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题干：Doyourememberallthoseyearswhenscientistsarguedthatsmokingwouldkillusbutthedoubtersinsistedthatwedidn'tknowforsure?Thattheevidencewasinconclusive,thescienceuncertain?Thattheantismokinglobbywasouttodestroyourwayoflifeandthegovernmentshouldstayoutoftheway?LotsofAmericansboughtthatnonsense,andoverthreedecades,some10millionsmokerswenttoearlygraves.Thereareupsettingparallelstoday,asscientistsinonewaveafteranothertrytoawakenustothegrowingthreatofglobalwarming.ThelatestwasapanelfromtheNationalAcademyofSciences,enlistedbytheWhiteHouse，totellusthattheEarth’satmosphereisdefinitelywarmingandthattheproblemislargelyman-made.Theclearmessageisthatweshouldgetmovingtoprotectourselves.ThepresidentoftheNationalAcademy,BruceAlberts,addedthiskeypointintheprefacetothepanel'sreport：“Scienceneverhasalltheanswers.Butsciencedoesprovideuswiththebestavailableguidetothefuture，anditiscriticalthatournationandtheworldbaseimportantpoliciesonthebestjudgmentsthatsciencecanprovideconcerningthefutureconsequencesofpresentactions.”Justasonsmoking,voicesnowcomefrommanyquartersinsistingthatthescienceaboutglobalwarmingisincomplete，thatit'sOKtokeeppouringfumesintotheairuntilweknowforsure.Thisisadangerousgame：bythetime100percentoftheevidenceisin,itmaybetoolate.Withtherisksobviousandgrowing,aprudentpeoplewouldtakeoutaninsurancepolicynow.Fortunately，theWhiteHouseisstartingtopayattention.Butit’sobviousthatamajorityofthepresident'sadvisersstilldon’ttakeglobalwarmingseriously.Insteadofaplanofaction’theycontinuetopressformoreresearch-aclassiccaseof“paralysisbyanalysis".Toserveasresponsiblestewardsoftheplanet，wemustpressforwardondeeperatmosphericandoceanicresearch.Butresearchaloneisinadequate.IftheAdministrationwon’ttakethelegislativeinitiative，Congressshouldhelptobeginfashioningconservationmeasures.AbillbyDemocraticSenatorRobertByrdofWestVirginia，whichwouldofferfinancialincentivesforprivateindustry，isapromisingstart.Manyseethatthecountryisgettingreadytobuildlotsofnewpowerplantstomeetourenergyneeds.Ifweareevergoingtoprotecttheatmosphere，itiscrucialthatthosenewplantsbeenvironmentallysound.
题目：The author associates the issue of global warming with that of smoking because_____. - A 、they both suffered from the government’s negligence
- B 、a lesson from the latter is applicable to the former
- C 、the outcome of the latter aggravates the former
- D 、both of them have turned from bad to worse
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参考答案【正确答案：B】
推理题。第一段主要介绍了吸烟问题：当一些人还在怀疑吸烟的危害时，大量的烟民因吸烟 而丧生。第二段首句指出，现在出现了与吸烟类似的（parallels)令人感到难过的事情。由此 可知接下来论述的全球变暖问题与吸烟是类比关系。第三段接着谈到，就像吸烟问题一样 (just as on smoking)，全球变暖问题如果也要等到有足够的证据证明时才采取措施, 那么就 为时已晚。可见，作者以吸烟问题为引子，是为了引出全球变暖问题。吸烟问题是前车之 鉴，作者警示人们在全球变暖问题上不要再犯同样的错误。因此B选项正确。
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- A 、man can find solutions to whatever questions concerning nature he can think up
- B 、man can not solve all the problems he can think up because of the limits of human intellect
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- A 、raising a question and arguing about it
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- A 、gathering political support
- B 、becoming increasingly restricted
- C 、threatening endangered species
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- 8 【阅读理解A】The author concluded that_____.
- A 、the dead cat and the other animals became mummified because of lack of sunshine
- B 、it was the humidity that made the bodies not decay
- C 、there wasn't a relation between the shape of the space inside the pyramid and the physical，chemical and biological processes going on inside that space
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