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【題目】 Which topic drew the most attention from people around the world in 2019? It was climate change, according to three well-known English dictionaries.

The Oxford, Collins and Cambridge dictionaries chose “climate emergency (氣候緊急狀態(tài))", “climate strike (罷工)” and “upcycling”, respectively (分別地), as their Word of the Year". This tells us that climate change was a widely-discussed issue in 2019.

“Climate emergency” means a situation in which urgent (緊急的) action is needed to reduce climate change. “Climate strike” refers to people leaving work or school to call for more action to protect the environment. “Upcycling” refers to making new items out of old or used items to reduce waste.

Climate change has already affected the world in many ways. Take Venice, for example. Due to climate change, Venice experienced the worst flooding it has seen in the last 50 years in 2019. Many stores, restaurants and hotels were flooded. This caused serious damage totaling hundreds of millions of euros (歐元).

Although we've known about global warming for a long time, our large companies and governments have been slow to respond to it. The year 2019 might have been the turning point that will finally encourage our leaders to take responsibility.

“Decades ago, when the science on the climate issue was first increasing, the impacts (影響) could be seen as an issue for future generations,” Katharine Mach, a Stanford University climate scientist, told The New York Times. “ It's definitely our issue now.”

However, simply realizing that climate change is a threat (威脅) is not enough. We must take real action before it is too late.

【1】According to the three well-known English dictionaries, people paid the most attention to_______ in 2019 .

A.Word of the YearB.climate changeC.the environmentD.global warming

【2】________directly requests people to reduce waste.

A.Climate emergencyB.Climate strikeC.UpcyclingD.Climate change

【3】The flooding in Venice in Paragraph 4 tells us________.

A.how climate change has affected the world

B.Venice is a dangerous place to live in

C.Venice suffered serious damage in 2019

D.climate changed a lot in the world in 2019

【4】What the climate scientist Mach said means________.

A.future generations will suffer the climate issue

B.climate change has increased for many years

C.many scientists are working on the climate issue

D.we must take actions to deal with climate change right now

【5】From the passage, we can infer that________.

A.the leaders will take responsibility to protect the environment

B.people will use the three well-known English dictionaries

C.the climate issue will be more and more serious in the future

D.people will leave work or school to protect the environment.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】A

【解析】

本篇從氣候緊急狀態(tài)、氣候罷工、升級(jí)再造三個(gè)熱詞說(shuō)明氣候變化在2019年是一個(gè)被廣泛討論的問(wèn)題，文章以威尼斯為例，說(shuō)明氣候變化已經(jīng)在許多方面影響了世界。呼吁我們的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人負(fù)起責(zé)任，承擔(dān)起保護(hù)環(huán)境的責(zé)任，

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“This tells us that climate change was a widely-discussed issue in 2019.”可知?dú)夂蜃兓��?/span>2019年是一個(gè)被廣泛討論的問(wèn)題，環(huán)境問(wèn)題是人們?cè)?/span>2019年最關(guān)心的問(wèn)題故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段“Upcycling” refers to making new items out of old or used items to reduce waste可知“升級(jí)”是指用舊的或用過(guò)的物品制造新的物品以減少?gòu)U物，故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段“Climate change has already affected the world in many ways. Take Venice, for example”可知以威尼斯為例，說(shuō)明氣候變化已經(jīng)在許多方面影響了世界，故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第六段最后一句“It’s definitely our issue now.”可以得知十幾年前關(guān)于氣候問(wèn)題的科學(xué)研究剛起步時(shí)，氣候變化的影響可以被視為關(guān)乎子孫后代的問(wèn)題，而現(xiàn)在絕對(duì)是我們要面對(duì)解決的問(wèn)題了，故選D。

【5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第五段“Although we've known about global warming for a long time, our large companies and governments have been slow to respond to it. The year 2019 might have been the turning point that will finally encourage our leaders to take responsibility”可知雖然地球變暖大家都知道，但大公司和政府對(duì)此反應(yīng)遲鈍，2019年將是鼓勵(lì)我們的領(lǐng)導(dǎo)人負(fù)起責(zé)任的轉(zhuǎn)折點(diǎn)，由此推斷領(lǐng)導(dǎo)們要承擔(dān)起保護(hù)環(huán)境的責(zé)任，故選A。