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Passage Four Despite the numerous warnings about extreme weather, rising sea levels and mass extinctions, one message seems to have got lost in the debate about the impact of climate change. A warmer world won’t just be inconvenient. Huge swathes (片) of it, including most of Europe, the US and Australia as well as all of Africa and China will actually be uninhabitable--- too hot, dry or stormy to sustain a human population. This is no mirage. It could materialize if the world warms by an average of just 4°C, which some models predict could happen as soon as 2050. This is the world our children and grandchildren are going to have to live in. So what are we going to do about it One option is to start planning to move the at-risk human population to parts of the world where it will still be cool and wet. It might seem like a drastic move, but this thought experiment is not about scaremongering (危言耸听). Every scenario is extrapolated from predictions of the latest climate models, and some say that 4°C may actually turn out to be a conservative estimate. Clearly this glacier-free, desertified world---with its human population packed into high-rise cities closer to the poles---would be a last resort. Aside from anything else, it is far from being the most practical option: any attempt at mass migration is likely to fuel wars, political power struggles and infighting. So what are the alternatives The most obvious answer is to radically reduce carbon dioxide levels now, by fast-tracking green technologies and urgently implementing energy-efficient measures. But the changes aren’t coming nearly quickly enough and global emissions are still rising. As a result, many scientists are now turning to “Earth’s plan B”. Plan B involves sure we have large scale geoengineering technologies ready and waiting to either CO2 out of the atmosphere or deflect the sun’s heat. Most climate scientists were once firmly against fiddling with the Earth’s thermostat, fearing that it may make a bad situation even worse, or provide politicians with an excuse to sit on their hands and do nothing. Now they reluctantly acknowledge the sad truth that we haven’t managed to reorder the world fast enough to reduce CO2 emissions and that perhaps, given enough funding research and political muscle, we can indeed design, test and regulate geoengineering projects in time to avert the more horrifying consequences of climate change. Whatever we do, now is the time to act. The alternative is to plan for a hothouse world that none of us would recognize as home. Earth’s plan B is ambitious enough ___________.

A.
to stop climate scientists a bad situation even worse
B.
to remove the sources of CO2 emissions altogether
C.
to regulate geoengineering projects for efficiency
D.
to manage the Earth’s thermostat
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【单选题】Passage Four Despite the numerous warnings about extreme weather, rising sea levels and mass extinctions, one message seems to have got lost in the debate about the impact of climate change. A warmer ...

A.
to stop climate scientists making a bad situation even worse
B.
to remove the sources of CO2 emissions altogether
C.
to regulate geoengineering projects for efficiency
D.
to manage the Earth’s thermostat

【单选题】Passage Four Despite the numerous warnings about extreme weather, rising sea levels and mass extinctions, one message seems to have got lost in the debate about the impact of climate change. A warmer ...

A.
to reduce massively CO2 emissions
B.
to take protective measures by 2025
C.
to prepare a blueprint for mass migrations
D.
to launch habitual constructions closer to the poles

【单选题】[e]、[f]处恰当的措辞是() A.百思不解,入情入理  B.言过其实,入木三分  C.危言耸听,耐人寻味  D.耸人听闻,发人深省

A.
据说在英国人那里也出现了英语[a]的问题,或者说,英语圈内也发生了非规范化对规范化的冲击。真是“吾道不孤”——人们多以为现代汉语非规范化现象太使人生气,原来“天下乌鸦一般黑”,这的恶魔到处在横行霸道。
B.
这是英国伦敦一个被称作“保守的思想库”——政策研究中心提出的“警世恒言”!它说,如今的语文教师已不太看重语法对不对,不太强调要说标准语了。那份研究报告[c]说,在许多名牌大学的应考生中只有少数能够拼写正确,标点无误,文句符合语法。这个研究机关把这些现象(在我们这里就是写错别字、乱加标点和语句不通)称之为“语言技能的流失”——这“将[d]到一个民族的未来”。
C.
乍看似有点[e],细想则很是[f]。破碎的语言不能形成完整的思想,所以世人认为[g]地使用语言体现了一个民族的文明程度。同一报告补充说,当然这并不意味着[h]一千年前的语言就能表达当今错综复杂的社会生活。这段补充的好,规范化、标准化不是着某一时期的语言为界,语言的变异是不断发生的,但变异也得走向规范。

【单选题】Passage Four Despite the numerous warnings about extreme weather, rising sea levels and mass extinctions, one message seems to have got lost in the debate about the impact of climate change. A warmer ...

A.
the likelihood of climate change making life inconvenient
B.
the warning against worsening climate change
C.
the inevitable consequence of global warming
D.
the misconception of a warmer world