5．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 development groups．
In a report published today，Oxfam，Greenpeace，Christian Aid，Friends of the Earth，WWF and 15other 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 50years，says poor countries will experience more flooding，declining food production，more disease and the worsening or disappearing of entire ecosystems 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 2025the proportion of the world's population living in countries of great water stress will almost double，to 6billion 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．
33．Who should play a leading role in resisting the more extreme weather conditions？B
A．International groups．
B．Rich countries．
C．Poor countries．
D．Tropical and sub-tropical countries．
34．Which of the following is not true according to the text？C
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．
35．What is the best title of the passage？B
A．International Development Brings in Climate Change
B．Global Warming Is a Bigger Threat to the Poor
C．International Groups Work Together to Reduce Poverty
D．Worldwide Poverty Shall Be Avoided．
分析 本文为科教文，据全球主要的国际发展组织推测，全球变暖不但威胁着人类发展的进程，有可能使之倒退，而且联合国所有减少贫穷的目标和计划都将无法实现．
解答 33---35 BCB
33．答案B．细节题．根据第二段中的"rich governments must immediately address climate change to avoid even"unbearable levels"of worldwide poverty"一句的意义可知：财力富足的政府必须立即致力于改变日益恶化的气候条件，以免全球范围内的贫穷上升到无法忍受的程度．由此可判断富裕国家应该起主导作用．故选B．
34．答案C．判断题．短文最后一段Poor countries mostly do not need high-tech solutions，but would most benefit from education，research and being shown how to farm better表述的意义是：对贫穷的社会来说，它们几乎不需要高科技的解决方案，但是教育、科研以及教授更好地耕作方式将使它们受益最多．此据判断C项错误．
35．答案B．主旨题．短文第一段第一句Global warming threatens to hold back human progress，and make unachievable all UN targets to reduce poverty就表述了全文的中心，其意义是：据全球主要的国际发展组织推测，全球变暖不但威胁着人类发展的进程，有可能使之倒退，而且联合国所有减少贫穷的目标和计划都将无法实现．由此可简述为：全球气候变暖加剧贫穷．故选B．
点评 科普类文章一般由标题（Head line），导语（Introduction），背景（Back ground），主体（Main body）和结尾（End）五部分构成．标题是文章中心思想高度而又精辟的概括，但根据历年的高考情况来看，这类阅读理解材料一般不给标题，而要同学们选择标题．导语一般位于整篇文章的首段．背景交待一个事实的起因．主体则对导语概括的事实进行详细叙述，这一部分命题往往最多，因此，阅读时，同学们要把这部分作为重点．结尾往往也是中心思想的概括，并与导语相呼应，命题者常在此要设计一道推理判断题．在进行推理判断时，同学们一定要以阅读材料所提供的科学事实为依据，同时所得出的结论还应符合基本的科普常识．
