Global Warming
Few people now question the reality of global warming and its effects on the world’s climate. Many scientists ___1___ the blame for1 recent natural disasters on the increase ___2___ the world"s temperatures and are convinced that, more than ___3___ before, the Earth is at ___4___ from the forces of the wind, rain and sun. ___5___ to them, global warming is making extreme weather events, ___6___ as hurricanes and droughts, even more ___7___ and causing sea levels all around the world to ___8___.
Environmental groups are putting ___9___ on governments to take action to reduce the ___10___ of carbon dioxide which is given ___11___ by factories and power plants, thus attacking the problem at its source. They are in ___12___ of more money2 being spent on research into solar, wind and wave energy devices, which could then replace existing power ___13___.
Some scientists, ___14___, believe that even if we stopped releasing carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere tomorrow, we would have to wait___15___ hundred years to notice the results. Global warming, it seems, is here to stay.
词汇:
climate /"klaimit/n.气候,风气
hurricane /"hʌrikən/ n.咫风,暴风
drought / draut/ n.干旱,早灾
carbon dioxide /"ka:bən"dai"ɔksaid/ n.二氧化碳
solar /"səulə/ a.太阳的n.太阳能
atmosphere/"ætməsfiə/ n.大气
注释:
1. put the blame for… :把……归咎于……
2. …in favour of more money being spent on…:……赞成把钱花在……
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A:strict B:severe C:strong D:heavy
Right is right. Right7 Of course. But is left wrong Well, the Romans used to think so. They thought left-handed people were mistakes of nature. Latin, the language of the Romans, had many words that expressed this view. Some words we use today still have this meaning. The Latin word "dexter" means "right". The English word "dexterous" comes from this word. It means "handy" (clever with hands). So, right is handy. But the Latin word for left is "sinister". The English word "sinister" comes from this word. Sinister means "evil" (very bad). Is it fair to call right-handed people handy and left-handed people evil Well, fair or not, many languages have words that express such beliefs. In old English, the word for left means "weak". That isn’t much of an improvement over "evil".
Not very long ago, children were often forced to write with their right hands. Doctors have since found that this can be very harmful. You should use the hand you were born to use.
People who use their left hands are just starting to get better treatment. But why they get all these bad names in the first place One reason may be that there are not as many left-handed people as there are right-handed people. There is one left-handed person for every five right-handed ones. People who are different are often thought to be wrong. But attitudes do seem to be changing. Fair-minded right-handed people are finally starting to give left-handed people a hand.
A:fair-minded right-handed people want to change the habit of the left-handed people B:fair-minded right-handed people are starting to help the left-handed people C:fair-minded right-handed people are starting to use left hand to write and so on D:fair-minded right-handed people are starting to give up using their left hands
Right is right. Right7 Of course. But is left wrong Well, the Romans used to think so. They thought left-handed people were mistakes of nature. Latin, the language of the Romans, had many words that expressed this view. Some words we use today still have this meaning. The Latin word "dexter" means "right". The English word "dexterous" comes from this word. It means "handy" (clever with hands). So, right is handy. But the Latin word for left is "sinister". The English word "sinister" comes from this word. Sinister means "evil" (very bad). Is it fair to call right-handed people handy and left-handed people evil Well, fair or not, many languages have words that express such beliefs. In old English, the word for left means "weak". That isn’t much of an improvement over "evil".
Not very long ago, children were often forced to write with their right hands. Doctors have since found that this can be very harmful. You should use the hand you were born to use.
People who use their left hands are just starting to get better treatment. But why they get all these bad names in the first place One reason may be that there are not as many left-handed people as there are right-handed people. There is one left-handed person for every five right-handed ones. People who are different are often thought to be wrong. But attitudes do seem to be changing. Fair-minded right-handed people are finally starting to give left-handed people a hand.
A:left-handed people have been treated poorly B:the number of the left-handed people is larger than that of the right-handed people C:right-handed people are much cleverer than left-handed people D:left-handed people are less smart but hardworking
Right is right. Right7 Of course. But is left wrong Well, the Romans used to think so. They thought left-handed people were mistakes of nature. Latin, the language of the Romans, had many words that expressed this view. Some words we use today still have this meaning. The Latin word "dexter" means "right". The English word "dexterous" comes from this word. It means "handy" (clever with hands). So, right is handy. But the Latin word for left is "sinister". The English word "sinister" comes from this word. Sinister means "evil" (very bad). Is it fair to call right-handed people handy and left-handed people evil Well, fair or not, many languages have words that express such beliefs. In old English, the word for left means "weak". That isn’t much of an improvement over "evil".
