Question

【题目】 This week, our topic is pollution. What’s the answer to all of our pollution problems? We asked two experts to give their views.

Forest Smith is a member of Green First, an environmental group:

Our future on Earth looks terrible. We’re filling our country with waste. We can’t breathe the air and the sea is polluted too.

I visited some relatives recently in a small village. They grow their own food and cycle everywhere. They are not rich, but they are happy and healthy. We have too many possessions. Most of us have more things that we would ever need. It’s such a waste!

We must close down most of our factories that would reduce rubbish and the air pollution. We must recycle more, give up all cars and improve public transport. Another big problem is that we live in big cities that are crowded with people. It’s time for us to give up our big cities and factories and go back to a simple way of life.

John Green is a scientist at a university:

“Things are not as bad as Forest says. We all have a bright future. We don’t need to give up cars, but we do need to invent better, cleaner cars that do not pollute the environment. Traffic will still be bad, so we need better public transport. We should also recycle more. But some things are getting better. My sister returned last month after living abroad for five years. She said, “Our city looks different from before—it is cleaner and greener now.

Science has made life better in so many ways. A hundred years ago, most people died before the age of fifty because life was so hard. We can’t go back to a world like that.”

【1】What’s Green First?

【2】Why do Forest Smith’s relatives grow their own food?

【3】who thinks we should invent cleaner cars?

【4】Why does Forest Smith suggest closing down most of our factories?

【5】What do both experts think we should do to deal with pollution problems?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】An environmental group.

【2】Because they are not rich and it is healthy.

【3】John Green.

【4】Because that can reduce the rubbish and air pollution.

【5】Recycle more and improve public transport/traffic.

【解析】

本文是两位专家就污染问题给出自己的看法。

【1】根据“Forest Smith is a member of Green First, an environmental group”可知Forest是Green First的一名成员，紧接着an environmental group就是对Green First的解释，它是一个环保组织。故答案为An environmental group.

【2】根据“They grow their own food and cycle everywhere. They are not rich, but they are happy and healthy.”可知他的亲戚自己种食物，一个肯定是因为不富裕，再一个根据句意可推测，自己种的食物更健康。故答案为Because they are not rich and it is healthy.

【3】根据“We don’t need to give up cars, but we do need to invent better, cleaner cars that do not pollute the environment.”可知John Green决定我们不应该放弃用车，反而我们需要研究出来更好、更环保的车来。故答案为John Green.

【4】根据“We must close down most of our factories that would reduce rubbish and the air pollution.”可知我们必须关掉大部分工厂的原因是这样会减少垃圾和空气污染。故答案为Because that can reduce the rubbish and air pollution.

【5】根据Forest Smith的观点“We must recycle more, give up all cars and improve public transport.”和John Green的观点“Traffic will still be bad, so we need better public transport. We should also recycle more.”可知两位专家都有相同的观点，那就是增加循环再利用，同时改善公共交通运输方式。故答案为Recycle more and improve public transport/traffic.