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The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication. Life today is much    【小题1】   than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems. One of the biggest is    【小题2】    . To pollute means to make things dirty. Pollution comes in many ways. We see it, drink it and even hear it.
Man has been polluting the earth. The more people are, the more pollution is. Many years ago, the problem was not so 【小题3】    because there were not so many people. When the land was    【小题4】  up or the river was dirty in a place, men moved to another one. But this is no    【小题5】     true. Man is now slowly pollution the   【小题6】   world.
Air pollution is still the most serious. It’s bad to all living things in the world, but it is not    【小题7】  one kind of pollution. Water pollution   【小题8】    our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us become angry more easily.
Many countries are making rules to    【小题9】    pollution. They stop the people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from blowing dirty smoke into the air. The pollution of SO2 is now the most dangerous problem of air pollution. It is caused by heavy traffic. It is certain that if there are fewer people driving, there will be   【小题10】   air pollution.
The earth is our home. We must take care of it. That means   【小题11】    the land, water and air clean.

An eight?year?old child heard her parents talking about her little brother. All she knew was that he was very sick and they were 36 . When she heard her dad say to her tearful mother. “Only a miracle(奇迹)can save him now”, the little girl hurried to the chemist’s (药店)37 all her pocket money in hand.

“What do you want？”asked the chemist.

“My little brother is really, really sick and I want to buy a miracle. He has something bad growing inside his head and my daddy says only a miracle can save him.”

“We don’t 38 miracles here, child. I'm sorry.”the chemist said, looking 39 at the little girl.

In the shop was a well?dressed customer. He asked the little girl,“What kind of miracle does your brother 40？”

“I don’t know，”she replied.“He’s really sick and mommy says he needs a(n) 41. But my daddy can’t 42 it, so I have brought all my pocket money.”

“How much do you have？”asked the man

“One dollar and eleven cents，”she answerred quietly.

“Well, what a coincidence(巧合)，”smiled the man.“A dollar and eleven cents the 43 price of a miracle for your little brother.”

That man was Dr Carlton Armstrong, a doctor. The operation was completed for free and it wasn’t long 44 the little brother was home and well again.

The little girl was happy. She knew exactly how much the miracle cost…one dollar and eleven cents…plus(加)the 45 of a little child.

36. A. poor 　　　　 B. hopeful 　　 C. nervous　　　　 D. kind

37. A. of 　　　　　　　 B. shout 　　 　 C. on 　　　　　　　 D. with

38. A. send 　　　　　 B. prepare 　　 C. sell 　　　　　　 D. provide

39. A. helpfully 　 B. sadly 　　　 C. happily 　　　 D. coldly

40. A. prefer 　　 B. suggest 　　 C. care 　　　　　　 D. need

41. A. change　　　 B. education 　　C. operation　　　D. toy

42. A. save 　　　　 B. spare 　　　　 C. support　　　　D. afford

43. A. same 　　　 B. exact 　　　 C. proper　　　　　 D. necessary

44. A. before 　　 B. when 　　　 　C. until 　　　　 　D. sfter

45. A. love 　　 B.cleverness 　　 C. courage 　　　　 D. interest