Question

【題目】 This week, our topic is pollution. What’s the answer to all of our pollution problems? We asked two experts to give their views.

Forest Smith is a member of Green First, an environmental group:

Our future on Earth looks terrible. We’re filling our country with waste. We can’t breathe the air and the sea is polluted too.

I visited some relatives recently in a small village. They grow their own food and cycle everywhere. They are not rich, but they are happy and healthy. We have too many possessions. Most of us have more things that we would ever need. It’s such a waste!

We must close down most of our factories that would reduce rubbish and the air pollution. We must recycle more, give up all cars and improve public transport. Another big problem is that we live in big cities that are crowded with people. It’s time for us to give up our big cities and factories and go back to a simple way of life.

John Green is a scientist at a university:

“Things are not as bad as Forest says. We all have a bright future. We don’t need to give up cars, but we do need to invent better, cleaner cars that do not pollute the environment. Traffic will still be bad, so we need better public transport. We should also recycle more. But some things are getting better. My sister returned last month after living abroad for five years. She said, “Our city looks different from before—it is cleaner and greener now.

Science has made life better in so many ways. A hundred years ago, most people died before the age of fifty because life was so hard. We can’t go back to a world like that.”

【1】What’s Green First?

【2】Why do Forest Smith’s relatives grow their own food?

【3】who thinks we should invent cleaner cars?

【4】Why does Forest Smith suggest closing down most of our factories?

【5】What do both experts think we should do to deal with pollution problems?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】An environmental group.

【2】Because they are not rich and it is healthy.

【3】John Green.

【4】Because that can reduce the rubbish and air pollution.

【5】Recycle more and improve public transport/traffic.

【解析】

本文是兩位專家就污染問題給出自己的看法。

【1】根據(jù)“Forest Smith is a member of Green First, an environmental group”可知Forest是Green First的一名成員，緊接著an environmental group就是對Green First的解釋，它是一個環(huán)保組織。故答案為An environmental group.

【2】根據(jù)“They grow their own food and cycle everywhere. They are not rich, but they are happy and healthy.”可知他的親戚自己種食物，一個肯定是因為不富裕，再一個根據(jù)句意可推測，自己種的食物更健康。故答案為Because they are not rich and it is healthy.

【3】根據(jù)“We don’t need to give up cars, but we do need to invent better, cleaner cars that do not pollute the environment.”可知John Green決定我們不應(yīng)該放棄用車，反而我們需要研究出來更好、更環(huán)保的車來。故答案為John Green.

【4】根據(jù)“We must close down most of our factories that would reduce rubbish and the air pollution.”可知我們必須關(guān)掉大部分工廠的原因是這樣會減少垃圾和空氣污染。故答案為Because that can reduce the rubbish and air pollution.

【5】根據(jù)Forest Smith的觀點(diǎn)“We must recycle more, give up all cars and improve public transport.”和John Green的觀點(diǎn)“Traffic will still be bad, so we need better public transport. We should also recycle more.”可知兩位專家都有相同的觀點(diǎn)，那就是增加循環(huán)再利用，同時改善公共交通運(yùn)輸方式。故答案為Recycle more and improve public transport/traffic.