Ever wonder how this ason’s celebrations affect the environment? Guest blogger

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Ever wonder how this ason’s celebrations affect the environment? Guest blogger Krista Fairles takes an amusing look at this very topic:The holidays are a wonderful, cheerful time when most people wait for Santa to bring them prents. But I’m not like most people. I spend my time wondering just what the environmental impacts of Santa Claus and his reindeer are, and more importantly, how I can calculate tho impacts.Lately I’ve been particularly curious as to whether Santa’s old sled is a clean green flying machine, or if he should be replacing his 8 reindeer with an environmentally-friendly car.I should mention that, surprisingly, I was unable to find statistics specific to Santa’s magical flying reindeer, so the calculations u numbers from various sources and may not reprent actual pollution caud by Santa and his animals. In other words, don’t complain to the government about the damage Santa is causing the environment bad on this article.Santa’s yearly trip around the globe is 44,000km long, twice the average of a North American driver. If we assume that the magic provides the altitude for this trip, then reindeer power only needs to push Santa’s sled forward. To complete the trip in 12 hours, I estimate they must travel at a speed of about 3100km/h. To travel at this speed, for this length of time, the reindeer need to eat an incredible 980 million calories each!! So the next question is: how much food is in 980 million calories? Well, if they’re eating corn, they’d need to eat 16,500 lbs each — or 1.6 acres of food. Growing 12.8 acres of corn has its own implications for the environment that we’ll leave for another calculation.We now need to consider that during the global trip the reindeer are “letting out” some of that corn in the form of methane (甲烷，沼气). A resting cow produces 110 kg of methane per year, so flying reindeer would each let out about 4.8 tons. With methane causing 20 times the global warming damage of CO2, and the altitude increasing that damage by 1000% that another 20 times, we can put Santa’s round-trip emissions at 15,488 tons. This is much more than the 100 tons an environmentally-friendly car would relea on the same trip!Bad Santa.小题1:Which aspect does the writer NOT include in her analys about reindeer’s influence on environment?A．Distance covered.B．Calories consumed.C．Tons of waste let out.D．Money spent on food.小题2: According to Paragraph 6, how many acres of corn would Santa need to feed 10 reindeer?A．1.6.B．16.C．12.8.D．128.小题3:Which of the following statements would the writer most probably agree with?A．Christmas celebrations are really a waste of money.B．Vegetarians are more likely to survive than meat-eaters.C．Raising animals has a negative influence on environment.D．The car industry does less harm to environment than farming.小题4:Which of the following words best describes the language style of the passage?A．Humourous and concerned.B．Cheerful and friendly.C．Academic and formal.D．Serious and boring.小题5:Which of the following is the best title for this passage?A．Is Santa driving clean and green?B．Santa, watch where you’re going!C．Santa Claus is coming to town!D．Let’s reduce waste on Christmas celebrations! 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:D小题2:B小题3:C小题4:A小题5:A 

解析

文章大意：圣诞老人每年旅行44,000公里，那么圣诞老人的驾驶是清洁和绿色的吗？小题1:D细节理解题。根据第文章五、六、七段可以知道提及到Distance covered、Calories consumed和Tons of waste let out.，而D项没有提及到。故D正确。小题2:B细节理解题。根据第六段的第二句Well, if they’re eating corn, they’d need to eat 16,500 lbs each — or 1.6 acres of food.可以计算出10只驯鹿所需要的谷物。故B正确。小题3:C细节理解题。根据文章第七段作者提及到驯鹿排放的沼气可知C项和作者的观点相符合。 故C正确。小题4:A推理判断题。全文作者以诙谐的口吻讲述圣诞老人每年44,000公里的旅程所带来的污染，体现了作者对环境的关注。故A正确。小题5:A主旨大意题。全文作者以诙谐的口吻讲述圣诞老人每年44,000公里的旅程所带来的污染，怀疑圣诞老人是否是清洁和绿色旅行。 故A正确。

考点

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日常生活类阅读的概念：

日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。

日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：

【题型说明】该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。 【备考提醒】为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点： 1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。 2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。 3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。 4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。