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1、2015年英语四级长篇阅读匹配练习题(5)2015年英语四级长篇阅读匹配练习题(5)BeingObjectiveonClimateChange A.Lastweek,CraigRucker,aclimate-changeskepticandtheexecutivedirectorofanonprofitorganizationcalledtheCommitteeforaConstructiveTomorrow(CFACT),tweetedaquotationsupposedlytakenfroma
2、1922editionoftheWashingtonPost:“Withinafewyearsitispredictedduetoicemelttheseawillrise&makemostcoastalcitiesuninhabitable.”Theintent,ofcourse,wastopokefunatcurrentheadlinesaboutclimatechange. B.Rucker’sorganizationisamemberoftheCoolerHeadsCoalition,an
3、umbrellaorganizationoperatedbytheCompetitiveEnterpriseInstitute,anonprofitthatpridesitselfonitsoppositiontoenvironmentalists.Ruckerhimselfispartofanetworkofbloggers,op-cdwriters,andpolicy-shopexecutiveswhoarguethatclimatechangeiseitherahoaxorallexample
4、ofleft-winghysteria.Surfacingoldnewspaperclipsisoneoftheirfavoritegames.Theyalsomakesubstantiveargumentsaboutclimatepolicy,butthesnipingmaybemoreeffective.Thereisnostrongerrhetoricaltoolthanridicule. C.Inthiscase,Ruckcr’sridiculeseemsmisplaced.Aftersp
5、endingafewminutespokingaroundonline,1wasabletofindboththeWashingtonPostarticleandthelongerSourCematerialthatitcamefrom—aweatherreportissuedbytheU.S.consulinBergen,Norway,andsenttotheStateDepartmentonoctober10,1922.Thereportdidn’tsayanythingaboutcoastsb
6、einginundated.Thisisn’tsurprising.Scientistswetesmartbackthen,too,andtheyknewthatmeltingseaicewouldn’tappreciablyraisesealevels.anymorethanameltingicecuberaisesthelevelofwaterinaglass. D.Ruckerultimatelycorrectedhistweetoncecommenterspointedoutthemisq
7、uote.ThroughTwitter,heinformedmethathehadtakenthelinefromaWashingtonTimesop—edbyRichardRahn,aseniorfellowattheCatoInstitute.WhenIcontactedRahn’soffice.apressrepresentativeacknowledgedthatRahnhadcopiedthequotefromotherbloggersandcolumnists;thefabricated
8、sentenceappearsinarticlesatreason.cornandtexasgopvote.corn.Thefabricatedlineseemstohavebeeninsertedaround2011.buttheoriginalarticlehasbeencirculatingonlinesince2007. E.Thestatementaboutrisingsealevelsaside,1922reallywasastrangeperiodin
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