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【題目】

Climate change may make parts of the Middle East too hot for human beings, according to a new study.

Researchers have been studying weather conditions in the Middle East since 1970. They say “very hot” days in the area have doubled over that period. They say temperatures in summer in the Middle East and North Africa will continue rising. They believe by 2050, temperatures will not fall below 30 degrees Celsius at night in the hottest part of summer, and day-time temperatures could rise to 46 degrees Celsius. Temperatures at noon could reach as high as 50 Celsius. Heat waves are likely to last longer.

“If mankind continues to release carbon dioxide as it does now, people living in the Middle East and North Africa will have to expect about 200 unusually hot days,” says Panos Hadjinicolaou, a climate change expert with the Cyprus Institute.

The researchers also looked at the amount of “fine particulate (顆粒) air pollution” in the Middle East. They found that the amount of dust in the atmosphere over Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Syria jumped 70 percent since the start of the century. This, they say, could have resulted from an increase in the number of sand storms caused by climate change.

The researchers created two models. In one model, rising temperatures are limited because of reductions in greenhouse gases. The other model is said to be a “business as usual” model where nothing is done to stop climate change. Under both models, the future of the Middle East is not good, the researchers say. They added that climate change can result in a slow worsening of living conditions for people in North Africa and the Middle East and in time many people may have to leave the regions.

【1】The underlined word “fine” in the 4th paragraph probably has the same meaning as ________.

A. bright B. terrible C. very thin D. high-quality

【2】What is the right order of the events according to the text?

A. climate change →sand storms→dust in the atmosphere

B. sand storms →climate change→dust in the atmosphere

C. climate change →dust in the atmosphere→sand storms

D. sand storms →dust in the atmosphere→climate change

【3】Panos Hadjinicolaou’s attitude towards humans’ releasing carbon dioxide is ________.

A. indifferent B. casual C. skeptical D. concerned

【4】Where can we probably read this passage?

A. In a History Paper. B. In a News Report.

C. In a Literature Magazine. D. In a Travel Brochure.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【解析】試題分析：本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道。主要講述全球氣候變暖或威脅中東5億人生存。最新研究表明，氣候變化可能導(dǎo)致中東一些地區(qū)天氣過于炎熱，人類無(wú)法生存。研究人員表示中東和北非地區(qū)夏季溫度將持續(xù)走高，日間與夜間溫度都將上升，氣候變化導(dǎo)致中東和北非地區(qū)的生存環(huán)境逐漸惡化，不久的將來，大批居民可能被迫搬離家鄉(xiāng)。

【1】詞義猜測(cè)題。畫線句下文講述研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)自21世紀(jì)以來，沙特阿拉伯、伊拉克和敘利亞地區(qū)的沙塵增加了70%，這主要是由持續(xù)干旱導(dǎo)致的沙塵暴引起的�；覊m不可能是bright(明亮的)、high-quality(高質(zhì)量的)顆粒；也無(wú)所謂terrible（糟糕的）顆粒。而fine有“細(xì)小的”意思，因此可知，“fine particulate (顆粒) air pollution”指的是細(xì)顆粒物污染指數(shù)，所以畫線詞fine詞義是“細(xì)小的”與C項(xiàng)thin意義相近。故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。通讀全文可知，二三兩段講述了非洲的氣候變化，第四段講述了沙塵暴和空氣中的粉塵，且根據(jù)第四段最后一句This, they say, could have resulted from an increase in the number of sand storms caused by climate change.可知，造成含塵量提高的原因是，氣候變化增加了沙塵暴的次數(shù)。故選A。

【3】觀點(diǎn)態(tài)度題。根據(jù)第三段可知，Panos Hadjinicolaou認(rèn)為如果人類繼續(xù)像現(xiàn)在這樣大量排放二氧化碳，中東和北非地區(qū)的人們可能會(huì)面臨200天異乎尋常的酷熱期。因此推斷對(duì)于人類釋放二氧化碳問題他是擔(dān)憂的。故選D。

【4】推理判斷題。通讀全文可知，第一段是主題段，文章主要講述一項(xiàng)新的研究表明，氣候變化致中東某些地區(qū)天氣炎熱，人類無(wú)法生存。報(bào)道新的研究結(jié)果屬于新聞報(bào)道。故選B。

在做題的時(shí)候我們可以恰當(dāng)運(yùn)用一些解題技巧——比如排除法，來幫助解題，往往事半功倍，準(zhǔn)確率高。如第一小題，灰塵不可能是bright(明亮的)、high-quality(高質(zhì)量的)顆粒；也無(wú)所謂terrible（糟糕的）顆粒。而“細(xì)小的”顆粒比較符合人們對(duì)灰塵的認(rèn)識(shí)，故選C項(xiàng)。