Not very long ago, children were often forced to write with their right hands. Doctors have since found that this can be very harmful. You should use the hand you were born to use.
People who use their left hands are just starting to get better treatment. But why they get all these bad names in the first place One reason may be that there are not as many left-handed people as there are right-handed people. There is one left-handed person for every five right-handed ones. People who are different are often thought to be wrong. But attitudes do seem to be changing. Fair-minded right-handed people are finally starting to give left-handed people a hand.
A:At one time, left-handed people were forced to use their right hands. B:Left-handed people today are being treated better than those in the past. C:There are not as many left-handed people as there are right-handed people today. D:"Dexterous" comes from Latin, means "evil" and English "sinister" means "handy".
Right is right. Right7 Of course. But is left wrong Well, the Romans used to think so. They thought left-handed people were mistakes of nature. Latin, the language of the Romans, had many words that expressed this view. Some words we use today still have this meaning. The Latin word "dexter" means "right". The English word "dexterous" comes from this word. It means "handy" (clever with hands). So, right is handy. But the Latin word for left is "sinister". The English word "sinister" comes from this word. Sinister means "evil" (very bad). Is it fair to call right-handed people handy and left-handed people evil Well, fair or not, many languages have words that express such beliefs. In old English, the word for left means "weak". That isn’t much of an improvement over "evil".
Not very long ago, children were often forced to write with their right hands. Doctors have since found that this can be very harmful. You should use the hand you were born to use.
People who use their left hands are just starting to get better treatment. But why they get all these bad names in the first place One reason may be that there are not as many left-handed people as there are right-handed people. There is one left-handed person for every five right-handed ones. People who are different are often thought to be wrong. But attitudes do seem to be changing. Fair-minded right-handed people are finally starting to give left-handed people a hand.
A:He can only use his right hand. B:He can only use his left hand. C:He can use either his left hand or his right hand. D:He can use both his left hand and his right hand.
Right is right. Right7 Of course. But is left wrong Well, the Romans used to think so. They thought left-handed people were mistakes of nature. Latin, the language of the Romans, had many words that expressed this view. Some words we use today still have this meaning. The Latin word "dexter" means "right". The English word "dexterous" comes from this word. It means "handy" (clever with hands). So, right is handy. But the Latin word for left is "sinister". The English word "sinister" comes from this word. Sinister means "evil" (very bad). Is it fair to call right-handed people handy and left-handed people evil Well, fair or not, many languages have words that express such beliefs. In old English, the word for left means "weak". That isn’t much of an improvement over "evil".
Not very long ago, children were often forced to write with their right hands. Doctors have since found that this can be very harmful. You should use the hand you were born to use.
People who use their left hands are just starting to get better treatment. But why they get all these bad names in the first place One reason may be that there are not as many left-handed people as there are right-handed people. There is one left-handed person for every five right-handed ones. People who are different are often thought to be wrong. But attitudes do seem to be changing. Fair-minded right-handed people are finally starting to give left-handed people a hand.
A:fair-minded right-handed people want to change the habit of the left-handed people B:fair-minded right-handed people are starting to help the left-handed people C:fair-minded right-handed people are starting to use left hand to write and so on D:fair-minded right-handed people are starting to give up using their left hands
Right is right. Right7 Of course. But is left wrong Well, the Romans used to think so. They thought left-handed people were mistakes of nature. Latin, the language of the Romans, had many words that expressed this view. Some words we use today still have this meaning. The Latin word "dexter" means "right". The English word "dexterous" comes from this word. It means "handy" (clever with hands). So, right is handy. But the Latin word for left is "sinister". The English word "sinister" comes from this word. Sinister means "evil" (very bad). Is it fair to call right-handed people handy and left-handed people evil Well, fair or not, many languages have words that express such beliefs. In old English, the word for left means "weak". That isn’t much of an improvement over "evil".
Not very long ago, children were often forced to write with their right hands. Doctors have since found that this can be very harmful. You should use the hand you were born to use.
People who use their left hands are just starting to get better treatment. But why they get all these bad names in the first place One reason may be that there are not as many left-handed people as there are right-handed people. There is one left-handed person for every five right-handed ones. People who are different are often thought to be wrong. But attitudes do seem to be changing. Fair-minded right-handed people are finally starting to give left-handed people a hand.
A:left-handed people have been treated poorly B:the number of the left-handed people is larger than that of the right-handed people C:right-handed people are much cleverer than left-handed people D:left-handed people are less smart but hardworking
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