Question

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸(卡)上将该项涂黑。

Today the scientific community is in almost total agreement that the earth’s climate is changing and that this represents a huge threat to the planet and to us. According to a survey, with only 69% accepting the earth is warming— only 1 in 4 Americans see global warming as a major threat, public opinion ________ the scientific conclusion.

Climate scientists and campaigners have long debated how to better communicate the message to nonexperts so that climate science can be ________ into action. According to Christopher Rapley, the usual tactic(策略) of climate experts to provide the public with information isn’t________ because “it does not address key potential causes.” We are all exposed to the evidence of climate change on an almost a daily basis. The information is almost ___________.

Then what’s wrong? _______our brains.

Daniel Gilbert mentioned our brains’ failure to accurately notice gradual change. Robert

Gifford also _________the point about our brains’ difficulty in grasping climate change because of limited cognition and social ______  with other people (“Why should we change if X won’t?”) “ A more powerful barrier is the ___________ of perceived （感知的）behavioral control; ‘I’ m only one person; what can I do ?’ is certainly a big one. For many, the first challenge will be in recognizing barriers _____ they can overcome them”

But for those of us who understand that climate change is a problem yet make little effort

to cut the number of overseas trips we make or the amount of meat we consume, neither the uncaring attitude nor denial really explains the _________between our actions and beliefs. Lertzman has come to the conclusion that the conflict between ________  both the planet and our way of life is too painful to bear. “When we don’t ________ the pain of that, that’s when we get ______and can’t move forward.” Lertzman refers to this ________ as “environmental melancholia(忧郁症),” and points out that there’s a lot to be said for providing a means______ acceptable to talk about.”

Rosemary Randall suggests that climate change is such a(n) __________ subject that it “can raise fears and anxieties that people feel have no_________ in polite conversation.”

Lertzman says the community has been slow to realize  the value of psychology. Gifford says otherwise,________—“ climate change, and not mental health, is the biggest psychological problem”

Despite the pain, shame, difficulty in fully addressing climate change, both Lertzman and Gifford are still _______ about our ability to face up to the challenge. “There can’t be anything about the human mind that stops us struggling with these issues , given that so many people ______ are — maybe that’s what we should be focusing on instead.” says Lertzman.

1.A. accounts for     B. falls behind    C. wishes for     D. leaves behind

2.A. translated       B. sprung          C. forced        D. sent

3.A. revolutionary    B. detailed        C. popular       D. enough

4.A. unreliable       B. unbearable      C. unacceptable  D. unavoidable

5.A. Submit           B. Control         C. Blame         D. Curse

6.A. picks up on      B. gets down to    C. throws back on D. looks up to

7.A. connections     B. comparisons     C. competence    D. development

8.A. sense            B. problem       C. lack           D.effect

9.A. if               B. though          C. before         D. since

10.A. relationship    B. disagreement    C. gap            D. balance

11.A. caring about    B. taking on      C. fighting against D. putting away

12.A. feel            B. process         C. remember       D.hide

13.A. hit             B. puzzled         C. stuck          D. stressed

14.A. conflict         B. event           C.hesitation      D. inability

15.A. socially         B. environmentally C. culturally     D. morally

16.A. complex         B. controversial C. awkward        D. disturbing

17.A. idea            B. goal            C. place          D. choice

18.A. somehow          B. however         C. therefore      D. either

19.A. optimistic      B. concerned       C. cheerful      D. encouraged

20.A. equally          B. still          C. especially    D. already

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.D

5.C

6.A

7.B

8.C

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.D

15.A

16.D

17.C

18.B

19.A

20.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是人们对气候变化应该抱有一种健康积极地心理。

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“诅咒”。句意：这是怎么了？责备我们的智力吧。故选C。

6.罗伯特·吉福德还注意到一点。故选A。

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“对抗，反对”；putting away“放好；抛弃”。句意：Lertzman得出了一个结论，忍受关

心地球和关心我们生活的方式之间的战争太痛苦了。故选A。

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hesitation “犹豫”； inability“无能力，无才能”。

句意：Lertzman把这种无能为力称作忧郁症。故选D。

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【名师点睛】

完形填空的首段对全文的理解起到至关重要的作用。细读首段可以判断文章体裁，预测文章大意和主旨。读懂首段可以帮助考生建立正确的思维导向，对理解全文起着至关重要的作用。所以在仔细阅读了首段后，应快速阅读全文，确定文章的体裁、主旨和结构。通过本文中的Today the scientific community is in almost total agreement that the earth’s climate is changing and that this represents a huge threat to the planet and to us. According to a survey, with only 69% accepting the earth is warming— only 1 in 4 Americans see global warming as a major threat, public opinion ___36_____ the scientific conclusion.可知，科学界已经意识到气候变化对地球和人类造成了威胁，但是这并没有被广泛地认识。由此可知接下来当是讲述原因以及改善这种情况的措施。

考点：考查记叙文完形填空