判断题

根据下面资料，回答下列问题。

Cut the Carbon Footprint

Everything you do leaves a "carbon footprint" (碳足迹). For example, when you travel in a taxi, the car gives off CO2 into the air. CO2 is a greenhouse gas. Greenhouse gases make the earth become warm. To protect our environment, we need to leave less of a "carbon footprint". How big is your carbon footprint? To get an idea, take a look at the following numbers.

判断题

CO2 is a greenhouse gas that can make the earth warm.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】

由第一段第三、四句可知。

判断题

Watching TV and traveling in a taxi can produce little CO2.

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】

题目中little(几乎没有)错误，因为原文第一段“when you travel in a taxi，the car gives off CO2 into the air”中讲明了这种行为产生二氧化碳。

判断题

If we use a dryer five times per week, we produce 154kg of CO2 per year.

【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】

Laundry room的数据为185kg，而本题中是154kg。

判断题

If we spend less time taking a shower, we can cut the number of CO2. 

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】

less是little的比较级，对比文中由eight-minute shower到six—minute shower的变化，可知题目正确。

判断题

The less of a "carbon footprint" we leave, the better our environment will become.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】

本文的主旨就是从具体的数据对比中让大家感受到如果“碳足迹”减少，我们的环境就会变得更好。