首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
考研
One of the oft-repeated mantras of the global warming crowd is that there is no longer any debate in the scientific community ab
One of the oft-repeated mantras of the global warming crowd is that there is no longer any debate in the scientific community ab
admin
2016-08-02
59
问题
One of the oft-repeated mantras of the global warming crowd is that there is no longer any debate in the scientific community about the threat of global warming. That is just not true. While there are many scientists who firmly believe global warming is real and it is a threat, there are many other scientists who have serious reservations about that judgment.
One who sticks out in the debate on global warming is Danish statistician Bjorn Lomborg. Five years ago, Lomborg who views himself as an environmentalist, ignited a firestorm of controversy with his book The Skeptical Environmentalist. In it, Lomborg pointed out, as he has continued to explain since, "that actually a lot of the things we are doing to the environment are making it better". On global warming, he told the online site TechCentralStation; "Global warming is an important issue and one which we should address. But there is no sense of proportion either in environmental terms, or indeed in terms of the other issues facing the world."
According to Lomborg, millions die each year from lack of clean drinking water and proper sanitation and indoor air pollution kills millions more, but a warmer world poses no such threat. "One of the top climate change economists has modelled—and several papers that came out a couple of weeks ago essentially point out -that climate change will probably mean fewer deaths, not more deaths. It is estimated that climate change by about 2050 will mean about 800,000 fewer deaths. "
Another critic of the standard model of global warming is MIT professor of meteorology Richard S. Lindzen. A giant in climate science, Lindzen has published literally hundreds of scientific papers. In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal in 2001, writing about a National Academy of Sciences report on climate change in which he participated, Lindzen noted: "We are quite confident(1)that global mean temperature is about 0. 5 degrees Celsius higher than it was a century ago;(2)that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide have risen over the past two centuries; and(3)that carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas whose increase is likely to warm the earth(one of many, the most important being water vapor and clouds). But—and I cannot stress this enough we are not in a position to confidently attribute past climate change to carbon dioxide or to forecast what the climate will be in the future. That is to say, contrary to media impressions, agreement with the three basic statements tells us almost nothing relevant to policy discussions. "
By saying "But there is no sense of proportion either . . . or . . . ", Lomborg means that______.
选项
A、the threat posed by global warming is nothing but a nonsense
B、the issue of global warming has attained important proportions
C、there are issues assuming larger proportions than global warming
D、the proportion assumed by the issue of global warming is improper
答案
D
解析
第三段第一句“According to Lomborg,millions die each year…kills millions more,but awarmer world poses no such threat”解释了第二段最后一句“But there is no sense of proportion either…or…”。所以,D应为答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/hboZ777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
Donation捐赠Writealetterofabout100wordsbasedonthefollowingsituation:Thestudentsinyouruniversityhavedonatedsom
EnergyCrisis能源危机Writeanessayof160-200wordsbasedonthedrawing.Inyouressay,youshould1)describethedrawingbriefl
Supposeyouruniversityisgoingtohostasummercampforhighschoolstudents.Writeanotice(1)brieflyintroducethecampac
Humanlanguageisthesubjectofendlessscientificinvestigation,butthegesturesthataccompanyspeechareasurprisinglyneg
Dieting,accordingtoanoldjoke,maynotactuallymakeyoulivelonger,butitsurefeelsthatway.Nevertheless,evidencehas
Morethananyotherindustry,America’smulti-billion-dollarentertainmentbusinessiscaughtinthecrossfireofthecountry’s
Givenhisrecklesslyeccentricpersonallife,MichaelJackson’sprematuredeathseemsalmostdestined—oneofthosedeathsYeats
Theenergycrisis,whichisbeingfeltaroundtheworld,hasdramatizedhowtherecklessdespoilingoftheearth’sresourceshas
Aperson’shomeisasmuchareflectionofhispersonalityastheclotheshewears,thefoodheeatsandthefriendswithwhomh
Aperson’shomeisasmuchareflectionofhispersonalityastheclotheshewears,thefoodheeatsandthefriendswithwhomh
随机试题
“泰山四大名药”指的是()。
若用重金属沉淀pI为8的蛋白质时,该溶液的pH值应为:
A.缩窄性心包炎B.心力衰竭C.肺动脉高压D.二尖瓣脱垂综合征E.二尖瓣狭窄
堤防工程施工质量达不到设计要求,经加固补强后,造成外形尺寸改变或永久性缺陷的,经项目法人认为基本满足设计要求,其质量()。
在下列费用中,不属于直接费的是______。
有关对会计报表认定的下列说法中,不正确的有()。
根据我国的相关法规,在全国银行间同业拆借市场进行债券回购资金不得超过基金资产净值的()
地中海气候的成因主要是()。
(2012-河北-103)行政法规是国务院为领导和管理国家各项行政工作,根据宪法和法律,并且按照《行政法规制定程序条例》的规定而制定的各类法规的总称。我国行政法规的名称中,“规定”是指()。
TheannouncementisMade______.Welearnfromthetextthat______.
最新回复
(
0
)