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Our surroundings are being polluted faster than ever and it seems that people cannot prevent it. Time is bringing us more people, and more people will bring us more industry, more cars, larger cities, and the growing use of man-made materials.
What can explain and settle this problem? The fact is that pollution is caused by man—by his desire for a modern way of life. We make "increasing industrialization" as our first aim. So we are often ready to offer everything: clean air, pure water, good food, our health and the future of our children. There is a constant flow of people from the country-side into the cities, eager for the achievements of our modern society. But as our technological achievements have grown in the last 20 years, pollution has become a serious problem.
Isn't it time we stopped to ask ourselves where we are going—and why? It makes one think of the story about the pilot who told his passengers over the loudspeaker," I've some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we're making rapid progress at 530 miles per hour. The bad news is that we are lost and don't know where we're going." The sad fact is that this becomes a true story when speaking of our modern society.
单选题 Man cannot prevent the world from being polluted because ______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[精解] 题干问：“人类不能阻止世界的污染是因为什么?”文章的第二段中有这样的话“事实上污染是由人类造成的——是由他对现代生活方式的渴望造成的；我们把增加工业化作为我们的第一目标。”答案选C。
单选题 According to the passage, what does man care most among the following?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[精解] 题干问：“根据这篇文章的内容，下而哪项是人类最关心的?”文章的第二段中说“我们把增加工业化作为我们的第一目标。”所以人类最关心的仍是工业。
单选题 The story about the pilot tells us that ______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[精解] 题干问：“这个飞行员的故事告诉我们什么?”作者通过讲述飞行员的故事来告诉我们“对工业迅速发展的追求让我们迷失了方向。”从而表现出了作者对我们未来社会的担心。
单选题 What does the writer really want to say in the passage?
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[精解] 题干问：“作者在这篇文章中真正想说的是什么?”作者写这篇文章就是想让读者注意到现代社会污染的严重性，并告诉我们是时候为减少污染做点儿什么了。所以本题的答案选C。