A 5R Rule for Environment

1. Reduce(减少)

If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely. A large number of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses a little paper carelessly and throw it out, soon we would not have any trees left. Other things are also being wasted, and people don’t know what to do with the waste in big cities. So it is necessary to reduce the waste.

   2. Reuse(再利用)

   You should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them out. Give your clothes you do not use or the ones which are too small to the poor. In a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters.

    3. Recycle(回收)

    Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so we save lots of time and money. For example, coke cans are sent to a factory, where they are smashed(打碎) flat and melted(融化) and the metal things are made for new coke cans.

   4. Recover (恢复)

   When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten apples, you have two choices: one is to throw the whole apples away, or you could cut off the rotten parts and use the good parts. In this way, you are recovering the eatable parts of food.

   5. Repair(修补)

   If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it. If you want to change for better ones, it is better for you to sell the old things or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repair. It is true that North America is a “throw—away” society, but the time has come to change our way of life so that we can protect our environment. Every one of us should try our best.

1.The “Reduce” rule mainly requires(要求) us ______.

A. to use things wisely

B. to cut down many trees

C. to use less paper

2. The right order of recycling coke cans is ______.

a. collect the used cans   b. melt them    c. smash them flat   d. send them to a factory

A. a b c d                       B. a d c b                C. d b c a

3.The “Recover” rule mainly requires us ______.

A. to throw waste thing away

B. to cover waste thing with the earth

C. to get back the useful parts

4. ______ is the best way to do with your broken tables.

A. Throwing them away    B. Repairing them              C. Putting them away

5. According to the passage, ______ can not be reused.

A. clothes                                 B. shoes                 C. rotten apples

 

The Earth has warmed by about half a degree(0.50℃)over the last 100 years. It could be getting warmer on its own, but many scientists think that people are making the Earth warmer by making a greenhouse effect. The greenhouse effect is important.  Without it, the Earth would not be warm enough for us to live on. But just a little warmer than it is now could cause problems for humans, plants and animals.

Many of the things we do every day can change the Earth’s temperature by sending greenhouse gases into the air. We send greenhouse gases into the air when we watch TV, turn on lights, dry hair, play video games, wash or dry our clothes or drive cars. The rubbish from factories and homes also produces greenhouse gases.

     Even a small change in temperature can affect our weather. This can cause changes in the sea levels, the air, flooding, and our fresh water.

The change in the temperature can also cause changes in the living places for animals and plants, endangering many animals.

     Global warming is a big problem, and every little bit we do can help. We can save electricity. We can save energy in other ways such as by taking buses or walking rather than driving cars. We can recycle to reduce the rubbish and save natural resources such as trees, oil and metals. We can buy products that don’t do bad to the environment and we can turn to solar energy. Remember the little bit that you do will bring a better world.

1. Which of the following does not send greenhouse gases into the air?

A. Watching TV.                     B. Turning on a light.

C. Driving a car.                     D. Walking to school.

2. In this passage, the scientists are mainly trying to make the readers realize___________ .

A. the greenhouse effect is important

B. humans are making the earth warmer

C. the earth is getting warmer in 100 years

D. the earth could be getting warmer by itself   

3. Without the greenhouse effect,we would _____________ .

A. be safer                         B. not be able to live

C. have a cleaner earth                D. have a better world

4. The writer gives us advice on how to save energy in __________ .

A. Paragraph 2                      B. Paragraph 3     

C. Paragraph 4                      D. Paragraph 5

5. Global warming is a big problem but ___________ .

A. we can't do anything to help        B. we don't need to do anything

C. we can do something to help       D. we can do something to stop it

 

 

“Low *carbon” becomes the most popular words these days because more and more people pay attention to our environment. Not only China but all other    1   concentrate on the topic of “low carbon”. Low carbon life    2    a kind of lifestyle in which people do their best to use less energy. The purpose of the lifestyle is to push us to    3    the environment.

Because of the fast increase of population and human *desire, the human living environment, health and safety are    4    worse and worse. So we can say, the lifestyle is becoming the killer of the earth and human beings. Therefore, low carbon life is needed by man’s own health. So we should develop good    5    in our daily life. For example, when we go shopping, we’d better use    6    plastic bags. We should eat more    7    and less meat. As for clothing, we’d better buy the necessary clothes and not buy clothes with animal *leather. As for housing, when building a    8   , we must use green material; buy the lights that need less energy and remember to    9    the lights when not needed; put rubbish into different kinds and recycle the useful things, like bottles and paper. As for transportation, we can    10    if you go to the places near your house. For short trips, we can ride a bike instead of driving a car. Try to use public transportations. As for working, companies should    11    clerks to use e-mail, MSN and other ways instead of using paper. We use paper only when necessary. For using    12    : If you don’t use computer in a short time, you can change the computer into its “sleep”.

