Environmental problems are becoming more and more serious all over the world. For example, cars have made the air unhealthy for people to breathe and poisonous gas is given off by factories. Trees on the hills have been cut down and waste water is being poured continuously into rivers. Furthermore, wherever we go today, we can find rubbish carelessly disposed.
There are different kinds of pollutants, each of which comes from different sources. It is necessary to identify the source of pollution, in order to make a policy to eliminate them.
Different products, processes and activities of our industrialized world together form the major source of pollution. The forms of pollution can be mainly divided into three kinds—solid, liquid and gas.
These pollutions have greatly damaged our planet and continue to do so. In fact, pollution is threatening our existence. The whole ecological balance of the earth is changing. Massive destruction of environment has brought about negative effects and even posed a great threat to man’s existence.
We must face the situation that exists and take action to solve our environmental problems. For instance, new laws must be passed to place strict control over industrial pollution, the public must receive the education about the danger of pollution and so on.
The earth is our home and we have the duty to take care of it for ourselves and our later generation. Fortunately, more and more people have realized these problems. Measures have been taken to deal with these situations by the government. Laws have been passed to stop pollution, I hope the problems will be solved in the near future and our home will become better and better.
小題1: How many examples of environmental problems are given in the first paragraph?
A．2 B．3 C．4 D．5
小題2: Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．In all there are three kinds of pollution
B．If people continue to pollute our planet, there will be no trees.
C．Industrial pollution has been completely controlled.
D．Laws have been passed to stop pollution and protect our environment.
小題3: The sentence “We hope that all these measures will be effective and bring back a healthy environment” can best be put at the end of paragraph _____.
A．2 B．3 C．5 D．6
小題4: The writer’s attitude towards the future of the earth is _____.
A．despair B．negative C．optimistic D．hopeless

小題1:C
小題2:D
小題3:C
小題4:C

試題分析：本文敘述了全世界的環(huán)境問題變得越來越嚴(yán)重，事實(shí)上，污染正威脅我們的生存。政府已經(jīng)采取了很多措施去解決這些環(huán)境問題，法律已被通過以制止污染。我們希望這些措施的有效實(shí)施能帶給我們一個健康的環(huán)境。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)cars have made the air unhealthy for people to breathe and poisonous gas is given off by factories. Trees on the hills have been cut down and waste water is being poured continuously into rivers. Furthermore, wherever we go today, we can find rubbish carelessly disposed.汽車污染引起的大氣污染；山上的樹木被砍伐；污水進(jìn)入河流；垃圾被隨意地處理，這四個方面的環(huán)境問題，故選C。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Laws have been passed to stop pollution, I hope the problems will be solved in the near future and our home will become better and better.已經(jīng)通過法律的手段來阻止環(huán)境的污染，故選D。
小題3:推理判斷題。根據(jù)We must face the situation that exists and take action to solve our environmental problems. 這是本段的中心句，我們要面對存在的形式，采取措施解決我們的環(huán)境問題，最后都希望這有效的措施能還給我們一個健康的環(huán)境，故選C。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據(jù)Laws have been passed to stop pollution, I hope the problems will be solved in the near future and our home will become better and better.可知作者對未來的環(huán)境充滿希望，故推出作者是以樂觀主義的態(tài)度，故選C。
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