Unit 5 ENGLISH - Unit 5

For the first time in human history we see a transcending concern-the survival not just of the people but of the planet. We have begun to take a holistic view of the very basis of our existence. The environment problem does not necessarily signal our demise, it is our passport for the future. The emerging new world vision has ushered in the Era of Responsibility. It is a holistic view, an ecological view, seeing the world as an integrated whole rather than a dissociated collection of parts.

Industry has a most crucial role to play in this new Era of Responsibility. What a transformation would be effected if more businessmen shared the view of the Chairman of Du Pont, Mr Edgar S. Woolard who, five years ago, declared himself to be the Company’s ‘Chief Environmental Officer’. He said, ‘Our continued existence as a leading manufacturer requires that we excel in environmental performance.’

Questions:
Q.1. ………………. is a transcending concern for the first time in human history.
A. The survival of the people
B. The survival of the planet
C. The environmental problem
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

Q.2. The holistic view of the emerging new world vision is …………………..
A. seeing the world as an integrated whole world.
B. not to see the world as dissociated collection of parts.
C. seeing the world as a large industry.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

Q.3. What according to the writer, is the most crucial role for an industry?
A. Increasing production against all adversities.
B. Care for environment.
C. Stop the production that affects the environment.
D. Ignore ecological view.

Q.4. The Chairman of Du Pont declared himself to be the company’s ………………..
A. CEO (Chief Executive Officer)
B. CEO (Chief Environmental Officer)
C. CEO (Chief Ecological Officer)
D. CEO (Chief Enquiry Officer)

A three-year study using satellites and aerial photography conducted by the United Nations, warns that the environment has deteriorated so badly that it is ‘critical’ in many of the eighty- eight countries investigated.

There can be no doubt that the growth of world population is one of the strongest factors distorting the future of human society. It took mankind more than a million years to reach the first billion. That was the world population around the year 1800. By the year 1900, a second billion was added, and the twentieth century has added another 3.7 billion. The present world population is estimated at 5.7 billion. Every four days the world population increases by one million.

Fertility falls as incomes rise, education spreads and health improves. Thus, development is the best contraceptive. But development itself may not be possible if the present increase in numbers continues.

Questions:
Q.1. We have come to know about the deterioration of environment through ……………..
A. satellites.
B. aerial photography.
C. survey conducted in the U.S.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

Q.2. ………………..is one of the strongest factors which has distorted the future of human society.
A. The growth of world population
B. Use of satellites
C. Environmental threat
D. Fall of fertility

Q.3. To reach the first billion, mankind took ………………. years.
A. ten thousand B. more than ten lakh
C. ten lakh thousand D. ten trillion

Q.4. ……………… is the best preventative of growing world population.
A. Conservation of natural environment
B. Development
C. Collective measures by all the nations of the world
D. None of these three

Mr Lester R. Brown in his thoughtful book, The Global Economic Prospect, points out that the earth’s principal biological systems are four-fisheries, forests, grasslands and croplands – and they form the foundation of the global economic system. In addition to supplying our food, these four systems provide virtually all the raw materials for industry except minerals and petroleum-derived synthetics. In large areas of the world, human claims on these systems are reaching an unsustainable level, a point where their productivity is being impaired.

When this happens, fisheries collapse, forests disappear, grasslands are converted into barren wastelands, and croplands deteriorate. In a protein-conscious and protein- hungry world, over-fishing is common every day. In poor countries, local forests are being decimated in order to procure firewood for cooking. In some places, firewood has become so expensive that “what goes under the pot now costs more than what goes inside it”. Since the tropical forest is, in the words of Dr Myers, “the powerhouse of evolution”, several species of life face extinction as a result of its destruction.

Questions:
Q.1. The earth’s principal biological systems …………………..
A. supply our food.
B. provide all the raw materials for industry.
C. provide minerals and petroleum products.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

Q.2. ……………….. form the foundation of global economic system.
A. Petroleum products
B. Four principal biological systems of the earth
C. Protein-rich food products
D. All of these three

Q.3. When human claims on the four principal biological systems reach an unsustainable level,………………..
A. grasslands are converted into barren wastelands.
B. fisheries collapse.
C. forests disappear.
D. All of these three

Q.4. …………………. is the powerhouse of evolution.
A. Decimated forests
B. The tropical forest
C. Grasslands and croplands
D. Biological systems of the earth

The concept of sustainable development was popularised in 1987 by the World Commission on Environment and Development. In its report it defined the idea as “Development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs”, i.e., without stripping the natural world of resources future generations would need.

