In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. 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 (生存).

Everyone realizes today that more and more fish are caught because of modern fishing methods. 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 so fast, 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 plants 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.

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The importance of protecting the environment

Problems

◆ More fish are 1. .

◆ More trees are cut down.

◆ More waste 2. are put into rivers.

◆ More babies are born.

Causes

◆ The world has become 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 we can 4. more food.

◆ Use modern methods of 5. control so that the population will not grow too fast.

◆ Educate people so that the living place will be 6. and cleaner.

When I was young,I liked to play jokes on people I knew, especially on my parents and friends. One day my mother was cooking and I was playing with my younger brother Tony. Suddenly I ran to my mother and said: “Tony fell from the open window!” She was very worried and ran out of the kitchen. Then I said: “Don’t worry, I’m just joking.” My mother shouted at me, “If you do it again, I’ll hit you.”

Another day I went swimming with my friends in the sea. I wanted to play a joke on them. In the beginning I swam fast and I called out “Help!”. All my friends came to help me. However, they found that I was joking. But half an hour later I wasn’t joking. I was so fast, soon I got tired and couldn’t swim on in water. I tried my best to call my friends for help, but this time nobody came to help me.

In the end they found I was telling the truth. They came and saved my life. They took me to the hospital. This is the best lesson in my life. From then on I haven’t joked on anyone.

1.When he was young, the writer liked to _______.

A. play with his brother B. help his mother cook

C. play jokes on people D. go swimming with his friends

2.What happened when the writer was playing with his brother? ______

A. He got tired.

B. He played a joke on his mother.

C. Tony fell from the open window.

D. His mother hit him.

3.In the beginning, all his friends came to help him because he ______.

A. swam fast

B. called for help

C. would sink in water

D. couldn’t swim on in the water

4.When the writer called his friends for help for the second time, they ______.

A. took him to the hospital at once

B. came and saved him immediately

C. thought at first he was joking again

D. did nothing because the writer had lied to them

5.The story tells us that ________.

A. swimming is dangerous

B. the writer is a naughty boy

C. one can play jokes only on people he knows

D. if someone always tells lies, others won’t trust (信任) him

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