(练习)课时分层作业6 UNIT 8 Green Living Section Ⅲ Reading & Writing-【提分教练】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语必修第三册(北师大版2019)

课时分层作业(六) Ⅰ.阅读理解 A The amount of time that people spend on travel is 1.1 hours per person per day in all societies.The average distance travelled is 7，400 miles (12，000 km) per year.In total，the world population travels more than 16.6 trillion miles (23 trillion km) per year，53% of which is by car，26% by bus，9% by rail，9% by high­speed transport such as airplanes，and 3% by bicycle，boat and other means. It is estimated (估计) that，due to developments in high­speed public transport，travel time will drop to only 12 minutes per person per day by 2050.Of the global traffic volume，35% will be by car，20% by bus，41% by high­speed transport，and 4% by rail. At present，traffic congestion (拥塞) has a huge negative (消极的) economic and environmental impact (影响) across the world.Road congestion in the UK costs the UK economy ￡15 billion a year.It costs the US$100 billion a year.In Seattle，Washington for instance，a driver spends an average (平均) of 59 hours stuck in traffic each year.In the greater Seattle area there are more cars than people；each household makes an average of 10 motorcar trips a day.According to Sierra Club，“American cars and trucks account for 20 percent of the world's petroleum consumption (石油消耗).” The US has the most highways，but European roads are busier.In Europe，cars travel more than 600 miles (1，000 km) per road per year，compared to an average of 500 km per road in the US.The world's worst traffic jam usually occurs during the summer on the road from Paris to Toulouse，France. So take a hike.You can use Google's public transport trip planner.Or，in the least，find a job closer to home. 【语篇解读】　现在很多人选择自己驾车出行，这给交通造成了很大的压力。 1．According to the figures given in paragraph 1，what is the main means of transport at present? A．The car. B．The bus. C．The train. D．The airplane. A　[细节理解题。根据第一段的“In total，the world population travels more than 16.6 trillion miles (23 trillion km) per year，53% of which is by car”可知，小汽车是目前主要的出行工具。] 2．Compared to today，we know in 2050， ． A．mo