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【題目】 People in Western countries are eating less meat these days, whether for their health or because they want to protect animals. But now they have another reason.

Eating less meat can help to prevent climate change, according to a recent study published in Nature.

Raising livestock (家畜) is bad for the environment. When animals like cows digest (消化) food, their stomachs make greenhouse gases, which are a major cause of global warming. Seventeen percent of greenhouse gas emissions (排放) come from livestock farming, The New York Times reported.

In addition, to raise these livestock, people have to cut down forests and turn them into farms. Forests play a key role in fighting global warming because they absorb greenhouse gases.

Eating less meat according to certain guidelines could cut global food-related emissions by nearly a third by 2050, the study found. Keeping a vegetarian diet in the long term could bring down emissions by 63 percent.

But eating less meat won’t be easy. According to the study, people in Western countries will need to eat 90 percent less meat than they do now in order to have an impact (影響) on our climate. Scientists are now trying to find new foods to replace meat.

Some say that insects could help. A 2013 UN report said that eating insects is healthier and better for the environment. They produce 75 percent less greenhouse gases than livestock.

Some experts are creating lab-grown meat. They make meat in a lab using livestock cells (細(xì)胞). In March, US company JUST said people in the US might be able to buy its lab-grown meat by the end of this year

【1】How much less meat should people eat to influence the climate?

A.63 percent.B.70 percent.C.75 percent.D.90 percent.

【2】Eating less meat can help protect the environment because _____.

A.there will be more animal-related waste

B.less livestock means less greenhouse gas emissions

C.animals are an important part of the environment

D.people will plant more trees around their houses

【3】According to the story, eating less meat can help us _____.

a. stay healthy b. reduce waste c. protect animals d. slow down climate change

A.a;b;cB.b;c;dC.a;b;dD.a;c;d

【4】What is the main idea of the story?

A.Why Westerners eat less meat these days.

B.What people will eat in the future.

C.How eating less meat influences the environment.

D.What the major cause of global warming is.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【解析】

現(xiàn)在西方國家的人們吃肉越來越少了，除了考慮到自己的健康問題以及保護(hù)動(dòng)物，現(xiàn)在他們還有一個(gè)理由。《自然》雜志發(fā)表了一項(xiàng)研究表明少吃肉有助于減少溫室氣體的排放，防止氣候變化。

【1】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第六段“According to the study, people in Western countries will need to eat 90 percent less meat than they do now in order to have an impact (影響) on our climate.”可知，西方國家的人們要比現(xiàn)在少吃90%的肉，才能影響我們的氣候。故選D。

【2】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段“Raising livestock (家畜) is bad for the environment. When animals like cows digest (消化) food, their stomachs make greenhouse gases, which are a major cause of global warming. Seventeen percent of greenhouse gas emissions (排放) come from livestock farming, The New York Times reported.”可知，飼養(yǎng)家畜對(duì)環(huán)境有害，因?yàn)?/span>17%的溫室氣體排放來源于畜牧業(yè)。故選B。

【3】

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段“People in Western countries are eating less meat these days, whether for their health or because they want to protect animals.”和第二段“Eating less meat can help to prevent climate change”可知，少吃肉可以幫助我們保持健康、保護(hù)動(dòng)物，還能阻止氣候變化，a, c和d符號(hào)文意，故選D。

【4】

主旨大意題。根據(jù)文意可知，短文第二段“Eating less meat can help to prevent climate change, according to a recent study published in Nature.”提出了話題“少吃肉可以阻止氣候變化”，然后仔細(xì)分析了少吃肉是如何影響氣候或環(huán)境的。C選項(xiàng)最符合文意，故選C。