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  听力扫障
  1. unequivocally /??n??kw?v?k?li/ adv. 表达明确地
  2. negotiation /n??ɡ???i?e??n/ n. 谈判;磋商
  3. predicament /pr??d?k?m?nt/ n. 困境;窘境
  4. accelerate /?k?sel?re?t/ v. 加快;(使)加速
  5. permanent /?p??m?n?nt/ adj. 长久的;永久的 6. prospect /?pr?spekt/ n. 可能性;成功的机
  扫码听测
  阅读扫障
  Ⅰ. 判断正误
  听下段录音并阅读3个简短的陈述,根据录音内容判断这些陈述是否符合所听内容。考查重点是学生对意义的理解能力和信息获取能力。
  In this section, you will hear a passage. After you hear the passage, decide whether each of the statement is correct (A), incorrect (B) or not mentioned (C).
  Ⅱ. 听力理解
  听下面的文章,完成各个部分的练习。从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。文章讀两遍。
  1. How many scientists are releasing the signal of climate emergency?
  A. 1,100. B. 10,000. C. 11,000.
  2. When did the scientists approve the report appearing in BioScience?
  A. Last month. B. Earlier this month. C. Late in September.
  3. How long have global climate negotiations been carried on?
  A. For 14 years. B. For 40 years. C. For 50 years.
  4. What is the scientists attitude towards climate emergency?
  A. Concerned. B. Hopeful. C. Frustrated.
  5. What does the report urge people to do?
  A. Turn to a more plant?based diet.
  B. Make available family planning services.
  C. Impose taxes on the burning of carbon?based fuels.
  文本解说
  More than 11,000 scientists are warning that the Earth, in their words, “clearly and unequivocally faces a climate emergency”.
  The scientists represent several fields of study and come from 150 countries around the world. They approved a report that appeared in the publication BioScience earlier this month. It warns that the world would face“untold human suffering” if it does not make deep and lasting shifts in human activities that influence climate change.
  The new report is called the “World Scientists Warning of a Climate Emergency”. Three leaders of the study are from the United States. They are ecologists Bill Ripple and Christopher Wolf of Oregon State University and William Moomaw of Tufts University in Massachusetts. The three worked on the study with scientists from universities in South Africa and Australia.
  This is the first time a large group of scientists have jointly used the word “emergency” when talking about climate change.
  “Despite 40 years of global climate negotiations, we have generally conducted business as usual and have largely failed to address this predicament,” the study said. “Climate change has arrived and is accelerating faster than many scientists expected.”   The report identified six areas that the world needs to deal with immediately. The scientists appealed to nations to use energy more efficiently and cut their use of fossil fuels. They suggested that lawmakers approve taxes on the burning of carbon?based fuels, such as coal, oil and natural gas.
  The scientists expressed support for womens rights and making family planning services “available to all people”. They said this would help to reduce sudden or unexpected changes in the size of the human population.
  The report urges people to move toward more of a plant?based diet.
  Other areas of concern include preventing the destruction of forests and permanent loss of some plants and animal species.
  The report noted that it will most likely take strong actions by the public to move politicians to approve lasting policy changes.
  The scientists added, “We believe that the prospects will be greatest if decision?makers and all of humanity promptly respond to this warning and declaration of a climate emergency, and act to sustain life on planet Earth, our only home.”
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