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The air is polluted. The earth is poisoned. Water is unsafe to drink and rub
The air is polluted. The earth is poisoned. Water is unsafe to drink and rub
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2025-03-18
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The air is polluted. The earth is poisoned. Water is unsafe to drink and rubbish is burying the civilization that produced it.
Our environment is being contaminated faster than nature and man’s present efforts can prevent it. Time is bringing us more people, and more people will bring us more industry. More people and more industry will bring us more motor vehicles, larger cities, and the growing use of man-made materials. This is happening not only in advanced societies but among the developing nations as they become industrialized. Pollution is, in a sense, exported.
Now many scientists are expressing fears about the possibility of world pollution. Some experts declare that the balance of nature is being so upset that the very survival of humanity is in danger.
What can explain and solve this growing problem? The fact is that pollution is caused by man—by his greed and his modern way of life. We make "increasing industrialization" our chief aim. For its sake we are willing to sacrifice everything: clean air, pure water, good food, our health and the future of our children. There is a constant flow of people from the countryside into the cities, eager for the benefits of modern society. But as our technological achievements have grown in the last twenty years, so in that time has pollution become a serious problem. The connection is clear.
Isn’t it time we stopped to ask ourselves where we are going—and why? It reminds one of the story about the airline pilot who told his passengers over the loudspeaker, "I’ve some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we’re making rapid progress at 530 miles per hour. The bad news is that we’re lost and don’t know where we’re going. " The sad fact is that this becomes a true story when applied to our modern society.
Questions: [br] What does the word "contaminated" in the first sentence of the second paragraph mean according to the passage?
选项
A、Polluted.
B、Consumed.
C、Examined.
D、Contained.
答案
A
解析
第1题问单词contaminated的含义。我们可以采用查阅式阅读方法和跳跃式阅读方法,注意查找与此词相关的词句。文章第一段指出空气受到了污染,地球受到了污染。水不再是安全的可饮用水,垃圾正在埋没着不断产生垃圾的人类文明社会。第二段第二句讲我们的环境污染的速度比自然恢复和人类目前尽力来防止污染的速度快得多。这样我们就能根据带有关键词poison和pollute上下文的句子推测出contaminate的意思是污染,在本文中与poison和pollute是同义词,因此正确答案应选A。而如果自己的词汇量足够大,知道contaminate表示污染的话,也可以直接找出答案A。
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