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professor patz says areas at greatest risk include southern and eastern africa and coastlines along the pacific and indian oceans.also,large cities experience what scientists call a “heat island” effect that can intensify conditions.
professor patz says average temperatures worldwide have increased about one-third of a degree celsius in the last thirty years.but he tells us even that can make a difference with a disease like malaria.the report says average temperatures could increase as much as six degrees celsius by the end of the century.
1.according to professor patz,__________ will face more serious health problems caused by the higher temperatures.
a.european countries
b.poor countries
c.the pacific coastal countries
d.people living in large cities
解析:文中說到歐洲國家遭到氣候異常而導致的災害，但隨即說到“but he says poor countries least responsible for the warming are most at risk from the health effects of higher temperatures.”最為無辜的窮國卻面臨全球氣溫變暖而帶來的最大危險。
答案:b
2.as a result of _________,thousands of people lost their lives in europe in .
a.cold weather
b.storm and floods
c.high temperature
d.crop failure
解析:第三段中提到patz教授把導致數百人死亡的歐洲高溫與全球氣溫變暖聯系起來。
答案:c
3.professor patz holds it that temperatures have increased worldwide in the past 30 years,thus causing ______________.
a.diseases like malaria to increase too
b.diseases like malaria to be different
c.such diseases as malaria
d.different diseases from what they were
解析:文中關于氣溫變暖而導致的make a difference with a disease like malaria的含 義:……導致瘧疾發(fā)生變化。在文章的第二段明確提到是氣溫變暖導致有機物的活躍，從而促進了瘧疾和登革熱的增長。
答案:a
4.the underlined word “estimated” in paragraph 3 might be closest in meaning to ________.
a.guessed and calculated
b.guessed and imagined
c.counted and decided
d.surveyed and discovered
解析:從后面所給的十五萬余人致死，五百萬人得病兩組數字，可以排除進行精確統(tǒng)計或調查的結果來。應該能夠得出是估算與計算相結合得出來的數字。
答案:a
5.the best title for this passage should be:__________.
a.global warming and disasters
b.pollution causes health problems
c.w.h.o.deals with health problems
d.climate changes and health problems
解析:排除a項，因文中提到的diseases與disasters還不是一個概念。文中反復提到的是衛(wèi)生專家及世界衛(wèi)生組織等對氣溫升高的憂慮和所做的工作。
答案:d
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