1. 具体做法;
2. 提出倡议。
注意:
1. 词数80左右;
2. 可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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Over the last 200 years, humans have become the dominant species on earth. As a result, the natural world
Therefore, many environmentalists are turning to “rewilding”,
For these projects to succeed, they need
3 . Nature is all about relationships: the interconnected links between the living and lifeless, and how they harmonize beautifully into a whole that might not be immediately apparent to us humans, as the complexities of the world sometimes escape the grasp of our relatively short-sighted understanding. Perhaps that's why the urgency of the climate crisis and other environ-mental issues don't truly hit home for some; because that important data is presented in a dry, factual way that doesn't touch the deeper parts of our collective soul, in a way that would move us to realize what is being lost.
Clare Celeste is an environmentally-minded artist creating artworks that aim to highlight the precious biodiversity of the planet. Using paper that is complexly cut and then hand-assembled piece by piece, Celeste forms imaginary landscapes of plants and animals that are folded or pressed between glass.
Growing up in Brazil, Celeste says that her earliest childhood memories were of green, tropical ecosystems slowly being eaten up by the rapid expansion of nearby cities.
Celeste said, “When I made a series of combinations, I realized that many of the species in the illustrations had already gone extinct. Humans have wiped out 68 percent of all our planet's biodiversity since 1970, so working with old illustrations can be very heartbreaking as much of the diversity in these beautiful old illustrations has been wiped out by human activities.”
Celeste explains some of the motivations behind this series of paper works: “I wanted to convey the beauty of our planet's plants and animals, while also introducing a more architectural or human-made element with the geometric (几何图形的) patterns. Having grown up in Brazil, I was surrounded by dense urban spaces that often had rich jungle growth just wanting to break through the concrete architecture. I suggest we go back to our love: our love of nature, of our children, of future generations. Because when we love something deeply, we are required to act—to save it when it is threatened.”
1. What can we infer from the first paragraph?A.People are connected with each other. |
B.People find data on nature boring to study. |
C.People can't solve the climate crisis on their own. |
D.People don't fully understand environmental issues. |
A.Cities were rich in green plants. |
B.Buildings were decorated with plants. |
C.Urbanization destroyed the local biodiversity. |
D.Nature was a mixture of natural artworks. |
A.Most species die without adapting to environment. |
B.Humans feel painful at the loss of species. |
C.Her paper cuts represent the extinction of species. |
D.Human activities have severely damaged biodiversity. |
A.The desire to protect the biodiversity. |
B.The desire for a good childhood memory. |
C.The idea of imagining landscapes. |
D.The hope of preserving natural beauty. |
请根据海报内容及以下要点写一份倡议书。
1.环保是我们中学生义不容辞的责任;
2.我们应该养成这些环保习惯;
3.让我们人人都为地球母亲尽一份绵薄之力吧!
注意:1.词数80左右;
2.可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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6 . I looked out of the door of my 100 year-old house and saw my newly built garden. I realized nothing is rubbish. I was full of
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My neighbors would put the autumn
Nothing has to be really
A.joy | B.sympathy | C.doubt | D.regret |
A.refused | B.hesitated | C.liked | D.started |
A.wealth | B.garbage | C.investments | D.necessities |
A.packed up | B.brought up | C.threw away | D.gave away |
A.value | B.request | C.confusion | D.consequence |
A.own | B.find | C.forget | D.lose |
A.collecting | B.recovering | C.recycling | D.competing |
A.sorting | B.picking | C.spotting | D.recording |
A.uniform | B.broken | C.limitless | D.separate |
A.fruit | B.rice | C.leaves | D.vegetables |
A.compare | B.deal | C.communicate | D.fit |
A.platform | B.garden | C.picture | D.schedule |
A.building | B.tent | C.sign | D.show |
A.piled | B.polished | C.decorated | D.cleaned |
A.unwillingly | B.hardly | C.seriously | D.casually |
A.submitted | B.sowed | C.removed | D.reserved |
A.smelly | B.annoying | C.imaginary | D.attractive |
A.useless | B.careless | C.priceless | D.defenseless |
A.pleasant | B.vivid | C.violent | D.disgusting |
A.trouble | B.treasure | C.terror | D.trade |
7 . If you turn over a plastic bottle, like those we use to drink water, you’ll notice a number “1”—that means it’s made of a material called PET. Some bags, like the kind that holds milk or coffee, get a “2”,meaning they’re made of a material called HDPE. At material recovery factories, plastics get sorted (分类) based on these numbers (they go up to 7),which shows how recyclable (可回收的) they are.
Plastic marking numbers 1 and 2 are recyclable. They can be made into carpet, clothing, plastic package, as well as other products, according to Live Science.
Recycling gets more difficult with higher numbers, called “mixed plastic”. This waste makes up 69% of all the plastic we use in the daily life. It’s much more expensive to deal with than numbers 1 and 2. In the past, mixed plastics would be sent to other countries. But two years ago, almost no country was allowed to buy foreign plastic waste.
Recycling companies had to find a new market, but many failed. For example, in Los Angeles, recycling companies still won’t recycle any plastics with numbers higher than 2. Instead, they are burying or burning them.
According to Live Science, what the USA needs is machines that can be used to recycle other kinds of plastic. But Hocevar, a scientist, comes up with a different solution: “The really simple answer is there isn’t so much throwaway plastic in the world.”