In the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, there is a cage where the notice reads, ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’. Inside the cage there is no animal but a mirror where you see yourself. Thanks to the efforts of a number of agencies in different countries, a new awareness has now dawned upon the most dangerous animal in Jhe world. He has realised the wisdom of shifting from a system based on domination to one based on partnership.

Questions :
Q.1. ‘Sustainable Development’ means ………………
A. development of environment.
B. awareness of environment.
C. development to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations.
D. immediate development at any cost.

Q.2. It would be a chief concern of sustainable development ……………..
A. to care for the needs of future generations.
B. not to bar the natural world of resources.
C. meeting the needs of the present at any cost.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

Q.3. Who, according to the notice in the zoo at Lusaka, is the world’s most dangerous animal ?
A. Chimpanzee B. Space
C. Man himself D. Still not found

Q.4. What wisdom has man realised today ?
A. Shift from a system based on partnership to the one based on demination.
B. Shift from a system based on demination to the one based on partnership.
C. Awareness of being developed.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

The concept of sustainable development was popularised in 1987 by the World Commission on Environment and Development. In its report it defined the idea as “Development that meets the needs of the present, without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs”, i.e., without stripping the natural world of resources future generations would need.

In the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, there is a cage where the notice reads, ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’. Inside the cage there is no animal but a mirror where you see yourself. Thanks to the efforts of a number of agencies in different countries, a new awareness has now dawned upon the most dangerous animal in Jhe world. He has realised the wisdom of shifting from a system based on domination to one based on partnership.

Questions :
Q.1. ‘Sustainable Development’ means ………………
A. development of environment.
B. awareness of environment.
C. development to meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations.
D. immediate development at any cost.

Q.2. It would be a chief concern of sustainable development ……………..
A. to care for the needs of future generations.
B. not to bar the natural world of resources.
C. meeting the needs of the present at any cost.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

Mr Lester R. Brown in his thoughtful book, The Global Economic Prospect, points out that the earth’s principal biological systems are four-fisheries, forests, grasslands and croplands – and they form the foundation of the global economic system. In addition to supplying our food, these four systems provide virtually all the raw materials for industry except minerals and petroleum-derived synthetics. In large areas of the world, human claims on these systems are reaching an unsustainable level, a point where their productivity is being impaired.

When this happens, fisheries collapse, forests disappear, grasslands are converted into barren wastelands, and croplands deteriorate. In a protein-conscious and protein- hungry world, over-fishing is common every day. In poor countries, local forests are being decimated in order to procure firewood for cooking. In some places, firewood has become so expensive that “what goes under the pot now costs more than what goes inside it”. Since the tropical forest is, in the words of Dr Myers, “the powerhouse of evolution”, several species of life face extinction as a result of its destruction.

Questions:
Q.1. The earth’s principal biological systems …………………..
A. supply our food.
B. provide all the raw materials for industry.
C. provide minerals and petroleum products.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

Q.2. ……………….. form the foundation of global economic system.
A. Petroleum products
B. Four principal biological systems of the earth
C. Protein-rich food products
D. All of these three

A three-year study using satellites and aerial photography conducted by the United Nations, warns that the environment has deteriorated so badly that it is ‘critical’ in many of the eighty- eight countries investigated.

There can be no doubt that the growth of world population is one of the strongest factors distorting the future of human society. It took mankind more than a million years to reach the first billion. That was the world population around the year 1800. By the year 1900, a second billion was added, and the twentieth century has added another 3.7 billion. The present world population is estimated at 5.7 billion. Every four days the world population increases by one million.

Fertility falls as incomes rise, education spreads and health improves. Thus, development is the best contraceptive. But development itself may not be possible if the present increase in numbers continues.

Questions:
Q.1. We have come to know about the deterioration of environment through ……………..
A. satellites.
B. aerial photography.
C. survey conducted in the U.S.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

Q.2. ………………..is one of the strongest factors which has distorted the future of human society.
A. The growth of world population
B. Use of satellites
C. Environmental threat
D. Fall of fertility

For the first time in human history we see a transcending concern-the survival not just of the people but of the planet. We have begun to take a holistic view of the very basis of our existence. The environment problem does not necessarily signal our demise, it is our passport for the future. The emerging new world vision has ushered in the Era of Responsibility. It is a holistic view, an ecological view, seeing the world as an integrated whole rather than a dissociated collection of parts.

Industry has a most crucial role to play in this new Era of Responsibility. What a transformation would be effected if more businessmen shared the view of the Chairman of Du Pont, Mr Edgar S. Woolard who, five years ago, declared himself to be the Company’s ‘Chief Environmental Officer’. He said, ‘Our continued existence as a leading manufacturer requires that we excel in environmental performance.’

