阅读理解。 Car sharing is another way to drive green that"s gaining in popularity
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Car sharing is another way to drive green that"s gaining in popularity, especially in urban areas. People who may not drive every day but still want a car to run errands (差事) or drive on weekends benefit most from car sharing. Car sharing is usually run by a service like Zipcar, though there are non-profit (非营利的) and informal car sharing services. Members pay a monthly fee and have access to an entire fleet of cars when they need one. The cars are parked in fixed spots around the city, so members only need to make a reservation, and then go to the pickup spot. Car sharing has major environmental benefits because it reduces the number of cars on the road. Members don"t drive just because they are in a car. They plan trips, and if they don"t need a car, they don"t use one. Still, a car is available to them if they need to make a big trip to the grocery store, pick someone up at the airport or if they want to go to the beach for the day. Members also benefit by having access to a car without any of the headaches of ownership. They usually don"t have to pay for the gas, insurance or maintenance (保养), and the monthly membership fee is less than a typical car payment. So if you really want to go green but aren"t ready to totally give up a car yet, car sharing may be the way to go. If you still need to get around, but want to go even greener than sharing a car, share a bus! |
1. The author intends to tell us that car sharing ______. |
A. has become the most popular way to go to work B. has become the best way to cut living costs C. is becoming more and more popular in cities D. is becoming popular both in urban and rural (乡村的) areas |
2. We can conclude from the passage that ______. |
A. Zipcar can"t help you if you are running urgent errands B. Zipcar, different from other services, aims green driving with no profit C. Zipcar is a company supplying car sharing service for a monthly payment D. Zipcar is a company providing formal car sharing free |
3. The second paragraph mainly tells us ______. |
A. why people will share a car B. why car sharing benefits the environment C. why car sharing is cheaper than owning a car D. why a car is available to members |
4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage? |
A. Car sharing has become a new trend (趋势). B. Car sharing can save you the headaches of ownership. C. Bus sharing is even greener than car sharing. D. Zipcar is the largest company offering car sharing services. |
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The Japanese government has launched a campaign encouraging people to go to bed and get up extra early in order to reduce household carbon dioxide emissions. The Morning Challenge campaign, made public by the Environment Ministry, is based on the premise (前提) that exchanging late night electricity for an extra hour of morning sunlight could significantly cut the nation"s carbon footprint. A typical family can reduce its carbon dioxide footprint by 85kg a year if everyone goes to bed and gets up one hour earlier, according to the campaign. The amount of carbon dioxide emissions potentially saved from going to bed an hour early was the equivalent of 20 percent of annual emissions from household lights, "Many Japanese people waste electric power at night time, for example by watching TV until very late," a ministry spokesperson told The Daily Telegraph. "But going to bed early and getting up early can avoid wasting electrical power which causes carbon dioxide emissions. If people change their lifestyle, we can save energy and reduce emissions." The campaign also proposes that people take advantage of an extra hour of morning sunlight by improving their lifestyles in general by running, doing yoga and eating a nutritious breakfast. It is the latest measure dealing with climate change by the Japanese Environment Ministry, which is faced with the challenge of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 25 per cent from 1990 levels within the next decade. It was the same government department that started the high profile (姿态) Cool Biz campaign five years ago, which encourages workers to wear short-sleeved shirts and offices not to turn air con lower than 28 degrees during the summer. |
1. What does Morning Challenge claim is the purpose of its campaign? |
A. To promote a healthier lifestyle. B. To encourage people to watch less TV. C. To reduce household carbon dioxide emissions. D. To show the sense of responsibility of the Japanese government. |
2. The Japanese government has to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the next ten years by _____ on the 1990 levels. |
A. 20% B. 25% C. 85% D. 28% |
3. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article? |
A. The Japanese government is the first government to deal with the environmental problem. B. Carbon dioxide emissions are more serious in Japan than in any other country. C. The Japanese Environment Ministry is responsible for climate change. D. The purpose of Cool Biz campaign is similar to that of the Morning Challenge. |
