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The science of climate change is easy. We burn millions of
tons of fossil fuels(矿物燃料) a year, sending millions of carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere. The gas acts like the windows of a greenhouse, retaining heat that
would otherwise radiate(散发)away. Result: The world is warmer—half a degree or so
in the past 100 years.
Think it doesn’t matter Your
grandchildren will disagree. In the near term, this warning contributes to
accidental weather. More storms here; more drought (干旱) there. Over time, the
disastrous consequences may include melted ice caps and higher sea levels. No
more icebergs, No more Miami.
With 4 96 of the world population,
the United States produces 22 % of all greenhouse gas. Clearly, we bear some
responsibility. Which is why, combined with the threat to future Americans, the
White House this week outlined a new plan to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions(排放).
The plan is painfully modest. It delays hard
limits for
[简答题]I have recently been told that I am one of the millions of Americans who will be afflicted with Alzheimer’s Disease.
{{U}}Upon learning this news, Nancy and I had to decide whether as private citizens we would keep this a private matter or whether we would make this news known in a public way.{{/U}}
{{U}}In the past Nancy suffered from breast cancer and I had my cancer surgeries. We found through our open disclosures we were able to raise public awareness. We were happy that as a result many more people underwent testing.{{/U}}
{{U}}They were treated in early stages and able to return to normal, healthy lives.{{/U}}
{{U}}So now, we feel it is important to share it with you. In opening our hearts, we hope this might promote greater awareness of this condition. Perhaps it will encourage a clearer understanding of the individuals and families who are affected by it.{{/U}}
{{U}}At the moment I feel just fine. I intend to live the remainder of the years God gives me on t
[填空题] In just eight years, by 2010, there will be 58 million jobs in the United States, (0) the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The bureau (21) between now and 2010 some 22 million new jobs will be created. And 36 million more (22) will result from retirements and others who drop out of the workforce. Nearly all that job (23), incidentally, will come in the service sector. Manufacturing jobs will grow at only (24) of a percent annually. That’’s not because those jobs are going overseas, by the way. Blame the slow growth in manufacturing (25) the fast growth in manufacturing productivity.
Ed Potter, president of the Employment Policy Foundations in Washington, said the foundation’’s analysis of job growth and what’’s (26) happening in education show there could be as (27) as 3.5 million professionals at the ,end of this decade.
Despite the current recession and layoffs, a (28) of employers by the National Association of Manufacturers found 80 percent of companies say a severe shorta
A. A．reliably
B．currently
C．fortunately
D．definitely
[单项选择]A certain ear increased its average speed by 5 miles per hour in each successive 5-minute interval after the first interval. If in the first 5-minute interval its average speed was 20 miles per hour, how many miles did the car travel in the third 5-minute interval ？（）
A. 1.0
B. 1.5
C. 2.0
D. 2.5
E. 3.0
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Passage One Swine flu has infected more than a million Americans and is infecting thousands more every week even though the annual flu season is well over. That total of those who have already been infected is "just a ballpark figure," said Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of respiratory diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adding, "We know we’re not tracking every single one of them." Only a tiny fraction of those million cases have been tested. 66 A survey in New York City showed that almost 7 percent of those called had had flu symptoms during just three weeks in May when the flu was spreading rapidly through schools. If that percentage of the city has had it, then there have been more than 500,000 cases in the city alone. 67 The flu has now spread to many areas of the country, Dr. Schuchaf noted, and the C. D. C. has heard of outbreaks in 34 summer camps in 16 states. About 3,000 Americans have been hospitalized, and their median ag
A. The world’s eyes are on the Southern Hemisphere, which is at the beginning of its winter, when flu spreads more rapidly.
B. Swine flu doesn’t often infect people, and the rare human cases that have occurred in the past have mainly affected people who had direct contact with pigs.
C. That means difficult decisions will have to be made about whom to give it to first.
D. Of those who die, Dr. Schuchat said, about three-quarters have some underlying condition like morbid obesity, pregnancy, asthma, diabetes or immune system problems.
E. The estimate is based on testing plus telephone surveys in New York City and several other locales where the new flu has hit hard.
F. However, most of them have been mild enough that doctors recommended nothing more than rest and fluids.
[单项选择]If nothing is done to protect the environment, millions of species that are alive today will have become （）.
A. deteriorated
B. degenerated
C. suppressed
D. extinct
