Our surrounding(周围) is being polluted faster than nature and man’s present efforts can’t p

Our surrounding(周围) is being polluted faster than nature and man’s present efforts can’t prevent it. Time is bringing us more people, and more people will bring us more industry, more cars, larger cities, and the growing use of man-made materials.
What can explain and solve this problem? The fact is that pollution is caused by man—by his desire for a modern way of life. We make “increasing industrialization” our chief aim. So we are always ready to offer everything: clean air, pure water, good food, our health and the future of our children. There is a constant flow of people from countryside to cities, eager for the benefit of our modern society. But as our technological achievements have grown in the last twenty years, pollution has bee a serious problem.
Isn’t it time we stopped to ask ourselves where we are going—and why? It makes one think of 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’re making rapid progress at 530 miles per hour. The bad news is that we’re lost and don’t know where we’re going.” The sad fact is that this bees a true story when spoken of our modern society.
【小题1】Man can’t prevent the world from being polluted mainly because        .A．many man-made materialsB．more cars, trucks and busesC．more people and more industryD．more cities【小题2】People crowd into the cities because    . A．they want very much to find well-paid jobsB．they eager for the achievement of our modern societyC．they have bee tired of their homelandD．they have a strong wish to bee industrial workers【小题3】The story about the airline pilot tells us that    .A．man knows where the society is goingB．people do not wele the rapid development of modern societyC．man can do little about the problem of pollutionD．the writer is worried about the future of our society【小题4】What does the writer really want to say in this passage?A．With the development of technology, pollution has bee a serious problem.B．Lower the speed of development to stop pollution.C．It’s time we did something to reduce pollution.D．As industry is growing fast, pollution is the natural result.C