Besides, we should try    13    best to tell the people around us the importance of the low carbon lifestyle. And we can also ask them to    14    us to take the low carbon life, in this way, not only can we make our city better,    15    also it’s good for ourselves.

In all, it weighs greatly for all of us to put the low carbon lifestyle into practice.

1.                A.countries       B.cities           C.towns    D.villages

 

2.                A.helps          B.means          C.lives D.thinks

 

3.                A.keep           B.pollute         C.protect   D.make

 

4.                A.doing          B.trying          C.discovering    D.becoming

 

5.                A.lists            B.shops          C.decisions D.habits

 

6.                A.more          B.less            C.fewer    D.many

 

7.                A.tea            B.vegetables      C.meat     D.food

 

8.                A.house          B.bridge          C.store D.market

 

9.                A.turn off         B.turn on         C.put off   D.put on

 

10.               A.walk           B.rush           C.run   D.drive

 

11.               A.make          B.let            C.see   D.encourage

 

12.               A.machine        B.light           C.bed  D.computer

 

13.               A.ours           B.we            C.our   D.us

 

14.               A.stop           B.tell            C.join  D.hear

 

15.               A.so             B.but            C.and  D.though

 

 

It’s important to learn about protecting our environment. Here is a 5R rule for us:

1. Reduce

If you want to reduce waste, you should use things wisely. Millions of trees are being cut down to make paper. If everyone uses a little paper carelessly and throw it out, soon we would not have any trees left. Other things are also being wasted, and people don’t know what to do with the waste in big cities. So it is necessary to reduce the waste

2. Reuse

You should always think of reusing the usable things before throwing them out. Give your clothes you do not use or the ones which are too small to the poor. With a family, you may pass on such clothes to younger brothers or sisters.

3. Recycle

Bottles, cans and paper can easily be recycled. By doing so, we save lots of time and money. For example, coke cans are sent to a factory, where they are smashed flat(压平)and melted (融化) and the melted things are made for new coke cans.

4. Recover

When you buy a box of apples, there may be a few rotten(腐烂的)apples. You have two choices: one is to throw the whole apple away, or you could cut off the rotten parts and eat the good parts. In this way, you are recovering the eatable parts of food.

5. Repair

If one of the legs of your table is broken, you can repair it instead of throwing it away. If you want to change for better ones, It is better for you to sell the old things or give them to other people who can use them after doing some repairs. It is true that North America is a “throw-away” society(社会). But the time has come to change our way of life so that we can protect our environment. Every one of us should try our best.

1._______ can be recycled.

A.Only hard things    B.Many things        C.Few soft things     D.All things

2.The “recover” rule mainly requires us _______.

A.to throw waste things away                B.to cover waste things with earth

C.to get back the useful parts                D.to throw the whole things away

3.We can infer(推断) that the writer of this passage may live in _______.

A.China            B.Japan             C.Australia          D.America

 

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Charter schools in the US operate with public money but without many of the rules that govern traditional public schools. In the United States the rules for charter schools are different from state to state. But in general these schools have greater freedom to decide what and how to teach.

A charter school might have nothing to do with the local public school system. It might be started by teachers, parents, community groups or a profit-making business.

Forty-seven million students go to traditional public schools. And more than a million students go to charter schools.

And now a group of charter schools have formed the Green Charter Schools Network. The idea is to have environment friendly school buildings but also to go further than that.

The schools teach students to give lots of time and attention to the community problems that affect them and the environment. For example, young children grow vegetables in a school garden and learn about healthy eating. Older students help recycle waste from restaurants. And local schools share what they grow in community gardens with people in need.

Jim McGrath is president of the Green Charter Schools Network. He says there are about two hundred “green” charter schools across the United States. And the Green Charter Schools Network holds its first national conference this October in Minnesota. Supporters of green schools say their goal is to let the movement be popular across the country.

1.. Are the rules for charter schools the same in the US?  

2.. How many students go to charter schools? 

3.. What do students in charter schools often do?

4.. Do teachers teach students to protect the environment or to know the Network?  

5.. Why do supporters hope charter schools to be popular across the country?

 

 

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