2014届高考英语二轮专题突破精选：阅读理解65.docVIP

2014届高考英语二轮专题突破精选：阅读理解 1.[1] As adolescents(青少年), having a meaningful effect on the world can seem like an impossible task for the simple fact of being kids. ?Changing the world does not only mean finding a cure for cancer, eliminating poverty, or finding the origin of humanity, but recycling a piece of paper as well. Going Green is a practical way that adolescents can have a real, meaningful influence in the world. ?There are numerous options of how individuals can change their lifestyles to be more eco-conscious(有生态环保意识的). What follows are three simple ways young adolescents can go green and change the world. 1. Recycle [2] According to a Wire Twine online article, 63 million newspapers come out every day and of those 44 million are thrown away; recycling the Sunday newspaper alone we could save half a million trees a week. [3] The age of technology constantly creates new phones, iPods, or new computers. ?Many will stand in line for hours if not days to get their hands on the new piece of technology, but what happens with the old ones once they are replaced? ?Nothing, according to Earth911 about 75% of the old devices sit in the back of a drawer collecting dust. ?By taking them to the local stores that collect them, they go to poor people which in turn removes them from landfills(垃圾填埋场) where the phones explode because of the lead and lithium-ion(锂离子) the phones contain. 2. Go vegetarian one day a week [4] Instead of breaking down the pros and cons(利弊) of the vegetarian lifestyle into a long boring paragraph, here are some astonishing facts on going vegetarian for only one day. ?According to Noam Mohr, a physicist at the New York University, the United States would save 100 billion gallons of water which is enough to supply all homes in New England for about 4 months. [5] The United States would save 70 million gallons of gas which is enough to fuel all the cars of Canada and Mexico combined and still have some to spare. The United States could prevent 3 million