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  3. The Effects of Global Warming Although the term “global warming” has become increasingly familiar to the general public, a

The Effects of Global Warming Although the term “global warming” has become increasingly familiar to the general public, a

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问题                                   The Effects of Global Warming
      Although the term “global warming” has become increasingly familiar to the general public, a recent survey carried out by the Chinchilla Institute for Environmental Studies clearly demonstrates that the full implications of the term are  (51)   understood. As long as public
(52)   remains so low, the political measures required to deal with the  (53)   disastrous consequences are unlikely to come about.
      Over 80 percent of the people interviewed in the Chinchilla Survey were unable to indicate any of the effects of a worldwide rise in temperature.  (54)   more disturbing was the very small  (55)   of people interviewed (7.4%)who felt that their lives would be directly  (56)   by global warming during the next 20 years.
     This indifference is in sharp  (57)   to the concerns voiced by the team of professionals who conducted the Survey. Team leader professor Ernest Wong stated that we should all expect to  (58)   significant lifestyle changes as a result of the effects of global warming. In  (59)   the likely effects, Professor Wong emphasized that the climatic changes caused by a rise in global temperature of only 1℃ would result in  (60)   changes.
     Primary among these changes would be the rise in sea level as a  (61)   of the melting of the polar icecaps. The consequent 30-centimeter rise in sea levels would have disastrous consequences for lowly coastal areas.  The very  (62)   of countries such as Bangladesh would be threatened. Indeed,  (63)   coastal cities would entirely escape severe flooding and damage.  (64)   considerable debate surrounds the accuracy of Professor Wong’s predictions, those who share his  (65)   prediction insist that governments must respond to this challenge by investing in coastal defense.  
选项 A、incredible
B、convincing
C、pessimistic
D、arbitrary
答案C
解析 此题属于语义搭配题。选项C pessimistic意为“悲观的”。上文提到了关于Wong教授的预测的准确性有很多争论，可见选项C符合文意，与上文中的disastrous consequences和concerns相呼应。选项A incredible意为“不可信的”，例如：His remarks are incredible.选项B convincing意为“令人信服的”，例如：convincing evidence。这两个选项均不符文意；选项D arbitrary意为“任意的，武断的”，例如：arbitr
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