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. 1.

    This passage is mainly about ____ .

    1. A.
      present situation and predictions of environmental problems in Asia
    2. B.
      the weather predictions for Asia in the future and the reasons
    3. C.
      how to improve our environment
    4. D.
      reasons why the world will no longer be suitable for us to live in
  2. 2.

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

    1. A.
      food shortages
    2. B.
      droughts
    3. C.
      wars
    4. D.
      floods
  3. 3.

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

    1. A.
      the hell
    2. B.
      the end of the world
    3. C.
      a great world war
    4. D.
      disaster
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Asian climate will change greatly.
    2. B.
      Some islands may be flooded in the future.
    3. C.
      More than 50 million people have been ill in Asia the year before.
    4. D.
      People may meet with some new diseases borne from water.
ACBC
試題分析:
1.推理題,由第一段The weather predictions for Asia in 2050 read like a story from a doomsday movie是本文的主題句,故選A。
2.細節(jié)題,由第二段最后一句with tired farmers battling droughts, floods, disease, food shortages and rising sea levels可以知道答案,所以選C。
3.推理題,由后面的單詞movie和前面的句子a story from,可以推出是世界末日,所以選B
4.細節(jié)題,由最后一段The year before, a winter cold strike and a summer heat wave killed more than 2,000 people in India.可以知道答案,所以選C
考點:本篇是一篇說明文
點評:本文說明了亞洲的目前情況和環(huán)境問題的預測,對于文章中的細節(jié)題,要注意文章中的細節(jié)的理解。推斷題測試考生在閱讀基礎上的邏輯推理能力,要求考生根據(jù)文章所述事件的邏輯關系,對未說明的趨勢或結局作出合理的推斷;或根據(jù)作者所闡述的觀點理論,對文章未涉及的現(xiàn)象、事例給以解釋。考生首先要仔細閱讀短文,完整了解信息,準確把握作者觀點。
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  In the more and more competitive service industry it is no longer enugh pro? Customer satisfaction.Today, customer:”delight”is what companies are trying to achieve in order to keep and increase market share.

  It is accepted in the marketing industry, and confirmed by a number of reserches, that customers receiving good service will promote business by telling up to 12 other people; those treated complaints are handled fairly will stay loyal.

  New challenges for customer care have come when people can obtain goods and services through telephone call centers and the Internet.For example, many companies now have to invest(投資)a lot of money in information technology and sta? traming in order to cope with the “phone rage”-caused by delays in answering call, being cut off in mid-conversation or left waiting for long?

  “Many people do not like talking to machines,”days Dr, Storey, senior lecturer in Marketing at City University Business School.”Banks, for example, encourage staff at call centers to use customer data to establish instant and good relationship with then, The aim is to make the customer feel they know you and that you can trust them-the sort of comfortable feelings people have during face-to-face chats with their local branch manager.”

  Recommended ways of creating customer delight include:under-promising and over-delivbering(saying that a repair will be carried out within five hours, but getting it done tithin two? replacing a faulty prodect immediately; throwing in a gift voucher(購物禮券)as an unexpected “thank you”

  Reg? Customers; and always returning calls, even when they are compants.

  Aiming for customer delight is all very well, but if services do not? ach the haigh level promised, disappointment or worse will be the result.This can be eased by offering an apolgy and an explanation of why the wervice did not meet usual standards with empathy(for example,”I know how you must feel”), and possible solutions(replace ment, compensation or whatever fairness suggests best meets the case).

  Airlines face some of the toughtest challenges over customer care, Fierce competition has conviced them at that delighting passengers is an important marketing tool, while there is great potential for customer anger over delays? by weathe, unclaimed luggage and technical?

  For British Airways staff, a winning telephone style is considered vital in handling the large volume of calls about bookings and flight times.They are trained to answer quickly,? their name, job title and a “we are here to help”attitude.The company has invested heavily in information technology to make sure that information is available instantly on screen.

  British Airways also says its customer care policies are applied within the company and staff are? each other as customers requiring the highest standards of service.

  Customer care is obiously here to stay and it would be a foolish company that used slpgznd? as we do as we please”.On the other hand, the more customers are promised, the greater the risk of disappointment.

(1)

We can learn from Paragraph 2that ________.

[  ]

A.

complaining customers are hard to satisfy

B.

unsatisfied customers receive better service

C.

satisfied customers catch more attention

D.

well-treated customers promote business

(2)

The writer mentions”phone rage”(Paragraph 3)to show that ________.

[  ]

A.

customers often use phones to express their anger

B.

people still prefer to buy goods online

C.

customer care becomes more demanding

D.

customers rely on their phones to obtain services

(3)

What does the writer recommend to create customer delight?

[  ]

A.

Calling customers regular

B.

Gibing a “thank you “note.

C.

Delivering a quicker service.

D.

Promising more gifts.

(4)

If a manager shoud show his empathy(Paragraph 6), what would be probably say?

[  ]

A.

”I know how upset you must be.”

B.

”I appreciate your understandig.”

C.

”I'm sorry for the delay.”

D.

”I know it's our fault.”

(5)

Customer delight is important for airlines because ________.

[  ]

A.

their telephone style remains unchanged

B.

they are more likely to meet with complaints

C.

the services cost them a lot of money

D.

the policies can be a?

(6)

Which of the following is conveyed in this article?

[  ]

A.

Face-to-face service creates comfortable feelings among customers.

B.

Companies that promise more will naturally attract more cuatomer.

C.

A company should promise less but do more in a competitive market.

D.

Customer delingt is more important for air lines then for banks.

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