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| 文章出处：学生大考试站 发布时间：2005-10-12 |
TEST ONE
Part I Reading Comprehension
Directions: In this part of the exercise you will have 15 passages followed by
questions about the meaning of the material. You are to choose the ONE best
answer, A, B, C, D to each question. Answer all questions following a passage
on the basis of what is stated or implied in that passage.
Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage:
Samuel Johnson, the great writer and critic of eighteenth-century England, once
said "The future is purchased by the present". This concise and truthful comment
forces us to ask, "are we willing to be more conservative in our life requirements,
and are we willing to moderate our use of the world's resources to insure a better
environment and a greater abundance of natural wealth for others today throughout
the world and for future generations? Can we, in fact, reduce our consumption of
petroleum, coal and electricity, in order to reduce the pollution and environmental
pressures created by excessive energy use and to allow others to live a better
life? Are we willing to spend more money for pollution control and environmental
restoration? Are we willing to devote more effort to recycling? Can we moderate
our demand for fat-rich diets and super-processed convenience food? Can we
reduce world-wide militarism and violence so that fewer of the earth's resources
are spent on security forces and machines of destruction?"
These are some of the central issues of the twentieth century, and ones on which
the quality of present and future environments may depend. We all recognize many
attributes of modern civilizations and life styles which are ecologically expensive,
but in order to change them we must change both our attitudes and our habits.
Coupled with this need for a change in our attitudes and life styles, there is a clear
need for greater knowledge and wisdom in coping with the problems of our
demographic and technological success. There is a strong case for the establishment
of a new phase of environmental awareness, called "earthmanship". Such an
awareness would recognize not only the complexity and interde
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