六级阅读理解练习 2011.04.20
<p> <span word="Passage">Passage</span> <span word="Two">Two</span></p><p> <span word="Questions">Questions</span> 26 <span word="to">to</span> 30 <span word="are">are</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="passage">passage</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="worlds">worlds</span> <span word="environment">environment</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="surprisingly">surprisingly</span> <span word="healthy">healthy</span>. <span word="Discuss">Discuss</span>. <span word="If">If</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="examination">examination</span> <span word="topic">topic</span>, <span word="most">most</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="tear">tear</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="apart">apart</span>, <span word="offering">offering</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="long">long</span> <span word="list">list</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="complaints">complaints</span>: <span word="from">from</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="smog">smog</span>(烟雾)<span word="to">to</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span>, <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="felling">felling</span>(砍伐)<span word="of">of</span> <span word="forests">forests</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="extinction">extinction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="species">species</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="list">list</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="largely">largely</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="accurate">accurate</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="concern">concern</span> <span word="legitimate">legitimate</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="given">given</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="highest">highest</span> <span word="marks">marks</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="actually">actually</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="agreed">agreed</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="statement">statement</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="surprise">surprise</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="are">are</span>, <span word="not">not</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="bad">bad</span>.</p><p> <span word="After">After</span> <span word="all">all</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="worlds">worlds</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="tripled">tripled</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="century">century</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="output">output</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="risen">risen</span> <span word="hugely">hugely</span>, <span word="so">so</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="expect">expect</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="earth">earth</span> <span word="itself">itself</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="affected">affected</span>. <span word="Indeed">Indeed</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="lived">lived</span>, <span word="consumed">consumed</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="produced">produced</span> <span word="things">things</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="way">way</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="in">in</span> 1900 , <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pretty">pretty</span> <span word="disgusting">disgusting</span> <span word="place">place</span>: <span word="smelly">smelly</span>, <span word="dirty">dirty</span>, <span word="toxic">toxic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dangerous">dangerous</span>.</p><p> <span word="But">But</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="dont">dont</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="reasons">reasons</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="dont">dont</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="environment">environment</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="ruined">ruined</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="do">do</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="prices">prices</span>, <span word="technological">technological</span> <span word="innovation">innovation</span>, <span word="social">social</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="regulation">regulation</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span>. <span word="That">That</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="why">why</span> <span word="todays">todays</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="problems">problems</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="poor">poor</span> <span word="countries">countries</span> <span word="ought">ought</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="principle">principle</span>, <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="solvable">solvable</span>.</p><p> <span word="Raw">Raw</span> <span word="materials">materials</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="run">run</span> <span word="out">out</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="show">show</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="sign">sign</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="so">so</span>. <span word="Logically">Logically</span>, <span word="one">one</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="must">must</span>: <span word="the">the</span> <span word="planet">planet</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="finite">finite</span> <span word="place">place</span>. <span word="Yet">Yet</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="big">big</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="very">very</span> <span word="ingenious">ingenious</span>. <span word="What">What</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="happened">happened</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="material">material</span> <span word="seems">seems</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="running">running</span> <span word="short">short</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="price">price</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="risen">risen</span> <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="response">response</span>, <span word="people">people</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="looked">looked</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="sources">sources</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="supply">supply</span>, <span word="tried">tried</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="find">find</span> <span word="ways">ways</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="materials">materials</span>, <span word="or">or</span> <span word="looked">looked</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="substitute">substitute</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="reason">reason</span> <span word="prices">prices</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="energy">energy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="minerals">minerals</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="fallen">fallen</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="real">real</span> <span word="terms">terms</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="century">century</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="true">true</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="food">food</span>. <span word="Prices">Prices</span> <span word="fluctuate">fluctuate</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="harvests">harvests</span>, <span word="natural">natural</span> <span word="disasters">disasters</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="instability">instability</span>; <span word="and">and</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="rise">rise</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="takes">takes</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="sources">sources</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="supply">supply</span> <span word="become">become</span> <span word="available">available</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="always">always</span> <span word="do">do</span>, <span word="assisted">assisted</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="farming">farming</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="crop">crop</span> <span word="technology">technology</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="long">long</span>-<span word="term">term</span> <span word="trend">trend</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="downwards">downwards</span>.</p>
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