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A new weapon is on the way in the fight against smoking in Europe. Soon when smokers buy cigarettes, they might see a shocking photo of a blackened lung or a cancer patient staring back at them from the packet. Some boys may think of smoking as cool and sexy. Their friends won"t agree when they see their packets of cigarettes lying on the table. The European Union announced on October 22, that it had chosen 42 photos that showed the damage cigarettes could do to the body. It called on member nations to put these pictures on packets to discourage young smokers. To catch the attention of teenagers, the special packets warn of long-term medical dangers, like cancer. Short-term effects, like bad skin, are also on the list. "The true fact of smoking is disease, death and horror. That is the message we should send to the young," said David Byrne, an EU health official. "Hopefully these pictures will shock students out of their love for cigarettes." The EU head office hoped the pictures would work better than current written warnings on packs of cigarettes. The warning included "smoking kills" and "smoking can lead to a slow and painful death." So far, Ireland and Belgium have shown interest in the photos. Canada has used similar pictures and warnings on cigarette packs since 2000. The country has recently seen a fall in the number of smokers. According to studies, smoking is the single biggest cause of avoidable death in EU. Every year more than 650,000 smokers die, more than one person a minute. |
1. What would be the best title for the text? |
A. New Ways to Stop Smoking. B. Pictures to Shock Smokers. C. New Packers of Cigarettes. D. Dangers of Smoking. |
2. We can learn from the test that _____. |
A. The EU countries have put the new warning method into practice B. only a small number of the EU countries have used the new warning method C. the new warning method has worked in some EU countries D. countries in the EU still use the old warning method |
3. Which country is most successful in stopping smoking? |
A. Ireland. B. Belgium. C. Canada. D. EU |
4. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph suggests that _____. |
A. It"s hard to stop smoking in EU B. deaths caused by smoking could have been avoided C. smoking is the biggest cause of deaths in EU D. EU has the largest number of deaths caused by smoking |
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A snow leopard roars in the high mountains of Asia. A black rhinoceros gallops across the plains of Africa. A grizzly bear hunts for fish in a North American river. A mother blue whale and her calf glide through the deep waters of the ocean. All of these animals share the Earth with us. They fascinate us with their beauty, their grace, and their speed. We love observing their behavior, and learning more about their habits. But just loving them is not enough. All of these animals are endangered. Many of them have died, and without special care, they may someday disappear from the Earth. Why is it important to care for animals like these?One reason is to protect the balance of life on Earth. Another reason is the beauty of the animals themselves. Each species of animal is special. Africa was once filled with an abundance of wild animals. But that is changing fast. One of these animals, the black rhinoceros, lives on the plains of Africa. It has very poor eyesight and a very bad temper!Even though the black rhino is powerful, and can be dangerous, its strength can"t always help it to escape hunters. Some people think that the rhino"s horn has magical powers, and many hunters kill rhinos for their valuable horns. This has caused the black rhino to be placed on the endangered species list. The elephant seems to represent all that is strong and wild in Africa. It once had no natural enemies, but is now endangered-killed for its ivory tusks. The fastest land animal, the cheetah, also lives in Africa. It,too, is becoming extinct as people take over more and more of the land that is the cheetah"s natural habitat. Imagine Africa without the powerful rhino, the gentle, intelligent elephant, or the lightning quick cheetah. Once they are gone, they are gone forever. |
1. The best title for this passage would be "______". |
A. Do what we can B. Gone forever C. Help animals D. Live or die |
2. Why has the black rhino been placed on the endangered list according to the passage? |
A. Because its eyesight is poor and its temper is bad. B. Because it has a horn. C. Because it is believed that its horn has magical power. D. Because people think it is powerful and dangerous. |
3. Which of the following does NOT support the main idea of the article? |
A. Ocean-dwelling animals are in danger of extinction as well. B. Beautiful birds like the great green macaw are also becoming extinct. C. Wherever people are careless about the land, there are endangered species. D. The elephant seems to represent all that is strong and wild in Africa. |
4. How does the writer feel about the fate of endangered animals? |
A. Disinterested. B. Concerned. C. Optimistic. D. Confused. |
