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People are no longer so naive as to believe whatever vested interests say. It is only necessary to look at smoking to learn much

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问题     People are no longer so naive as to believe whatever vested interests say. It is only necessary to look at smoking to learn much about the current campaign of disinformation when it comes to fossil fuels and greenhouse gases. The opposition will then occupy the same place in public perception as that reserved for the early anti-smoking lobbies.
    Remember that those who warned of the health dangers of smoking have been proven prescient. Not everyone who smokes gets lung cancer or emphysema, not every exposure to second-hand smoke proves lethal. But the early warnings have been proven correct enough that smart people no longer smoke and smoking in public now no longer has all the social acceptability.
    My point is simple. The analogy between the early warnings of the dangers of smoking and the early warning of the danger of global warming is apt. Both are following the same path of anger and denial from the people who benefit from lax regulations and cooperative governments.
    No, I don’t believe everyone has to bike to work, or turn down the thermostat to 15. But I do believe it would be sheer stupidity to ignore the warnings of global warming and the dangers inherent in u-sing fossil fuel just because a coalition of automakers and vested interests characterize worries as needless and pathetic. It only makes sense to encourage the development of fuel-efficient transportation and alternative fuels toil and gas. We can move ourselves in the direction of survival, instead of acting like the dinosaurs.
    Consider a few generations ago, the suggestion that the use of coal was polluting the air and presenting a health danger was greeted with hoots of derision from the coal companies, somewhat like the sounds coming out of governments dependent on oil and gas revenues and royalties. Rather than work toward replacement fuels, the coal mines and miners were just left to wither away and die. Government has a choice be part of the problem, or part of the solution. In the end, only those who are part of the solution will survive, as the coal miners discovered.  
Which of the following title is most appropriate to the text?
选项 A、Remembering Lessons Learned
B、How to Save Energy
C、In Search of Alternative Fuels
D、A Discussion of Global Warming
答案A
解析 主旨题。前面的段落把早期吸烟有害的警告同早期全球变暖有害的警告进行了类比，认为应该重视全球变暖的警告，重视使用矿物燃料固有的危害，鼓励发展节油型交通工具以及鼓励开发石油和天然气的替代燃料；最后一段利用煤炭产业的经验教训说明了这个问题。这说明：本文主要讲的是吸取教训，重视全球变暖的警告。A可以表达本文的主题，为正确选项。文中没有探讨如何节能的问题，所以B不能表达本文的主题；C只是文中部分段落的内容，不能表达本文的主题；D属于not given类型。
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