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[简答题]This is a matter of life and death—a matter no country can afford to ignore．
[填空题]Having heard the news of my grandma’s death, I couldn’t help (cry) （）.
[填空题]The subjects who lived an isolated life had death rates five or six times higher than people with families and friends.
[单项选择]It made me ask questions about life, death and mortality that ultimately helped me get through the disaster（ ）.
A. decisively
B. eventually
C. somewhat
D. somehow
[单项选择]Pollution: A Life and Death Issue
One of the main themes of Planet under Pressure is the way many of the Earth’s environmental crises reinforce one another. Pollution is an obvious example--we do not have the option of growing food, or finding enough water, on a squeaky- clean planet, but on one increasingly tarnished and trashed by the way we have used it so far.
Cutting waste and clearing up pollution cost money. Yet time and again it is the quest for wealth that generates much of the mass in the first place. Living in a way that is less damaging to the Earth is not easy, but it is vital, because pollution is pervasive and often life-threatening.
Air: the World Health Organization (WHO) says three million people are killed worldwide by outdoor air pollution annually from vehicles and industrial emissions, and 1.6 million indoors through using solid fuel. Most are in poor countries.
Water: diseases carried in water are responsible for 80% of illnesse
A. 3 million
B. 2.1 million
C. 1.6 million
D. 3.2 million
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