“Low *carbon” becomes the most popular words these days because more and more people pay attention to our environment. Not only China but all other 1 concentrate on the topic of “low carbon”. Low carbon life 2 a kind of lifestyle in which people do their best to use less energy. The purpose of the lifestyle is to push us to 3 the environment.
Because of the fast increase of population and human *desire, the human living environment, health and safety are 4 worse and worse. So we can say, the lifestyle is becoming the killer of the earth and human beings. Therefore, low carbon life is needed by man’s own health. So we should develop good 5 in our daily life. For example, when we go shopping, we’d better use 6 plastic bags. We should eat more 7 and less meat. As for clothing, we’d better buy the necessary clothes and not buy clothes with animal *leather. As for housing, when building a 8 , we must use green material; buy the lights that need less energy and remember to 9 the lights when not needed; put rubbish into different kinds and recycle the useful things, like bottles and paper. As for transportation, we can 10 if you go to the places near your house. For short trips, we can ride a bike instead of driving a car. Try to use public transportations. As for working, companies should 11 clerks to use e-mail, MSN and other ways instead of using paper. We use paper only when necessary. For using 12 : If you don’t use computer in a short time, you can change the computer into its “sleep”.
Besides, we should try 13 best to tell the people around us the importance of the low carbon lifestyle. And we can also ask them to 14 us to take the low carbon life, in this way, not only can we make our city better, 15 also it’s good for ourselves.
In all, it weighs greatly for all of us to put the low carbon lifestyle into practice.
1. A.countries B.cities C.towns D.villages
2. A.helps B.means C.lives D.thinks
3. A.keep B.pollute C.protect D.make
4. A.doing B.trying C.discovering D.becoming
5. A.lists B.shops C.decisions D.habits
6. A.more B.less C.fewer D.many
7. A.tea B.vegetables C.meat D.food
8. A.house B.bridge C.store D.market
9. A.turn off B.turn on C.put off D.put on
10. A.walk B.rush C.run D.drive
11. A.make B.let C.see D.encourage
12. A.machine B.light C.bed D.computer
13. A.ours B.we C.our D.us
14. A.stop B.tell C.join D.hear
15. A.so B.but C.and D.though
--- Our family are traveling to Taiwan Island this vacation.
--- ________!
A.Congratulations B.See you later
C.Have a great time D.Be careful
-- Could you tell me ________?
--Sure. Go on until you reach the end. It’s on your right.
A.which country you come form B.what’s your favorite city
C.how can I get to the bus station D.if there is a bus station near here
--What a beautiful school!
–Yes. Many trees ________ in our school every year.
A.plant B.are planted C.were planted D.is planted
--Mum, can I wear my jeans to school?
--No, you ________ wear school uniforms. That’s the school rule.
A.can B.may C.can’t D.have to
-- I called you this morning, but nobody answered.
-- Sorry. I ________ the flowers in the garden.
A.am watering B.was watering C.water D.watered