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【題目】 Which topic drew the most attention from people around the world in 2019? It was climate change, according to three well-known English dictionaries.

The Oxford, Collins and Cambridge dictionaries chose climate emergency（氣候緊急狀態(tài)）,climate strike （罷工） and upcycling（升級(jí)改造）,as their ―Word of the Year‖. This tells us that climate change was a widely-discussed issue（重要議題）in 2019. Climate emergency means a situation in which urgent（緊急的）action is needed to reduce climate change. ―Climate strike refers to people leaving work or school to call for more action to protect the environment. ―Upcycling refers to making new items out of old or used items to reduce waste.

Climate change has already affected（影響）the world in many ways. Take Venice for example. Because of climate change, Venice experienced the worst flooding it has seen in the last 50 years in 2019.Many stores, restaurants and hotels were flooded. This caused serious damage totaling hundreds of millions of euros（歐元）.

Although we’ve known about global warming for a long time, our large companies and governments have been slow to respond to it. The year 2019 might have been the turning point that will finally encourage（鼓勵(lì)）our leaders to take responsibility（責(zé)任）.

Decades ago, when the science on the climate issue was first increasing, the impacts（影響）could be seen as an issue for future generations,‖ Katharine Mach, a Stanford University climate scientist, told The New York Times. It’s surely our responsibility now.

However, simply realizing that climate change is a threat(威脅) is not enough. We must take real action before it is too late.

【1】According to the three dictionaries, people in 2019 cared about ________the most.

A.environmental protectionB.international business

C.recycling servicesD.the overuse of natural resources

【2】The flooding in Venice is mentioned to_________.

A.prove that Venice is not a safe place to visit

B.explain why Venice suffered serious damage

C.show how climate change has affected the world

D.explain how the climate changed in 2019

【3】What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph4 mean?

A.Large companies and governments haven’t known anything about global warming.

B.Large companies and governments didn’t take action at once when facing global warming

C.It’s only large companies and governments’ responsibility to solve the problem of global warming

D.Large companies and governments have done a lot to solve the problem of global warming.

【4】What does Mach mean in Paragraph 5?

A.Many scientists are working on the climate issue.

B.The climate issue will affect only future generations.

C.Future generations will suffer more than us.

D.It’s our responsibility to deal with climate change.

【5】This passage is probably______.

A.a noticeB.a storyC.a piece of newsD.a poem

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要講了氣候變化以及氣候變化影響全世界的許多方式。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第二段第三行“This tells us that climate change was a widely-discussed issue（重要議題）in 2019.“這告訴我們，氣候變化是2019年廣受討論的問題�！笨芍�，環(huán)境保護(hù)是2019年人們最關(guān)注的，故選A。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第三段第一、二行“Climate change has already affected（影響）the world in many ways. Take Venice for example”“氣候變化已經(jīng)在許多方面影響了世界。以威尼斯為例�！笨芍�，文章寫威尼斯的洪水是為了展示氣候變化對(duì)世界的影響，故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段第一、二行“Although we’ve known about global warming for a long time, our large companies and governments have been slow to respond to it.”“雖然我們對(duì)全球變暖的認(rèn)識(shí)由來已久，但我們的大公司和政府對(duì)此反應(yīng)遲鈍�！笨芍�，意思是面對(duì)全球變暖，大公司和政府沒有立即采取行動(dòng)，故選B。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第五段最后一行“It’s surely our responsibility now”“現(xiàn)在肯定是我們的責(zé)任了�！笨芍�，Mach認(rèn)為處理氣候改變是我們的責(zé)任，故選D。

【5】主旨大意題。文章主要講了氣候變化以及氣候變化影響全世界的許多方式，可推知文章是一條新聞，故選C。

閱讀理解題中的細(xì)節(jié)理解題。首先找出問句中的關(guān)鍵詞，然后定位到文章具體位置，然后選出正確答案即可。

例如題目1中，關(guān)鍵詞是people in 2019 cared about，可定位到文章第二段第三行“This tells us that climate change was a widely-discussed issue（重要議題）in 2019.“這告訴我們，氣候變化是2019年廣受討論的問題�！笨芍�，環(huán)境保護(hù)是2019年人們最關(guān)注的，故選A。