四川省广安市2014高考英语一轮基础训练题（1）及答案_高考复习指南

四川省广安市2014高考英语一轮基础训练题（1）及答案

　　B. Drinking is a good and common way to increase social capital.

　　C. Drinkers build wider social contacts.

　　D. Drinkers may be provided more opportunities.

　　17—20 CDCB

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　　阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

　　How often do you travel by plane?

　　How much electricity do you use? These days everyone is worried about the size of their carbon footprint. In order to reduce global warming we need to make our carbon footprints smaller. But how much CO2 are we responsible for?

　　A new book by Mike Berners Lee (a leading expert in carbon footprint) might be able to help. How Bad are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything looks at the different things we do and buy, and calculates the amount of CO2 all of the following created: the ingredients, the electricity used in the brewery, the equipment, the travel and commuting of the beer, and the packaging. It’s amazing how many different things need to be included in each calculation. And it’s frightening how much carbon dioxide everything produces.

　　But all of this can help us decide which beer to drink. From Berners-Lee’s calculations, it’s clear that a pint (568ml) of locally-brewed beer has a smaller carbon footprint than a bottle of imported beer. This is because the imported beer has been transported from far away, and it uses more packaging. The local beer only produces 300g of CO2, but the imported beer produces 900g! So, one pint of local beer is better for the environment than three cans of cheap foreign lager from the supermarket.