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When global warming finally came, it stuck with a vengeance (异乎寻常地). In some regions, temperatures rose several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to migrate inland. Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North America, Europe and Asia. After driving many of the animals around them to near extinction, people were forced to abandon their old way of life for a radically new survival strategy that resulted in widespread starvation and disease. The adaptation was farming: the global-warming crisis that gave rise to it happened more than 10,000 years ago.
As environmentalists convene in Rio de Janeiro this week to ponder the global climate of the future, earth scientists are in the midst of a revolution in understanding how climate has changed in the past — and how those changes have transformed human existence. Researchers have begun to piece together an il
A. to give up his former way of life
B. to leave the coastal areas
C. to follow the ever-shifting vegetation
D. to abandon his original settlement

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When global warming finally came, it stuck with a vengeance (异乎寻常地). In some regions, temperatures rose several degrees in less than a century. Sea levels shot up nearly 400 feet, flooding coastal settlements and forcing people to migrate inland. Deserts spread throughout the world as vegetation shifted drastically in North America, Europe and Asia. After driving many of the animals around them to near extinction, people were forced to abandon their old way of life for a radically new survival strategy that resulted in widespread starvation and disease. The adaptation was farming: the global-warming crisis that gave rise to it happened more than 10,000 years ago.
As environmentalists convene in Rio de Janeiro this week to ponder the global climate of the future, earth scientists are in the midst of a revolution in understanding how climate has changed in the past — and how those changes have transformed human existence. Researchers have begun to piece together an il
A. is going through a fundamental change
B. has been getting warmer for 10,000 years
C. will eventually change from hot to cold
D. has gone through periodical changes

[单项选择]I certainly got stuck when I bought this raincoat; every time I go out in the rain, it shrinks some more.

[单项选择]Why did Einstein leave Germany when Hitler came to power


A. Because he had been persecuted all the time.
B. Because he anticipated Nazi persecution.
C. Because he wanted to go to support Zionism.
D. Because he was in a very difficult position.

[单项选择]When he came back, George found Janet had already stayed

[单项选择]When Hughie came in he found Trevor putting the finishing touches to a wonderful life-size picture of a beggar-man.
A. Trevor was adding some decorations
B. Trevor was making some correction．
C. Trevor had just checked a few details
D. Trevor had almost finished the picture

[单项选择]When birds came to the garden, the monkey chased them away. The verb "chased" means__________.


A. drive out
B. get rid of
C. catch up with
D. keep up with

[单项选择]Peter was seen crying when he came out of the office. We can deduce that he must have been punished.
A. confer
B. refer
C. prefer
D. infer

[单项选择]The next day Tom was dry when he came home because he didn't want to play in the water any more.

[单项选择]When I came through the customs at the airport, I had to pay ______ on a camera I had bought.

[单项选择]Tom got wet when he came home because it was raining very hard.


A. Right.
B. Wrong.
C. Donesn’t say.