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sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation (撤离) 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 unusaually 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 damagingtorms.
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 (导致温室效
应的气体排放), 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 (易受影响的) 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".
B. bad effects of global warming
C. moving of a country to a new place
D. reasons for lowland flooding
B. higher surface water temperatures of the sea
C. continuous global warming
D. rising sea levels
B. sign an agreement with Tuvalu
C. allow Tuvaluans to move to the US
D. believe the problems facing Tuvalu were real
A. Australia
B. New Zealand
C. the Maldives
D. the United States
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Research suggests that having overweight parents is a big influence (影响) upon a child"s weight, with
one study finding that children with overweight parents were four times more likely to be overweight
themselves.
The findings add heat to an already fierce political debate (争论) over childhood obesity. The Prime
Minister, John Howard, last week decided that ＄116 million be used for programs to deal with obesity,
while the Opposition Leader, Mark Latham, recently announced that his party would move to protect
children from unhealthy food advertisements.
Clare Collins, a senior lecturer at the University of Newcastle, believes such programs will definitely fail
unless they influence the way of life of whole families. " If we can"t get parents to take action against their
own weight problems, then we can"t expect to influence their kids," she said.
However, Professor Louise Baur from the Children"s Hospital at Westmead, doubts whether adult
education programs offer any solution to weight problems." Many parents know they need to lose weight
and they know it influences their kids, but they lack the willpower to do anything about it."
The 10-year study of 150 American children found two-thirds of children with overweight parents
became overweight. Only one in six children whose parents were of average weight became overweight.
The president of the Australasian Society for the Study of Obesity, Associate Professor Gary Wittert,
said parents needed help in doing their job and the Opposition Party"s policy (政策) might be on the right
track.
" We know that driving without a seat belt is unsafe, so we make law against it," he said. " Obesity is
a major public health concern, so why shouldn"t we change the law regarding unhealthy food ads?"
B. Childhood overweight.
C. Parents" influence.
D. Growing pains.
B. They will be effective in dealing with obesity.
C. A large sum of money will be spent on them.
D. They will influence people"s way of life.
B. will help with their children"s education
C. should be more active in reducing weight
D. should carry out at least 10 years" study
B. may protect kids from unhealthy food ads
C. should be brought back to the right track
D. will work well to prevent traffic accidents
global climate (气候) into a new ice age, may never occur, according to new research.
The next ice age could be 15,000 years away, say European scientists who last month announced a
continuous record of 740,000 years of climate date (数据) obtained from the Antarctic ice.
Scientists from 10 nations have now almost completely drilled through a 3,000-meter depth of ice high in
the Antarctic mainland. They figure out that the area where summer temperatures can fall to, has at least
900,000 years of snowfalls, kept as neatly as the growth rings of a tree. And the ice and air caught in each
layer (层) have begun to answer questions about the climates in the past.
The results show that there have been eight ice ages in the past 740,000 years and eight warmer periods.
And by comparing the pattern of global conditions today with those of the past, the researchers reported in
Nature that the present warm period could last another 15,000 years.
Research suggests that there is a very close connection between greenhouse gas levels and global average
temperatures. It also shows that carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) levels are the highest for at least 440,000 years.
"If people say to you: the greenhouse effect is a good thing because we would go into an ice age
otherwise, our date say no, a new ice age is not hanging over our heads," said Eric Wolff from the British
Antarctic Survey." Now we have eight examples of how the climate goes in and out of ice ages … and you
can learn what the rules are that go into the climate models that tell us about the future."
Scientists found that whenever temperatures rose in the frozen record, so did carbon dioxide level. " In
440,000 years we have never seen greenhouse gas get as thick as it is today," said Dr Wolff.
A. the lowest temperature there is
B. the depth of ice is 3,000 meters
C. the ice has existed for 15,000 years
D. snowfalls are kept in certain patterns
B. examining the growth rings of trees
C. comparing temperatures in different areas
D. studying the ice and air caught in each layer
B. greenhouse effect is always a bad thing
C. a new ice age will not come in the near future
D. greenhouse gas will get thick in the future
B. Warm period to last about 15,000 years.
C. Report on the eight ice ages in the past.
D. Hollywood movies and the global climate.
won"t be for long. Miami"s Mark Shantzis has made it simple for those living in tall buildings to use the chute
and recycle too.
In Shantzis" Hi-Rise Recycling System, a chute leads to a pie-shaped container with six boxes that can turn
around when operated. The system, which fits in the same space as the chute and container now in use,
enables glass, plastic, paper, metal, and other rubbish to go into separate boxes.
The system is controlled from a board next to the chute door. The board has a button for each class of
recycling materials (as well as for unrecyclables). At the press of a button, a microcomputer locks all other
floors" chute door and sets the recycling container turning until the right box comes under the chute. The
computer also counts the loads and gives a signal by phone when the box is full. And a particular piece of
equipment breaks up the nonrecyclables
Sorting (分类) recyclables before they are collected saves the use of expensive materials recovery
equipment which otherwise has to do the sorting. Such equipment often makes recycled materials very
expensive, so expensive that tons of recyclables remain wasted. Shantzis believes his system could help
recycled materials become more cost-effective.
B. to introduce a recycling system for high rises
C. to describe the use of computer technology in recycling
D. to explain the need for rubbish collection in high rises
B. rubbish chutes will become out of date before long
C. you won"t wait long for your turn to recycle rubbish
D. it won"t be long before you"ll have to recycle your rubbish
B. check if the container is full
C. press the correct button
D. break up the rubbish
B. it saves time and space
C. it saves money for people living in high rises
D. it makes better use of the existing recovery equipment
sometimes means control, particularly in the 2 areas like the desert. The control is possible even without
possession of large areas of 3 land. In the early days of the American West, gun fights were not 4 for
the water resources (资源). And laws had to be 5 to protect the water rights of the 6 and the use of
the water resources accordingly.
7 is known to us all, there is not 8 water in all places for everyone to use as much as he likes.
Deciding on the 9 of water that will be used in any particular period 10 careful planning, so that people
can manage and use water more 11 . Farmers have to change their use of or demand for water 12 the
water supply forecast (预报).
The 13 water supply forecast is based more on the water from the 14 than from the below. Interest
is 15 in the ways to increase rainfall by man-made methods, and to get water from the winter snow on
mountain 16 . With special equipment, some scientists are studying the ways in which the mountain snow
can be 17 , and with the help of a repeater station, they send the 18 data (数据) to the base station. The
operator at the base station can get the data at any time by 19 a button. In the near future, the forecast and
use of water 20 probably depend on the advance knowledge of snow on mountains, not of water
underground.
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| 1. The main purpose of this passage is ______. | |||
| A. to offer young people a fun-filled holiday B. to attract young people to attend a conservation camp C. to persuade people into exploring the countryside D. to raise funds for the International Conservation Scouts | |||
| 2. According to the passage, you can ______ at the conservation camps. | |||
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| 3. Judging from the writing style of the passage, it is ______. | |||
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