Questions:
Q.1. ………………. is a transcending concern for the first time in human history.
A. The survival of the people
B. The survival of the planet
C. The environmental problem
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

Q.2. The holistic view of the emerging new world vision is …………………..
A. seeing the world as an integrated whole world.
B. not to see the world as dissociated collection of parts.
C. seeing the world as a large industry.
D. Both ‘A’ and ‘B’

(transcending, holistic, existence, survival)
For the first time in human history we see a ……………..…………… concern-the ………….………….. not just of the people but of the planet. We have begun to take a ……………..…………….. view of the very basis of our …………….………… The environmental problem does not necessarily signal our demise it is our passport for the future.

(patrimony, growing, precede, eroding)
It has been well said that forests …………….…………….. mankind; deserts follow. The world’s ancient ………….…………. of tropical forests is now …………….…………… at the rate of forty to fifty million acres a year, and the …………..………….. use of dung for burning ,deprives the soil of an important natural fertiliser. The World Bank .

(ushered, demise, transcending, holistic, emerging, existence, passport, survival)
For the first time in human history we see a ……………..1…………… concern-the ………….2………….. not just of the people but of the planet. We have begun to take a ……………..3…………….. view of the very basis of our …………….4………… The environmental problem does not necessarily signal our …………..5……………, it is our …………..6…………… for the future. The …………7………… new world vision has ………….8………… in the Era of Responsibility.

(estimates, patrimony, planting, growing, precede, eroding, fuelwood, deprives)
It has been well said that forests …………….1…………….. mankind; deserts follow. The world’s ancient ………….2…………. of tropical forests is now …………….3…………… at the rate of forty to fifty million acres a year, and the …………..4………….. use of dung for burning ,……………5……………. the soil of an important natural fertiliser. The World Bank . …………….6……………. that a five-fold increase in the rate of forest ………………7………… is needed to cope with the expected …………..8………….. demand in the year 2000.

Why does the author aver that the growth of world population is one of the strongest factors distorting the future of human society?

How are the earth’s principal biological systems being depleted?

What does’ the notice ‘The world’s most dangerous animal’ at a cage in the zoo at Lusaka, Zambia, signify?

Locate the lines in the text that support the title ‘The Ailing Planet’.

The problems of over-population that directly affect our everyday life.

Today we are faced with a peculiar problem Lions are dying. There seems to be some kind of virus We do not know The newspapers are carrying it you find out Justice Madan B Lokur told.

The First Brandt Report raised the question Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing deserts impoverished landscapes and ailing environment.

James Speth the President of the World Resources Institute said the other day We were saying that we are losing the forests an acre a second

It is difficult to deal with a person with prejudices, (quarrel, blame, manage)

We ushered in the new year with a celebration. (commenced, celebrated, welcomed)

Once I pulled up to the bank, it dawned upon me that I had forgotten my wallet. (made a mistake, realised, guessed)

Prank: Oh hullo.
Millie: Hullo.
Taplow: (Whispering frantically) Do you think she heard?
Frank: (Shakes his head comforting) I thftik she did. She was standing there quite a time.
Taplow: If she did and she tells him, there goes my review.
Frank: Nonsense.

Millie: Well, why don’t you run away for a quarter of an hour and come back?
Taplow: Supposing he gets here before me?
Millie: (Smiling) I’ll take the blame. I tell you what you can do a job for him. Take this prescription to the chemist and get it made up.
Taplow: All right, Mrs Crocker-Harris.

Millie: (To Taplow) Waiting for my husband
Taplow: Er-yes.
Millies: He’s at the Bursar’s and might be there quite a time. If I were you I’d go.
Taplow: (Doubtfully) He said most particularly I was to come.

Taplow: Good Lord, no. He’s not a sadist, like one or two of the others.
Frank: I beg your pardon?
Taplow: A sadist, sir, is someone who gets pleasure out of giving pain.
Frank: Indeed? But I think you went on to say that some other masters
Taplow: Well, of course, they are, sir. I won’t mention names, but you know them as well as I do.

Large areas, officially designated as forest land are already virtually treeless. (Make Compound.)

Are we to leave our successors a scorched planet of advancing desert? (Make Assertive.)

When this happens fisheries will collapse. (Make Simple.)

In addition ‘to supplying food these four systems provide all the raw material for industry. (Use ‘not only …………. but also’.)

Several species of life face extinction as a result of destruction of forest. (Make Complex.)