Global warming threatens the()of the whole human race.
A.summit
B.superiority
C.survival
D.status
A.summit
B.superiority
C.survival
D.status
Global warming is something
A.getting worse because of a culture bias.
B.caused by the rise of the sea level.
C.people have to live with.
D.we don't need to worry about in the future.
According to the passage, global warming and climate change might cause
A.the extinction of species.
B.the disappearance of the coast.
C.the reduction of crops.
D.the migration of birds.
A.extent
B.range
C.grade
D.limit
The views of Pielke and Dr. Wigley on how to face global warming are
A.unrelated.
B.similar.
C.complementary.
D.opposite.
The author associates the issue of global warming with that of smoking because ______.
A.they both suffered from the government's negligence
B.a lesson from the latter is applicable to the former
C.the outcome of the latter aggravates the former
D.both of them have turned from bad to worse
According to the author, what should the Administration do about global warming?
A.Offer aid to build cleaner power plants.
B.Raise public awareness of conservation.
C.Press for further scientific research.
D.Take some legislative measures,
The paragraphs immediately following this passage would most probably deal with
A.the new book written by Fred Krupp
B.how America can fight against global warming
C.the harmful effects of global warming
D.how America can tide over economic crisis
A.easy to measure the exact increase in temperature because of the abundances of temperature recording stations throughout the world
B.difficult to prove that the warming was caused by the burning of fossil fuels
C.easy to demonstrate the effects of the warming on the water vapor in the atmosphere
D.difficult to measure the increase of CO2 in the atmosphere because of local variations in amount
What is the main idea of the passage?
A.There' s a good way to deal with global warming
B.Tree planting provides employment for the poor
C.Tree planting solves the problem of unemployment
D.Raju's "social forestry" program wins the support of NREGA
By "at best, the results point to the least change people can expect", (Paragraph 3) the researchers try to tell us that
A.the impact of climate change is relatively minor.
B.the global warming is inevitable in the near future.
C.concentrations of greenhouse gases cannot be held steady.
D.the atmospheric conditions will be better than people think.