2024年5月9日发(作者：中关村在线官网首页)

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The destruction of our natural resources and contamination

of our food supply continue occur,largely because of the

extreme difficulty in affixing legal responsibility on those

who continue to treat our environment with reckless

ts to prevent pollution by legislation,economic

incentives and friendly persuasion have been net by

lawsuits,personal and industrial denial and long delays-not

only in accepting responsibility,but more importantly,in doing

something about it.

It seems that only when government decides it can afford

tax incentives or production sacrifices is there any initiative

for is industry’s and our recognition that

protecting mankind’s great treasure is the single most

important responsibility?If ever there will be time for

environmental health professionals to come to the frontlines

and provide leadership to solve environmental problems,that

time is now.

We are being asked,and,in fact,the public is demanding that

we take positive is our responsibility as

professionals in environmental health to make the

,the ecologists,the environmental activists and

the conservationists serve to communicate,stimulate thinking

and promote behavioral r,it is those of us who are

paid to make the decisions to develop,improve and enforce

environmental standards,I submit,who must lead the charge.

We must recognize that environmental health issues do not

stop at city limits,county lines,state or even federal

can no longer afford to be tunnel-visioned in our

must visualize issues from every perspective to

make the objective must express our views clearly

to prevent media distortion and public confusion.

I believe we have a three-part mission for the

,we must continue to press for improvements in the

quality of life that people can make for ,we

must investigate and understand the link between environment

and ,we must be able to communicate technical

information in a form that citizens can we can

accomplish these three goals in this decade,maybe we can

finally stop environmental degradation,and not merely hold it

will then be able to spend pollution dollars truly on

prevention rather than on bandages.

can infer from the first two paragraphs that the

industrialists disregard environmental protection chiefly

because ________.

A)they are unaware of the consequences of what they are

doing

B)they are reluctant to sacrifice their own economic

interests

C)time has not yet come for them to put due emphasis on it

D)it is difficult for them to take effective measures

main task now facing ecologists,environmental

activists and conservationists is ________.

A)to prevent pollution by legislation,economic incentives

and persuasion

B)to arouse public awareness of the importance of

environmental protection

C)to take radical measures to control environmental

pollution

D)to improve the quality of life by enforcing environmental

standards

word “tunnel-visioned (Line 2,Para.4)most probably

means “________”.

A)narrow-minded

B)blind to the facts

C)short-sighted

D)able to see only one aspect

of the following,according to the author,should

play the leading role in the solution of environmental

problems?

A)Legislation and government intervention.

B)The industry’s understanding and support.

C)The efforts of environmental health professionals.

D)The cooperation of ecologists,environmental activists

and conservationists.

of the following is true according to the last

paragraph?

A)Efforts should be exerted on pollution prevention

instead of on remedial measures.

B)More money should be spent in order to stop pollution.

C)Ordinary citizens have no access to technical

information on pollution.

D)Environmental degradation will be stopped by the end of

this decade.

参考答案：BBDCC