President Barack Obama claimed progress Wednesday in his second-term drive to combat climate change but said more must be done t

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问题     President Barack Obama claimed progress Wednesday in his second-term drive to combat climate change but said more must be done to address a generational problem.
    One year after unveiling an aggressive plan, Obama said new【C1】________limits on power plants, renewable energy projects and new【C2】________for green technology have cleared the way for further action in the U.S. and abroad, despite steadfast【C3】________from much of Congress.
    "When you take those first steps, even if they’re【C4】________, and even if there are politics some-times, you start【C5】________momentum and you start mobilizing larger and larger communities," Obama said.
    Obama’s【C6】________served as a progress report for his climate plan, which the president【C7】________out last June. Twelve months later, much of the plan is in【C8】________although the most ambitious steps are still up in the air and will take years to be【C9】________realized.
    Change won’t be instantaneous, Obama【C10】________. "There’s no silver bullet."
    Indeed, many of the steps he’s taking are【C11】________limited in scope by hostility from both parties to putting a【C12】________on carbon pollution, which would require new laws from Congress. Still, Obama said he’s seeking to【C13】________the problem but cutting it up into smaller pieces.
    "We’re moving, and it’s making a【C14】________," he told a supportive crowd at the League of Conservation Voter’s annual dinner. The environmental group【C15】________Obama early in his 2008 campaign.【C16】________on the international front, momentum has been obscure.【C17】________global climate talks next year in Paris, there are fresh【C18】________that some countries are urging others to resist【C19】________moves to curb carbon. That could dis-courage even bigger polluters from【C20】________.  
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选项 A、convenient
B、hard
C、devastating
D、coherent

答案B

解析 本句强调只要我们迈出第一步,就能收获积极的回报(you start moblizing larger and larger communities)。句中插入even if引导的让步状语从句。even if常用来强调尽管会有些阻碍。事情还是会照样发展的。因此,even if从句中的内容是对积极结果的一种阻碍,故选B项hard“困难的”。A项convenient“便利的”和D项coherent“清晰的;连贯的”均为积极表达,与句中语义要求相反。而奥巴马的措施取得了进步和成就,是不可能被归属于devastating“毁灭性的”,据此排除C项。
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