問題詳情：
Old Problem, New Approaches
While clean energy is increasingly used in our daily life, global warning will continue for some decades after CO2 emissions(排放) peak. So even if emission were to begin decrease today, we would still face the challenge of adapting to climate. Here I will stress some smarter and more creative examples of climate adaptation.
When it comes to adaptation, it is important to understand that climate change is a process. We are therefore not talking about adapting to a new standard, but to a constantly shifting set of conditions. This is why in part at least, the US National Climate Assessment says that: “there is no ‘one-size fit all’ adaptation.” Nevertheless, there are some actions that offer much and carry little risk or cost.
Around the world people are adapting in surprising ways, especially in some poor countries, Floods have some more damaging in Bangladesh in recent decades. Mohammed Rezwan saw opportunity where others saw only disaster. His not-for-profit organization runs 100 river boats that server as floating libraries, schools, and health clinics, and are equipment with solar panels and other communication facilities. Rezwan is creating floating connectivity (連體) to replace flooded roads and highways. But he is also working at a far more fundamental level: his staff people how to make floating gardens fish ponds prevent starvation during the wet season.
Around the world, people are adapting in surprising ways, especially in some poor countries, Fllods have become more damaging in Bangladesh in recent decades. Mobammed Rezwan saw opportunity where others saw only disaster. His not-for-profit organization runs 100 river boats that serve as floating libraries, schoods, and health clinics, and are equipped with solar panels and other communicating facilities. Rezwan is creating floating conmetivity(連接) to replace flooded roads and highways. But he is also working at a far more fundamental level: his staff show people how to make floating gardens and fish ponds to prevent starvation during the wet season.
Elsewhere in Asia even more astonishing actions are being taken. Chewang. Nophel lives in a mountainous region in India, where he is known as the Ice Man. The loss of glaciers(*川)there due to global warming represents an enormous threat to agriculture. Without the glaciers, water will arrive in the rivers at times when it can damage crops. Norphel’s inspiration come from seeing the waste of water over winter, when it was not needed. He directed the wasted water into shallow basins where it froze, and was stored until the spring. His fields of ice supply perfectly timed irrigation(灌溉) water. Having created nine such ice reserves. Nophel calculates that he has stored about 200, 000m3 of water. Climate change is a continuing process, so Norhel’s ice reserves will not last forever. Warming will overtake them. But he is providing a few years during which the farmers will, perhaps, be able to find other means of adapting.
Increasing Earth’s reflectiveness can cool the planet. In southern Spain the sudden increase of greenhouses (which reflect light back to space) has changed the warming trend locally, and actually cooled the region. While Spain as a whole is heating up quickly, temperatures near the greenhouses have decreased. This example should act as an inspiration for all cities. By painting buildings white, cities may slow down the warming process.
In Peni, local farmers around a mountain with a glacier that has already fallen victim to climate change have begun painting the entire mountain peak white in the hope that the added reflectiveness will restore the life-giving ice. The outcome is still far from clear, But the World Bank has included the project on its of ‘100 ideas to save the planet”.
More ordinary forms of adaptation are happening everywhere. A friend of mine owns an area of land in western Victoria. Over five generations the land has been too wet for cropping. But during the past decade declining rainfall has allows him to plant highly profitable crops. Farmers in many countries are also adapting like this—either by growing new produce, or by growing the same things differently. This is common sense, But some suggestions for adapting are not. When the polluting industries argue that we’ve lost the battle to control carbon pollution and have no choice but to adapt, it’s a nonsense designed to make the case for business as usual.
Human beings will continue to adapt to the changing climate in both ordinary and astonishing ways. But the most sensible form of adaptation is surely to adapt our energy systems to emit less carbon pollution. After all, if we adapt in the way, we may avoid the need to change in so many others.
underlined part in Paragraph 2 implies .
A. adaptation is an ever-changing process B. the cost of adaptation varies with time
C. global warming affects adaptation forms D. adaptation to climate change is challenging
is special with regard to Rezwan’s project?
A. The project receives government support. B. Different organizations work with each other.
C. His organization makes the best of a bad situation. D. The project connects flooded roads and highways.
did the Ice Man do to reduce the effect of global warming?
A. Storing ice for future use. B. Protecting the glaciers from melting.
C. Changing the irrigation time. D. Postponing the melting of the glaciers.
do we learn from the Peru example?
A. White paint is usually safe for buildings. B. The global warming tread cannot be stopped.
C. This country is heating up too quickly. D. Sunlight reflection may relieve global warming.
rding to the author, polluting industries should .
A. adapt to carbon pollution B. plant highly profitable crops
C. leave carbon emission alone D. fight against carbon pollution
’s the author’s preferred solution to global warming?
