About 70，000，000 Americans are trying to lose weight．This is almost one out of every three people in the United States．Some people eat  1  food and they hardly have any fats or sweets. Others do running exercise with machines，take medicines，or even have operations.2 you can see losing weight is  3  work，and it will also cost a lot of money．But  4 do so many people in the United States want to lose weight?
Many people in the United States worry about their look of the body．For many people，looking nice also means to be  5 ．Other people worry about their health as many doctors 6  overweight is not good．
Most people want to find a faster and  7  way to take off fat，and books of this kind are very popular．These books tell people how to lose weight．Each year a lot of new books like these are  8  ．Each one says it can easily help people take fat away．
Losing weight can be expensive．Some overweight people go to health centers，like La Costa in California．Men and women 9 several hundred dollars a day at these health centers．People live there for one week or two，taking exercise，eating different foods．Meals there may be just a little．All this works for losing weight． 10 4 days on the program，one woman called Mrs. Warren lost 5 pounds(2.27kg)．At 400 dollars a day, she spent 320dollars to lose each pound．But she said she was still glad to do so．
Health centers，books，medicines，operations，running and exercise machines all get a lot of money．So in the United States，losing Weight may mean losing money too。

The earth is our home；we must take Care of it. This means keeping the land，air and water   clean.

    Pollution is a dirty word. To pollute means to make things unfit(不合适的)or unclean to use. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it，smell it，taste it and drink it. Pollution is beginning to threaten(威胁)our health，or happiness and our life.

Man. has been polluting the earth from the time he first made fire，washed his clothes in the river and threw his waste on the ground. When land was used up or water became dirty. Men moved to another place. At first the problem was not so serious because there was plenty of clean air，land and water. There weren't so many people then and their wants(需求)were fewer. All the dirty things could be absorbed(吸收)by nature and soon. covered over(恢复)， But this is no longer true. The increase of population(人口增长)and the development of industry have changed that. Man is slowly polluting. his environment.

Through the use of poison(农药)，mall has polluted land! killing the animal. By putting dirty water and chemicals into rivers and lakes we have polluted our drinking water，killing the fish.

Our increasing population is part of the. problem. More people more waste.

    Where is this all to end? Are we turning the world into a big rubbish dump，or is there any hope that we can get rid of(摆脱)the pollution ?Luckily，millions of people have been warned of the danger of pollution. Large numbers of people are now working hard to bring pollution under

1.Which sentence is WRONG?

       A. We live on the earth，so we should look after it.

       B. To pollute means to make air ，water and land unfit for use.

       C. All the waste produced by modem industry can be absorbed.

       D. Man is now fighting against different kinds of pollution.

2.In this passage the word "chemicals" means

       A.化学         B.化学物质        C.化学的        D.医学的

3. From the sentences "More people more waste"，we know that _______.

       A. because of the increase of population and the development of industry，more and more waste is produced

       B. we need more people，not more waste

       C. there isn't any hope that we can get rid of the pollution

       D. more people have been warned of the danger of more waste.

4.From the passage we can know that now man_______.

       A. doesn't know how to control pollution

       B. still doesn't realize how serious pollution is

       C. is doing something to control pollution

       D. begins to understand the pollution

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用所给动词的适当形式填空

1.Look, there are so many people over there. What ____(happen)?

2.It’s seven in the morning. It’s time for us ____(go) to school.

3.Look at the clouds in the sky. I think it ____(rain).

4.___(be) everyone here?  Yes, Let’s ___(start) now.

5.He ___(be) be fifty years old next month. But he ___(look) so young.

6.Teachers’ Day ___(come) . And we ___(plan) to buy some flowers for Mrs. Li.

7.My mother usually ____(shop) for food on Sundays.

The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest problems is pollution.
To pollute means to make things unfit or unclean to use. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even eat it. Pollution is beginning to threaten (威胁) our health, our happiness and our life.
Man has been polluting the earth from the time he first made fire, washed his clothes in the river and threw his waste on the ground. When land was used up or water became dirty, men moved on to another place. At first, the problem was not so serious because there was plenty of clean air, land and water. There weren’t so many people then and their wants fewer. All the dirty things could be absorbed(吸收) by nature and soon covered over. But this is no longer true. The increase of pollution and the development of industry(工业) have changed that. Man is slowly poisoning(毒害)not only his environment but also himself.
Through the use of poison, man has polluted the land, killing the animals. By putting dirty water and chemicals into rivers and lakes we have polluted our drinking water, killing the fish.
Our increasing population is part of the problem. More people, more waste.
Where is this all to end? Are we turning the world into a big rubbish dump(堆存处)，or is there any hope that we can get rid of (摆脱，除去) the pollution? Luckily, millions of people have been warned of the danger of pollution. Large numbers of people are now working hard to bring pollution under control.
The earth is our home. We must take care of it. This means keeping the land, air and water clean. And we must take care of the rise in pollution at the same time.
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?