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Indonesia is known as the country of islands. It has 17,508. But in recent years, the popular tourist destination has lost some of its shine.

Due to rising sea levels caused by global warming, 24 Indonesian islands have gone under the sea. Scientists say 2,000 more will disappear before 2030. In the past three years, the southeast Asian nation also witnessed its islands destroyed by a tsunami(海啸) and typhoons.

“If no measures are taken to fight climate change, the beautiful islands will go forever.” scientists told environmental ministers from about 190 countries at a UN climate change meeting.

This week they are meeting in Bali, an Indonesian islands. They are trying to reach a deal to cut the world’s emissions(排放) of CO₂， which makes the earth warmer.

Indonesia is not alone. This year has been more extreme weather hit the world. Canada and US suffered heavy storms and typhoons, While Australians were caught in the heaviest drought in a century.

In China , the average temperature this year went up by 1.2℃ from last year, reaching the highest on record since 1951. From Jiangxi and Hunan in the south to Heilongjiang and Jilin in the northeast , one –third of farmland has suffered from a drought.

However, other parts of the country got too much rain. More than 700 people were killed in floods, landslides(泥石流) and storms. “These weather extreme are the more obvious effects of global warming,” said Song Lianchun, a climate expert.

Scientists say time is running out. To escape from the worst effects, global CO2 emissions need to be cut from the levels they were at in 2000 by 50 to 85 percent by 2050.

But in recent years climate change talks have been bogged down by arguments over who will pay the bill for cleaner technology. Developing countries are worried that the cut in emissions will slow their economic development.

“China will play a responsible and constructive role in the meeting,” said Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao. The nation is now the world’s second largest greenhouse gas emitter(排放者) .”However, developed nations should help developing nations deal with the global issue.”

67. Which of the following is in the correct order?

a. More and more islands are going under the sea

b. The sea levels are continuously rising.

c. The weather is getting warmer and warmer

d. Emission of CO2 is increasing.

A. a b c d B. b c d a C. c b a d D. d c b a

68. What does the phrase “extreme weather” mean in the story?

A. Temperatures are rising all over the world.

B. Bad weather like floods, drought, and landslides happen in some countries.

C. More and more farmland is eaten up by desert.

D. It pours down in some places, while it doesn’t rain at all in other places.

69. Climate change talks have become bogged down because countries cannot agree on ____________.

A. who should be responsible for causing climate change

B. who will pay for the cleaner technology needed to tackle(处理) climate change

C. whether developed nations should help developing nations in solving climate change

D. whether developing nations should cut emission of CO2

70. What is China’s attitude towards dealing with problems of climate change?

A. China will pay for the cleaner technology.

B. China will take an active part in dealing with climate change.

C. China think it is developed nations’ responsibility to deal with climate change.

D. China will depend on developed nations to help it to solve climate change.

【小题1】D

【小题2】B

【小题3】B

【小题4】B

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Rampino wasn’t always a volcanologist. He worked for NASA for seven years. He studied rocks until he began to research climate change and the effects that volcanoes have on climate. He became interested in the subject. “Once I started working with volcanoes,” Rampino said, “I was hooked.”

Rampino is a professor at New York University. As part of his job, he travels to areas where volcanoes have been active. “Active” means they have erupted within the past few centuries and probably will erupt again. Rampino studies the deposits (沉积物) of ash and other materials from the eruptions. The ash may hold clues to what happened to the Earth in the distant past. It may also help scientists predict what could happen to Earth’s climate in the future.

Rampino doesn’t work alone. He works with a team of scientists who use computers to stimulate (模拟) the effects volcanoes have on Earth’s atmosphere.

Being a volcanologist may be hard work, but it’s also fun. “It’s cool traveling the world studying volcanoes,” Rampino says. When he talks to students about his work, he tells them that his goal is “to understand the events that have shaped Earth’s history.”

1.To Rampino, being close to active volcanoes is _____.

A. adventurous but meaningful

B. scary but necessary

C. impossible and unnecessary

D. dangerous but urgent

2.The underlined word “hooked” in Paragraph 2 probably means “_____”.

A. trapped B. touched C. frightened D. attracted

3.Rampino’s study on volcanoes might help _____.

A. warn people to protect the environment

B. support the study of Earth’s future climate

C. tell the future eruption time of the volcanoes

D. reduce the possibility of the volcanoes’ eruptions

4.In which part of a newspaper could we find this text?

A. Climate. B. History. C. People. D. Business.

A child survivor of the Indian Ocean tsunami and a girl from the United States who offered help met for the first time after the disaster.

The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami destroyed Nada Luthfiyyah’s small town in Aceh. Her parents and two brothers were among the 160,000 people who died in the disaster. Maggie Hamilton’s classmates in the state of Michigan decided to make and sell bracelets (手镯) to raise money for the victims. Maggie, who was 9 years old at the time, wrote a letter to survivors to offer help. Nada was selected from her class to respond with a letter of thanks.

Three and a half years later, the two girls met for the first time. Their meeting was arranged by the Indonesian government, and was used as a symbol of the two countries’aid relationship. Their letters were quoted by diplomats (外交官)of both countries.

Maggie, visiting the town under reconstruction, said she did not expect that her letter would draw so much attention, but, she said, the experience helped to make her more active in volunteering work. "I’ve been volunteering at a nursing home in Ohio. I just want to help people whenever I can," Maggie said.

Juanda, the spokesman for Indonesia’s tsunami reconstruction agency, says the meeting of the two girls serves as a symbol of their informal relationship. It will represent the international community’s role in Aceh’s future. "I think what we can learn from this experience is that Nada from Aceh and Maggie from the U.S. are able to share their experiences, friendship, knowledge and support," Juanda says.

Maggie says she wants to learn Indonesian and hopes to have Nada visit her home in Michigan sometime, perhaps next year.

1. Nada and Maggie first made contact with each other through ______.

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C. arrangements by the government D. informal visits

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A. Maggie and Nada’s friendship is a symbol of the two countries’ friendship

B. 16,000 people lost their lives in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami

C. Maggie volunteered to work in the reconstruction after the tsunami

D. Maggie is now a volunteer working in Nada’s hometown

3. The text mainly tells us that ______.

A. Indonesian and American girls build friendship after a tsunami

B. the Indian Ocean tsunami influenced the USA