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1、2014理工A完形填空第十一篇  ClimateChangePosesMajorRisksforUnpreparedCities     Anewexaminationofurbanpolicieshasbeen   1   recentlybyPatriciaRomeroLankao．Sheisasociologistspecializinginclimatechangeand   2   development．Shewarnsthat manyoftheworld’sfast-growingurbanareas，especiallyindevelopingcountries

2、．willlikelysuffer fromtheimpactsofchangingclimate．Herworkalsoconcludesthatmostcitiesarefailingto   3    emissionsofcarbondioxideandothergreenhouse   4  ．These gasesareknown toaffecttheatmosphere．”Climatechangeisadeeplylocalissueandposesprofoundthreatstothegrowingcitiesoftheworld,”saysRomeroLa

3、nkao.”Buttoofewcitiesaredevelopingeffectivestrategiesto   5   theirresidents."    Citiesare     6   sourcesofgreenhousegases．Andurbanpopulationsarelikelytobeamongthosemostseverelyaffectedbyfutureclimatechange.Lankao’sfindings  highlightwaysinwhichcity-residentsareparticularlyvulnerable,andsug

4、gestpolicyinterventionsthatcouldofferimmediateandlonger-term    7   ．    Thelocationsanddenseconstructionpatternsofcitiesoftenplacetheirpopulationsatgreaterriskfornaturaldisasters.Potential    8    associatedwithclimateincludestormsurgesand prolongedhotweather.Stormsurgescanfloodcoastalareasa

5、ndprolongedhotweathercanheat     9  pavedcitiesmorethansurroundingareas．Theimpactsofsuchnaturaleventscanbemoreseriousinanurbanenvironment．Forexample，aprolongedheatwavecanincreaseexisting levelsofairpollution，causing  widespreadhealthproblems．Poorerneighborhoodsthat  may  10  basicfacilitiessu

6、chasdrinkingwateroradependablenetworkofroads，areespeciallyvulnerabletonaturaldisasters．Manyresidentsinpoorercountriesliveinsubstandardhousing  11    accesstoreliabledrinkingwater，roadsandbasicservices.      Localgovernments,    12   ,shouldtakemeasurestoprotecttheirresidents.”Unfortunately，th

7、eytendtomovetowardsrhetoric    13   meaningfulresponses,  RomeroLankaowrites,”Theydon’timposeconstructionstandardsthatcouldreduceheatingandairconditioningneeds.Theydon'temphasizemasstransitandreduce     14     use.Infact,manylocal  government