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Where do pesticides fit into the picture of environmental disease? We have seen that they now pollute soil, water and food, that they have the power to make our streams fishless and our garden and woodlands silent and bird less. Man, however much he may like to pretend the contrary, is part of nature. Can he escape a pollution that is now so thoroughly distributed throughout our world????? We know that even single exposures to these chemicals, if the amount is large enough, can cause extremely severe poisoning. But this is not the major problem. The sudden illness or death of farmers, farm workers, and others exposed to sufficient quantities of pesticides is very sad and should not occur. For the pollution as a whole, we must be more concerned with the delayed effects of absorbing small amounts of the pesticides that invisibly pollute our world.???? Responsible public health officials have pointed out that the biological effects of chemicals are cumulative over long periods of time, and that the danger to the individual may depend on the sum of exposures received throughout his lifetime. For these very reasons the danger is easily ignored. It is human nature to shake off what may seem to us a threat of future disaster. Men are naturally most impressed by diseases which have obvious signs, says a wise physician. Dr.ReneDubos, yet some of their worst enemies slowly approach them unnoticed. 1. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the sentence Man …is part of nature.(Para 1, Line 3)? A . Man can escape his responsibilities for environmental effects of protection.B . Man can avoid the effects of environmental pollution.C . Man appears indifferent to what happens in nature.D . Man acts as if he does not belong to nature. 提交的答案:Man acts as if he does not belong to nature. 正确答案:Man acts as if he does not belong to nature.题目详解:根据问题中‘Which of the following is closest in meaning to’的提示，从第1段最后一句中‘However much …to pretend the contrary. Can he escape a pollution