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2013高考英语二轮阅读理解讲与练（答案）--低碳生活与全球变暖（1）
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NEW ZEALAND WEATHER CHART
Temperatures and Rainfall for Summer and Winter
1. The maximum temperature in Wellington in winter is about_________. A. 12℃ B. 14℃ C. 15℃ D. 19℃
答案：A 指导：图表左边的纵坐标表示气温，右边的纵坐标表示降雨量， 四个城市Auckland，Welington，Christchurch和Queenstown夏季和 冬季的最低气温、最高气温分别在两个图表中用□■从左到右依次表示。 从右边图表可看出：表示Wellington冬天最高气温的■顶点在靠近 10℃～15℃的中间位置偏下，即大约12℃．
2. The city whose temperature varies (变化) from about 4℃ to 11'C in winter is_______. A. Auckland B. Wellington C. Christchurch D. Queenstown
答案：C 指导：从右表看，表示Christchurch最低气温口的顶点不到5℃。表示最高气温■顶点超过10℃．
3. The cities whose rainfall varies LEAST from summer to winter are_______. A. Queenstown and Auckland B. Auckland and Wellington C. Wellington and Christchurch D. Christchurch and Queenstown
答案：D 指导：通过左、右两图表中各城市冬、夏两季降雨量的差别的比较可知：C城和Q城冬、夏两季降雨量的差别最小，即 变化最小，故选D. 4. From summer to winter the greatest difference between the maximum and minimum temperature is experienced in_______. A. Auckland B. Wellington C. Christchurch D. Queenstown
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答案：D 指导：从左、右两图表看：Q城夏季最高气温超过20℃， 而冬季最低气温近10℃左右，是四个城市中差别最大的。
5. Which of the following is true? The temperature is_______. A. lower in Auckland than Wellington in stmmer B. higher in Wellington than Christchurch in winter C. lower in Christchurch than Queenstown in winter D. higher in Queenstown than Auckland in summer
答案：B 指导：从所提供的四个选项中，只有B项符合图表所示：即冬季Wellington的气温比Christchurch高(见图)。
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践低碳生活，要注意节电、节气、熄灯一小时……从这些点滴做起。
从近近几年的试题中，我们发现这些话题的题目有一些特点： 1. 多数属于议论题材，作者提出观点，然后进行论证，引起人们的共鸣。 2. 有很多也属于新闻报道类，体现当今社会、政府对低炭排放政策的关注。 3. 温室效应带来的地球变暖话题。
4. 二氧化碳的高排放量对人类环境造成的危害话题。
5. 低炭生活的表现的方面，和为此进行的一些改进措施、发明等等。 6.提倡全社会都来进行低炭生活的倡导文章。 ·链接高考
链接1 . （2012四川卷）
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Plants are flowering faster than scientists predicted (预测) in reaction to climate change, which could have long damaging effects on food chains and ecosystems.
Global waning is having a great effect on hundreds of plant and animal species around the world, changing some living patterns, scientists say.
Increased carbon dioxide (CO,) in the air from burning coal and oil can have an effect on how plants produce oxygen, while higher temperatures and changeable rainfall patterns can change their patterns of growth.
\species' reaction to climate change is a major challenge in ecology,\said the researchers of several U. S. universities. They said plants had been the key object of study because their reaction to climate change could have an effect on food chains and ecosystem services.
The study, published on the Nature website, uses the findings from plant life cycle studies and
experiments across four continents and 1,634 species. It found that some experiments had underestimated (低估) the speed of flowering by 8.5 times and leafing by 4 times.
\species, the experiments under-predicted the speed of the advance — for both leafing and flowering — that results from temperature increases,\the study said.
The design of future experiments may need to be improved lo belter predict how plants will react to climate change, it said.
Plants are necessary for life on the Earth. They are the base of the food chain, using photosynthesis (光合作用) to produce sugar from carbon dioxide and water. They let out oxygen which is needed by nearly every organism on the planet.
Scientists believe the world's average temperature has risen by about 0. 8^ since 1900, and nearly 0.2X. every ten years since 1979.
So far, efforts to cut emissions (排放) of planet-warming greenhouse gases are not seen as enough to prevent the Earth heating up beyond 2C this century — a point scientists say will bring the danger of a changeable climate in which weather extremes are common, leading to drought, floods, crop failures and rising sea levels. 57. What is the key information the author wants to give in Paragraph 1?
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