Our environment is getting worse and worse with the increase of the world population, which affects the environment in two ways. Firstly, the limited energy, resources will be used up much faster. Secondly, the increasing population creates more pollution, another severe problem that needs to be solved. Both problems are long-term ones because actions taken now show their results slowly over many years. They are also urgent because delays in action can lead to great suffering and social problems. The question seems to be difficult to handle for most people. However, a person can be a protector of environment in everyday life if he takes actions to save the environment right now. With the development of technology, cars make transportation easier and quicker than before, but we can’t ignore the disadvantages brought to us by more and more cars in use. For example, we are consuming gasoline(汽油), which is a non-renew-able(无法更新的)resource, and will soon be gone. Moreover, the exhausted gas from cars pollutes our air, and our health is therefore threatened by air pollution, which has a big potential effect on our daily life.So we can consider walking, taking buses, carpooling (合用汽车), instead of driving cars alone. This seems to be a very slow process that can’t be so effective if it’s taken by a single person. But when more and more people become aware of the importance and positively take it as their personal responsibilities, the condition of the air will be improved to a great extent. According to the writer, the main problem to our environment today is()
A. the increase of population
B. the limited energy resources
C. the more serious air pollution
D. the development of technology
[听力原文]11-15Miss Yang from China worked as a (11) secretary in a Canadian company. She became friendly with one of the (12) Canadian secretaries, a woman named Cathy Lane. They two usually ate lunch together and Yang often asked Cathy for advice on problems she faced about Canadian society. Cathy gave her a lot of advice and helped her move from one apartment to another. Yang visited Cathy several times at home but she did not invite Cathy to her apartment, because she (13) shared it with four other people. If they did not see each other over the weekend, they usually (14) talked on the telephone.However, recently something seemed to be going wrong. Cathy seemed to be (15) getting impatient. She started going out by herself al lunchtime instead of eating with Yang, and she seemed unwilling to answer questions. Yang was puzzled. She couldn’t imagine what the problem was, Why didn’t Miss Yang invite Cathy to her apartment Because she().
Conversation 1Questions 6 and 7 are based on the following conversation.[听力原文]6-7M: Can I have breakfast in my roomW: Certainly, sir. Breakfast is served in your room from 7 o’clock until 10. Here is the menu.M: Thank you. I’d like to have the Continental Breakfast.W: Yes, sir. And what time would you like itM: About half past eight, I think.W: 8:30. Very good, sir. And what kind of fruit juice would you like We have pineapple, orange, grapefruit...M: I think I’d like the pineapple please.W: Pineapple juice. And would you prefer tea or coffeeM: Coffee please.W: Thank you very much. Good night. What kind of juice does the man order()
Apple juice.
B. Pineapple juice.
C. Orange juice.
D. Grapefruit juic
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