Exceptional children are different in some ways from others of the same age. For these children to   31   their full adult potential, their   32   must suit those differences.

    Although we focus on the needs of exceptional children, we   33   ourselves describing their environment as well. While the leading actor on the stage   34   our attention, we also see the importance of the   35   players and the scenery of the   36   itself. Both the family and the society in which exceptional children live are often the   37   to their growth and development. And it is in the public schools that we find the full   38   of society’s understanding—the knowledge, hopes, and fears that are   39   to the next generation.

    Education in any society is a   40   of the society. We can see in it the strengths, the weaknesses, the hopes, the prejudices, and the  41  values of the culture itself. The great  42  in exceptional children shown in public education over the past thirty years   43   the strong feeling in our society that all   44  , whatever their special conditions, have a right to get the chance to fully develop their abilities.

    “All man are created equal.” We’ve    45    it many times, but it still has an important meaning for education in a democratic society.   46   the phrase was used by this country’s founders to express equality before the   47  , it has also been explained to mean equality of education. That   48   educational chance for all children—the right of each child to  49  help in learning to the limit of his or her ability, whether that ability is small or great. Recent  50  decisions have made certain of the right of children—disabled or not—to a suitable education, and have ordered that public schools take the necessary steps to provide that education.

1.A. see           B. develop                  C. come               D. expand

2.A. education               B. potential                C. school             D. family

3.A. feel                     B. find                      C. leave              D. prevent

4.A. pays          B. loses                    C. draws              D. sees

5.A. male                   B. female                  C. supporting         D. performing

6.A. play                    B. director                 C. theater            D. actor

7.A. place                   B. fact                      C. condition          D. key

8.A. system        B. equipment               C. expression         D. support

9.A. shown                  B. passed                  C. taken                      D. changed

10.A. tool           B. way                   C. science            D. mirror

11.A. central                B. extra                    C. special              D. ordinary

12.A. interest              B. joy                       C. surprise           D. disappointment

13.A. damages              B. exists                   C. shows              D. lacks

14.A. kids           B. adults                  C. teachers           D. citizens

15.A. spoken               B. heard                    C. known             D. discussed

16.A. When          B. Although          C. If            D. Because

17.A. society                B. leader                   C. law                 D. money

18.A. means         B. needs                 C. damages           D. changes

19.A. refuse                B. offer                    C. give                D. receive

20.A. school         B. court                 C. society            D. office

Environmental problems are becoming more and more serious all over the world. For example, cars have made the air unhealthy for people to breathe and poisonous gas is given off by factories. Trees on the hills have been cut down and waste water is being poured continuously into rivers. Furthermore, wherever we go today, we can find rubbish carelessly disposed.

   There are different kinds of pollutants, each of which comes from different sources. It is necessary to identify the source of pollution, in order to make a policy to eliminate them.

   Different products, processes and activities of our industrialized world together form the major source of pollution. The forms of pollution can be mainly divided into three kinds—solid, liquid and gas.

   These pollutions have greatly damaged our planet and continue to do so. In fact, pollution is threatening our existence. The whole ecological balance of the earth is changing. Massive destruction of environment has brought about negative effects and even posed a great threat to man’s existence.

   We must face the situation that exists and take action to solve our environmental problems. For instance, new laws must be passed to place strict control over industrial pollution, the public must receive the education about the danger of pollution and so on.

   The earth is our home and we have the duty to take care of it for ourselves and our later generation. Fortunately, more and more people have realized these problems. Measures have been taken to deal with these situations by the government. Laws have been passed to stop pollution, I hope the problems will be solved in the near future and our home will become better and better.

1. How many examples of environmental problems are given in the first paragraph?

A. 2                             B. 3                    C. 4                              D. 5

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. In all there are three kinds of pollution

B. If people continue to pollute our planet, there will be no trees.

C. Industrial pollution has been completely controlled.

D. Laws have been passed to stop pollution and protect our environment.

3. The sentence “We hope that all these measures will be effective and bring back a healthy environment” can best be put at the end of paragraph _____.

A. 2                             B. 3                    C. 5                              D. 6

4. The writer’s attitude towards the future of the earth is _____.

A. despair                  B. negative          C. optimistic                  D. hopeless