Beijing — Premier Wen Jiabao has urged the leadership of all countries to deepen their political will in dealing with climate change woes (災(zāi)難) as uncertainties mount (增長(zhǎng)) in the months before the United Nation’s conference in Cancun, Mexico, at the end of this year.
Wen made the remarks on Friday when he met with nearly 20 politicians, climate change and environmental ministers worldwide, who are in Beijing this weekend to attend an international forum on green economy and climate change.
Based on the achievements made at the Copenhagen Summit last December, Wen urged the rich countries to further make clear their compulsory carbon reduction targets. “At the same time, we developing countries should make clear our voluntary goal of slowing down climate change,” Wen said.
Wen also urged the developed countries to transfer(轉(zhuǎn)讓?zhuān)ヽlimate change friendly technologies to the developing countries, especially the poorest countries and island nations.
During the meeting, Wen said China will redouble its efforts in reducing carbon emissions and improving energy efficiency during the coming years after it finishes its 2006-2010 goal of cutting energy consumption per unit of economic output by 20 percent.
While praising China for its green efforts, former Australian Prime Minister Robert J. Lee Hawke asked China to share its experiences and lessons on energy savings and pollution reduction to the rest of the world to deal with global environmental woes and climate change.
Wen responded: “China, together with the rest of the world, is willing to make its due contribution in coping with global warming and climate change.”
At a banquet for the foreign guests on Friday night, former vice-premier Zeng Peiyan said “Increasing uncertainties are ahead for the climate change negotiations. The world needs more dialogue and cooperation”.
“Climate change woes are our shared challenges but the root lies in the historical emissions by the developed countries,” said Zeng, as president of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, which organized the weekend climate change summit.
Zeng expected the forum to work as a platform for different countries to communicate their positions freely before the Bonn climate change negotiation in June and the Cancun conference at the end of this year.
小題1:Which title suits this passage best?
A.We must work on climate change.
B.We should share our ‘green’ technology.
C.We need to clarify our action targets.
D.We ought to cooperate to control the climate.
小題2: The underlined part in the last paragraph but one implies ________.
A.Air pollution just existed in the developed countries in the past.
B.In the past, the developed countries slowed down the development of the world.
C.Climate change woes were originally caused by the developed countries.
D.The rich countries should be more responsible since they polluted most.
小題3: It can be inferred from the passage that _________.
A.The Chinese government intends to be regarded as a developed country.
B.The whole world has got the same opinion about the measures to take.
C.The developed countries have not found any effective ways to cut their emissions.
D.There is still a long way to go before an agreement can be reached.
小題4:Why did Wen Jiabao urge the developed countries to clarify their carbon reduction targets?
A.Because the developed countries are not willing to deal with global environmental woes.
B.Because the developing countries have not set any goal of slowing down climate change.
C.Because there are mounting uncertainties ahead for the climate change negotiations.
D.Because agreements were already made at the Copenhagen Summit last December.
小題1:A小題2:D小題3:D小題4:C
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D. his love to the country
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閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中,選出最佳選項(xiàng);并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。
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