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……

    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……