問題詳情

The explosive waves of Ocean Beach have long been a draw for tourists, local families and an internationaltribe of surfers. But every few years, stormy surf driven by the weather pattern known as El Niño grindsaway at a thinning section of beach, pulling sand out to sea. Some comes back, but two years ago, bluffscollapsed and massive amounts of sand disappeared. But planners see Ocean Beach as a priority in a longroster of Bay Area sites threatened by inundation because of what lies on its landward side: the GreatHighway, a $220 million wastewater treatment plant and a 4.2-meter-wide underground pipe that keepsstorm water away from the ocean. The question facing local, state and federal agencies comes down to this:With California officials expecting climate change to raise sea levels here by 36 centimeters by 2050, shouldenormous efforts be made to preserve the beach, the pipe and the plant, or should the community simplybow to nature? “We are in some ways the tip of the spear for this issue,” said Benjamin Grant, a city plannerwho is leading the study in San Francisco. A disruptive rate of sea-level rise is one of the most dauntingpotential consequences of climate change. Recently, researchers warned in two new studies that severecoastal flooding could occur regularly in the United States by mid-century and that California would beamong the states most affected. Previous studies have suggested that the rise in sea levels is poised toaccelerate globally.
76.What does “draw” mean?
(A)awareness
(B)attraction
(C)illustration
(D)representation

參考答案

答案：B
難度：簡單0.733333
統計：A(4),B(22),C(2),D(1),E(0)

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