In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of this environment. That was because there were ______ people on the earth, and natural resources(资源)seemed not to be used up.

Today things are different, the world has become too ______. We are using up our natural resources too quickly and at the same time we are ______ our environment with dangerous chemicals(化学药品). If we go on to do this, human life on the earth ______ survive(幸存).

Everyone realizes today that if too many fishes are taken from the sea there will soon be none left. But, with modern fishing methods(方法), more and more fishes are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and ______ will grow on the earth. Although the situation is getting worse, many of us still ______ to use bigger and more powerful machines to cut down more and more trees.

We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, fish will die. But in most countries, wastes are still put into rivers or into the sea ______ there are few laws to stop this.

We know, too, if the population of the world goes on rising at the present speed, ______ a few years there won’t be enough places or food supplies(供应). So what can we do? Perhaps the world population will not rise so quickly with the help of the modern methods of birth ______.

Finally, if we start to educate people to think about the problems, we’re still able to have a better and cleaner planet in the future. Thinking ______ is what we all need to do right now.

1.A. many B. little C. few D. much

2.A. crowded B. small C. dirty D. busy

3.A. protecting B. saving C. polluting D. fighting

4.A. must not B. will not C. shall not D. should not

5.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing

6.A. continue B. have C. need D. start

7.A. and B. however C. so D. then

8.A. on B. after C. for D. in

9.A. control B. born C. plan D. pay

10.A. politely B. wisely C. directly D. normally

We may pass by empty phone booths(电话亭)on the streets every day.But they have been something out of date because of cell phones. Old phone booths in Shanghai is trying to bring new life.

Shanghai will make changes to 263 phone booths in Xuhui district.There will be six new kinds of booths in Shanghai.Tee Library Booth is one of the six new kinds,It gives 60 books for people to borrow and read.Another kind will let users to listen to audio books(有声书)and even record their own voices.

Shanghai is not the only one trying to help phone booths stay useful.The UK Company British Telccom lets people use booths.Since 2009,people have changed more than 1,500 phone booths into flower shops,mini-cafes and even shower rooms.The British love their red phone booths and they have been a part of the country’s identity(标识)since the 1930s.

Maybe in the future phone booths will become a new identity again,but in a different way.

1.How many books will each library booth in Shanghai offer?

A. 6. B. 60. C. 263. D. 1,500.

2.What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

A. People in the UK don’t use booths.

B. British Telecom is the best company in the UK.

C. The British love their phone booths so much.

D. The British are making new use of phone booths again.

3.What can we know from the story?

A. No one wants to use telephone booths now.

B. people will use phone booths in a new way.

C. Britain’s red phone booths are losing their identity.

D. Phone booths around the world are not popular.

4.In the passage,the writer wants to tell the readers about .

A. the fun of phone booths B. the history of phone booths

C. the new life of phone booths. D. the difference of phone booths

5.We can read the passage probably from .

A. a newspaper B. a picture book C. a comedy D. a storybook

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