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1. _____ With the development of society, unwanted sound is the most widespread nuisance (厌恶的事) in America. But noise is more than just a nuisance. It constitutes a real and present danger to people"s health. Day and night, at home, at work, and at play, noise can produce serious physical and psychological stress. No one escapes being affected by this stress. Though we seem to adjust to noise by ignoring it, the ear, in fact, never closes and the body still responds-sometimes with extreme tension, as to a strange sound in the night. 2. _____ The annoyance we feel when faced with noise is the most common outward symptom of the stress building up inside us. Indeed, because irritability (易怒) is so obvious, legislators (立法人员) have made public annoyance the basis of many noise limit programs. But the more unnoticeable and more serious health hazards (harm and danger) associated with stress caused by noise traditionally have been given much less attention. 3. _____ Nevertheless, when we are annoyed or made irritable by noise, we should consider these symptoms fair warning that other things may be happening to us, some of which may be damaging to our health. Of many health hazards to noise, hearing loss is the most clearly observable and measurable by health professionals. The other hazards are harder to pin down (说清). For many of us, there may be a risk that exposure to the stress of noise increases susceptibility to disease and infection. The more susceptible among us may experience noise as a complicating factor in heart problems and other diseases. Noise that causes annoyance and irritability in health persons may have serious consequences for these already ill in mind or body. 4. _____ Noise affects us throughout our lives. For example, there are indications of effects on the unborn child when mothers are exposed to industrial and environmental noise. During infancy and childhood, youngsters exposed to high noise levels may have trouble falling asleep and obtaining necessary amounts of rest. 5. _____ Why, then, is there not greater alarm about these dangers? Perhaps it is because the link between noise and many disabilities or diseases has not yet been conclusively demonstrated. Perhaps it is because we tend to dismiss annoyance as a price to pay for living in the modern world. It may also be because we still think of hearing loss as only an occupational hazard. |
A. Noise affects us from birth even embryo (胚胎) to death. B. Less attention to more unnoticeable and serious hazards in spite of the most common annoyance caused by noise. C. The reasons for there being no greater alarm about these dangers. D. Noise is more a real and present danger than a nuisance to people"s health. E. How much do we know about annoyance caused by noise? F. How much do we know about the possible hazards to people"s health caused by noise? |
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Do you raise salmon (鲑鱼) in your classroom at school? Do you ever have class while floating down a river in a canoe? Do you ever throw your school lunch leftovers into a compost (混合肥料) bin when you are finished? They are all part of a regular school day at Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School in New Haven, Connecticut. Known as a "green" school, Barnard attracts students from all over the region who are interested in environmental studies. "We do Earth Day all the year round," said Marjorie Drucker, Barnard"s Magnet Resource teacher. With the school"s special classes, its 325 students study the environment all day long. "Being green means that everything in the building is designed with the environment in mind," Drucker told Scholastic News. For example, the lights go off when people leave the room, and special windows provide "passive light", cutting down on the need for electric lighting. When a window is open, the air-conditioning automatically turns off. Conserving energy is not all that students do to help the environment. While learning about the dying salmon population in the Connecticut rivers, students also do something to help out-they raise more salmon. In the classrooms there are fish tanks containing salmon eggs. The eggs are kept in water at two degrees Celsius. After the eggs hatch, students observe the baby salmon through all the stages of development, and then release the adult salmon into Connecticut rivers. Composting is another part of taking care of the environment at Barnard Students deal with their lunches by throwing the remaining food into a compost bin in a greenhouse. The compost is used to help grow plants. At Barnard, almost everything has to do with the environment. Students sing songs about the environment; their artworks have something to do with the environment; even their math classes are focused on protecting the environment. Barnard offers chances that students can"t get in a regular school. The school"s goal is to teach children to be good environmental role models. They also learn to live in a different way. To attend the school, students have to apply and express their interest in protecting the environment. "Students come here because they care about the environment," said Drucker. |
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