A. setting up a new standard. B. Reducing carbon emission.
C. Adapting to climate change. D. Monitoring polluting industries.
【回答】
【*】65. A 66. C 67. A 68.D 69.D 70. B
66. C 細節理解題。根據第四段“Mohammed Rezwan saw opportunity where others saw only disaster.”可知，Rezwan會從危機中看到機遇，會充分利用現有條件。
67. A 細節理解題。根據第五段“Norphel’s inspiration come from seeing the waste of water over winter, when it was not needed. He directed the wasted water into shallow basins where it froze, and was stored until the spring. ”可知，把*川融化後的水儲存起來以備不時之需，是減少氣候變暖危害的方法之一。
70. B推理判斷題。根據最後一段“But the most sensible form of adaptation is surely to adapt our energy systems to emit less carbon pollution.”可知，作者認為，最合理的方法仍然是減少二氧化碳的排放。
【名師點睛】
詞義猜測技巧
1、根據定義或上下文解釋進行猜測
有時短文中出現一個需要猜測其意義的詞或短語，下面接着出現其定義或解釋，這就是判斷該詞或短語意義的主要依據。例如：
Annealing is a way of making metal softer by heating it and then letting it cool very slowly.
句子給予annealing 以明確的定義，即“退火”。
根據同位關係進行猜測
閲讀中出現的難詞有時後面緊跟一個同位語，對前面的詞進行解釋，這時可利用同位關係對前面或後面的詞義或句意進行猜測。例如：
They traveled a long way, at last got to a castle, a large building in old times.
同位語部分a large building in old times 給出了castle 的確切詞義，即古時候的“城堡”。
We are on the night shift—from midnight to 8 a.m.— this week.
兩個破折號之間的短語很清楚地表明night shift 是“夜班”的意思。
The “Chunnel”, a tunnel(隧道) connecting England and France, is now complete.
此句中a tunnel connecting England and France是Chunnel的同位語。因此，The “Chunnel”就是英法之間的海底隧道。
3、根據構詞法(前綴、後綴、複合、派生等)進行猜測
在英語中，有很多詞可以在前面加前綴，在後面加後綴，從而構成一個詞，乍看起來，這個詞可能是新詞，但掌握了一定的構詞知識，就不難猜出它的詞義。例如：
“Our parties are aimed for children 2 to 10,” Anaclerio said, “and they’re very interactive and creative in that they built a sense of drama based on a subject.”
文中interactive是由前綴inter-(相互的)和active(活動的，活躍的)而構成的，同時根據上下文的意思可以判斷，該詞的含義應是“互動的”。
Perhaps, we can see some possibilities for next fifty years. But the next hundred?
possibility 是 possible 的同根名詞， 據此可以判斷定 possibility 意思是“可能*”。
4、根據因果關係進行猜測
在一篇閲讀文章中，根據原因可以預測結果，根據結果也可以找出原因。例如：
The lack of movement caused the muscles to weaken. Sometimes the weakness was permanent. So the player could never play the sport again.
從後面的結果“永遠不能再運動”中，可以推測 permanent 的意思為“永遠的，永久的”。
5、根據上下文的指代關係進行猜測
文章中的代詞it, that, he, him 或them可以指上文提到的人或物，其中it和that還可以指一件事。有時代詞指代的對象相隔較遠，要認真查找;也有時需要對前面提到的內容進行總結，才能得出代詞所指代的事。例如：
Like Schmid, the editors of several self-published art magazines also champion (捍衞) found photographs. One of them, called simply Found, was born one snowy night in Chicago, when Davy Rothbard returned to his car to find under his wiper(雨刷) an angry note intended for someone else: “Why’s your car HERE at HER place?”
them指的是前面出現的self-published art magazines。
6、根據同義關係進行猜測
當詞或短語之間有並列連詞and 或or時，其連接的兩項內容在含義上是接近的或遞進的，由此確定同等關係中的某個生詞所屬的義域，由此可推知其大致意思。
7、根據轉折或對比關係進行猜測
根據上下句的連接詞，如but, however, otherwise等就可以看到前後句在意義上的差別，從而依據某一句的含義，來確定另一句的含義。另外，分號也可以表示轉折、對比或不相干的意義。例如：
A child’s birthday party doesn’t have to be a hassle; it can be a basket of fun.
從前後兩句的意思可以看出，hassle和a basket of fun肯定是近乎相反的意義。所以不難判斷hassle的意思是“困難，麻煩”。
考點：環保類短文閲讀
知識點：科普環保類閲讀
題型：閲讀理解
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