凯程考研辅导班，中国最强的考研辅导机构，http:/www.kaichengschool.com 考研就找凯程考研，学生满意，家长放心，社会认可！凯程考研，考研机构，10 年高质量辅导，值得信赖！ 以学员的前途为已任，为学员提供高效、专业的服务，团队合作,为学员服务，为学员引路。2015 考研英语阅读理解精读 P6理学Passage 6If you wanted to question whether global warming is indeed upon us, last week was not the time to do it. Two weeks before the official beginning of summer, a heat wave baked the eastern third of the U.S. and Canada, driving temperatures high into the 90s and even 100s. At the same time, a flurry of scientific papers was released that seemed to explain all the late-spring suffering. In one study, French researchers reported that heat-trapping greenhouse gases are at their highest levels in 420,000 years. In another, U.S. scientists found that 57 species of butterfly may be altering their migratory patterns in response to changing heat patterns.In light of all this, a sweltering public must have been convinced at last that its time to do something to cool off the overheated planet, right? Wrong. Even as the temperature was climbing, a new survey by the American Geophysical Union found that Americans are less concerned than ever about combatting global warming. The more we talk about warming, says the studys director, John Immerwahr, the more the publics concern goes down.Such an environmental disconnect may not be much of a mystery. Environmentalists complain that over the past two years industry groups have launched a coordinated advertising campaign to torpedo the 1997 Kyoto treaty, which requires industrial nations to reduce greenhouse emissions. More than $13 million has been spent on ads to block ratification of the treaty by the U.S. Senate. The purpose of the ads was to convince most Americans that there isnt a problem or that its too expensive to fix, says National Environmental Trust spokesman Peter Kelly.Environmentalists also criticize President Clinton for what they believe is his failure to press the issue. Only last week, Clinton moved for Kyoto treaty changes that environmental groups see as industry-pleasing loopholes. Says Daniel Weiss, the Sierra Clubs political director: Timid leaders communicate hopelessness. And hopelessness breeds indifference. If such popular so-whating persists, Immerwahr warns, the public may begin grasping at phony solutions to global warming. At the end of last week, some people took comfort from the report of a vast haze of pollutants that collects over the Indian Ocean in the winter, but that researchers only recently studied. Filthy as the cloud is, it does deflect solar radiation, and that could lead to cooling. But scientists warn that we cannot simply pollute our way out of global warming. The soot drops from the hazy atmosphere in weeks, whereas greenhouse gases remain for centuries.The way out of this gridlock, environmentalists say, is to show its possible to reduce greenhouse gases without sinking the economy. Solutions include cleaner cars and better wind- and solar-power technologies. Says Greg Wetstone, program director for the Natural Resources Defense Council: When these kinds of options become available, people will feel less hopeless. Of course, its also possible that only when people feel less hopeless will they press their leaders to make the solutions available.注(1)：本文选自 Time;06/21/99, p62, 3/4p, 2c。注(2)：本文习题命题模仿对象 1998 年 text2 和 1997 年 text3 第 4 题凯程考研辅导班，中国最强的考研辅导机构，http:/www.kaichengschool.com 考研就找凯程考研，学生满意，家长放心，社会认可！凯程考研，考研机构，10 年高质量辅导，值得信赖！ 以学员的前途为已任，为学员提供高效、专业的服务，团队合作,为学员服务，为学员引路。1. According to the author, global warming is _.A causing a lot of troubleB not as serious as it seemsC felt only in America and CanadaD what accounts for the high level of greenhouse gases2. Speaking of global warming, American public is _.A concernedB indifferentC worriedD frightened3. The publics reaction to global warming is mainly a result of _.A their disbelief of the existence of such problemB the advertising campaign of industrial groupsC the high cost of fixing the problemD American Senates disapproval of Kyoto treaty4. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?A Environmentalists urge President Clinton administration to press the issue.B Kyoto treaty aims at curbing the global warming problem.C American government is partly responsible for the publics attitude toward global warming.D Industrial groups do not care about global warming.5. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A environmentalists support the idea of solving global warming through pollutionB the poor leadership of American President has produced a very bad influenceC American economy will suffer if global warming is curbedD people have no confidence in solving problem of global warming答案：A B B A B篇章剖析：本篇文章以提出问题分析问题解决问题的模式分析了公众对待全球变暖的态度，原因以及解决的办法。第一段介绍了全球变暖的事实，第二段介绍了美国公众对待全球变暖漠不关心的态度，第三段分析了造成这种态度的原因，第四段分析了这种态度可能带来的后果，第五段提出了解决之道。词汇注释：migratory: 5mairEtEri adj. 迁移的，迁徙的;移栖的s