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【題目】The weather predictions for Asia in 2050 read like a story from a doomsday movie．

Many experts and green groups fear they will come true unless there is a united global effort to hold back greenhouse gas outpouring．In the decades to come, Asia—home to more than half the world's 63 billion people—will change from one climate extreme to another, with tired farmers battling droughts, floods, disease, food shortages and rising sea levels．

"It's not a pretty picture," said Steve Sawyer, climate policy adviser with Greenpeace in Amsterdam．Global warming and changes of weather patterns are already occurring and there is more than enough carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to drive climate change for decades to come．

Already, changes are being felt in Asia but worse is likely to come．Sawyer and top climate bodies say, and could lead to mass migration and widespread human disasters．According to predictions, icebergs will melt faster, some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands will have to evacuate or build sea defenses, storms will become stronger and insects and water-borne diseases will move into new areas as the world warms．

All this comes on top of rising populations and demand for food, water and other resources．Experts say environmental worsening such as deforestation and pollution will likely enlarge the results of climate change．

In what could be a sign of the future, Japan was hit by a record of 10 typhoons and tropical storms this year, while two - thirds of Bangladesh, parts of Nepal and large areas of northeastern India were flooded, affecting 50 million people, destroying livelihoods and making tens of thousands ill．

The year before, a winter cold strike and a summer heat wave killed more than 2,000 people in India．

【1】This passage is mainly about ____ ．

A．present situation and predictions of environmental problems in Asia.

B．the weather predictions for Asia in the future and the reasons

C．how to improve our environment

D．reasons why the world will no longer be suitable for us to live in

【2】In the future the Asian farmers will have to face the following except ____ ．

A．food shortages B．wars

C．droughts D．floods

【3】The underlined word "doomsday" in the first paragraph may mean____ ．

A．the hell B．the end of the world

C．a(chǎn) great world war D．mystery

【4】Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Asian climate will change greatly．

B．Some islands may be flooded in the future．

C．People may meet with some new diseases resulting from water．

D．More than 50 million people have been ill in Asia the year before．

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】B

【3】B

【4】D

【解析】

本文是一篇議論性文章，主要說明了氣候變化所帶來的各種嚴(yán)重后果，諸如全球氣候變暖，海平面升高等危機全人類的災(zāi)難性后果。

【1】A細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段，末日電影中2050年亞洲的氣候讀起來就像恐怖小說，根據(jù)第四段開頭，可知亞洲氣候已經(jīng)發(fā)生變化，綜合所看，本文主要說明的就是亞洲環(huán)境問題的現(xiàn)狀以及對未來的預(yù)測，故選A。

【2】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最一句“with tired farmers battling droughts, floods, disease, food shortages and rising sea levels”，可知B選項正確。

【3】B詞義猜測題。根據(jù)全文意思，科學(xué)家們對亞洲環(huán)境問題作出的預(yù)測都是災(zāi)難性的，A選項地獄，B選項世界末日，C選項世界戰(zhàn)爭，D選項神秘的，可知“doomsday movie”最可能的就是世界末日類型的電影，故選B。

【4】D推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段第一句“Already, changes are being felt in Asia but worse is likely to come”，可知A選項正確。根據(jù)第二句“icebergs will melt faster, some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands will have to evacuate or build sea defenses,”可知B選項正確。根據(jù)第三句“ water-borne diseases will move into new areas”，可知C選項正確，故選D。