In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were not many people on earth, and natural resources seemed to be unlimited.

Today, things are different. The world has become too crowded. We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are polluting our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue like this, human life on earth will not survive.

Everyone realizes today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing methods, more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, forests will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we continue 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, we will die. However, in most countries waste products are still put into rivers or into the sea, and there are few laws to stop this.

We know, too, that if the population of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years, there will not be enough food.

What can we do to solve these problems?

If we eat more vegetables and less meat, we will easily get more food. Land that is used to grow crops can feed five times more people than land where animals are kept.

The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth control.

Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner living place in the future.

The importance of protecting the environment

Problems

◆ More fish being caught.

◆ More 1.    being cut down.

◆ More waste products being put into rivers.

◆ More2.    being born.

Causes

◆ The world is becoming too 3.    .

◆ Modern methods make the situation worse .

Result

We human beings will not survive on the earth.

Solutions

◆ Eat more vegetables and less meat so that more food will be

available  for everyone.

◆ Use modern methods of 4.    control so that the population will not grow too fast.

◆ Educate people so that the 5.   will be better and cleaner.

      

 

Mrs Black is sixty-nine years old. She has only a daughter named Sandra. Mr Black died twelve years ago. She was very sad and lived in her house alone. Two years later her daughter had a baby. The woman was busy all the time and no time to look after her son James. She asked her mother to live with with them.

The old woman had to sell her house and moved there. She was strong and could do all the housework. And the family liked her.

Last autumn Mrs Black went to do some shopping. A car hit her and her leg was hurt. She had to be in hospital for three months. She couldn’t do anything after she came back. At first her daughter was kind to her, but soon she began to tired (讨厌)of her. The old woman wanted to leave, but she had no money to buy a house and nobody could take care of her. She didn’t know what to do.

One morning Mrs Black broke a plate. It made her daughter angry. She told James to buy a wooden(木制的)for her grandma. That afternoon James came back with two wooden plates. She was surprised(惊讶的) and asked “Why did you buy two plates, son”

“One is for my grandma,” answered the boy. “The other is for you.” She cried for long. She’s kind to her mother as she did before.

1. Sandra asked her mother to live with them because________

 A. the old woman lived alone

B. she needed her help

C. the old woman couldn’t look after herself

D. the old woman could give her much money.

2.The family liked Mrs Black because_________

A. she was rich

B. she could watched their door

C. she could do the housework for them

D. she was friendly to them all

3.Mrs Black was afraid ________,so she couldn’t leave her daughter’s house.

A. she had no house to live in

B. she couldn’t look after herself

C. Sandra couldn’t go to see her any more

D. she couldn’t buy a house and none takes care of her[来源:学#科#网Z#X#X#K]

4.Sandra was afraid ________,so she told her son to buy a wooden plate for her.

A. her mother could broke another plate

B. her mother didn’t want to live

C. her husband could be tired of her mother

D. her mother couldn’t do anything at home

5.Sandra is friendly to her mother again because________

A. she knows she did wrong

B. she was afraid of her son

C. the old is poor

D. it’s her duty

 

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