10.Experts from nearly 200 countries have spent the past two weeks in Warsaw,Poland.More than 9,000 representatives gathered for a United Nations conference on climate change.Organizers called the meeting to work toward a treaty(条约)to fight rising temperatures on our planet.The treaty would be signed in 2015 and take effect after 2020.
In the United States,the Environmental Protection Agency is leading government efforts to fight climate change.The agency just ended a series of public hearings across the country.The EPA was seeking comments as it considers tightening clean air rules for coal burning power plants.
David Doniger is a climate policy expert.He says it is the duty of the EPA to control carbon as a pollutant.He wants the agency to establish new rules that would move the United States toward a cleaner energy environment.
"No one is coming up with standards that would knock out all those power plants.We're talking about a shift from the dirtier ones to the cleaner ones,and from all those fossil fuel-powered ones towards renewable and even nuclear sources of energy."
He says the government is responsible for protecting clean air,not protecting old and dirty power stations.He says,"That's the only way that we can continue to have the way of life we want without running into the wall on climate change impacts,which in turn will destroy the quality of life we have."
The EPA is now considering comments from the nationwide hearings.The agency plans to announce proposed rule changes in June.
60.The United Nations conference was held toA
A.gather opinions from the representatives
B.make plans for nearly 200 countries
C.deal with the warming climate
D.call for protection of wildlife
61.What action will the EPA take to fight climate change?B
A.Make more strict rules to limit coal power plants.
B.Develop more nuclear sources of energy.
C.Accept the opinions of the Americans.
D.Close those power plants which pollute the air most.
62.The underlined phrase"knock out"in Paragraph 4 has the same meaning asC.
A.blow up B.shut down C.break up D.move away
63.Who is responsible for the protection of the clean air in David Doniger's opinion?C
A.The public
B.The EPA.
C.The government
D.The United Nations.
64.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the EPAA
A.values public opinions greatly
B.ignores the public comments
C.will cancel the former laws
D.will announce the list of dirty plants.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了美国环保局目前正在考虑从全国范围内的听证会上采集有关如何清洁空气的意见,并可能将化石燃料换成可再生能源甚至是核能.
解答 60.A 细节理解题,根据第一段Experts from nearly 200 countries have spent the past two weeks in Warsaw,Poland.More than 9,000 representatives gathered for a United Nations conference on climate change.Organizers called the meeting to work toward a treaty(条约)to fight rising temperatures on our planet.可知联合国会议举行是为了从代表那里收集意见,故选A.
61.B 细节理解题,根据第四段We're talking about a shift from the dirtier ones to the cleaner ones,and from all those fossil fuel-powered ones towards renewable and even nuclear sources of energy."可知美国环保署可能会将化石燃料换成可再生能源甚至是核能,故选B.
62.C 词义猜测题,根据第四段"No one is coming up with standards that would knock out all those power plants.可知没有人能提出淘汰所有发电厂的标准,故选C.
63.C 细节理解题,根据第五段He says the government is responsible for protecting clean air,not protecting old and dirty power stations.可知David Doniger认为政府有责任保护清洁空气,故选C.
64.A 推理判断题,根据最后一段The EPA is now considering comments from the nationwide hearings.The agency plans to announce proposed rule changes in June.可知美国环保局目前正在考虑从全国范围内的听证会上采集意见,由此可推知EPA极大地重视公众的意见,故选A.
点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力.做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.