Someone may ask, “Is recycling worth it?” For bottles with “1” or “2”, the answer is “yes”, said Hocevar. There’s also a growing market for plastics marked “5”, a flexible (灵活的) plastic that includes yogurt containers (酸奶容器). For other numbers, the answer was simpler; a “no” on numbers 3, 4, 6 and 7.
1. What does the number on plastic products mean?A.How recyclable the products are. |
B.Where the products were made. |
C.What recycle technology is needed. |
D.Where the products would end up. |
A.The cost to recycle mixed plastic. |
B.The solution to dealing with plastic waste. |
C.The plastic waste in our daily life. |
D.The difficulty in recycling mixed plastic. |
A.Burn or bury mixed plastic. |
B.Stop producing mixed plastic products. |
C.Sell the mixed plastics to other countries. |
D.Make more machines to recycle mixed plastic. |
A.On a medicine bottle. | B.On a coffee bag. |
C.On a yogurt container. | D.On a water bottle. |
8 . Royal Dutch Shell is launching a $ 300 million forestry program, at a time when an increasing number of oil companies are putting money in carbon offset (碳补偿) plans to meet climate goals. The company will spend the money over the next three years on projects to store carbon, including large forests in the Netherlands and Spain, and will start offering motorists the option of purchasing carbon offsets when they buy petrol at the pump.
The executives of the company explained that these carbon offset projects were a new business opportunity for Shell, as well as a way to meet its climate targets. “We believe that over time we will be building a business, because these carbon credits will become more valuable as carbon becomes more limited,” they said. Shell recently decided to cut its net carbon footprint by 2-3 percent in five years, which includes emissions from the products it sells. The company plans to produce carbon credits from the forestry projects, then sell these credits on to customers buying its oil and gas products , or apply the credits to its own operations to lower its carbon footprint.
Plants absorb carbon dioxide as they grow and restoring forests and other natural areas is considered one of the simplest ways to store carbon. However, the voluntary market for carbon credits based on forestry projects has its critics, as projects in developing countries can be hard to monitor. Shell's move has also been criticized by some environmentalists. They worried that there was a risk of “green wash” when companies invested in forestry projects. “There is an entire debate about whether forestry projects truly reduce emissions or not,” they said, pointing out that planting in one area could cause deforestation(滥伐森林) to another.
Shell said it would rely on the third party to ensure its forest program to meet the Voluntary Carbon Standard and strict biodiversity requirements. Mark Lewis, head of climate change investment research at BNP Paribas, said," Planting trees to offset emissions, as far as it goes, is a step in the right direction.
1. What is popular among oil companies these days?A.Studying climate changes. | B.Launching forestry programs. |
C.Selling carbon credits. | D.Working out carbon offset plans. |
A.By quitting the emissions of its products. |
B.By commercializing carbon credits it produces. |
C.By limiting the oil used by other companies. |
D.By reducing its carbon footprint sharply. |
A.Discount. | B.Cheat. | C.Decline. | D.Change. |
A.They sharply reduce emissions. | B.They will fail in developing countries. |
C.They require broader monitoring. | D.They contribute to deforestation. |
9 . Jimmy likes to follow rubbish trucks. His strange habit makes sense when you consider that he's an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce rubbish, including things that fall off rubbish trucks as they drive down the road. What is even more interesting is that one of Jimmy's jobs is defending an industry behind the plastic shopping bag.
Americans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every year. So many and up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them in supermarkets. The bags are not allowed in some 90 cities in California, including Los Angeles. Seeing these headwinds, plastic-bag makers are hiring scientists like Jimmy to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume.
Among the bag bakers' arguments: many cities with bans still allow shoppers to buy paper bags, which are easily recycled but require more energy to produce and transport. And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at, they make up a small percentage of all rubbish on the ground today.
The industry has also taken aid at the product that has appeared as its replacement; reusable shopping bags. The stronger are usable bag is, the longer its life and the more plastic-bag use it cancels out. However, long-lasting reusable bags often require more energy to make. One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the earth than plastic.
Environmentalists don't question these points.They hope paper bags will be banned someday, too. They want shoppers to use the same reusable bags for years.
1. What has Jimmy been hired to do?A.Argue for the use of plastic bags. | B.Recycle plastic shopping bags. |
C.Stop things falling off trucks. | D.Help increase sales in supermarkets. |
A.Plastic bags ending up in tree branches. | B.Bans on plastic bags. |
C.Environmental damage done by plastic bags. | D.Too many plastic shopping bags in use. |
A.Their less frequent use. | B.Their unpleasant appearance. |
C.More energy consumption. | D.Their longer life cycle. |
A.Industry, Pollution and environment | B.Rubbish collection and Waste Control |
C.Recycle or Throw Away | D.Plastic, Paper or neither |
A. profitably | B. fallen | C. sell | D. dangerous | AB. dump | AC. efficiently |
AD. plastic | BC. endless | BD. civilization | CD. throwaway | ABC. stylish |
The value of upcycling
Recycling is a well-known idea that refers to reusing waste materials in any way possible. But what about “upcycling”? It’s a new word, even though it’s something that has been going on since human
One answer to this question is that we reuse fewer and fewer things, and so have become a (n) “
So upcyclers have adopted this new word to focus people’s attention on how waste cannot simply be reused, but be reused