Everything you do leaves a   " carbon footprint"(碳足迹).For example, when you travel in a taxi, the car gives off(排放)C02 into the air. C02 is a greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gases make the earth become warm. To protect our environment, we need to leave less of a " carbon footprint”. How big is your carbon footprint? To get an idea, take a look at the following numbers. Living area

*  TV sets and DVD players produce 723 kg of C02 a year.

★  If you turn them off when you're not using them, you can cut that number by 108kg.

Laundry room(洗衣房)

★  Drying clothes in a dryer produces a lot of C02.

★  If you use your dryer five times per week, you produce 185 kg of C02 per year.

★   Dry your clothes in the sun instead. Bathroom

★   If you take an eight-minute shower every day, you produce 616kg of C02 a year.

★   If you only use six minutes to take a shower, you can cut that number by 154 kg a year.

根据短文内容,选择最佳答案。

(   ) 1. If you take an eight-minute shower every day, you'll produce       of

C02 per year.

A. 154kg    B.185 kg

C.616kg    D. 723kg

(   ) 2. Which of the following activity will leave a " carbon footprint"?

①Watch TV

②Travel in a car

③Wash clothes in the washing machine

④Dry clothes in the sun

A.①②③       B.②③④

C.①③④       D.①②④

(   ) 3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A.    C02 is a greenhouse gas that can make the earth warm.

B.    If we turn off our TV sets when we are not using them, we can cut the number of C02.

C.    The less of a " carbon footprint" we leave, the better our environment

will become. D. Drying clothes in a dryer produces little C02.

(   ) 4. We can probably read this passage in a( n)      book.

A. geography    B. history

C. science    D. art

(   ) 5. Which do you think is the best title of the passage?

A.    Say "No"to Air Pollution

B.    Cut the Carbon Footprint

C.    Fight against Greenhouse Gases

D.    How to Be Greener

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