中考英语练习：阅读理解专项训练

中考英语练习阅读理解专项训练

　　A report from the United Nations said that around 60 million people across the orld, ith 80% of them in Asia, are drinking polluted ater. So 4,500 children die every day because of polluted ater.

　　A report shoed that environntal problems kill 3 million children under five years old each year, making them one of the key ntributors in more than 10 million child deaths orldise each year.

　　Dangerous factors include indoor and outdoor air pollution, ater pollution, lack of good hygiene facilities and poor elogical systems , it said.

　　Another study shoed that parents and experts from seven untries including the United States, India and Nigeria, regarded pollution as the biggest threat to children's natural living environnt.

　　Many parents say that children today are being brought up ith feer blue skies than hen they ere little kids.

　　Mrs. Green tries to teach her daughter Su san by setting a personal example. She picks out recyclable aste and uses the ater from the ashing machine to ash the toilet.

　　Chinese children mostly learn about environntal protection in school.

　　So non-governntal anizations and child centers also teach kids to protect the environnt. More parents have bee aare of it. Family is no playing a more important role," says a Chinese official.

　　Vera Lehmann, an expert from Germany says many Chinese are increasingly aare of polluted. "I as surprised to find ho much schools in China are illing to ntribute to educating the children on environnt," Lehmann said. "There has been a big change beteen no and ten years ago hen I first traveled here."