2022职称英语考试卫生类C级试题阅读判断及答案五Too Little for Global Warming Oil and gas will run out1 too fast for doomsday global warming scenarios2 to materialize, according to a controversial new analysis presented this week at the University of Uppsala in Sweden. The authors warn that all the fuel will be burnt before there is enough carbon dioxide in the atmosphere to realize predictions of melting ice caps and searing temperatures. Defending their predictions, scientists from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change3 say they considered a range of estimates of oil and gas reserves, and point out that coal-burning could easily make up4 the shortfall. But all agree that burning coal would be even worse for the planet. The IPCCs predictions of global meltdown pushed forward5 the 1997 Kyoto Protocol6, an agreement obliging signatory nations to cut CO2 emissions. The IPCC considered a range of future scenarios, from unlimited burning of fossil-fuels to a fast transition towards greener energy sources. But geologists Anders Sivertsson, Kjell Aleklett and Colin Campbell of Uppsala University say there is not enough oil and gas left even the most conservative of the 40 IPCC scenarios to come to pass7. Although estimates of oil and gas reserves vary widely, the researchers are part of a growing group of experts who believe that oil supplies will peak as soon as 2022, and gas soon after. Their analysis suggests that oil and gas reserves combined amount to the equivalent of about 3,500 billion barrels of oil considerably less than the 5,000 billion barrels estimated in the most optimistic model envisaged by the IPCC. Even the average forecast of about 8,000 billion barrels is more than twice the Swedish estimate of the worlds remaining reserves. Nebojsa akicenovic, an energy economist at the University of Vienna, Austria who headed the 80-strong IPCC team that produced the forecasts, says the panels work still stands8. He says they factored in9 a much broader and internationally accepted range of oil and gas estimates than the “conservative” Swedes. Even if oil and gas run out. “theres a huge amount of coal underground that could be exploited.” He says that burning coal could make the IPCC scenarios come true, but points out that such a switch would be disastrous. Coal is dirtier than oil and gas and produces more CO2 for each unit of energy, as well as releasing large amounts of particulates. He says the latest analysis is a “shot across the bows10” for policy makers.词汇: doomsday /5du:mzdei/n.世界末日 signatory /5sinEtEri/adj.签约的 signatory /5sinEtEri/ adj.签约的 envisage /in5vizidV/v.设想，准备实行 carbon dioxide (CO2)二氧化碳 Swede /swi:d/n.瑞典 sear /siE/ v.灼热，烧灼 disastrous /di5zB:strEs/adj.灾难性的 shortfall /5FC:tfC:l/n.缺少，缺乏 particulate /pE5tikjulit/n.微粒protocol /5prEutEkCl/n.协议 解释: 1. run out:被用完 2. doomsday global warming scenarios:全球变暧这一世界求末的场景。 scenarios:指“预料或期望的一系列大事的模式”，在戏剧中指“一场，一景”。 3. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC):政府间气候变化特地委员会 4. make up:弥补 5. push forward:抓紧进展，推动 6. Kyoto:京都(日本本州中西部一峻市)。Kyoto Protocol:京都议定书(京都议定书是联合国气候变化框架公约的商定俗成的称呼。京都议定书规定，到 2022年，全部兴旺国家排放的二氧化碳等六种温室气体的数量，要比 1990年削减 52%。) 7. come to pass: happen, occur (发使) 8. the panels work still stands委员会的工作结果 (即对世界燃料的存量估算 )仍旧站得住脚。 9. factor in:包括，把计算在内，如 :They factored sick days and vacations in when they prepared the work schedule. 当他们预备工作时间表时，他们把病假和假期都包括在内。 10. shot across the bows:泼冷水，使消除打算和念头 练习: 1. What do the authors of the new analysis presented at the University of Uppsala intend to say? A The burning of coal will accelerate the arrival of Earths doomsday. B The oil reserves are big enough to materialize the doomsday scenarios. C Melting ice caps and searing temperatures exist only in science fiction. D Oil and gas will run out so fast that Earths doomsday will never materialize. 2. Nations that signed the Kyoto Protocol agree to A pay attention to global meltdown. B cut CO2 emissions. C use more green energy. D stop using fossil fuels. 3. What are the estimates of the worlds oil and gas reserves? A 4,000 billion barrels by the average forecast. B 8,000 billion barrels estimated by the Swedes. C 3,500 barrels envisaged by IPCC. D 3,500 billion by a growing numher of scientists. 4. Which of the following about Nebojsa Nakicenovic is true? A He thinks fossil fuels are as dirty as oil and gas. B He thinks green fuels will replace oil and gas eventually. C He thinks IPCCs view on the worlds oil reserves is too optimistic. D He thinks that IPCCs estimates are more optimistic than the Swedes. 5. Which of the following is the near explanation of Nakicenovic”s assertion that“ such a switch would be disastrous ”? A The IPCC scenarios would come true because burning coal will emit larger amounts of CO2. B A switch to burning coal would produce disastrous e