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Man has been polluting the earth. The more people, the 4 pollution. Many years ago, the problem was not so 5 before because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in a place, men moved to 6 place. But this is no longer possible. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk 7 and become angry 8 . Air pollution is still the most serious. It's bad to all living things in the world. The pollution SO2 is now 9 problem of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. It is sure that if there are 10 people driving, there will be less air pollution. |
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| My grandfather is eighty years old. He always complains about how fast things have changed, and he often says that life was 1 in the past. Families aren't the same as 2 used to be. A lot of families have broken up. 3 husband and wife have problems with their marriage, they won't stay together 4 . And mothers stayed at home and 5 their children, but no more now. Everyone's busy working. So they don't have 6 for children. And the cars! No one 7 anymore; more and more people drive. But people walked to school every day, even in winter. Most families have computers now. In the past we didn't have computers. We didn't even have lights. My mother spent all day cooking in the kitchen. But now 8 eats home-cooked food anymore. And people don't talk to 9 anymore. They are too busy to talk, too busy to eat, too busy to think… Life Was simple then, 10 it isn't anymore. | ||||
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| 阅读短文，把四个句子填入短文空缺处，然后完成第5小题。 Dear John, I write you a letter and tell you about what the world was like when I was young. __1__. We didn't have telephones when we wanted to talk to our friends. We didn't have e-mail either, so we had to write letters. When we traveled from town to town, we walked or rode horses or took a cart. __2__ Air travel was a dream and we dreamed of being on an airplane but now everyone does. It's so common. Food is another big difference.__3__We would exchange some with people from other towns to buy the things we didn't have. We didn't have a refrigerator so we kept things cool in a special room downstairs. But the biggest difference is electricity. We didn't have any in our town! __4__We didn't have televisions. In summer, we went swimming in the river. Though life was different in the past, we were happy. Yours, Grandma
A. what the writer wants to do in the future B. what the life was like in the past C. what John should do differently D. what John hasn't done recently |