B．Corwin has been trying his best to help save animals and their habitats. C．It isn’t true that humans can have a positive effect on other living things. D．The first time Corwin saw the wild snake, he knew what to do for the rest of his life.
14、At present, too much carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) makes the earth warmer and warmer and causes terrible effect to human beings. To save our planet, to save ourselves, a new lifestyle called low-carbon life(低碳生活) becomes popular. Low carbon means low energy and no waste. It is necessary for everybody to learn to live a low-carbon life.
To live a low-carbon life, we’d better save energy as possible. Turn off the lights and TV whenever they are not needed. If possible, use cold water to wash clothes or dishes. Take a short shower and try to take a cold one when the weather gets warm. Don’t do the cooking with electricity.
To live a low-carbon life, we should eat less meat. Everybody knows eating too much meat makes people fat and easy to have heart disease, but maybe you don’t know keeping animals for food produces even more carbon dioxide than all the cars in the world, and being a vegetarian can help reduce one and a half tons of carbon dioxide a year. Maybe it is a little difficult, but it’s really necessary.
To live a low-carbon life, we are supposed to do less shopping. When we go shopping, we may drive a car or take other transportations. On the one hand, these machines pollute the air and waste energy. On the other hand, most of us always buy some useless things because of some advertisements. It is not only a waste of money but also causes trouble to the earth, because as you know, making everything will produce carbon dioxide more or less.
There are many other ways to live low-carbon life, such as recycling things, planting trees and reusing textbooks. If we can keep it a habit in our daily life, the earth will become a safer planet for us to live on. 根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
【小题1】_____ makes the weather on the earth get warmer.
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A．Little rubbish B．A waste of money C．Too much carbon dioxide D．A waste of water
【小题2】We can _____ to save energy in our daily life. A．use less electricity B．go to sleep with lights on C．wash clothes with hot water D．drive car to work
【小题3】he underlined word “it” in the third paragraph means _____. A．eating less meat B．having heart disease
C．keeping animals for food D．eating less vegetables 【小题4】We should do less shopping because _____. A．wasting money causes trouble to people B．the advertisements are sometimes misleading
C．the less you shop, the less carbon dioxide will be produced D．some of the things you bought are useless
【小题5】If everybody lives a low-carbon life, _____. A．we will waste more energy B．there will be less carbon dioxide
C．the earth will become a dangerous place to live on D．there will be more carbon dioxide
15、A kind of little cars may take the place of today’s big ones many years later. If everyone drives such cars in the future, there will be less pollution in the air. There will also be more space for parking in cities, and the streets will be less crowded.
The little cars of the future will cost less. Driving will be safer, too, since these little cars can go only 65 kilometers an hour. The cars of the future will be fine for going around a city, but they will not be useful for a long way. Little cars will go 450 kilometers before they need to stop for more gasoline (汽油). If big cars are still used with the small ones, two kinds of roads will be needed in
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the future. Some roads will be needed for the big, faster cars and other roads will be needed for the small, slower ones. 根据短文内容，选择正确答案。
【小题1】There is much pollution in the air today because _____. A．people drive big cars B．people drive little cars
C．small cars will go 450 kilometers before they need to stop for more gasoline D．the usual size of cars today is too small 【小题2】The usual size of cars today is _____. A．much smaller than the future one B．as big as the future ones C．as small as the future ones D．bigger than the future ones
【小题3】Which of the following statements (陈述) is NOT true? A．Big cars cost more.
B．Big cars are not useful for a long way.
C．The cars of the future will be smaller than today’s cars. D．Small cars are slower than big ones.
【小题4】The streets will be less crowded because _____. A．there will be fewer cars in the future B．there will be fewer people in the streets C．three kinds of roads will be built D．future cars will be smaller
【小题5】Two kinds of roads will be needed in the future because _____. A．there will be too many cars in the future B．more and more people will go to cities C．big cars run faster and little cars run slower D．it looks more beautiful to have two kinds of roads
16、Want to know what we can do to help make our city a better place to live
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in? Why not take part in “Clean & Green weekend”? Join us, and you can make new friends and help protect the environment at the same time. Park Life
Do you like hanging out in the park with your friends? If so，why not take the chance to come with us and tidy up the park as you go？To add some fun, there is a gift for the person who collects the most rubbish! Meet us at the south entrance to Taohe Park at 9 a.m. next Saturday if you want to join in. The Air You Breathe
A great way to make the air we breathe cleaner is by planting lots of trees！It is a fact that trees slowly filter（过滤）a lot of pollutants from the air. So come and help us plant some new ones in Fenhe Park at 2 p.m. next Sunday. War on Graffiti（涂鸦）
Some people think graffiti is cool. Well, it is not! The best way to stop buildings from becoming totally covered in ugly graffiti is to get rid of it as soon as possible. And that is exactly what we are going to do. We are repainting the school walls from 1 p.m. on Saturday. You don’t have to bring any tools, just remember to wear some old clothes！
根据上面三个倡议的内容，选择正确答案。
【小题1】The main purpose of “Clean & Green Weekend” is to . A．make our city more beautiful B．offer the chance to have fun C．help students meet old friends D．have a nice weekend
【小题2】The students who want to join in the rubbish collecting activity must meet .
A．at 1 p.m. on Saturday B．at 2 p.m. next Sunday C．at 9 a.m. next Saturday D．at 3 a.m. on Sunday
【小题3】If we’re going to repaint the school walls, we need to .
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A．draw pictures well B．wear some old clothes C．bring some tools with us D．wear some new clothes
【小题4】According to the passage, we know . A．graffiti can make the buildings look cool B．the person who collects rubbish can get a gift C．we can plant trees to improve the environment D．we can draw pictures on the wall
【小题5】 We might read the above passage . A．in a fashion magazine B．on a school notice board C．in a newspaper advertisement D．on a hospital notice board
17、A school bus is one that is used to take children to and from school. In the USA, about 450,000 school buses take more than 25 million children to and from school. The yellow school bus is a US icon (象征). Yellow became the color of school buses in the USA in 1939. Dr. Frank got the good idea. He said it was easy for people to see yellow buses and the black letters on them in early morning or late afternoon. That would make children safer.
There are not many school buses in Britain, and they are not yellow. They have trackers (追踪器) on them, so kids are being tracked while they travel to and from school by bus. The trackers let parents know where the school bus is and whether their kids are on the bus.
Kindergarten (幼儿园) is a difficult time for some kids. It's the first time for them to go away from their parents. To make kids love their school, Japanese kindergartens and schools have colorful buses. The buses can easily make children want to take them--and then, go to school. Even some parents want to take them, too! School buses are becoming more and more popular in China now. It saves a lot
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