(1)介绍垃圾污染的现状;
(2)提出减少垃圾污染的建议(不少于两点);
(3)谈谈你对减少垃圾污染的看法。
注意:
(1)词数不少于100;
(2)可以适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
How can we reduce garbage pollution
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2 . A review from the International Programme on the State of the Ocean (IPSO) warns that the oceans are facing multiple threats. They are being heated by climate change, turning slowly less alkaline (碱性的) by absorbing CO2, and suffering from overfishing and pollution.
The report says, “We have been taking the ocean for granted. It has been shielding us from the worst effects of accelerating climate change by absorbing excess CO2 from the atmosphere.”
Although the temperature increases may be experiencing a pause, the ocean continues to warm regardless. For the most part, however, the public and policy makers are failing to recognize — or choosing to ignore — the severity of the situation. Coral reefs, for instance, are suffering from the higher temperatures.
IPSO, funded by charitable foundations, is publishing a set of five papers based on workshops in 2011 and 2012 in partnership with the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The reports call for governments all over the world to halt (暂停) CO2 increase at 450ppm, and also urge much more focused fisheries management and a priority list for tackling the key groups of chemicals that cause most harmful effects. They want the governments to negotiate a new agreement for the sustainable fishing in the high oceans to be monitored by a new global high seas enforcement agency.
The IUCN's Prof Dan Laffoley said, “What these latest reports make absolutely clear is that delaying action will increase costs in the future and lead to even greater, perhaps permanent losses. “The UN climate report confirmed that the ocean is bearing the pressure of human-induced changes to our planet. These discoveries give us not only more cause for alarm, but also a roadmap for action. We must use it.
1. According to the passage, _______ are NOT the reason why the oceans become slowly less alkaline.A.various pollutions | B.higher temperatures |
C.bad fishing practices | D.destroyed coral reefs |
A.warning | B.protecting |
C.showing | D.cooling |
A.To appeal to world governments to halt CO2 increase at 450ppm. |
B.To tell us that the ocean is bearing the pressure of human-induced changes to our planet. |
C.To ask the governments to carry out new measures for the sustainable fishing in the high oceans. |
D.To advise the governments to make a priority list for tackling the key groups of chemicals that cause most harm. |
A.The reports warn us that we need to take actions right now. |
B.Coral reefs are weakened by bad fishing practices and pollution. |
C.The global temperature is increasing and the ocean continues to warm as well. |
D.It seems that the policymakers are trying to ignore the severity of the ocean situation. |
A.To tell us that the oceans become less alkaline. |
B.To advise us to negotiate a new agreement for the sustainable fishing. |
C.To tell us that global warming has a great effect on the oceans’ temperature. |
D.To warn us that the oceans are in danger and immediate measures should be taken. |
1. 全球水资源短缺情况严峻;
2. 水资源短缺的原因(环境污染、人口增长等);
3. 应对措施(科学的储存未来用水、开发现有水资源使用新方式、节约用水等)。
注意:1. 词数不少于 100;2. 可以适当添加细节,以使行文连贯;3. 开头和结尾以为你写好。
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1. How did the woman get to know about third-hand smoke?
A.From young smokers. |
B.From a newspaper article. |
C.From some smoking parents. |
A.He has just become a father. |
B.He wears dirty clothes. |
C.He is a smoker. |
A.Stop smoking altogether. |
B.Smoke only outside their rooms. |
C.Reduce dangerous matters in cigarettes. |
5 . Nowadays, cars are playing an increasingly important role in daily life and many societies would stop functioning without them. So, the claim that in 20 years’ time, no one will own cars may be hard to believe. But this is the prediction made by a team of transport researchers who are taken seriously, not only by governments but also by car manufacturers.
The Human Science and Advanced Technology Institute at Loughborough in the UK is part of an international research program. The team there believes that by 2040 all cars will be computerized, which will mean extremely large fuel savings, no accidents and better use of roads. The super-intelligent car of the 21st century will drive itself and it will not be owned by one individual. Instead, we will have a choice of cars and change them as frequently as we change our clothing.
According to Dr. David Davis, who leads the research team, these predictions are based on the rising cost of the car culture, which had blocked up our cities, polluted our air and caused more deaths than both world wars put together.
Davis says cars will be fitted with intelligent cruise control devices to regulate the distance between one car and another. Brakes and accelerators will become redundant(多余的)because the car will automatically speed up or slow down to match the speed of the car in front. Computers are much safer drivers than people, so cars in a road train will be able to drive much closer together than cars driven by people so that the roads can be made the best of.
By 2030 Dr. David Davis believes car technology will give motorists a clear view of the road whatever the weather conditions by projecting an image of the road ahead onto the car’s windscreen. And by 2040 cars will travel in convoy(组队) linked to each other electronically. Cars will be connected by an electronic tow(牵引) bar to the car in front to form “road-trains”. “The front vehicle in such a train burns the ordinary fuel” says Davis. “But all the others in the train would burn about ten percent of the normal amount and so produce about ten percent of the pollution.”
