Question

___ of years ago, life was much harder than it is today. People didn’t have modern machines. There was no modern medicine,_ _.

Life today has brought new_____. One of the biggest is pollution of our drinking water. __ pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. It’s bad to all living things in the world. Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day. Sometimes the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt_____ a city. This kind of quilt is called smog.

Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. Factories must now clean their water before it is thrown away, and they mustn’t blow dirty____ into the air.

We need to do many other things. We can put waste things in the dustbin and not throw it on the ground. We can go to work ___ or with our friends in ____ car. If there are fewer people driving, there will be ___ pollution.

Rules are not ___ .Every person must help to fight pollution.

1.A. Hundred        B. One hundred         C. Hundreds       D. Two hundreds

2.A. also            B. as well              C. too            D. either

3.A. problems        B. questions            C. styles          D. inventions

4.A. Noise           B. Dirty paper          C. Litters         D. Water

5.A. around          B. on                 C. through        D. over

6.A. noise            B. smoke             C. water          D. wind

7.A. by foot          B. on bus             C. by bus          D. by the bus

8.A. same            B. the same           C. a same         D. different

9.A. fewer           B. less                C. a few          D. more

10.A. much          B. many               C. good          D. enough

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.A

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.C

8.B

9.B

10.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要现代社会比以前发达了，可是污染问题也随之而来：水污染，空气污染，噪音污染等。许多国家都制定法律保护环境。但只有法律还不够，我们每个人都要和污染作斗争。

1.考查数词及语境的理解。hundreds of 数百，模糊数字，具体数字无s,of.，数百年前，故选C。

2.考查近义词辨析及语境的理解。too也，用语肯定句句末，as well 也，还，是副词短语，其义为“也”，相当于too，它一般放在句末，also，也，用于句中，either,也，用于否定句句末。该句是否定句，故选D。

3.考查名词及语境的理解。根据One of the biggest is pollution of our drinking water，可知今天的生活带来了新的问题。

4.考查名及语境的理解。根据句意噪音污染使人们说话的声音更大，更容易变得生气。A噪音B脏纸C垃圾D水。故选A

5.考查介词及语境的理解。句意：污染的空气如此厚以至就像一条棉被在城市上空。A周围，附近B在……上，有接触C通过，穿过D在……之上，不接触，在上方。故选D。

6.考查名词及语境的理解。根据句中blow,吹，刮，可知后文是指烟。故选B。

7.考查短语及语境的理解。根据前文可知人们在为减少污染努力，步行on foot,乘公共汽车by bus,故该句是我们可以乘公共汽车去上班，这可以减少污染。故选C。

8.考查形容词及语境的理解。根据上句可知人们在为减少污染努力，故句意是或可以和朋友乘同一辆车。相同的···，the same +n,故选B。

9.考查动词不定式及语境的理解。如果有更少的人开车，那将有更少的污染。根据上句可知应该用比较级。fewer,更少的，修饰可数名词复数，less，更少，修饰不可数名词。pollution,污染，不可数。故选B。

10.考查形容词及语境的理解。只有法律是不够的，每一个人都要与污染作斗争。AB许多C好D足够的。故选D

考点：环保类短文。