The benefits to citizens of modem industrial society may have【B1】sometime in recent decade

s, and increasingly, we are paying the【B2】of pollution of our own nest. In a(an)【B3】world, everyone would【B4】personal health, but at the same time would strive to【B5】planet health. Smart people realize that no personal benefits will【B6】long in a world that is【B7】and polluted.

The really sad part of our current predicament is that all the right ideas have been【B8】for decades and have been clearly expressed in many【B9】by a host of intelligent people. The right ideas【B10】unselfish and compassionate behavior. They include long-term planning, conservation and a deep【B11】to preserving the natural world. Without a healthy natural environment, there will be few or no healthy humans.

I have been seeing more and more patients who want to【B12】from city life, air pollution, and chronic illnesses which they【B13】comes from polluted environments and bad food. One professional man, for example, explained that he and his wife had moved to a【B14】community and had to commute a long way to work【B15】the past 20 years—they went to separate【B16】and drove two cars. They were driving to a city【B17】grew out to meet them. The population tripled. When they started commuting, his journey【B18】less than 30 minutes; 20 years later, the trip each way was 60 minutes【B19】average; sometimes, when the traffic was bad, they each spent 90 minutes or more in the car, one-way. Both had become progressively ill. Both decided they would move to a【B20】town and never commute again.

【B1】

A．topped

B．peaked

C．reached

D．got