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1、2015年英语四级长篇阅读匹配练习题(3)2015年英语四级长篇阅读匹配练习题(3)WorldMustAdapttoUnknownClimateFuture A.Thereisstillgreatuncertaintyabouttheimpactsofclimatechange,accordingtothelatestreportfromtheIntefgovernmentalPanelonClimateChange,releasedtoday.Soifwearetosurviveandprosper,rather
2、thantryingtofendoffspecificthreatslikecyclones,wemustbuildflexibleandresilient(有弹性的)societies. B.Today’sreportisthesecondofthreeinstalments(分期连载)oftheIPCC’sfifthassessmentofclimatechange.Thefirstinstalment,releasedlastyear,coveredthephysicalscienceofclimatecha
3、nge.Itstatedwithincreasedcertaintythatclimatechangeishappenin9,andthatitistheresultofhumanity’sgreenhousegasemissions.Thenewreportfocusesontheimpactsofclimatechangeandhowtoadapttothem.Thethirdinstalment,onhowtocutgreenhousegasemissions,comesoutinApril. C.Thela
4、testreportbacksofffromsomeofthepredictionsmadeinthepreviousIPCCreport,in2007.Duringthefinaleditingprocess.theauthorsalsoretreatedfrommanyofthemoreconfidentprojectionsfromthefinaldraft,leakedlastyear.TheIPCCnowsaysitoftencannotpredictwhichspecificimpactsofclimat
5、echange—suchasdroughts,stormsorfloods——willhitparticularplaces. D.Instead,theIPCCfocusesonhowpeoplecalladaptinthefaceofuncertainty,arguingthatwemustbecomeresilientagainstdiversechangesintheclimate.“Thenaturalhumantendencyistowantthingstobeclearandsimple.”sayst
6、hereport’sco-chairChrisFieldoftheCarnegieInstitutionforScienceinStanford,Califomia.“Andoneofthemessagesthatdoesn’tjustcomefromtheIPCC,itcomesfromhistory,isthatthefuturedoesn’teverturnoutthewayyouthinkitwillbe.”Thatmeans,Fieldadds,that‘'beingpreparedforawiderang
7、eofpossiblefuturesisiustalwayssmart”. E.HereNewScientistbreaksdownwhatisnewinthereport,andwhatitmeansforhumanity’seffortstocopewithachangingclimate.Acompanionarticle,“Howclimatechangewillaffectwhereyoulive”,highlightssomeofthekeyimpactsthatdifferentregionsaref
8、acing.WhathaschangedinthenewIPCCreport? F.Inessence,thepredictionsareintentionallyvaguer.Muchofthefirlnerlanguagefromthe2007reportaboutexactlywhatkindofweathertoexpect,andh
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