2020-2021学年英语周报九年级新目标第19期答案及试题（第

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Methods of reducing your carbon footprint include driving more efficient vehicles (or making sure that your current vehicles are properly maintained), taking public transportation, using energy efficient machines, building your home with special materials to reduce heating and air conditioning costs. consuming food that doesn't require as much transportation, and eating less meat which has a higher carbon footprint than fruits and vegetables. People and companies can also offset some of their CO2, emissions(排放)by purchasing carbon credits, the money from which can go into projects such as planting trees or investing in renewable energy.

By giving the example of the grocery store

 the author wants to tell us that____

A. driving to the store burns a certain amount of fuel

B. the greenhouse effect of methane is greater than that of CO2

C. the fossil fuels are the primary sources of greenhouse gases

D. many factors need to be considered when figuring out a carbon footprint

Which of the following best explains the underlined word ''offset'' in the last paragraph?

A. make up for

B. make sense of

C. take control of

D. catch up with

The passage is mainly about____

A. whether it is possible to reduce the carbon footprint

B. what we can do to figure out the carbon footprint

C. how to estimate and reduce the carbon footprint

D. why we should reduce the carbon footprint