Section B
Passage One
Our environment is being polluted faster than nature and man's present efforts can prevent it. Time is bringing us more people, and [26]more people will bring us more industry, more motor vehicles, 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. [27]We make "increasing industrialization" our chief aim. For its sake, we are willing to sacrifice everything: clean air, pure water, good food, our health and future of our children. There is a constant flow of people from the countryside into the cities, eager for the benefits of modern society. But as our technological achievements have grown in the last twenty years, pollution has become a serious problem.
Isn't it time we stopped to ask ourselves where we are going-and why? It reminds one of the stories about the airline pilot who told his passengers over the loudspeaker: "I have some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we're making rapid progress at 530 miles per hour. [28]The bad news is that we're lost and don't know where we are going."The sad fact is that this becomes a true story when applied to our modern society.

Questions 26 to 28 are based on the passage you have just heard.
26. Why can't man prevent the world from being polluted?
正確答案：C
解析：原文開頭提出了污染的現(xiàn)象，隨后就解釋了原因：越來越多的人口給我們帶來越來越多的工業(yè)……。所以C正確。根據(jù)選項可知題目問某種現(xiàn)象產生的原因。關鍵實義詞more industry是聽到的原詞，把握先果后因的語文規(guī)律，有助于及時捕捉信息。比較級出現(xiàn)的地方常為考點。
27. According to the speaker, what does man value most among the following?
正確答案：A
解析：短文提到，我們把“提高工業(yè)化”作為我們首要目標。所以A正確。選項為名詞短語，多半問細節(jié)或主旨。本題問細節(jié)。注意在聽到選項提到的詞時，在旁邊記錄相關信息。答案為原文increasing industrialization的同義表達。
28. What does the story about the pilot indicate?
正確答案：B
解析：短文提到，我們不知道自己在去往何方，意即很擔憂現(xiàn)代社會的未來。從選項判斷可能是主旨題。C和D兩個說法比較絕對，預讀選項時可初步排除。