1. We learn from the passage that governments and car manufactures .A.don’t believe the prediction that no one will own cars by 2020 |
B.are devoted to the technological innovation (创新) in car industry |
C.consider the predictions made by the researchers seriously |
D.have put the super-intelligent car into mass production |
A.There will be no brake and accelerator in cars. | B.We will own as many cars as we want. |
C.All cars will be driven by computers. | D.Car accident will no longer happen. |
A.cars play an important role in daily life |
B.many societies would stop working without cars |
C.cars should not be owned by one individual |
D.it causes more and more pain to human society |
A.Computer-driven cars can drive much closer together than cars driven by people. |
B.Motorists can have a clear view of the road whatever the weather conditions are. |
C.Cars will travel in convoy linked to each other by an electronic tow bar. |
D.Intelligent cruise control devices can regulate the distance between one car and another. |
A.Motorists will get a clear view of the road. |
B.The weather conditions won’t have effect on motorists. |
C.There will be a decrease in the pollution caused by car. |
D.All trains will burn less fuel than present. |
6 . Electric cars are dirty. In fact, not only are they dirty, they might even be more dirty than their gasoline-powered cousins.
People in California love to talk about “zero-emissions(排放) vehicles”, but people in California seem to be clueless about where electricity comes from. Power plants mostly use fire to make it. Aside from the new folks who have their roofs covered with solar cells, we get our electricity from generators(发电机). Generators are fueled by something--usually coal, oil, but also by heat generated in nuclear power plants. There are a few wind farms and geothermal
(地热) plants as well, but by far we get electricity mainly by burning something.
In other words, those "zero-emissions" cars are likely coal-burning cars. It’s just because the coal is burned somewhere else, it looks clean. It is not. It's as if the California Greens are covering their eyes—“If I can't see it, it's not happening.” Gasoline is an incredibly efficient way to power a vehicle; a gallon of gas has a lot of energy in it. But when you take that gas (or another fuel) and first use it to make electricity, you waste a nice part of that energy, mostly in the form of wasted heat—at the generator, through the transmission lines, etc.
A gallon of gas may propel your car 25 miles. But the electricity you get from that gallon of gas won't get you nearly as far—so electric cars burn more fuel than gasoline-powered ones. If our electricity came mostly from nukes or geothermal, or hydro or wind or solar, then an electric car truly would be clean. But for political, technical, and economic reasons, we don't use much of those energy sources.
In addition, electric cars' batteries which are poisonous for a long time will eventually end up in a landfill. And finally, when cars are the polluters, the pollution is spread across all the roads. When it's a power plant, though, all the junk is in one place. Nature is very good at cleaning up when things are too concentrated, but it takes a lot longer when all the garbage is in one spot.
1. What does “clueless” mean in paragraph 2?A.People see the California Greens everywhere. |
B.People there have no idea that so far electricity mainly comes from burning coal, oil, etc. |
C.People in California love to have their roofs covered with solar cells. |
D.People in California love to talk about zero-emissions vehicles. |
A.Electric cars are not clean at all. |
B.Electric cars are better than gasoline-powered ones. |
C.People cast doubts on electric cars’ batteries. |
D.Gasoline is an efficient way to power a vehicle. |
A.not less than 25 miles | B.as far as 50 miles |
C.as far as 25 miles | D.not more than 25 miles |
A.are more environmentally friendly |
B.burn more fuel than gas-powered ones |
C.are very good at cleaning up when things are not too concentrated |
D.are poisonous for a long time and will eventually end up in a landfill |
A.being green is good and should be encouraged in communication |
B.electric cars are now the dominant vehicle compared with gasoline-powered cousins |
C.zero-emissions vehicles should be chosen to protect our environment |
D.electric cars are not clean because we get electricity mainly by burning something |
7 . In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The
How did we
Another cause is our
Our appetite for new products also
All around the world, we can see the
Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions
A.key | B.reason | C.project | D.problem |
A.gifts | B.rubbish | C.debt | D.products |
A.face | B.become | C.observe | D.change |
A.hide | B.control | C.replace | D.withdraw |
A.Thanks to | B.As to | C.Except for | D.Regardless of |
A.safe | B.funny | C.cheap | D.powerful |
A.love | B.lack | C.prevention | D.division |
A.sensitive | B.kind | C.brave | D.busy |
A.ways | B.places | C.jobs | D.friends |
A.donate | B.receive | C.produce | D.preserve |
A.adapts | B.returns | C.responds | D.contributes |
A.tired of | B.addicted to | C.worried about | D.ashamed for |
A.newer | B.stronger | C.higher | D.larger |
A.pick up | B.pay for | C.hold onto | D.throw away |
A.advantages | B.purposes | C.functions | D.consequences |
A.show | B.record | C.decrease | D.measure |
A.technology | B.environment | C.consumers | D.brands |
A.However | B.Otherwise | C.Therefore | D.Meanwhile |
A.by | B.in favour of | C.after | D.instead of |
A.spending | B.collecting | C.repairing | D.advertising |