2016考研英语阅读暑期训练：理学类(6)
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2016考研英语阅读暑期训练：理学类(6)
If you wanted to question whether global warming is indeed upon us， last
week was not the time to do it. Two weeks before the official beginning of
summer， a heat wave baked the eastern third of the U.S. and Canada， driving
temperatures high into the 90s and even 100s. At the same time， a flurry of
scientific papers was released that seemed to explain all the late-spring
suffering. In one study， French researchers reported that heat-trapping
greenhouse gases are at their highest levels in 420，000 years. In another， U.S.
scientists found that 57 species of butterfly may be altering their migratory
patterns in response to changing heat patterns.
In light of all this， a sweltering public must have been convinced at last
that it's time to do something to cool off the overheated planet， right? Wrong.
Even as the temperature was climbing， a new survey by the American Geophysical
Union found that Americans are less concerned than ever about combatting global
warming. “The more we talk about warming，” says the study's director， John
Immerwahr， “the public's concern goes down.”
Such an environmental disconnect may not be much of a mystery.
Environmentalists complain that over the past two years industry groups have
launched a coordinated advertising campaign to torpedo the 1997 Kyoto treaty，
which requires industrial nations to reduce greenhouse emissions. More than $13
million has been spent on ads to block ratification of the treaty by the U.S.
Senate. “The purpose of the ads was to convince most Americans that there isn't
a problem or that it's too expensive to fix，” says National Environmental Trust
spokesman Peter Kelly.
Environmentalists also criticize President Clinton for what they believe is
his failure to press the issue. Only last week， Clinton moved for Kyoto treaty
changes that environmental groups see as industry-pleasing loopholes. Says
Daniel Weiss， the Sierra Club's political director： “Timid leaders communicate
hopelessness.” And hopelessness breeds indifference. If such popular so-whating
persists， Immerwahr warns， the public may begin grasping at phony solutions to
global warming. At the end of last week， some people took comfort from the
report of a vast haze of pollutants that collects over the Indian Ocean in the
winter， but that researchers only recently studied. Filthy as the cloud is， it
does deflect solar radiation， and that could lead to cooling. But scientists
warn that we cannot simply pollute our way out of global warming. The soot drops
from the hazy atmosphere in weeks， whereas greenhouse gases remain for
centuries.
The way out of this gridlock， environmentalists say， is to show it's
possible to reduce greenhouse gases without sinking the economy. Solutions
include cleaner cars and better wind- and solar-power technologies. Says Greg
Wetstone， program director for the Natural Resources Defense Council： “When
these kinds of options become available， people will feel less hopeless.” Of
course， it's also possible that only when people feel less hopeless will they
press their leaders to make the solutions available.
注(1)：本文选自Time;06/21/99， p62， 3/4p， 2c.
注(2)：本文习题命题模仿对象1998年text2和1997年text3第4题
1. According to the author， global warming is
___________.
causing a lot of trouble
not as serious as it seems
felt only in America and Canada
what accounts for the high level of greenhouse gases
2. Speaking of global warming， American public is
______________.
concerned
indifferent
worried
frightened
3. The public‘s reaction to global warming is mainly a result of
_____________.
their disbelief of the existence of such problem
the advertising campaign of industrial groups
the high cost of fixing the problem
American Senate‘s disapproval of Kyoto treaty
4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the
passage?
Environmentalists urge President Clinton administration to press the
issue.
Kyoto treaty aims at curbing the global warming problem.
American government is partly responsible for the public‘s attitude
toward global warming.
Industrial groups do not care about global warming.
5. It can be inferred from the passage that
_____________.
environmentalists support the idea of solving global warming through
pollution
the poor leadership of American President has produced a very bad
influence
American economy will suffer if global warming is curbed
people have no confidence in solving problem of global warming
答案：A B B A B
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