Question

1．The Washington-based think tank's （智囊機構(gòu)的）"Vital Signs 2007-2008"report points out global patterns ranging from rising meat consumption to Asian economic growth are linked to the broader problem of climate change．"I think climate change is the most urgent challenge we have ever faced，"said Erik Assadourian，director of the Vital Signs project．"You see many trends in climate change，whether we are talking about grain production which is affected by droughts and flooding．Or meat production as livestock production makes up about 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions（排放），"he told reporters in a telephone interview before the report's release．
Assadourian said the key message of the report was that unsustainable consumption patterns were responsible for climate change linked to carbon emissions  and other ecological woes．He said of the 44 trends tracked by the report，28 were"pronouncedly bad"and only six were positive．The trends range from the spread of avian flu（禽流感） to the rise of carbon emissions to the number of violent conflicts．The growing use of wind power is among the few trends seen as positive．
Some of the points highlighted in the report include：
--Meat production hit a record 276 million metric tons （43 kilograms or 95 pounds per person） in 2006．
--Meat consumption is one of several factors driving rising soybean demand．Rapid expansion of soybean plantations in South America could displace（擠走） 22 million hectares （54 million acres） of tropical forest and savanna （熱帶草原） in the next 20 years．
--The rise in global seafood consumption comes as many fish species become scarcer．
Other analysts and think tanks have focused on different trends they say mean less cause for alarm．For example，they point out that while more wood is being removed from forests on a global scale，many parts of Europe and North America have experienced reforestation in recent decades．

53．The best title for this passage would beC．
 A．Greenhouse Gas Emissions              B．Global Consumption Patterns
 C．Consumption and Climate Change        D．Economic Growth and Carbon Emissions
54．"Vital Signs 2007-2008"report mainly concerns aboutB．
 A．how to protect the earth
 B．the unsustainable consumption and other trends causing climate change
 C．how to stop climate change
 D．the negative trends of climate change
55．The author of the passage mentions two specific positive trends which are linked to climate change．They areD．
 a．Asian economic growth           
 b．Meat production reaching the highest record
 c．more and more seafood consumed by people 
 d．the growing use of wind power
 e．the reforestation being made in some parts of the world
 A．a(chǎn)c．  B．bd．  C．a(chǎn)d．  D．de．
56．From the passage we can conclude thatA．
 A．less livestock production will do good to climate change
 B．more soybean demand will have a good effect upon climate change
 C．climate change will cause many fish species scarcer and scarcer
 D．only by planting more tress can we stop weather from changing worse and worse．

Answer 1

分析 駐華盛頓智囊機構(gòu)在一份題為"地球生命征兆2007-2008"報告中指出，肉類消費不短斷增長和亞洲經(jīng)濟發(fā)展與氣候變化有關(guān)系．

解答 53---56：CBDA
53．C 主旨大意概括題． 根據(jù)第一段和最后一段的介紹，可知全文是一篇報告指出了人類各種消費和氣候變化之間的關(guān)系，故答案為C．
54．B 細節(jié)理解題．第一段里介紹了"Vital Signs 2007-2008"報告，該報告重點說了"global patterns ranging from rising meat consumption to Asian economic growth are linked to the broader problem of climate change"故答案為B．
55．D 細節(jié)理解題．在第二段最后一句"The growing use of wind power is among the few trends seen as positive"
和"many parts of Europe and North America have experienced reforestation in recent decades．"可以看出，兩個比較具有積極意義的方面，故答案為D．
56．A 推斷題．在第一段"meat production as livestock production makes up about 20 percent of greenhouse gas emissions"得知，家畜的飼養(yǎng)占據(jù)20%的溫室氣體的排放，所以減少家畜的飼養(yǎng)對氣候有好處，故答案為A．

點評 此篇閱讀理解為說明性，生詞量多，但題目不難．要求考生在遇到類似文章時特別關(guān)注第一段和最后一段，抓住主題，帶著問題尋找答案．