Believe it or not, humans have been in debt(負(fù)債) to the Earth Overshoot Day this month. The Earth Overshoot Day fell on August 8th. As of that day, we have used as much from nature in 2016 as our planet can provide in a whole year. In other words, we have run out of this year’s “ecological budget”, and for the rest of the year we’ll be eating into our “savings”.

Global Footprint Network has been watching the Earth Overshoot Day since 1971. This year, the day came five days earlier than it did last year (Aug. 13th), 11 days earlier that the year before (Aug, 19th) and is the earliest date yet.

Global Footprint Network said that humans now use 1.6 Earths worth of crops, forest, livestock, energy and other resources (資源) every year. By the 2030s we will be using more than two Earth’s worth of resources every year. The situation is more and more serious and the world needs to find better balance in how to use the Earth’s resources.

Overshoot Day is a red light warning of trouble ahead. “That is, we’re using up what our planet does for us, so year after year, there is less for us to use,” Stuart Pimm, an American professor of ecology, explained. “Less forest, fewer fish in the ocean, less productive land.” Two of the main causes are over-population and pollution.

Small actions make a big difference and all of us play an important role in creating a better world where we live. Even a few simple changes around our home can reduce the resource that we waste, from taking a shower instead of a bath, to using our own reusable bags at the store instead of ones that are made of plastics. In this way we can reduce waste and pollution. Let’s start today to live greener in no time.

1.What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?

A. The Earth Overshoot Day is coming earlier and earlier.

B. The Earth Overshoot Day falls on Aug. 19th.

C. Humans will have to spend more money for the rest of the year.

D. Humans have used as many resources this year as we did last year.

2.According to the Global Footprint Network, which of the following is true?

A. By the 2030s there will be no resources left on Earth.

B. Humans need to find better ways to use resources properly.

C. Humans use more than 1.6 Earths worth of resources every year.

D. Aug. 13th is the earliest date of the Earth Overshoot Day since 1971.

3.Which one can’t help us reduce the resource that we waste?

A. take a shower. B. take a bath.

C. use the reusable bags. D. recycle the waste water.

4.What can be the best title for the passage?

A. Living a Saving life B. Aug. 8th—an Important Day

C. Small Actions make a Big Difference D. Eating up Our Planet

練習(xí)冊系列答案
相關(guān)習(xí)題

科目：初中英語 來源：湖北省武漢一初慧泉2018-2019學(xué)年八年級下學(xué)期3月考英語試卷 題型：單選題

---Thanks for listening to my problem and giving me your advice, Sandy.

---_______. That’s what friends are for.

A. My pleasure B. With pleasure C. Never mind D. It’s nice of you.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：四川省岳池縣2019屆九年級第二次診斷考試英語試卷 題型：閱讀單選

Nick Vujicic was born, without arms and legs, in 1982 in Melbourne, Australia. Nick faced all kinds of problems and troubles in his life, but he never gave up. Now Nick has his own speaking company: Attitude Is Altitude. And he has traveled around the world to give speeches. He shares with his audience the importance of vision (視野) and dreaming big. He says attitude is the most powerful tool in the life and failure is just a learning experience.

Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, is only 34. In only eight years, Zuckerberg turned his small website into a world famous network. Zuckerberg once wrote to his workmates, “We don't build service to make money; we make money to build better service.”

Jeremy Lin is an excellent basketball player. Then what has led this young man to such a success? The following may help us understand it.

1. Believe in yourself.

2. People will love you for being yourself.

3. Stay humble (謙遜的).

1.Attitude Is Altitude is ______.

A. the title of Zuckerberg's speech B. Nick's company

C. an international organization D. a machine that can speak

2.What is Mark Zuckerberg?

A. A boss of a speaking company. B. The writer's workmate.

C. A basketball player. D. A boss of a network company.

3.The reason why Jeremy Lin be successful ______.

A. Attitude is the most powerful tool B. Make money to build better service

C. Being yourself D. always follow others

4.From what Zuckerberg wrote to his workmates, we can learn ______.

A. Facebook doesn't build service

B. Facebook doesn't make money

C. building service doesn't make money

D. offering better service is more important than making money

5.Which of the following is right?

A. Nick had no arms or legs because of an accident.

B. Nick says people can learn from their failures.

C. Mark Zuckerberg begins his company when he was 8 years old.

D. Jeremy Lin loves being himself so he never learns from others.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：山東省新泰市北部聯(lián)盟聯(lián)考2018-2019學(xué)年八年級第二學(xué)期英語試卷 題型：單選題

The more you smile, the ___________ you will feel.

