安宜高级中学2016届高三英语限时训练12.pdfVIP

安宜高级中学 2016届高三英语限时训练十二 班级： ____________ 姓名： _____________ 学号： _____________ 一、阅读理解（共 15小题，每小题 2分，满分 30分） A A new survey conducted by the National Geographic Society (NGS) shows that although consumers in many countries are adopting environmentally-friendly behavior, others live in wasteful cultures of consumption. The 2014 online survey of 18,000 people in 18 countries gauged environmental attitudes and habits – and their sustainability came to housing, transportation, food and consumer goods. 1. Some consumer behavior is improving. In half the countries surveyed, people acted in more environmentally- friendly ways than they had in 2012. For example, Russians are using more public transportation and British consumers are buying more green electricity. But some countries reported that people ’habitss were less sustainable than in the previous survey. Around 68 percent of Germans drink bottled water daily, and Canadians are among the most likely to own at least two cars or trucks. 2. Anxiety about the environment is growing. A slim majority of consumers –51 percent –agree that global warming will negatively affect their own lives. Latin Americans are the most concerned, with more than three in four Brazilians convinced that climate change will impact them personally. 3. Americans resist going green. Nearly one in four American households owns four or more TVs. Americans are also among the most likely to avoid paying extra for environmentally-friendly products, and they consume more packaged and processed food than people in most other countries. And since the 2012 survey