You might think that “global warming” means nothing more than a rise in the world’s temperature But rising sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation(撤離)of an island nation—the citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland.

During the 20th century , sea level rose 8—12 inches. As a result ,Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water which has polluted the country’s drinking water.

Paani Laupepa , a Tuvaluan government official ,reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation suffered an unusually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years .Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.

Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions(導(dǎo)致溫室效應(yīng)的氣體排放),which are a main cause of global warming . “By refusing to sign the agreement ,the US has effectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years,” Laupepa told the BBC.

Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual move of its people to both countries .

Tuvalu is not the only country that is vulnerable (易受影響的)to rising sea levels .Maumoon Gayoon ,president of the Maldives ,told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an “endangered nation”.

1.The text is mainly about           .

A.rapid changes in earth’s temperature

B.bad effects of global warming

C.moving of a country to a new place

D.reasons for lowland flooding

2.According to scientists ,the direct cause of more and fiercer storms is           .

A.greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized nations

B.higher surface water temperatures of the sea

C.continuous global warming

D.rising sea levels

3.Laupepa was not satisfied with the United States because it did not        .

A.a(chǎn)gree to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions

B.sign an agreement with Tuvalu

C.a(chǎn)llow Tuvaluans to move to the US

D.believe the problems facing Tuvalu were real

4.The country whose situation is similar to that of Tuvalu is          .

A.Australia          B.New Zealand       C.the Maldives       D.the United States

 

【答案】

1.B

2.B

3.A

4.C

【解析】

試題分析:本文主要講述的是全球變暖導(dǎo)致海平面上升,讓一些海洋中的島國深受其害。呼吁我們對此采取措施。

1.B 主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章第一段You might think that “global warming” means nothing more than a rise in the world’s temperature But rising sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation(撤離)of an island nation—the citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland.說明全球變暖不僅僅是穩(wěn)定升高;而且海平面的上升更是讓很多的島國都遇見了很大的困難,故B項正確。

2.B 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第三段最后2行Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.

說明表層海水的穩(wěn)定升高是主要的問題,故B正確。

3.A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)第四段前4行Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions(導(dǎo)致溫室效應(yīng)的氣體排放),which are a main cause of global warming .說明他對美國政府不滿意的原因是美國拒絕簽署京都協(xié)議。故A正確。

4.C 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章最后一段Tuvalu is not the only country that is vulnerable (易受影響的)to rising sea levels .Maumoon Gayoon ,president of the Maldives ,told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an “endangered nation”.說明Maldives這個國家和Tuvalu遇見了相似的難題。故C項正確。

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點評:本文主要講述的是全球變暖的影響。本文考查細節(jié)題為主,細節(jié)題可以在文章中直接找到與答案有關(guān)的信息?或是其變體。搜查信息在閱讀中非常重要它包括理解作者在敘述某事時使用的具體事實、數(shù)據(jù)、圖表等細節(jié)信息。在一篇短文里大部分篇幅都屬于這類圍繞主體展開的細節(jié)。做這類題一般采用尋讀法?即先讀題,然后帶著問題快速閱讀短文,找出與問題有關(guān)的詞語或句子,再對相關(guān)部分進行分析對比,找出答案。

 

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