由于雾霾天气日益严重，北京市委市政府提出要集中整治大气污染、污水、垃圾、违法建设这四大城市环境"顽疾"，让北京天更蓝、地更绿、水更净.

  现在，英语报纸就环境保护征文，请你投稿。谈谈作为一名中学生，你关心环境吗？ 你觉得现在北京最严重的环境问题是什么？ 人们应该怎么做去改善这一环境问题？

提示词语：care about, environment, serious, pollution, ride, plant, save,use

protect,from,something,pass,rise,

deal,but,try,recycle,collect

  As time goes by, man is making the earth sick. It's very important 1 with the rubbish in cities. This is because rubbish not only pollutes the environment 2 does harm to our health.

  We are 3 to find some ways to do with the rubbish. For example,we can 4 the rubbish and then sort it. We can still 5 waste paper ， old bottles and glass. Water pollution,of course,is a big problem in the world,so we must stop the factories 6  pouring waste water into rivers. Now the temperature of the earth is 7 ， and she is crying for help.

  Our country 8 some laws to protect the environment. As a student,we shouldn't litter

9 or spit in public. We must try our best 10 the environment. Because we have only

one earth.

1.________ 2.______  3.________

4.________5.________6.________

7.________ 8. ________9.________

10.________

 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 areas

* TV sets and DVD players produce 723kg 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 185kg 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，选择正确答案。

(   ) 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. 723 kg .

(   ) 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 statement 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. What 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 Gas

D.  How to Be Greener

 The Beijing Underground's Line Ten will soon have 40 " reverse vending machines(有偿自动回收机）".The machines will 1 people for their empty plastic bottles.

  "We have placed two such machines at Beijing Capital International  Airport and four at the city's underground stations. They have been well received so far," said Feng Juan,a ( n) 2 from the company which makes the machines. " People are encouraged and paid for turning 3 into money. More than 30， 000 empty bottles have been collected  4 December" ， she said.

  If something else ， such as waste paper ， is thrown 5 the machine,the machine will spit it out.

  "With the 6 of the government ， the reverse vending machines will be introduced to colleges and universities soon," Feng said.

  The company is also 7 about covering more recycling materials,including used books and teaching materials.

  "Long-term plans 8 about 2 ， 000 reverse vending machines to be placed throughout the city in the next few 9 ， including 80 at colleges and universities,shopping malls,communities and office buildings," Feng said.

  Chang Tao， director of the company,said that 10 the new project works well in the
city,the company will consider offering the waste -to - treasure service to other developed cities in the eastern part ofChina.
(   ) 1. A. provide    B. thank

       C. prepare    D. pay

(   ) 2. A. secretary    B. engineer

       C. artist    D. teacher

(   ) 3. A. waste    B. straw

       C. cloth    D. resource

(   ) 4. A. of        B.for

      C. since    D. still

(   ) 5. A. into    B. onto

       C. off    D. away

(   ) 6. A. decision    B. control

       C. agreement    D. support

(   ) 7. A. caring    B. knowing

       C. thinking    D. talking

(   ) 8. A. affords    B. requires

       C. manages    D. advises

(   ) 9. A. hours    B. days

      C. weeks    D. years

(   ) 10. A. if    B. once

       C. though    D. because

5. 有人把窗户遮住了，所以不可能看见里面。

Someone has covered the windows______ ______ it was not possible to see inside.

4. 我们应该节约用水。洗完菜后的水可用来绕花。

We should save water. After washing vegetables we can       it      

      flowers.

3. 正如谚语所说，行动胜于言辞。

As the saying goes,actions _____ ______ than words.

2. 在你离开之前，确保关掉电视。

      to_______________ the TV before you leave.

1. 快点吧，否则我们会迟到的。

Hurry up,       we ______  ______ late.

(   ) 10.——Thanks for giving me so much help!

A.  That's easy.

B.  Never mind.

C.  It's a pleasure.

D.  I'm glad to hear that.