Our surroundings are being polluted faster than before and man’s present efforts cannot prevent it. Time is bringing us more ___1___, and more people will bring us more industry, more cars, larger cities and the growing ___2___ of man-made materials.

___3___ can explain and solve this problem? The fact is that pollution is ___4___ by man-by his desire（欲望）for a modern way of life. We make “increasing industrialization（工业化）” our major aim. So we are often ___5___ to offer everything: clean air, pure water, good food, our health and the future of our children. More and more people move to ___6___ from the countryside for the benefits（利益）of our modern society. But as our technological achievements have ___7___ in the last twenty years, pollution has become a serious problem.

    Isn’t it time we stopped ___8___ ourselves where we are going--and why?  It makes one ___9___ the story about the airline pilot who told his passengers over the loudspeaker. “I’ve some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we are making rapid（迅速的）progress at 530 miles per hour. The bad news is that we are ___10___ and don’t know where we are going.” The sad fact is that this becomes a true story when speaking of our modern society.

请先通读上面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题后所给的四个选项中选择最佳的一项填空，使短文意思完整通顺。

（   ）1. A. money   B. people    C. life       D. happiness

（   ）2. A. use      B. number   C. result     D. end

（   ）3. A. What    B. Where    C. How      D. Who

（   ）4. A. led      B. started    C. caused    D. finished

（   ）5. A. afraid    B. interested  C. ready     D. surprised

（   ）6. A. world    B. earth      C. center     D. cities

（   ）7. A. grown   B: changed   C. taken     D. done

（   ）8. A. asking   B. to ask     C. showing   D. to show

（   ）9. A. hear of   B. learn about C. think of  D. tell of

（   ）10. A. ready   B. sad       C. happy    D. lost

B