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In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources (n.资源；物力；财力 )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 to do 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(n.方法), 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 cut down more and more trees. We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste from factories, we will die. However, in most countries waste is still put into the rivers or the seas and there are few laws to stop this. We know, too, that if the pollution of the world countries is rising 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, there will be more food useful for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops feeds five times more people than land where animals are kept.
Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner planet in the future.
(1)Today we have to think about the protection of our environment because ________.
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A．things on our planet are getting worse and worse
B．the limited natural resources are being used quickly
C．the environment is continuing to be polluted by too much waste and poison
D．worse and worse environment is endangering the lives of human beings
(2)which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．If we eat more meat, more food can be saved.
B．In the past there were few people who thought about the environment protection.
C．If we keep on cutting down trees, forests will disappear.
D．We should not take more and more fish out of the sea, or there will soon be no fish left.
(3)In order to slow the increase of the world population, ________.
A．we should encourage young people to marry later
B．we should encourage the married to use modern methods of birth control
C．we should let the people have more education
D．all of the above
(4)According to the passage, the most important thing we must understand is that ________.
A．we should keep our environment from being polluted
B．we must make enough laws to protect our natural re-sources
C．man will destroy himself if he doesn't solve the problems
D．we will have not enough food if the world population rises at the present rate
DThere is no doubt about it. The best way to learn new words is to do it unconsciously. I don’t mean while you’re unconscious. I mean while you are unconscious of the fact that it is sinking in.That is how I learnt the 30,000 words in my vocabulary by living in an English-speaking world, mother tongue. I just pick them up. But the problem is that some of them may be misunderstood. Now, to misunderstand does not mean not to understand. To misunderstand is to understand but incorrectly.The 5% mislearnt of all the words we “know” will be the least frequently used words, as the more frequently used words are less likely to be mislearnt. Some of the misunderstandings may live with all our lives, without knowing that we got them wrong.Many English teachers think that this natural method of learning words in one’s own mother tongue can be used for a second language learning. They teach their students how to play the Guessing Game. “There is no time to look up in your dictionaries all the new words you come across,” They will say. “You have to practise guessing what the word means from the context.”This method of guessing in a second language learning does not work. It may succeed in many cases, but results in hundreds or thousands of wrongly-guessed meanings of words.And what’s more, there are more separate meanings than there are words themselves. Our learners’ dictionaries usually have many meanings. A good dictionary is what makes self-learning possible.Don’t guess! Look it up!67. It is certain that the best way to learn new words is________. A. to learn them by oneself B. to learn by living in an English-speaking world and using them frequentlyC. to guess them from the contextD. to get more separate meanings of each word^68. The underlined word “them” in paragraph 2 refers to_______. A. the 30,000 words B. English teachers C. misunderstood words D. frequently used words69. Which of the following is most likely NOT true? A. Some of the words the writer knows must have been misunderstood. B. Most of the 30,000 words the writer learned are frequently used ones. C. How many words the writer got wrong are not known. D. All the words the writer knows were learned by reading them.70. It can be inferred that_____________. A. when somebody is conscious, he or she usually can’t learn new words by heart. B. We must use the words as often as possible in order to master them. C. It’s the best way to learn new words that one should only guess their meanings from the context D. Only dictionaries can help us learn language well.
C I’ve been told that in China，having a pet，particularly a dog，is often considered to be a status（地位）symbol because it shows the family can afford to have an animal．It’s very different here． In Canada it’s common to have pets．Many people have dogs；many others have cats，fish，birds or rabbits．Some keep what we call exotic（奇异的）pets，although keeping exotic animals is difficult，and because it can also be hard on the animals, the keeping of some exotic animals is not allowed by law．Some people do it anyway． I like animals．As far back as I can remember my family has always had cats．Our cats．of course，wanted to go outside and it seemed reasonable to let them wander the neighborhood finding birds to run after，trees to climb and sunny places to sleep．As we always lived in a city，however，there was a problem．I remember more than once losing a cat that was killed by a car and it was heartbreaking． Now，my wife and I lived in a small town．We no longer have a house—we live in an apartment（公寓）．We have a cat named Callie and she never goes out except onto the halcony（阳台）so cars are no longer a problem．She’s about sixteen years old and will probably live to be twenty or more．The trouble will come when she dies．We’ve had a pet for so long that it seems like a natural part of our lives and without a cat around the room it will seem somehow empty．On the other hand，we’re getting older and，given that a cat can live about twenty years we wonder if we’ll ever have another after Callie goes. Having a pet is very good for a number of reasons．It helps to teach children how to look after a living creature，makes them realize that animals have feelings just like we do and that, in many ways，we depend on each other．For older people like me an animal is a companion（伙伴）and a comfort to have around．A pet，properly treated, returns the favor by giving back unconditional love．Wouldn’t this world be a great place if people could learn how to do that !64．The writer keeps a cat as a pet now because___________． A．she feels lonely living in the countryside B．it acts as her companion C．her family is used to keeping a cat D．it can helps her teach her children．65．What will happen after the writer’s pet，Callie dies? A．She will surely buy another one． B．She won’t keep pets any longer． C．She will remember it for a long time． D．Her room will be empty．66．What should people do in keeping a pet according to the text? A．Not allow it to go out of the room． B．Catch birds for him to play with． C．Let it wander outside as it likes． D．Not live in the city．67．What can be the best title for the passage? A．How to keep a pet． B．My pet，Callie． C．Keeping Pets in Canada． D．It’s the Animal in Me．
