1970 was World Conservation Year. The United Nations wanted every one to know that the world is in danger. They hoped the governments would act quickly in order to “conserve” nature. Here is one example of the problem. At one time there were 1,300 different plants, trees and flowers in Holland, but now only 866 remain. The others have been destroyed by modern man and his technology. We are changing the earth, the air and water, and everything that grows and lives. We can’t live without these things. If we continue like this, we shall destroy ourselves.

What will happen in the future? Perhaps it is more important to ask “What must we do now?” The people who will be living in the world of tomorrow are the young of today. A lot of them know that con­servation is necessary. Many are helping to save our world. They plant trees, build bridges across rivers in forests, and so on. In a small town in the United States a large group of girls cleaned the banks of 11 kilometers of their river. Young people may hear about conservation through something called “No one’s going to change our world, which was made by the Beatles, Cliff Richard and other singers. The money from it will help to conserve wild animals.

68. What does the word “conserve” in the passage mean?

A. serve          B. desert           C. protect         D. live

69. The first paragraph tells us that _______.

A. World Conservation Year was over.

B. animals are being in danger

C. nature is being destroyed in Holland

D. the people of the world face the serious living situation

70. “No one’s going to change our world’ was _______.

A. a record calling on people to conserve nature

B. an idea that nobody would accept

C. an important book published in 1970

D. a rule worked out by the United Nations

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