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7."People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help deal with climate change,"the world's leading authority on global warming has told The Observer.
Dr Rajendra Pachauri,chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,said that people should then go on to reduce their meat consumption even further.
Pachauri,who was re-elected the panel's chairman for a second six-year term last week,said diet change was important because of the huge greenhouse gas emissions (排放) and other environmental problems associated with raising cattle and other animals."It was relatively easy to change eating habits compared to changing means of transport,"he said.
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated that meat production accounts for nearly a fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions.These are produced during the production.For example,ruminants (反刍动物),particularly cows,give off a gas called methane,which is 23times more effective as a global warming agent than CO2.
Pachauri can expect some opposite responses from the food industry to his advice,though last night he was given unexpected support by Masterchef presenter and restaurateur John Torode."I have a little bit and enjoy it,"said Torode."Too much for any person is bad.But there's a bigger issue here:where the meat comes from.If we all bought British and stopped buying imported food,we'd save a huge amount of carbon emissions."
Professor Robert Watson,the chief scientific adviser for the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs,said government could help educate people about the benefits of eating less meat,but it should not regulate."Eating less meat would help,there's no question about that,"Watson said.
However,Chris Lamb,head of marketing for pig industry group BPEX,said the meat industry had been unfairly targeted and was working hard to find out which activities had the biggest environmental impact and reduce them."Some ideas were contradictory,"he said."For example,one solution to emissions from cattle and other animals was to keep them indoors,but this would damage animal welfare.Climate change is a very young science and our view is there are a lot of simple solutions being proposed."

56.What is directly related to global warming?C
A.Consumption of meat.     B.Growth of cattle.
C.Methane from ruminants.  D.Processing of meat.
57.Who holds a view opposite to the others'in the passage?D
A.Rajendra Pachauri.  B.John Torode.  C.Robert Watson.  D.Chris Lamb.
58.It is implied in the passage thatD.
A.we should try to keep away from cattle   B.ruminants should not be left outdoors
C.the meat industry will soon close down   D.we must do our duty to save the earth
59.Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?A
A.Less meat,slower global warming
B.More animals,more greenhouse gas
C.Less imported food,better our environment
D.Greater diet change,smaller climate change.

分析 文章讲我们每个人都应该为防止地球变暖出一份力,而文中提到反刍动物是二氧化碳排放的主要来源之一,由此作者提出我们每个人应该少吃点肉来减少反刍动物的饲养,以此来减少二氧化碳排放.

解答 56:C细节题.由第四段最后一句"For example,ruminants(反刍动物),particularly cows,give off a gas called methane,which is 23 times more effective as a global warming agent than CO2."可知正确答案为C.
57:D细节题.由最后一段 Chris Lamb 说的话"'Some ideas were contradictory,'he said.'For example,one solution to emissions from cattle and other animals was to keep them indoors,but this would damage animal welfare.Climate change is a very young science and our view is there are a lot of simple solutions being proposed.'"可知 Chris Lamb 持与其他人不同的意见,故正确答案为D.
58:D推断题.由第一段第一句"People should have one meat-free day a week if they want to make a personal and effective sacrifice that would help deal with climate change,"可知作者认为每个人都应该做出点牺牲来抵抗地球变暖,所以D项符合文意.而A、B、C项在文中均没有相关内容,所以A、B、C项错误.故正确答案为D.
59:A推断题.文章讲我们每个人都应该为防止地球变暖出一份力,而文中提到反刍动物是二氧化碳排放的主要来源之一,由此作者提出我们每个人应该少吃点肉来减少反刍动物的饲养,以此来减少二氧化碳排放,故正确答案为A.

点评 本文是健康环保类阅读理解.做这类题材阅读理解时要求考生对文章通读一遍,做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析,结合选项选出正确答案.推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案,切忌胡乱猜测,一定要做到有理有据.

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58.Which is NOT true according to the passage?D
A.Some cities had power failure after the quake.
B.One of the cities closed off its downtown because of the swaying buildings.
C.Many smaller quakes happened after the 7.2-magnitude one.
D.Hundreds of people on the beach died because of the tsunami.
59.People got injured mostlyC.
A.because they were in panic
B.because the power was out in the whole city
C.because of the falling objects
D.because they were buried under the falling objects
60.Coronado Bridge over San Diego Bay was briefly closedA.
A.to avoid further dangers
B.by the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department
C.as a reminding of the quake
D.to prevent the bridge from destroying.

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17.If you talk to any person that has achieved his goals-despite great difficulties,one thing remains the same.
That person never failed to stay (41)D.The goal was already in sight,and the wish to(42)Athat goal never waved.
This story is an example of this:
When she looked(43)D,Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog.Her body felt (44)C because she had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours.
She was the first woman to swim the English Channel in both directions.Now,at age 34,her (45)B was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California.
On that fourth of July morning in 1952,the sea was like an ice bath and the fog was so  thick that she could (46)D see her support boats.She struggled on,(47)A the freezing  cold water of the sea,hour after hour.
Alongside Florence in one of the boats,her mother and her trainer offered (48)C.They told her it wasn't much farther,(49)Ball she could see was fog.They urged her not to give up.She never had thought of that until then-with only a half mile to (50)A,she decided to(51)C.Still warming her frozen body several hours later,she told a reporter,"Look,I'm not (52)Bmyself,but if I could have seen (53)AI might have succeeded."It was not(54)Bor the cold water that beat her.It was the fog.She was unable to see her goal.
Two months later,she tried again.This time,(55)C the same thick fog,she swam with her goal clearly(56)Bin her mind.She knew that (57)A behind that fog was land and  this time she (58)Cit!
Let this (59)B forever be kept in your mind.Never take your eyes (60)C your goal,even when you can't see it.

41.A.carefulB.ableC.proudD.focused
42.A.reachB.setC.seeD.break
43.A.backB.belowC.awayD.ahead
44.A.softB.sensitiveC.numbD.flexible
45.A.directionB.goalC.resultD.role
46.A.evenB.almostC.mostlyD.hardly
47.A.againstB.forC.behindD.by
48.A.assessmentB.commitmentC.encouragementD.adjustment
49.A.andB.butC.orD.so
50.A.goB.stayC.remainD.turn
51.A.re tireB.pauseC.quitD.leave
52.A.caringB.excusingC.permittingD.scolding
53.A.landB.sunshineC.fartherD.fog
54.A.excitementB.tirednessC.lonelinessD.fear
55.A.consideringB.besidesC.despiteD.from
56.A.figuredB.picturedC.putD.brought
57.A.somewhereB.nowhereC.anywhereD.everywhere
58.A.tookB.gotC.madeD.set
59.A.impressionB.lessonC.taskD.time
60.A.outB.besideC.offD.on.

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