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第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题，满分40分) A The earth is our home.We must take care of it.This means keeping the land,air and water cle an. Pollution is a“dirty” word.To pollute means to make things unfit or unclean to use.Pollution comes in many ways,we see it,smell it,taste it and drink it.Pollution is beginning to threaten(威胁)our health,our happiness and our life. Man has been polluting the earth from the time he first made fire,washed his clothes in the river and threw his waste on the ground.When land was used up or water became dirty,men moved on to another place.At first the problem was not so serious because there was plenty of clean air,land and water.There weren't so many people and then their wants were fewer.All the dirty things could be absorbed(吸收)by nature and soon covered over.But this is no longer true.The increase of population and the development of industry have changed that.Man is slowly poisoning his environment. Once we thought of pollution,we simply mean air pollution.Though it is still the most dangerous,air pollution is only one type of pollution. Through the use of poison,man has polluted the land,killing the animals.By putting dirty water and chemicals into rivers and lakes we have polluted our drinking water,killing the fish. Our increasing population is part of the problem.More people more waste. Where is this all to end? Are we turning the world into a big rubbish dump(垃圾堆),or is there any hope that we can get rid of the pollution? Fortunately,millions of people have been warned of the danger of pollution.Large numbers of people are now working hard to bring pollution under control(控制). 56.We must take care of the earth because_________. A.the earth moves round the sun B.we live on the earth C.a lot of animals live on it D.it is being polluted 57.To pollute means _________. A.to make clean B.a “dirty” word C.to make air,water,soil unfit for us D.uncleanness 58.Hundreds of years ago the earth could manage the pollution problem because _________. A.there was no industry then B.there was plenty of fresh air,land and water C.waste could be absorbed by nature D.both B and C 59.Now man _________. A.begins to understand the danger of pollution B.takes some measures to control pollution C.still doesn't realize how serious pollution is D.doesn't pay any attention to pollution B Women turn to online shopping Women have jumped ahead of men for the first time in using the Internet to do their holiday shopping，according to a study published last week in the US. For Years men have been more likely to shop on the Internet than women，but during the 2004 holiday season 58 percent of those making online purchases were women. “It shows how mainstream the Internet is becoming”，said Lee Rainie，director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project group，which carried out the study. Rainie said it was only a matter of time before women shoppers caught up with men. This is because women traditionally make decisions about spending. Users were more likely to shop online to save time. Internet users between the ages of 18 and 29 were responsible for some of the most dramatic(显著的)increases in the online gift-buying population this time around. However，three-quarters of the US Internet users did not buy holiday gifts online in 2004.They worried about credit card security，or just compared online prices with off-line prices，then dashed off to the shops to get the best deals. “But even if shoppers don’t buy online，websites are becoming promotion tools for stores，”said Dan Hess，vice president of Comscore Networks Inc.Hess said that actually most stores’ websites can make customers fully believe the security of their credit card numbers. And most are able to ensure that gifts arrive on time. (责任编辑：admin) |