2023年中考英语阅读理解热点话题练习 专题 01 碳中和碳达峰与环境保护（PDF版，含答案）

2023年中考英语阅读理解热点话题练习
(中考真题+名校最新模拟真题)
专题01碳中和/碳达峰与环境保护
(2022内蒙古包头.中考真题)More than 1,000 schools across the UK have signed up(报名)to a project
with the aim of helping schools become carbon neutral (by 2030.Carbon neutral means cutting down
carbon emissions (to zero or balancing them out in other ways.Carbon emissions are gases such as carbon
dioxide (CO2)that come out into the atmosphere,where they make climate change worse.This has also caused
the temperature rise.
Emissions are caused by all sorts of human activities,such as burning fossil fuels (coal,oil and gas)to make
energy,cutting down forests and some types of farming.Becoming carbon neutral includes cutting the amount of
carbon emissions a school produces and balancing those that are left by taking some carbon out of the atmosphere.
The project also shows how small changes can make a big difference.These might include thinking carefully
about energy use,cutting waste,growing food closer to where it's eaten and walking or cycling to school if it is
possible.Ways of balancing out the carbon emissions that a school still makes include planting trees and plants that
take in CO2 as they grow.
Ysgol Bro Dinefwr Secondary School in Wales has promised to run entirely on renewable (energy
(such as wind and solar power)within the next three years.At Down High School in Northern Ireland,the students
are looking after their own bees.So when flowers and crops produce food,that helps.Other schools have projects
to cut food waste by weighing it after each meal to know how much is not being eaten.Some put the waste into a
system that can turn this waste into useful things.They will be put on the garden to help plants grow.
Climate change is seen as a major global challenge.We can see it all around us.So join together,find out ways
your school can put efforts to,and talk to a teacher about signing up.
1.Which statement would the author most probably agree with
A.Human activities influence the environment
B.The fight against climate change will not succeed.
C.More UK schools should be introduced to the world.
D.We could deal with the climate change without changing our behavior.
2.How could the schools reduce carbon emissions
A.By moving to the countryside.
B.By cutting waste and planting trees.
C.By providing more spaces for students.
D.By burning coal instead of gas to make energy.
3.Why does the author give examples of the schools in paragraph 4