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1、高考英语：阅读理解阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AHowoftendoyoutravelbyplane?Howmuchelectricitydoyouuse?Thesedayseveryoneisworriedaboutthesizeoftheircarbonfootprint．Inordertoreduceglobalwarmingweneedtomakeourcarbonfootprintssmaller．ButhowmuchCO2areweresponsiblefor?AnewbookbyMikeBernersLee（
2、aleadingexpertincarbonfootprint）mightbeabletohelp．Howbadarebananas?TheCarbonFootprintofEverythinglooksatthedifferentthingswedoandbuy,andcalculatestheamountofCO2allofthefollowingcreated:theingredients,theelectricityusedinthebrewery,theequipment,thetravelandcommutingofthebeer,andthepack
3、aging．It’samazinghowmanydifferentthingsneedtobeincludedineachcalculation．Andit’sfrighteninghowmuchcarbondioxideeverythingproduces．Butallofthiscanhelpusdecidewhichbeertodrink．FromBerners-Lee’scalculations,it’sclearthatapint（568ml）oflocally-brewedbeerhasasmallercarbonfootprintthanabottl
4、eofimportedbeer．Thisisbecausetheimportedbeerhasbeentransportedfromfaraway,anditusesmorepackaging．Thelocalbeeronlyproduces300gofCO2,buttheimportedbeerproduces900g!So,onepintoflocalbeerisbetterfortheenvironmentthanthreecansofcheapforeignlagerfromthesupermarket．Berners-Leehasevencalculat
5、edthecarbonfootprintofcyclingtowork．Nothingismoreenvironmentally-friendlythanridingabike,surely?Well,itdependsonwhatyou’vehadtoeatbefore．Torideabikeweneedenergyandforenergyweneedfood．Soifweeatabananaandthenrideakilometerandahalf,ourfootprintis65gofCO2．However,ifweeatbaconbeforethebike
6、ride,it’s200g．Infact,bananasaregoodingeneralbecausetheydon’tneedpackaging,theycanbetransportedbyboatandtheygrowinnaturalsunlight．So,doesthismeanthatcyclingisbadfortheenvironment?Absolutelynot,forastart,ifyoucycle,youdon’tuseyourcar,andthefewercarsontheroad,thefewertrafficjams．Andcarsi
7、ntrafficjamsproducethreetimesmoreCO2thancarstravelingatspeed．Cyclingalsomakesyouhealthyandlesslikelytogotoahospital．Andhospitalshaveverybigcarbonfootprints!Somaybeit’stimeforusalltostartmakingsomechanges．Passmeabananaandapintoflocalbeer,please．1．AccordingtoBerners-Lee,whichofthefollow
8、ingpr
