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Stronger typhoons, more flooding in low lying areas, deepening drought—all possible, if not likely, according to a report from British climatologists. They say 2007 has a 60 percent probability of being the hottest year on record,　citing（以…为例）high levels of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, and El Nion, now underway in the Pacific and expected to last until May.

       Temperature studies for 2006 are not yet complete. But the new study, noting that the world’s ten warmest years since 1850 have occurred in the past decade, says 2006 is set to be the sixth warmest year globally, and 2007 is likely to set a new all time high.

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       Even as dangerous winter storms blanket parts of the Western United States, much of the rest of the nation is unusually warm. For the first time in 130 years, New York City has had no snow. In Washington D. C, the spring cherry flowers are already prepared to bloom（开花） and botanists note southern species of flowers are being found further north.

       Meteorolgist Bernie Rayno says,“We expected much of the country to be warmer than normal during the month of December. However, we also expect that scene to be turning around during the month of January.”A benefit for many in the United States: crude oil（原油）prices are at their lowest levels since the middle of 2005.

       Ira Epstein is a trader at the New York Mercantile Exchange.“Mild weather in the Northeast…we’re having ample supplies in this country domestically（本国）and we came off kind of a dull year in 2006.”

       Whether lower oil prices will hold is unclear, but for many on America’s East Coast this is a winter, at least so far, unlike any they have seen before.

1．Which of the following can be a suitable title for the passage?

       A．Warns on warmer climate.

       B．The bad effects caused by global warmness.

       C．Higher temperature, lower oil price.

       D．Changeable weather, changeable oil price.

2．According to the second paragraph,        .

       A．2007 will be the fifth warmest year in history

       B．several of the ten warmest years occurred over twenty years ago

       C．2006 is a warmest year only second to 2007 till now

       D．2007 will probably become the warmest year since 1850

3．The writer mainly wants to show us a fact that       in paragraph 3.

      A．the winter is getting warmer than before in the United States

       B．snow is seldom seen in the Western United States

       C．New York City usually has snow in winter season

       D．another spring has come to Washington D.C.

4．What Bernie Rayno says means that       .

       A．they don’t like the warmer December at all

       B．they expect for a much warmer January besides December

       C．they expect for a colder January

       D．the scene in the area will look quite different in January 

5．According to Ira Epstein       .

       A．the oil prices in 2007 will remain lower for the whole year

       B．the United States won’t use oil from other countries any longer

       C．they didn’t have a good business in 2006

       D．more oil fields have been found because of the mild weather

Answer 1

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