六级练习2014.04.18
[audio]http://sound.yywz123.com/tingbbs/cet6/cet620140418.mp3[/audio]Our environment is being polluted faster than nature and man’s present efforts can prevent it.(1) _______________________________________________.What can explain and solve this problem?The fact is that pollution is caused by man —by his desire for a modern way of life.We make “increasing industrialization” our chief aim.(2) ____________________________________________________.There is a constant flow of people from the country into the city, eager for the benefits of modern society.But as our technological achievements have grown in the last twenty years,pollution has become a serious problem.(3) ____________________________________?It reminds one of the story about the airline pilot who told his passengers over the loud speaker: “I have some good news and some bad news.The good news is that we are making rapid progress at 530 miles per hour.The bad news is that we are lost and don’t know where we are going.”
**** Hidden Message ***** time is bringing us more people and more people will bring us more larger cites and growing use of man made material time is bringing us more people and more people will bring us more industry, more motor vehicles,large cities and growing use of man-made materials
for its sake, we are willing to sacrifice everything , clean air, pure water, good food ,our health and the future of our children
isn't it time we stopped to ask ourselves where we are going and why
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