Most of us want to be greener, and all of us want to be richer．Although the only way to be an environment-friendly motorist is to change your car for a bike, if you are addicted to your wheels, going green could save you cash．As petrol prices rise, greener drivers can also be richer．
Petrol is unlikely to become any cheaper．Oil prices, already at record levels, were put under more pressure this week after President Morales of Bolivia nationalized his country’s oil and gas reserves．Turning to a more environmentally friendly car could make a big decline in motoring costs．About one in six drivers has considered following the example of Leonardo DiCaprio and David Cameron by turning to a hybrid car．
Hybrid cars run on petrol and batteries, making them more economical and less harmful to the environment than petrol-run vehicles．A driver who travels an average of 10,000 miles a year could save nearly￡300 a year on petrol by driving the Honda Civic Hybrid rather than the petrol-run version, and would release(释放)only about two thirds of the carbon dioxide．But those who are more interested in their wallet than the environment may be put off by the price：the Hybrid is about ￡3000 more expensive than its petrol counterpart(对应物)．
Andrew Davis, director at the Environmental Transport Association(ETA), a motor breakdown company, says that the key to cutting fuel costs is to reduce engine size．“Those who don’t want to go for a ‘green’ car can cut down on environmental effect and fuel costs by reducing the size of their car．” A Citroen C1 is not a hybrid car, but its low carbon dioxide releases rival(竞争)the Honda and Toyota hybrids．
Another way to cut costs is to change a car to run on liquid petroleum gas(LPG)．Ingram Legge, director of the Greenfuel Company, which changes cars to LPG, says that there has been a rise in the number of motorists changing their cars．
(1)
The purpose of the writer’s writing the passage is ________．
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to call on us to save as much petrol as possible
B．
to warn us of the lack of petrol due to vehicles
C．
to tell us the differences between hybrid cars and petrol-run cars
D．
to point out that we can save more if we are greener
(2)
We can learn from the passage that hybrid cars ________．
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are cheaper to buy and smaller in size
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are ones that no longer use petrol
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travel at a higher speed and produce less waste air
D．
are more environmentally friendly and can help us become richer
(3)
Which of the following does the writer probably agree with?
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As a result of the high price of oil, all people will turn to a hybrid car．
B．
In order to save money, you’d better change your car for a bike．
C．
The best way to solve the lack of petrol is to develop new resources．
D．
Reducing the size of a car is also a way to cut cost and be environmentally friendly．
