Climate change experts from the Tyndall Climate Research Centre in Britain have said urgent action is needed to curb the rapid growth in air travel if the government is to meet its commitments on tackling global warming. This report from Stephen Evans:
Falling ticket prices and rising incomes are leading to rapid growth in global air travel. According to the British government, the number of British air passengers, for example, will more than double in the next quarter of a century. Increases of such an order would mean much more aviation fuel being burned and aviation fuel may be more harmful to the environment than other fuels because the resulting smoke is emitted at high altitudes.
A group of scientists at the environmental research group, the Tyndall Centre, says that if Britain is to meet its overall target for cutting damaging emissions, other uses of fuel like for heating homes or driving cars would have to be cut dramatically.
The British government wants the use of aviation fuel covered by international agreement on the environment. The difficulty for any individual government is that taxing fuel used at its own airports might push airlines to move their operations to competing airports in other countries.
小題1:Which statement is TRUE?
A．A lot of people around the world have recently stopped flying because they have less money to spend and the price of plane tickets is going up
B．Half as many people as today will fly in the next 25 years.
C．Because more planes are suing more flight petrol and more pollution is being produced in the sky.
D．The British government would like all countries to agree not to tax airline fuel.
小題2:Which is the reason that leads to the rapid growth in global air travel?
A．The increase of incomes and the decrease of ticket prices.
B．The growth of the number of good planes.
C．The falling of the oil price.
D．The encouragement of the governments.
小題3:The Tyndall Centre says ________.
A．the number of British air passengers will more than double in the next quarter of a century.
B．Britain will have to use less energy at home and on the roads to meet the goal of cutting pollution.
C．If airports are taxed for using fuel by each country’s government, then airlines might use other airports with cheaper fuel taxes.
D．Only the use of aviation fuel needs to be cut down to meet the overall target for cutting damaging emissions.
小題4:What’s the best title of the text?
A．Falling Ticket Prices and Rising Incomes
B．Growth in Air Travel Harms Environment
C．Rapid Growth in Global Air Travel
D．More Flight Petrol, More smoke

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:B

本文介紹了當(dāng)前時(shí)興的空中旅行以及空中旅行給環(huán)境帶來的危害。
小題1:根據(jù)第二段“Increases ... would mean much more aviation fuel being burned and ... emitted at high altitudes.”可知答案選C。
小題2:根據(jù)第二段首句Falling ticket prices and rising incomes are leading to rapid growth in global air travel.可知答案。
小題3:根據(jù)最三段if Britain is to meet its overall target for cutting damaging emissions,… 可知答案。C在最后一段出現(xiàn)，非The Tyndall Centre發(fā)布。本題易誤選C。
小題4:主旨大意題。綜觀全文可知本文講的是空中旅行給環(huán)境帶來的危害。ABC講的是空中旅行給環(huán)境帶來危害原因或結(jié)果。本題易誤選C。
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