2024年4月10日发(作者：)

备战2023年中考英语考前时事热点话题阅读+题型专练

认识减少碳排放的作用

一、阅读理解

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Climate change is a global challenge. One way to fight it is by reducing the amount of carbon

dioxide in the air. New research shows that trees planted in China have helped in this fight.

A recent study in the journal Nature shows that the amount of carbon dioxide absorbed (

吸收

)

by new forests in two parts of China is more than we thought. These areas are in the northeastern

Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces and the southwestern Yunnan and Guizhou provinces and

Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. They make up about 35 percent of China’s land-based (

基于

陆地的

) carbon sinks (

碳汇

). A carbon sink is a natural area like a forest or ocean that absorbs

more-carbon dioxide than it emits (

排放

). Carbon sinks help to reduce the amount of COin the

atmosphere.

China’s goal is to peak (

达到峰值

) its CO emissions (

排放

) before 2030 and reach carbon

neutrality (

中和

) by 2060, Xinhua reported. Carbon neutrality refers to removing as much CO as

one puts into the air.

According to study co-author Yi Liu at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, “the afforestation

(

植树造林

) activities described in our Nature paper will play a role in reaching that goal.”

1. A recent study in Nature shows that ________.

A. China has serious air pollution

B. China has planted the most trees in the world

C. China has fewer COemissions (

排放

) now

D. China has planted fewer trees

2. Carbon sinks will ________.

A. absorb more CO than they emit

C. release less CO into the air

3. According to Xinhua, China ________.

A. is the world’s largest emitter of CO

B. will bring CO emissions down after 2030

C. will not release CO in the future

D. will reach carbon neutrality by 2030

4. Which of the following is NOT TRUE in the passage?

A. One way to fight climate is by reducing the amount of carbon dioxide in the air.

B. Trees planted in China have helped fight against climate change.

C. New forests in two parts of China absorbed more carbon dioxide than we thought.

D. 35 percent of China’s land has been affected by CO emission.

B. give off CO emissions more quickly

D. have no CO in their air

5. What do we know from the story?

A. It takes a long time for carbon sinks to form. B. Climate change is no longer a serious

problem.

C. More trees will be planted in China in the future.

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Did you see snow in your home town last winter? Did you feel it was warmer than before?

“There have been 21 warm winters in China since 1986,” said scientists. They also said that in the

past 100 years, as the global (

全球的

) temperatures went up by 0.74 ºC, the temperature in North

China has gone up by 1.4 ºC in only 50 years.

China needs to take quick action to cut carbon dioxide emission (

排放

), because it’s the main

reason for global warming. We plan to cut energy use by 20% and pollution emission by 10% in

the 11th Five-Year Plan.

Can you slow global warming? Sure! You and your family can take steps to cut the amount of

carbon dioxide that is sent out into the air.

Here are some pieces of advice to help you save the earth. Wear used clothes. Wearing your

brother’s, sister’s or dad’s old T-shirts means you save the energy.

Ride on the bus. Taking a bus saves a lot of oil every year.

Open the window. Don’t use the air conditioner (

空调

), and let some fresh air in. When you

have to use it, set the temperature higher in summer and lower in winter to save energy.

Make small changes in your daily life. Don’t use paper cups, bags and boxes.

It’s time for all of us to do something to save the earth.

6. Since more than 30 years ago, there has been _______ according to the passage.

A. more and more snow B. more cold winters

C. the rising of the temperature in South China D. higher and higher global temperature

7. The main reason for global warming is _______.

A. the oil

C. paper cups, bags and boxes

A.

活力

B.

干劲

B. carbon dioxide emission

D. televisions and computers

C.

精力

D.

能源

D. China has beaten climate change.

8. The word “energy” in the second paragraph means “_______”.

9. Which of the following is true?

A. Using air conditioners may be a waste of energy.

B. It’s funny to wear your dad’s old T-shirts.

C. Taking a bus wastes a lot of oil every year.

D. Using paper bags saves energy a lot.

10. The passage is mainly about the ways to _______.

A. slow down global warming

C. change our daily life

B. make energy

D. change the world weather

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