The energy crisis, which is being felt around the world, has dramatized how the careless use of the earth"s resources has brought the whole world to the brink of disaster. Tile over development of motor transport, with its increase of more cars, more highways, more pollution, more suburbs, more commuting, has contributed to the near destruction of our cities, the breakup of the family, and the pollution not only of local air but also of the earth"s atmosphere. The disaster has arrived in the form of the energy crisis. Our present situation is unlike war, revolution or depression. It is also unlike the great natural disasters of the past. Worldwide re sources exploitation and energy use have brought us to a state where long-range planning is essential. What we need is not a continuation of our present serious slate, which endangers the future of our country, our children, and our earth, but a movement forward to a new norm in order to work rapidly and effectively on planetary problems. This country has been falling back under the continuing exposures of loss morality and the revelation that lawbreaking has reached into the highest places in the bad. There is a strong demand for moral revival and for some devotion that is vast enough and yet personal enough to enlist, the devotion of all. In the past 5t has been only in a way in defense of their own country and their own ideals that any people have been able to devote themselves wholeheartedly. This is the first time that we have been asked to defend ourselves and what we hold dear in cooperation with all the other inhabitants of this planet who share with us the same endangered air and the same endangered oceans. There is a common need it reassesses our present course, to change that courser and to devise new methods through which the world can survive. This is a priceless opportunity. To grasp item we need a widespread understanding of nature if the crisis confronting us—and the world—a crisis that is no passing in convenience, no by-product of the ambitions of the oil-producing countries, no environmentalists" mere fears, no by-product of any present system of government. What we face is the outcome of the invention of the last four hundred years. What we need is a transformed lifestyle. This new lifestyle can flow directly from science and technology, but its acceptance depends on a sincere devotion to finding a higher quality of life for the world"s children and future generation.

单选题 Which condition does the author feel has nearly destroyed our cities?

单选题 According to the author, what is one example of our.loss of morality?

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】解析：这是一道事实分析题。第三段指出，现在，许多道德的丧失与腐败现象被揭露出来，甚至国家的最高层(the highest places in the land，指国家高级官员)也不依法办事。这些道德的丧失与腐败导致国家岌岌可危。所以，道德需要新生，人需要新的奉献精神，需要用部分人的巨大奉献精神来带动所有人的奉献精神。过去，人们曾经为保卫自己的国家和民族以及自己的理想全心全意地奉献自己。由本段第二、三句可以看出，第一句主要是指人们奉献精神的缺乏，含义为：解决目前的危机还需要人们做出奉献。原文中所说的"违法"(lawbreaking)主要指腐败，具体地讲，是指高级官员们不能尽职尽责，而是以权谋私。

单选题 By comparing past problems with present ones, the author draws attention to the ______.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】解析：这是一道事实分析题。在前三段中，作者指出了目前所存在的问题。在第四段，作者指出了这一危机的性质。与过去不同的是，我们首先要学会保护我们自己和我们珍视(hold dear)的东西，我们的合作者不再是某国某地域的人，也不是我们的同志了，而是生活在地球上的所有人，因为，我们都同时面临着同一个问题。我们需要共同努力(a common need)来衡量评价一下我们正在走的道路(course)或改变这一道路，以找出我们共存的途径。在这方面来说，现在是机不可失(priceless)。在文章最后一段，作者更具体地说明了我们所应该做的事情。

单选题 What contribution does the author feel people must now make?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】解析：这是一道事实分析题。在文章的最后一段，作者提出了对付危机的对策。人们都应充分理解(a widespread understanding)我们所面临的危机的性质—它绝不是暂时的(passing)，我们所需要的是一种新的生活方式(a transformed life style)，它当然要以科学技术为基础，但要接受它却需要人们真诚的奉献，以便使我们的子孙后代生活得更美好(a higher quality of life)。outlaw一词意为："摈弃"、"取缔"。