TheGovernmentshouldraisetaxesonairtravelandhigh-pollutingcarsinordertohelptheenvironmentanimportantcommitteeofMPshassaid.Italsosaidthatthe70mphspeedlimitonmotorwaysshouldbereducedorenforcedtobringdowntheamountofcarbondioxidegivenoffbycars.TheHouseofCommonsEnvironmentalAuditCommittee’slatestreportsaidthattransportwastheonlysector(部门)oftheUKwherecarbonemissionshavecontinuedtorisesince1990.

ItsaiditwastimefortheGovernmenttomakedemandforcheapairimpossiblebyraisingairpassengertax.Emissionsfromairtraffichaverisenby5timesasmuchsince1900andareguessedtorise.

Thecommitteewelcomedtherecentintroductionofchangedcartaxwhichmeansthatthelowest-carboncarspaynoroadtaxwhilegas–guzzling(耗油的)44spayanincreasedrateof£210.HowevertheMPssayitdoesn’tgofarenoughandarecallingforatoplimitof£1800withlowerlimitof£200．

CommitteechairmanTimYeosaid:“AirtravelinparticularisthefastestgrowingsourceofCO2withemissionsmorethanfivetimessince1900．TheGovernmentshouldtakemuchmoredecisiveactiontoreducethedifferenceofincomefavoroftrainsbusesandlowercarboncarsandlorries.”

FriendsoftheEarth’sseniororganizerTonyBosworthsaid:“Emissionsfromtransportarestillrisingandforecastssuggesttheywillcarryonrisingforyearstocome.”

“Tinkering(熔补)aroundtheedgesisnolongerenoughtodealwiththegreatestthreattheworldfaces.”AspokesmanfortheDepartmentforTransportsaid:“Dealingwithcarbonemissionsintransportisakeyproblem.Ourpolicieswillreducecarbonemissionsfromtransportby6.8milliontonsin2010.”

1．WhatisthepurposeofGovernment’sraisingtaxesonairtravelandhigh-pollutingcars?

A．Tomakemoremoney

B．Toreducethenumberoftheplanesandcars

C．Toencouragepeopletotravelbybusorbyrail.

D．Tohelptheenvironment.

2．theunderlinedword“emissions”inthefirstparagraphprobablymeans“______”

A．havingabadeffect B．producingorraising

C．sendingout(gasorheatetc.) D．doingalotofharm

3．Accordingtothechangedcartax