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In the atmosphere, carbon dioxide acts rather like a one-way mirror -- the glass in the roof of a greenhouse which allows the sun’s rays to enter but prevents the heat from escaping. According to a weather expert’s prediction, the atmosphere will be 3~C warmer in the year 2050 than it is today, if man continues to burn fuels at the present rate. If this warming up took place, the ice caps in the poles would begin to melt, thus raising sea level several metres and severely flooding coastal cities. Also, the increase in atmospheric temperature would lead to great changes in the climate of the northern hemisphere, possibly resulting in an alteration of the earth’s chief food-growing zones. In the past, concern about a man-made warming of the earth has concentrated on the Arctic because the Antarctic is much colder and has a much thicker ice sheet. But the weather experts are now paying more attention to West Antarctic, which may be affected by only a few degrees of
A. prevent the sun's rays from reaching the earth's surface
B. mean a warming up in the Arctic
C. account for great changes in the climate in the northern hemisphere
D. raise the temperature of the earth's surface
[单项选择]According to politicians, when children commit crimes, they should be treated in the same way as
A. murderers.
B. criminals.
C. victims.
D. adults.
[单项选择]When the author says the creative mind and the critical mind "cannot work in parallel" (Line 3 Para.1) in the writing process, he means ______.
A. no one can be both creative and critical
B. they cannot be regarded as equally important
C. they are in constant conflict with each other
D. one cannot use them at the same time
[单项选择]According to the passage, the vast majority of crimes______.
A. are very likely solved by routine investigation
B. can not be solved simply through routine investigation
C. are unlikely to be cleared up at all
D. can not be solved because the defendants are unknown
[单项选择]A historical study of language is a study of ______ language.
A. synchronic
B. diachronic
C. prescriptive
D. comparative
[单项选择]A historical study of language is a ______ study of language.
A. synchronic
B. diachronic
C. prescriptive
D. comparative
[单项选择]No punishment is too severe for such an ______ crime. It is almost impossible to understand its enormity.
A. avaricious
B. exemplary
C. arbitrary
D. egregious
[单项选择]These reports are very close ______ to the oil crisis.
A. follow-ups
B. follow ups
C. follows-up
D. following-ups
[单项选择]Rather than being openly confrontational with his parents, he just quietly -- and perhaps unconsciously -- refused to ______ with their demands.
A. comply
B. adhere
C. coincide
D. concede
[单项选择]Successful leaders dominate events rather than react to them.
A. control
B. contribute
C. convey
D. contact
[单项选择]Universities charge students a rather high tuition mainly because ______.
