Global warming threatens to hold back human progress, and make unachievable all UN targets to reduce poverty, according to some of the world’s leading international and development groups.
In a report published today, Oxfam, Greenpeace, Christian Aid, Friends of the Earth, WWF and 15 other groups say rich governments must immediately address climate change to avoid even “unbearable levels” of worldwide poverty.
“Food production, water supplies, public health and people’s living environment are already being damaged,” the report says. “The world must meet its promise to achieve poverty reduction and also deal with climate change.”
The report, which draws on UN predictions of the effects of climate change in poor countries over the next 50 years, says poor countries will experience more flooding, declining food production, more disease and the worsening or disappearing of entire ecosystems(生態(tài)系統(tǒng))on which many of the world’s poorest people depend.
“Climate change needs to be addressed now. The poor will bear the burden of it. The frontline experience of many of us working in international development indicates that communities are having to fight against more extreme weather conditions.”
Climate change will play havoc(浩劫)with agriculture and water supplies and will increase diseases. “By 2025 the proportion of the world’s population living in countries of great water stress will almost double, to 6 billion people. Tropical and sub-tropical areas will be hardest hit — those countries already suffering from food shortage”.
Poor countries mostly do not need high-tech solutions, but would most benefit from education, research and being shown how to farm better. The report says unchecked global warming, more than wars or political confusion, will displace millions of people and destabilize (不安定) many countries.
9. ________ should play a leading role in resisting the more extreme weather conditions according to the report.
A. International groups        B. Poor countries    
C. Rich countries              D. Tropical and sub-tropical countries
10. Which of the following is not the effect of global warming according to the report?
A. More natural disasters and starvation.  B. Increasing the world’s population.
C. Making millions of people move to other places.
D. Shaking the foundation of a country.
11. Which of the following is not true according to the text?
A. Poverty and climate change are closely linked.
B. More and more people will suffer from the water stress and food shortage.
C. What the poor countries need badly is high technology.
D. International communities have to take steps to resist the bad climate.
12. What is the best title of the passage?
A. International Development Brings in Climate Change
B. Global Warming Is a Bigger Threat to Poor
C. International Groups Work Together to Reduce Poverty
D. Worldwide Poverty Shall Be Avoided
9-12 CBCB
9. C 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段中的“rich governments must immediately address climate change to avoid even "unbearable levels" of worldwide poverty”一句的意義可知：財(cái)力富足的政府必須立即致力于改變?nèi)找鎼夯臍夂驐l件，以免全球范圍內(nèi)的貧窮上升到無(wú)法忍受的程度。由此可判斷富裕國(guó)家應(yīng)該起主導(dǎo)作用。
10. B 歸納題。文章第四段提到：氣候變化將導(dǎo)致愈演愈烈的洪災(zāi)，不斷衰減的糧食生產(chǎn)，疾病的威脅以及整個(gè)生態(tài)系統(tǒng)的退化甚至消失。文章最后一句又說(shuō)：尚未得到抑制的全球變暖比戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)和政變更可怕，它將迫使數(shù)百萬(wàn)人口遷移，動(dòng)搖很多國(guó)家的安定局面。而B項(xiàng)在短文中沒(méi)有提及。
11. C 判斷題。短文最后一段表述的意義是：對(duì)貧窮的社會(huì)來(lái)說(shuō)，它們幾乎不需要高科技的解決方案，但是教育、科研以及教授更好地耕作方式將使它們受益最多。此據(jù)判斷可知。
12. B 主旨題。短文第一段第一句就表述了全文的中心，其意義是：據(jù)全球主要的國(guó)際發(fā)展組織推測(cè)，全球變暖不但威脅著人類發(fā)展的進(jìn)程，有可能使之倒退，而且聯(lián)合國(guó)所有減少貧窮的目標(biāo)和計(jì)劃都將無(wú)法實(shí)現(xiàn)。由此可簡(jiǎn)述為：全球氣候變暖加劇貧窮。
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