A. happy B. happier C. happily D. more happily

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：浙江省慈溪市2019屆九年級3月學(xué)業(yè)模擬英語試卷 題型：話題作文

書面表達(dá)

61.針對運(yùn)用微信投票越來越流行的現(xiàn)象，英語俱樂部就“是否愿意為別人投票選舉”這一話題展開來討論。請你根據(jù)提示，以“ I ____ (am/am not) willing to vote for others” 為題寫一篇短文，先�？陡�，選擇你認(rèn)同的一種觀點(diǎn)，并闡述自己的理由。

Be willing to vote for others

Be not willing to vote for others

投票方式有趣，方便，免費(fèi)

可以用朋友圈（circle of friends）支持自己喜歡的人

……

投票方式不公平

浪費(fèi)時(shí)間，無聊

……

注意：1. 根據(jù)你認(rèn)同的方式，將標(biāo)題補(bǔ)充完整，短文包括表格中所提供的相應(yīng)內(nèi)容，省略號內(nèi)容必須補(bǔ)充完整

2. 文中不得出現(xiàn)真實(shí)人名和校名，詞數(shù)：80-100

3. 短文首句僅供參考，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)。

I _____ willing to vote for others

Would you like to vote for the ones you like on WeChat? Different people have

different ideas. ________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：福建省2018-2019學(xué)年八年級下學(xué)期第一次月考英語試卷 題型：材料作文

書面表達(dá)：

我們的身邊的許多事物可能影響我們的感受和情緒，如:顏色、天氣……保持良好的情緒對我們來說是很必要的。當(dāng)我們處于良好的精神狀態(tài)，我們才能夠更好地學(xué)習(xí)和工作。保持良好的精神狀態(tài)的方式很多，如：健康飲食，足夠的睡眠，把運(yùn)動作為自己的愛好，……等 ，

根據(jù)上述提示寫一篇短文，要求：意思連貫、通順，適當(dāng)增加自己的觀點(diǎn)和看法，詞數(shù)在80以上(（不包括已經(jīng)給的開頭句)。

Many things around us may affect our feelings and moods, such as

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：福建省2018-2019學(xué)年八年級下學(xué)期第一次月考英語試卷 題型：閱讀單選

Dear Joe,

I’m a helpless father. My daughter Mary is 14. I find that the older she grows, the less we talk. I feel very sad and I really need help.

My first problem is about her hobbies. She spends almost all her free time on story books. When she gets home, she always turns on the computer and closes the door. I’m getting worried about her, especially when her English teacher tells me she always gets low marks in the English exam.

Second, she likes new technology, but I don’t have enough money and I can’t afford all the things she wants.

Recently, I found that she is always alone. I never saw her talking to her friends on the phone or going out with anyone on weekends. That is the last problem I have.

What should I do to help her? Please give me some advice.

A helpless father

1.Mary _____ for almost all her spare time at home .

A. plays computer games B. talks with her father

C. does her homework D. reads story books

2.The helpless father asks Joe to ____.

A. play with Mary B. give him some advice

C. talk to Mary D. buy what Mary wants

3.The helpless father has _____ problems.

A. three B. four C. five D. six

4.From the passage we know that Mary’s father ____.

A. is worried about Mary B. feels very happy

C. is rich D. likes new technology

5.Which of the follow is NOT true about Mary?

A. She is 14 years old .

B. She is not good at English.

C. She often phones to her friends.

D. She doesn’t like going out on weekends.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：江西省上饒市2017-2018學(xué)年七年級（下）期末英語試卷 題型：材料作文

假設(shè)你叫林濤，學(xué)校英語社團(tuán)正在舉行本年度"校園之星"（School Star Award）評選活動．請你用英文寫一封推薦稿，介紹你的朋友Peter，內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)如下：

1． 樂于助人，聰明勇敢；

2．擅長各門學(xué)科，最喜歡地理、歷史；

3．對世界上驚人的事物知道得很多，去野營時(shí)會搭建帳篷；

4．有一天在回家的路上，一個(gè)孩子掉入水中，他迅速跳入水中救了他；

5．他深受同學(xué)們的歡迎．我認(rèn)為……

注意事項(xiàng)：

1．短文須包括所給內(nèi)容要點(diǎn)，要求語句通順，意思連貫；

2．第5要點(diǎn)的內(nèi)容須用 1﹣2 句話展開合理想象，作適當(dāng)發(fā)揮；

3． 詞數(shù)70個(gè)左右，短文的開頭已經(jīng)給出，不計(jì)入總詞數(shù)；

4．短文必須寫在答題卷對應(yīng)的位置上，寫在試卷其它部位無效

查看答案和解析>>

科目：初中英語 來源：甘肅省張掖市臨澤縣2017-2018學(xué)年八年級（下）期末英語試卷 題型：單選題

---Where is your father?

---He_________ Australia and he ________Sydney for two weeks.

A. has been to; has been in B. has gone to; has been in

C. has been in; has been to D. has gone to; has been to

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習(xí)冊答案