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[单项选择]Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an organization led by Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general.
The report, to be released Friday, analyzed data and existing studies of health, disaster, population and economic trends. It found that human-influenced climate change was raising the global death rates from illnesses including malnutrition (营养不良) and heat-related health problems.
But even before its release, the report drew criticism from some experts on climate and risk, who questioned its methods and conclusions.
Along with the deaths, the report said that the lives of 325 million people, primarily in poor countries, were being seriously affected by climate change. It projected that the number would double by 2030.
Roger Pielke Jr., a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said
A. It caused a big stir in developing countries.
B. It was warmly received by environmentalists.
C. It aroused a lot of interest in the scientific circles.
D. It was challenged by some climate and risk experts.
[单项选择]The number of deaths in Samoa is more than ______ as that in American Samoa.The number of deaths in Samoa is more than ______ as that in American Samoa.
A. five times
B. three times
C. twice
D. nine times
[单项选择]A) More than 70 million. C) More than 2000 million.
B) More than 1000 million. D) More than 6000 million.
[单项选择]Communication orally involves more than reading or talking: gesture, posture, movements may all be（）to it.
A. intrinsic
B. coherent
C. appealing
D. submissive
[单项选择]
More than one hundred thousand international students will spend this summer working and traveling in the United States. They are participating in the Summer Work Travel program through the State Department. They receive J-I exchange visitor visas.
The idea is for students to work for up to three months and earn enough money to then spend a month traveling before they return home.
The Exchange Visitor Program, aims to increase global understanding through educational and cultural exchanges.
The Summer Work Travel program has existed for years. This year there are some changes. The State Department recently amended the employment rules. These changes follow a strike last summer by foreign students working at a distribution center for Hershey’s chocolates.
The State Department said the students were put to work for long hours in jobs that provided little or no contact with the outside world. The students complained about having to lift heavy bo
A. to help students improve language proficiency.
B. to send students to work for long hours in jobs.
C. to increase global understanding.
D. to protect U.S. workers.
[填空题]Overprotective parents inhibit more than their kids’ freedom: they may also slow brain growth in an area linked to mental illness. Children whose parents are overprotective or neglectful are believed to be more susceptible to psychiatric disorders—which in turn are associated with defects in part of the prefrontal cortex.
To investigate the link, Kosuke Narita of Gunma University, Japan, scanned the brains of 50 people in their 20s and asked them to fill out a survey about their relationship with their parents during their first 16 years. The researchers used a survey called the Parental Bonding Instrument, an internationally recognized way of measuring children’s relationships with their parents. It asks participants to rate their parents on statements like "Did not want me to grow up", "tried to control everything I did" and "tried to make me feel dependent on her/him". Narita’s team found that those with overprotective parents had less grey matter in a particular area of the
[填空题]The acetaminophen poisoning caused more than haft of the acute liver failure eases in the US from 1998 — 2003.
