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1、阅读理解(每道下面的回答即为正确答案)一、TooLittleforGlobalWarming全球变暖“缺油” Althoughestimatesofoilandgasreservesvarywidely,theresearchersarepartofagrowinggroupofexpertswhobelievethatoilsupplieswillpeakassoonas2010,andgassoonafter.Theiranalysissuggeststhatoilandgasreservescombinedamo
2、unttotheequivalentofabout3,500billionbarrelsofoilconsiderablylessthanthe5,000billionbarrelsestimatedinthemostoptimisticmodelenvisagedbytheIPCC.Eventheaverageforecastofabout8,000billionbarrelsismorethantwicetheSwedishestimateoftheworld’sremainingreserves. Nebojsa
3、akicenovic,anenergyeconomistattheUniversityofVienna,Austriawhoheadedthe80-strongIPCCteamthatproducedtheforecasts,saysthepanel’sworkstillstands8.Hesaystheyfactoredin9amuchbroaderandinternationallyacceptedrangeofoilandgasestimatesthanthe“conservative”Swedes.Evenifo
4、ilandgasrunout.“there’sahugeamountofcoalundergroundthatcouldbeexploited.”HesaysthatburningcoalcouldmaketheIPCCscenarioscometrue,butpointsoutthatsuchaswitchwouldbedisastrous.CoalisdirtierthanoilandgasandproducesmoreCO2foreachunitofenergy,aswellasreleasinglargeamou
5、ntsofparticulates.Hesaysthelatestanalysisisa“shotacrossthebows10”forpolicymakers.练习:1.whatdotheauthorsofthenewanalysispresentedattheuniversityofUppsalaintendtosay?D.oilandgaswillrunoutsofastthatearth’sdoomsdaywillnevermaterialize.2.nationsthatsignedthekyotoprotoc
6、olagreetoB.cutco2emissions.3.whataretheestimatesoftheworld’soilandgasreservesD.3,500billionbyagrowingnumberofscients.4.whichofthefollowingaboutnebojanakicenovicistrue?23D.hethinksthatipcc’sestimatesaremoreoptimisticthantheSwedes.5.whichofthefollowingisthenearexpl
7、anationofnakicenovic’sassertionthat….suchaswitchwouldvedisastrons….?B.aswitchfromtheipccscenariostothepolicymakers’oneswouldbedisastrous.二、Renewable Energy Sources可再生能源Todaypetroleumprovidesaround40%oftheworld’senergyneeds,mostlyfuellingautomobiles.Coalisstilluse
8、d,mostlyinpoverstations,tocoverone-quarterofourenergyneeds,butitistheleastefficient,unhealthiestandmostenvironmentallydamagingfossilfuel.Naturalgasreservescoul