all living things in the world,”說明D正確，其余三項均表述不對，故選D。

5.細節(jié)理解題。根據第五段的第一句“Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.”可知A項表述正確；根據第二段的第二句“The more people, the more pollution.”可知B項表述正確；根據第二段的第三句可知C項表述中缺少時間狀語Many years ago，與文意不符；根據第五段的最后一句可知D項表述符合文意，故選C。

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