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With the development of science and technology, great changes have taken place in our world. People would like to have a better life and a better future for their children, so there are a lot of people 1 from the countryside into the cities every year, hoping to get more in the modern world. This brings more people and makes the city 2. It means more factories, more products and the 3 use of man - made materials. This increasing industrialization has caused a big problem in our world.
In the old days, people once enjoyed clean air, pure water and 4 food. However, as our technological achievements have grown in the last twenty years, 5 has become a serious problem. Our environment is being polluted badly in many ways and people cannot stop it at once. The 6 is that pollution is caused by man—by too much strong wish for a modern way of life.
Isn’t it time we stop to 7 ourselves where we are going—and why? It makes one think of the story about the pilot who 8 his passengers on the plane over the loudspeaker, “I’ve got good news and bad news. The good news is that we’re 9 at 530 miles per hour. The bad news is that we’re 10 and don’t know where we’re going.” It’s a sad fact that this becomes a true story when we talk about our modern world.
() 1. A. driving
B. walking
C. moving
D. changing
() 2. A. bigger
B. smarter
C. nicer
D. prettier
() 3. A. moving
B. leading
C. stopping
D. growing
() 4. A. special
B. safe
C. fast
D. real
() 5. A. pollution
B. population
C. traffic
D. industry
() 6. A. question
B. difference
C. fact
D. wish
() 7. A. tell
B. see
C. teach
D. ask
() 8. A. answered
B. told
C. frightened
D. surprised
() 9. A. looking
B. making
C. flying
D. running
() 10. A. disappeared
B. finished
C. fallen
D. lost