問題詳情

III. Reading Comprehension: Read the following passages and choose the most appropriateanswer for each question.
(A)A paper published in Nature Climate Change indicated that the effects of climate changeacross a broad spectrum of problems, including heat waves, wildfires, sea level rise, hurricanes,flooding, drought and shortages of clean water. Such problems are already coming in combination.Florida, for example, had recently experienced extreme drought, record high temperatures andwildfires — and Hurricane Michael, the powerful Category 4 storm that slammed into the Panhandlethis summer. Similarly, California is suffering through the worst wildfires the state has ever seen, aswell as drought, extreme heat waves and degraded air quality that threatens the health of residents.In 2017, US withdrew from Paris Agreement. Despite the White House's later assessmentshowing climate change could significantly reduce GDP by 10% by 2100, President Trump remainsincredulous about global warming. The UN unveiled its own report that says signatories to the ParisAgreement are doing nowhere near enough to meet the target of keeping warming below 2°C relativeto pre-industrial times. Other reports also warned that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere had reached405 parts per million, the highest in three million to five million years.
31. The author’s tone in this passage can best be described as _____.
(A) intimtated
(B) apprenhensive
(C) contemptuous
(D) aggrieved

參考答案

答案：B
難度：非常簡單1
統計：A(0),B(2),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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