Question

 Latin America and other poor regions of the world will bear the impact(影响) of climate change, a top official from the organization that shared this year's Nobel Peace Prize said.

  The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) ，a UN network of scientists，was awarded the prize along with former US Vice President AI Gore for their work warning the pub?lic of the peril of global warming.

  "The results of the IPCC show very clearly the impact of climate change will be much seve?rer for the poorest groups and Latin America is included in that”，said IPCC vice chairman Mo?han Munasinghe of Sri Lanka.

  He said water management issues were likely to be the most pressing problem caused by global warming in Latin America. Dry areas will become much drier and other areas will face increased floods and associated waterbome diseases like malaria and dengue fever.

  He said in spite of the problems faced by Latin America, the region is very practical in dealing with the issue.

  "My sense is that Latin American countries have been much more responsive(反应积极的) to the issue of climate change because they feel much more vulnerable(脆弱的) ，"Munasinghe said. "For North America, particularly the United States, the reaction is more defensive."

  Brazilian Environment Minister Marina Silva said, "Global warming is a burden(负担)shared by both developing and developed nations. If we are to reduce our "greenhouse" gas e-mission by 100 percent, without richer nations reducing theirs by at least 80 percent, we will still be affected.”

(   ) 5. Why were IPCC and AI Gore awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize?

   A.They were working together to fight global warming.

   B.They stopped the global warming becoming severer.

   C.They warned the public of the impact of climate change on poor regions.

   D.He predicted the influences of developed nations on climate change.

(   ) 6. The underlined word "peril" in the second paragraph probably means .

   A. danger   B. force   C. possibility   D. range 

(   ) 7. We can learn from the last but one paragraph that Mohan Munasinghe seems to       .

   A.be blaming the USA for its reaction to global warming

   B.seek more countries to help them fight global warming

   C.be optimistic about reducing the impact of global warming

   D.look for the real reasons why global warming is so severe 

(   ) 8. Marina Silva believes that       

   A.developing nations should learn from developed nations to fight global warming

   B.developed nations have a bigger role to play in solving the problem of global warming

   C.developed nations have made more contribution to reducing the impact of global warming

   D.developing nations are able to do little in solving the problem of global warming

Answer 1

5—8 CAAB

B.含科技小组认为，拉丁美洲和世界上其他贫困地区受全球气候变暖的影响更大。

5.C概括前三段可知，IPCC和Al Gore警告了公众全球变暖的危险，而且拉丁美洲和世界上其他贫困地区受到全球气候变暖的影响更严重,故他们被授予诺贝尔和平奖的原因是他们警告了公众全球气候变暖对贫困地区的影响。

6.A根据关键词warning及下文的the impact of climate change will be much severer及wa?ter management issues were likely to be me most pressing problem caused by global war?ming可知,科学家警告公众全球气候变暖的危险。

7.A根据Mohan Munasinghe所说的话判断，

他认为拉丁美洲的国家对气候变化的反应很积极,但是北美，尤其是美国对此问题却是戒备的，由此可知，他批评了美国对该问题的反应。

8.B Marina Silva认为即使发展中国家完全不排放温室气体也无济于事，关键取决于发达国家在温室气体排放方面的努力。