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Pollution is a “dirty word”. To pollute means making things unfit(不合适的) or unclean to use. 1. ______ We see it,smell it,taste it and drink it. Pollution is beginning to threaten(威胁) our health,our happiness and our life.
Humans have been polluting the earth from the time they first made a fire,washed clothes in the river and threw waste on the ground. 2.
At first the problem was not so serious because there was plenty of clean air,land and water. 3.
All the dirty things could be absorbed(吸收) by nature and soon be covered over. But this is no longer true. The increase of the population and the development of industry have changed that. Humans are slowly polluting the environment.
Through the use of poison(毒药),humans have polluted land and killed the animals. By putting dirty water and chemicals into rivers and lakes,we have polluted our drinking water,killing the fish. 4.
More people,more waste.
Are we turning the world into a big rubbish dump,or is there any hope that we can get rid of pollution? 5.
Many people are working hard to control it.
A. Pollution comes in many ways. B. Humans couldn’t probably live on the earth.
C. Our increasing population is part of the problem.
D. There weren’t so many people then and their wants were fewer.
E. Luckily,millions of people have been warned of the danger of pollution.
F. When land was used up or water became dirty, humans moved to another place.
解析:
【分析】
这是一篇关于污染主题的说明文七选五题型,解题时首先通读全文,梳理出文章“定义污染→追溯污染的发展历程→点明污染现状→给出污染治理的希望”的整体行文脉络,之后逐空分析前后文的逻辑关联:先看每空前后的内容提示,匹配语义衔接最顺畅的选项,排除逻辑冲突的选项,最后代入全文验证整体通顺度即可得出答案。
【解析】
1. 第一空:前文给出污染的定义,后文列举“我们能看见污染、闻到污染、尝到污染、喝到被污染的东西”,说明污染的存在形式十分多样,A选项“Pollution comes in many ways.”完全承接上下文语义,故选A。
2. 第二空:前文提到人类从学会生火、在河里洗衣、随地扔垃圾的阶段就已经开始污染地球,后文说明早期污染问题并不严重,因为当时有充足的清洁资源,F选项“When land was used up or water became dirty, humans moved to another place.”符合早期人类逐资源迁徙的活动特点,承接早期污染行为的描述,引出后文早期污染不严重的背景,故选F。
3. 第三空:前文点明早期有大量清洁的空气、土地和水资源,后文提到所有污染物都可以被自然吸收消解,D选项“There weren’t so many people then and their wants were fewer.”进一步解释早期污染程度低的核心原因,逻辑链条完整通顺,故选D。
4. 第四空:后文直接给出提示“More people,more waste.”,C选项“Our increasing population is part of the problem.”正好点出人口增长和污染的关联,衔接前文对土地、水源污染的描述,引出后文人口和垃圾的对应关系,故选C。
5. 第五空:前文抛出设问“我们要把世界变成大型垃圾场吗,我们还有希望消除污染吗”,后文提到很多人正在努力管控污染,E选项“Luckily,millions of people have been warned of the danger of pollution.”给出设问的正向回应,承上启下引出后文的治污行动,故选E。
【答案】
1~5. AFDCE
【知识点】
七选五阅读,语篇逻辑衔接,说明文阅读
【点评】
本题围绕学生熟悉的环境污染主题设题,重点考察学生对说明文中因果、顺承类逻辑关系的把握能力,解题时不需要纠结零散生词,抓住前后句的语义关联即可快速匹配正确选项,整体难度适中,适合锻炼学生的语篇整体阅读能力。
【难度系数】
0.7