The inhabitants of the earth are divided not only by race, nation, religion or ideology, but also, in a sense, by their position in time. Examining-the present population of I he globe, we find a tiny group who still live, hunting and food-foraging, as men did millennia ago.
Others, the vast majority of mankind, depend no I on bear-hunting or berry-picking, but on agriculture. They live, in many respects, as their ancestors did centuries ago. These two groups taken together compose perhaps 70 percent of all living human beings. They are people of the past.
By contrast, somewhat more than 25 percent of the earth’s population can be found in the industrialized societies. They lead modern lives. They are products of the first half of the twentieth century, molded by mechanization and mass education, brought up with lingering memories of their own country’s agricultural past. They are, in effect, the people of the present.
The remaining 2 or 3 perc
A. live in large cities all over the world
B. dream about the Future
C. set I he pattern of life for the future
D. make changes in culture and technology
The inhabitants of the earth are divided not only by race, nation, religion or ideology, but also, in a sense, by their position in time. Examining-the present population of I he globe, we find a tiny group who still live, hunting and food-foraging, as men did millennia ago.
Others, the vast majority of mankind, depend no I on bear-hunting or berry-picking, but on agriculture. They live, in many respects, as their ancestors did centuries ago. These two groups taken together compose perhaps 70 percent of all living human beings. They are people of the past.
By contrast, somewhat more than 25 percent of the earth’s population can be found in the industrialized societies. They lead modern lives. They are products of the first half of the twentieth century, molded by mechanization and mass education, brought up with lingering memories of their own country’s agricultural past. They are, in effect, the people of the present.
The remaining 2 or 3 perc
A. a small percentage of the world’s population is already "living in I he future"
B. the majority should say what the future will be like
C. the new "pace of life" is actually nothing new
D. however we live, we I must all face an increased pace of life
Earth is the only (21) we know of in the universe that can support human life. (22) human activities are making the planet less fit to live on. As the western world (23) on consuming two-thirds of the world’s resources while half of the world’s population do so (24) to stay alive we are rapidly destroying the (25) resource we have by which all people can survive and prosper. Everywhere fertile soil is (26) built on or washed into the sea. Renewable resources are exploited so much that they will never be able to recover (27) . We discharge pollutants (28) the atmosphere without any thought of the consequences. As a (29) the planet’s ability to support people is being (30) at the very time when rising human numbers and consumption are (31) increasingly heavy demands on it. The Earth’s (32) resources are there for us to use. We need food, water, air, ene
A. situation
B. place
C. position
D. site
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