考研英语阅读例题：How to live with climate change 如何与气候变化共处.doc

微信扫描二维码关注启航考研（qh_kaoyan）How to live with climate change 如何与气候变化共处 2010.11.25 The Economist Even if the currently moderate pace of emissions reduction steps up, the likelihood is that the Earth will be at least 3C warmer at the end of this century than it was at the start of the industrial revolution; less warming is possible, but so is more, and quicker. The best protection against global warming is global prosperity. Wealthier, healthier people are better able to deal with higher food prices, or invest in new farming techniques, or move to another city or country, than poor ones are. Richer economies rely less on agriculture, which is vulnerable to climatic change, and more on industry and services, which by and large are not. Richer people tend to work in air-conditioned buildings. Poor ones tend not to. Beyond encouraging climate-friendly development, governments need to take some focused measures in three areas: infrastructure, migration and food. The Dutch, who have centuries of experience of protecting themselves against high water, are already working out how to adapt and build infrastructure to minimise the risks of flooding as sea levels rise and the rain-fed Rhine grows friskier. Elsewhere, politicians need to assess the vulnerability of their cities to changes in peak temperatures, in rainfall, in severe-storm frequency and in sea level, and act accordingly.As life gets harder in vulnerable places, people will need to migrate both between and within countries. Rich people can help make life easier for poor ones by allowing larger numbers across their borders. Within rich countries, governments should stop subsidising insurance in vulnerable areassuch as the Florida coastlineand thus stimulating development there. People need to be encouraged to migrate away from vulnerable areas, not into them.Food security will become a crucial issue. Drought-resistant seeds are needed; and, given that the farmers least able to pay will require the hardiest varieties, seed companies efforts should be supplemented by state-funded research. Since genetic modification would help with this, it would be handy if people abandoned their prejudice against it.Even with better crops, better soil conservation, better planting patterns and better weather forecasts, all of which are needed, there will still be regional calamities. To ensure that food is always available, the global food market will have to be deeper and more resilient than it is now. That means abandoning the protectionism that bedevils agriculture today.None of this will make climate change all right. It remains the craziest experiment mankind has ever conducted. Maybe in the long run it will be brought under control. For the foreseeable future, though, the mercury will continue to rise, and the human race must live with the problem as best it can.1 The author implies in the first paragraph that . A the global climate is changeableB the trend of global warming can not be stoppedC there is still hope to control the global climate changeD it is urgent to deal with the global climate change2 According to the author, the most important factor in preventing global warming is .A the climate-friendly developmentB the booming global economyC the quickening pace of emissionsD the narrowing wealth gap3 With the example of Dutch, the author wants to prove .A the importance of infrastructure B the effect of governments focused measuresC the achievement of Dutch in preventing global warmingD the harsh natural conditions in Dutch4 In paragraph five, the author suggests people to . A consume safe food onlyB embrace genetically modified foodC abandon their prejudice against drought-resistant seedsD show support to seed companies efforts 5 The proverb “it” (para 7, line 2) refers to .A the craziest experimentB climate changeC the measures adopted by a governmentD quickening global warming考研词汇likelihood laklihd n.可能性真题例句 Basic economics suggests the greater the potential consumers, the higher the likelihood of a better price.2005年新题型例句精译 基本经济学原理也表明，如果潜在的顾客群越大，药价降低的可能性越大。vulnerablevlnrbl a.易受攻击的，易受.的攻击真题例句 Encouraging kids to reject the life of the mind leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and control.2004年阅读4例句精译 鼓励孩子们放弃精神上的追求，会使他们极易被利用和控制。migrationmaren n.移民，移动真题例句 (75) Additional social stresses may also occur because of the population explosion or problems arising from mass migration movements - themselves made relatively easy nowadays by modern means of transport.2000年翻译例句精译 (75)由于人口的猛增或人口大量流动（现代交通工具使这种流动相对容易）造成的种种问题也会对社会造成新的压力。infrastructurenfrstrkt n.基础设施真题例句 The more foreign capital you have helping you build your Third Wave infrastructure, which today is an electronic infrastructure, the better off youre going to be.2001年阅读2例句精译 你拥有的去建造第三次浪潮基础设施（今天主要指电子基础设施）的外国资金越多，那么你的情况就越好。borderbrdn.边界，国界；边（沿）；v.交界，与接壤；接近真题例句 An invisible border (n.) divides those arguing for computers in the classroom on the behalf of students career prospects and those arguing for computers in the classroom for broader reasons of radical educational reform.1999年阅读3例句精译 对于计算机课堂教学，人们在观点上存在着一条无形的界限：一种是以学生的就业前景为理由，另一种是以激进的教育改革为理由。insurancenrns n.保险，保险费，保险业真题例句 Quebecs Drug Insurance Fund has seen its costs skyrocket with annual increases from 14.3 percent to 26.8 per cent!2005年新题型例句精译 魁北克省药品保险基金发现药品价格一年的暴涨幅度从14.3%达到26.8%。supplementsplmnt n.补充；增刊；附录；v.增刊，补充真题例句 He must use this surplus in three ways: as seed for sowing, as an insurance (43：against) the unpredictable effects of bad weather and as a commodity which he must sell in order to (44：replace) old agricultural implements and obtain chemical fertilizers to (45：feed) the soil.2000年完形(44) A replaceB purchaseC supplementD dispose例句精译 他可将盈余用于以下三个方面：作为耕播的种子；应付难以预料的坏天气的后备；将之作为商品出售，以更新旧农具并购得肥田用的化肥。(44) A 替换，取代B 买，购买C 补充D 处理，处置conservationknsven n.保存，保护，保守；守恒，不灭真题例句 Energy conservation (), a shift to other fuels and a decline in the importance of heavy, energy-intensive industries have reduced oil consumption.2002年阅读3例句精译 能源储备、燃料替代以及能源密集型重工业的重要性的降低，都减少了石油消耗量。背景常识介绍联合国气候变化框架公约（UNFCCC）第一款中，将“气候变化”定义为：“经过相当一段时间的观察，在自然气候变化之外由人类活动直接或间接地改变全球大气组成所导致的气候改变。”UNFCCC因此将因人类活动而改变大气组成的“气候变化”与归因于自然原因的“气候变率”区分开来。 气候变化（climate change）主要表现为三方面：全球气候变暖（Global Warming）、酸雨（Acid Deposition）、臭氧层破坏（Ozone Depletion），其中全球气候变暖是人类目前最迫切的问题，关乎到人类的未来！参考译文即使加快目前缓慢的减排步伐，地球的温度到本世纪末可能比工业革命之初至少高3C；可能不会变那么暖，但也可能变得更暖，而且速度更快。免受全球变暖影响的最佳保护措施是全球繁荣。与穷人相比，富裕些、健康些的人能够更好地应对粮价上涨，投资农业新技术或移居到另