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The air is polluted. The earth is poisoned. Water is unsafe to drink and rub

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问题     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] Which of the following sentences is not true according to the author?
选项 A、The author wants to tell us that pollution is a serious problem caused by man.
B、We can stop this trend of pollution merely by our own efforts.
C、Many scientists show their worry about the world pollution.
D、The pollution of the earth will threaten the human being’s survival.
答案 B
解析 第2题问按照作者的观点，下面哪个句子表达的含义是不正确的。此题的回答需要综合利用浏览式阅读法、跳跃式阅读法和查阅式阅读法，既要抓住文章主旨大意，又要了解与此题相关的关键词句。文章第四段最后两句话与问题答案A的内容基本相吻合，所以它不是本题的正确答案。再利用查阅式阅读我们在文章第二段第一句中发现了问题答案B中的efforts提示词，而此句的意思是污染的速度比自然恢复的速度和人类努力阻止污染的速度快得多。言外之意，人类难以阻止这种趋势。另外在文章最后一段中，作者通过举例也暗示了人们对于环境污染问题的无奈与迷惑。因此，此题答案是B。答案C和D所表达的内容刚好与文章第三段的内容一致，所以这两个答案都不是本题的正确答案。
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