首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Time to Stop Traveling by Air Twenty-five years ago a young British man called Mark Ellingham decided that he wanted a chang
Time to Stop Traveling by Air Twenty-five years ago a young British man called Mark Ellingham decided that he wanted a chang
admin
2016-08-16
37
问题
Time to Stop Traveling by Air
Twenty-five years ago a young British man called Mark Ellingham decided that he wanted a change of scenery. So he went to Australia, stopping off in many countries in between. He also decided to write about the experience and produced a guide for other travelers making similar journeys.
In 1970,British airports were used by 32 million people. In 2004,the figure was 216 million. In 2030,according to government forecasts, it will be around 500 million. It’ s a growth driven by the emergence of low cost airlines, offering access to all parts of the world for less than £100.
This has made a huge contribution to global warming. One return flight from Britain to the US produces the same carbon dioxide(二氧化碳)as a year’ s motoring(驾车). A return flight to Australia equals the emissions(排放)of three average cars for a year. And the pollution is released at a height where its effect on climate change is more than double that on the ground.
Mark Ellingham built his business on helping people travel. Now he wants to help people stop—at least by air.
He is calling for a £100 green tax on all flights to Europe and Africa, and £250 on flights to the rest of the world. He also wants investment to create a low-carbon economy, as well as a halt to airport expansion.
Mark Ellingham’ s commitment is important because his readers aren’ t just the sort of young and adventurous people who would happily jump on a plane to spend a weekend exploring a foreign culture. They are also the sort of people who say they care about the environment. It’ s a debate that splits people down the middle.
The tourist industry has responded by offering offsetting(补偿)schemes. A small increase in the price of a ticket is used to plant trees.
But critics say that it is not enough to just be carbon neutral. We should be actively cutting back on putting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. And for the average person, making a plane journey will be his or her largest contribution to global warming. It may be good to repair the damage we do. But surely it is better not to do the damage in the first place.
Mark Ellingham will collaborate with the critics in his efforts to fight global warming.
选项
A、Right
B、Wrong
C、Not mentioned
答案
C
解析
题干:马克·艾林汉姆将与批评家们合作,抵抗全球变暖.文章最后只提到了一些批评家的看法:光是保持碳平衡是不够的。但并未提及马克·艾林汉姆将与他们合作,故选C.
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ULFd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语综合类C级题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语综合类C级
职称英语
相关试题推荐
RadiocarbonDatingNowadaysscientistscananswermanyquestionsaboutthepastthroughatechniquecalledradiocarbon(放射性碳)
TheIPadTheIPadisatabletcomputer(平板电脑)designedanddevelopedbyApple.Itisparticularlymarketedasaplatformfor
Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisincreasinglydangeroustoseacreatures?Accordingtothepassage,whatwil
Thedentisthasdecidedtoextractherbadtooth.
WhichstatementisNOTtreeofYamamotoMika?ManyJapanesestudentsfinishthecompulsorycoursesinthreeyearsbecause
MobilePhonesMobilephonesshouldcarryalabeliftheyprovedtobeadangeroussourceofradiation,accordingtoRobertBe
Youhavenooption;youmustdoit.
Medicinedependsonotherfieldsforbasicinformation,particularlysomeoftheirspecializedbranches.
随机试题
防火卷帘按耐火极限分为三种:耐火极限1.50h、耐火极限2.00h和耐火极限3.00h,分别用符号F1.5、F2、F3表示。()
下面句子中的“以”,意义与其它三项不同的是()。
以下检查中不属于注射剂特殊检查的是
患者,女,26岁。自诉近来感觉自己哪里都不舒服,医生通过B超检查,小便化验等,确认患者为宫外孕,并建议住院观察治疗,但这位年轻女患者强烈要求医生让她出院,在这位患者的强烈要求下,医生告诉她可能产生的后果后就让其出院了。这位医生的行为符合
简述园林建筑的作用。
两个平行的测验测量同一批被试所得结果的一致性程度是
在VisualFoxPro中,表示2012年9月10日10点整的日期时间常量是
在Excel中,如需对A1单元格数值的小数部分进行四舍五入运算,最优的操作方法是()。
WhatisdiscoveredbyscientistsatBrownUniversity?
A、ThecommercialsceneoftheWall.B、ThenaturalstateoftheWall.C、TherebuiltconstructionoftheWall.D、TheruinoftheW
最新回复
(
0
)