They also agree that it is the burning of more and more fossil fuels that has resulted ____ this increase in carbon dioxide.

They also agree that it is the burning of more and more fossil fuels that has resulted ____ this increase in carbon dioxide.

A．from             B．of               C．in               D．to

They also agree that it is the burning of more and more fossil fuels that has resulted ____ this increase in carbon dioxide.

1. A.
   from
2. B.
   of
3. C.
   in
4. D.
   to

     Another of President Bush’s critics on climate change and his former rival for the White House, Al Gore, is in London on Friday to launch an environmental project with the head of the Virgin Business Company, Richard Branson. They’re announcing a multi-million dollar international prize to encourage development and research into new forms of low carbon technology. The prize will be available to anyone who can apply a successful method of removing large amounts of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

     Almost all scientists agree that we are experiencing global warming due to increased amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Carbon dioxide is released when fuel is burned. Oil, coal and wood are all fuels that release the gas. When biological wasted breaks down, it also releases carbon dioxide.

     Environmental campaigners and climate change scientists tell us we’re pumping an unbearable amount of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. One way to reduce that will be to use less fossil fuel(矿物燃料), the burning of which is a key resource to our way of life, but sharp reduction of oil and coal use is unpopular with governments and people alike.

So technologies are being developed, like carbon capture and storage that aim to take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, compress(压缩) it and pump it into the ground. But that’s still in its early stages, so the purpose of this prize is to encourage research into new ways of decarbonizing the atmosphere. A scientific panel, chaired by Al Gore, will judge any entries. Environmental campaigners are hoping such a significant prize will attract large amounts of publicity and brainpower.

56. Which of the following sentences is correct according to the text?

       A. Al Gore doesn’t agree with President Bush’s Policy on climate.

       B. Only a group or an organization will receive the prize.

       C. The prize will be given to anyone who can do research into low carbon technology

       D. Al Gore would like to help President Bush to solve the problem.

57. Carbon dioxide will be produced when          .

       A. we are experiencing global warming.

       B. fossil fuel is burned

       C. biological waste is thrown away.

       D. gas is released

58. People would like to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, but they don’t like the method of             .

       A. compressing it and pumping it into the ground

       B. burning the fossil fuel

       C. pumping it into the atmosphere.

       D. reducing too much fossil fuel

59. What is the main idea of the passage?

       A. We should pay more attention to the solution to an environmental problem

       B. An project is launched to award those who can find ways to solve an environmental problem.

       C. Al Gore is going to present a prize to the person who can solve an environmental problem.

       D. A lot of people will apply methods to solve an environmental problem.

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1. _______________________ the earth is becoming warmer (see Graph 1) and that it is human activity that has caused this global warming rather than a random but natural phenomenon.

2. It will           those who love Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings.

3. When I was young, I didn’t know much about the harmful          of smoking.

4. They also agree that it is the burning of more and more fossil fuels that has __________ this increase in carbon dioxide.

5.I was           as a volcanologist working for the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO) twenty years ago.