2.Old Problem,New Approaches      While clean energy is increasingly used in our daily life,global warning will continue for some decades after CO2 emissions(排放)peak.So even if emission were to begin to decrease today,we would still face the challenge of adapting to climate.Here I will stress some smarter and more creative examples of climate adaptation.
      When it comes to adaptation,it is important to understand that climate change is a process.We are therefore not talking about adapting to a new standard,but to a constantly shifting set of conditions.This is why in part at least,the US National Climate Assessment says that:"there is no'one-size fit all'adaptation."Nevertheless,there are some actions that offer much and carry little risk or cost.
      Around the world,people are adapting in surprising ways,especially in some poor countries.Floods have become more damaging in Bangladesh in recent decades.Mohammed Rezwan saw opportunity where others saw only disaster.His not-for-profit organization runs 100 river boats that serve as floating libraries,schools,and health clinics,and are equipped with solar panels and other communication facilities.Rezwan is creating floating connectivity(連接) to replace flooded roads and highways.But he is also working at a far more fundamental level:his staff show people how to make floating gardens and fish ponds to prevent starvation during the wet season.
      Elsewhere in Asia even more astonishing actions are being taken.Chewang Nophel lives in a mountainous region in India,where he is known as the Ice Man.The loss of glaciers(冰川) there due to global warming represents an enormous threat to agriculture.Without the glaciers,water will arrive in the rivers at times when it can damage crops.Norphel's inspiration came from seeing the waste of water over winter,when it was not needed.He directed the wasted water into shallow basins where it froze,and was stored until the spring.His fields of ice supply perfectly timed irrigation(灌溉) water.Having created nine such ice reserves.Nophel calculates that he has stored about 200,000m3 of water.Climate change is a continuing process,so Norphel's ice reserves will not last forever.Warming will overtake them.But he is providing a few years during which the farmers will,perhaps,be able to find other means of adapting.
      Increasing Earth's reflectiveness can cool the planet.In southern Spain the sudden increase of greenhouses(which reflect light back to space) has changed the warming trend locally,and actually cooled the region.While Spain as a whole is heating up quickly,temperatures near the greenhouses have decreased.This example should act as an inspiration for all cities.By painting buildings white,cities may slow down the warming process.
      In Peru,local farmers around a mountain with a glacier that has already fallen victim to climate change have begun painting the entire mountain peak white in the hope that the added reflectiveness will restore the life-giving ice.The outcome is still far from clear.But the World Bank has included the project on its of"100 ideas to save the planet".
      More ordinary forms of adaptation are happening everywhere.A friend of mine owns an area of land in western Victoria.Over five generations the land has been too wet for cropping.But during the past decade declining rainfall has allowed him to plant highly profitable crops.Farmers in many countries are also adapting like this--either by growing new produce,or by growing the same things differently.This is common sense,But some suggestions for adapting are not.When the polluting industries argue that we've lost the battle to control carbon pollution and have no choice but to adapt,it's a nonsense designed to make the case for business as usual.
      Human beings will continue to adapt to the changing climate in both ordinary and astonishing ways.But the most sensible form of adaptation is surely to adapt our energy systems to emit less carbon pollution.After all,if we adapt in the way,we may avoid the need to change in so many others.

65.The underlined part in Paragraph 2 implies.A
A.a(chǎn)daptation is an ever-changing process
B.the cost of adaptation varies with time
C.global warming affects adaptation forms
D.a(chǎn)daptation to climate change is challenging
66.What is special with regard to Rezwan's project?C
A.The project receives government support.
B.Different organizations work with each other.
C.His organization makes the best of a bad situation.
D.The project connects flooded roads and highways.
67.What did the Ice Man do to reduce the effect of global warming?A
A.Storing ice for future use.
B.Protecting the glaciers from melting.
C.Changing the irrigation time.
D.Postponing the melting of the glaciers.
68.What do we learn from the Peru example?D
A.White paint is usually safe for buildings.
B.The global warming tread cannot be stopped.
C.This country is heating up too quickly.
D.Sunlight reflection may relieve global warming.
69.According to the author,polluting industries shouldD.
A.a(chǎn)dapt to carbon pollution
B.plant highly profitable crops
C.leave carbon emission alone
D.fight against carbon pollution
70.What's the author's preferred solution to global warming?B
A.Setting up a new standard.
B.Readucing carbon emission.
C.Adapting to climate change.
D.Monitoring polluting industries.

分析 本文通過詳細的講解全球變暖的問題,從洪水的危害一直講解到污染的企業(yè)應(yīng)該怎么做,為了減少全球變暖問題,應(yīng)該減少碳排放.

解答 ACADDB
65.A  推理判斷題,劃線句意為"并沒有一種萬全之策",下一句Nevertheless表示轉(zhuǎn)折,再根據(jù)there are some actions that offer much and carry little risk or cost.可知,沒有放之四海而皆準的方法,即適應(yīng)是根據(jù)具體情況而不斷做出調(diào)整,而非一成不變,故答案為A
66.C  細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段第二句 Mohammed Rezwan saw opportunity where others saw only disaster 可知,在洪水這一災(zāi)害面前,Rezwan 看到了機遇,他充分利用不利的情況,C項符合題意.故正確答案為C.
67.A  細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第五段第六句 He directed the wasted water into shallow basins where it froze,and was stored until the spring.His fields of ice supply perfectly timed irrigation water 可知,他充分利用水的冰凍,儲藏水以備灌溉,A項符合題意.故正確答案為A.
68.D  推理判斷題.根據(jù)"Increasing Earth's reflectiveness can cool the planet."由此可見太陽反射也許能夠減輕全球變暖的問題,D項符合題意.故正確答案為D.
69.D  推理判斷題.根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二句最后一句 When the polluting industries argue that we've lost the battle to control carbon pollution…可知,當污染行業(yè)認為我們已經(jīng)失去了控制碳污染的斗爭,別無選擇,只能適應(yīng),這是無意義的…,所以污染企業(yè)應(yīng)該與二氧化碳污染作斗爭,D項符合題意.故正確答案為D.
70.B 細節(jié)理解題.本文通過詳細的講解全球變暖的問題,從洪水的危害一直講解到污染的企業(yè)應(yīng)該怎么做,為了減少全球變暖問題,應(yīng)該減少碳排放(Readuce carbon emission),根據(jù)文章最后一段的"But the most sensible form of adaptation is surely to adapt our energy systems to emit less carbon pollution."可知B項符合題意.A項意為"建立新標準",文中無表示,錯誤.C項意為"適應(yīng)氣候變化",這不是作者偏向的解決辦法,錯誤.D項意為"主導污染企業(yè)",文中無表示,錯誤.故正確答案為B.

點評 閱讀理解題測試考生在閱讀基礎(chǔ)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(guān)系,對未說明的趨勢或結(jié)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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