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B. in good time
C. at a time
D. in no time
Health and climate scientists have mapped how climate change affects different parts of the world in different ways. The scientists point to the fact that changes in the past thirty years may, have been affecting human health. Possible effects include more deaths from extreme(极度的) heat or cold, more storms and more crop failures in dry periods.
The health and climate scientists recently estimated(估计) that climate changes caused by human activity lead to more than one hundred and fifty thousand deaths each year. Cases of sickness are estimated at five million. And the W.H.O. says the numbers could rise quickly by the year of 2003.
Jonathan Patz of an environmental institute led the study. Professor Patz points out that climate scientists connected global warming with the heat that killed thousands in Europe in August, 2003. But he says poor countries least responsible(对……负责) for the warming are most in danger from the health effects of higher temperatures.
Professor Patz says areas in greatest danger include southern and eastern Africa and coastlines along the Pacific and Indian oceans. Also, large cities experience what scientists call a "heat island"effect that can make conditions worse.
Representatives(代表) from about two hundred countries hold a meeting in Canada, to discuss climate change. The ten-day meeting ends on December 9th. It is the first such United Nations meeting since the Kyoto Protocol(京都议定书) took effect earlier this year. The agreement aims to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide(二氧化碳) and other heat-trapping(吸热的) gases sent off into the air.
1.Who is Jonathan Patz?
A.A scientist responsible for the climate change. |
B.A scientist in charge of the study of the climate change. |
C.A professor interested in the climate change. |
D.A professor who is a representative from an African country. |
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Climate changes affect different parts of the world in the same way. |
B.The ten-day meeting is the first United Nations meeting on climate change. |
C.The Kyoto Protocol aims to make smaller the amount of heat-trapping gases into the air. |
D.Poor countries are responsible for the global warming. |
3.Possible effects from the climate changes include the following EXCEPT ______.
A.crop failures |
B.storms |
C.more deaths from overheat |
D.air pollution |
4.According to the health and climate scientists, climate changes have been caused by ______.
A.dry weather |
B.cold weather |
C.human activities |
D.storms |
5.We can infer from the passage that ______.
A.climate changes are having a bad effect on human’s health |
B.Professor Patz leads the study of climate changes |
C.a "heat island"effect large cities experience makes the matter worse |
D.rich countries are most responsible for climate changes |
请选用所给的单词填空,注意有一个是多余的。每个单词只能用一次。
A.dislike B.satisfy C.center D.familiar E.understanding F.role G.honoring H.frightened I.improved J.strict |
Art museums are places where people can learn about various cultures.The increasingly popular "design museums" that are opening today, however, perform quite a different 1 .Unlike most art museums, the design museum shows objects that are easily found by the general public.These museums sometimes even place things like fridges and washing machines in the _2 of the hall.
People have argued that design museums are often made use of as advertisements for new industrial technology.But their role is not simply a matter of sales—It is the 3 of excellently invented products.The difference between the window of a department store and the showcase in a design museum is that the first tries to sell you something, while the second tells you the success of a sale.
One advantage of design museums is that they are places where people feel 4 with the exhibits.Unlike the average art museum visitors, design museum visitors seldom feel 5 or puzzled.This is partly because design museums clearly show how and why mass-produced products work, and how design has 6 the quality of our lives.Art museum exhibits, on the other hand, would most probably fill visitors with a feeling that there is something beyond their __7__.
In recent years, several new design museums have opened their doors.Each of these museums has tried to 8 the public's growing interest in the field with new ideas.London's Design Museum, for example, shows a collection of mass-produced objects from Zippo lighters to electric typewriters to a group of Italian fish-tins.The choices open to design museums seem far less _9 than those to art museums.