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【題目】After two weeks of talks in Paris, 195 countries reached a global agreement on Dec. 12, 2015 to deal with the climate change. It’s the first time in history that most of the world’s countries, rich or poor, promised to take action on the climate change.

The agreement sets the long-term goal of limiting the global temperature to less than 2℃ above the levels in the 1800s. If the warming gets above 2℃, there will be serious problems on the Earth like natural disasters.

The agreement also asks countries to make voluntary promises based on each country’s economy, politics and technology. For developed countries, they will do even more. They have a plan to offer over $100 billion to help poorer countries develop clean energy like water and wind power.

There are also some legally binding rules. Countries need to set national goals for cutting green-house gas（GHG）emissions every five years. And they will publicly report their progress every five years starting in 2023.

However, the Paris Agreement alone won’t solve global warming. The future also depends on how well each country will carry out their promises.

【1】What’s the long-term goal of the Paris Agreement?

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【2】Should the US undertake more responsibilities in solving the problem of global warming? Why?

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【3】What percent of GHG emissions did industry and buildings cause?

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【4】Which factor influences GHG emissions mostly?

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【5】How do you like the Paris Agreement? What will you do to protect the environment?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】It is to limit the global temperature to less than 2℃ above the levels in the 1800s.

【2】Yes， it/the US should (undertake more responsibilities). Because it is a developed country.

【3】26%. /Twenty-six percent.

【4】Electricity & Heat.

【5】I think the Paris Agreement is quite useful and necessary, which will help us to reduce GHG emissions. For me, I will go to school by bus rather than by car. Besides， I will try to avoid using plastic goods and to recycle waste paper to reduce rubbish

【解析】本文是一篇說明文。介紹了巴黎氣候變化大會的目標，及各國對于減少溫室氣體排放的實施辦法，并附圖說明造成溫室氣體的來源及其所占比例。

【1】It is to limit the global temperature to less than 2℃ above the levels in the 1800s.細節(jié)理解題。題干意為：巴黎氣候變化大會的長期目標是什么？根據(jù)文中第二段第一句“The agreement sets the long-term goal of limiting the global temperature…”可知答案。

【2】Yes，it/the US should (undertake more responsibilities). Because it is a developed country.推理判斷題。題干意為：美國應該在解決全球變暖問題上承擔更多的責任嗎？為什么？根據(jù)文中第三段前兩句The agreement also asks countries to make voluntary promises…they will do even more.可推知作為發(fā)達國家的美國應該承擔更多的責任。

【3】26%. /Twenty-six percent.圖標計算題。題干意為：由工業(yè)和建筑物造成的溫室氣體排放量所占的的比例是多少？根據(jù)圖表中數(shù)據(jù)可知，由建筑物排放的溫室氣體占10%，由工業(yè)排放的溫室氣體占16%，故由工業(yè)和建筑物造成的溫室氣體所占的比例為16%+10%=26%。

【4】Electricity & Heat.圖表理解題。題干意為：哪個因為對溫室氣體排放的影響最大？根據(jù)圖表可知，電力和熱力對溫室氣體排放量的影響最大，占25%，故可知答案。

【5】I think the Paris Agreement is quite useful and necessary, which will help us to reduce GHG emissions. For me, I will go to school by bus rather than by car. Besides， I will try to avoid using plastic goods and to recycle waste paper to reduce rubbish.開放性試題。題干意為：你怎么看待巴黎氣候大會？你可以為保護環(huán)境做些什么？本題為開放性試題，言之有理且無表達錯誤即可。