时事英语02-7全真试题及标答(8)

高级时事英语期末试题

obviously a reality. The Chinese government has been paying great

attention to protecting the environment in recent years, although we

started the work a bit late. Moreover, we are still lagging behind in

both economic strength and techniques for the control of pollution

as compared with other developing countries and regions.

China is a developing country. Our per capita gross national

income is less than $ 400 while in Britain it is several thousand pounds.

It is obvious that eventually, the solution of environmental problems

needs the back up of economic strength. In fact, we are investing quite a

lot and taking measures to curb pollution.

I firmly believe that so long as we persist in maintaining stability,

carrying out reform and open policies and developing the economy in a

steady and well-proportioned way, we will have much greater economic

strength and can more efficiently improve the city' s environment.

The air and water pollution you mentioned are truly two

outstanding environmental problems in Chongqing. But in fact, we have

already taken many measures to keep them under control. The air

pollution is caused mainly by burning coal and smoke. To improve the

quality of the air, we are readjusting the energy consumption in our city.

Promotion has been carried out to encourage residents to use less

polluting fuel, such as natural gas, to replace coal. Larger scale technical

renovation has been conducted to improve industrial and home boilers,

furnaces and stoves so that they cause less pollution. Districts have been

designated as areas with restricted smoke and dust.

It is true that the Jialing is being polluted by discharges from a

paper factory. But right now we are working on a project against the

pollution. Once the project is completed, the factory will definitely be

prevented from further polluting the river.

By the way, we are cooperating with a British company in working

out 'A programme to control Pollution in the Chongqing Section of the

Changjiang and Jialing rivers' and some progress has been made in this

field.

In general the environmental pollution of Chongqing has been

serious, but it has been kept under control through years of effort. The