Question

The health and welfare of every person in America will be affected by global warming, especially children, the elderly and the poor, according to a new White House science report.

The report said every region (地区) of the country will suffer worse health from heat waves and drought. All but a handful of states would have worse air quality and flooding. It predicts an increase in diseases spread by tainted (腐烂的) food, bad water and bugs (臭虫).

The report concludes that climate change causes real risk to human health and human system that supports the way of life in the United States.

Man-made global warming is caused by greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels. At current emission (放射) levels, global temperatures are likely to rise by about 2 degrees by midcentury and about 7.5 degrees by the end of the century.

The most vulnerable (脆弱的) Americans — the poor, elderly, sick, very young and immigrants — will suffer more. That’s at least 10 percent of the country’s population, probably more. It will be tougher for these people to get enough health care for climate-related illnesses, to cool down in heat waves, to escape extreme events such as Hurricane Katrina, and even to get enough food.

While every region of America is vulnerable to global warming’s health and welfare effects, more people are moving to coastal regions, which are most vulnerable to climate change because of drought and hurricanes.

1.According to the report, we learn all of the following will risk human’s health EXCEPT ______.

A. heat waves and drought

B. increase in the number of bugs

C. reduction in carbon dioxide emissions

D. global warming and climate change

2.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. All of states would suffer flooding.

B. Air quality in few states is not high.

C. About half of all states would have clear air.

D. Flooding would occur in almost all the states.

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Global warming is caused by human beings.

B. It is wise for the Americans to move into coastal regions.

C. Global temperatures are increasing year by year because of carbon dioxide.

D. At least one tenth of Americans are more likely to suffer climate-related illnesses.

4. The writer wrote this passage to ______.

A. explain how the phenomenon of global warming forms

B. protect the vulnerable Americans from suffering from diseases

C. provide evidence that global warming and climate change risk human’s health

D. warn every American of the danger of global warming to their health

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要叙述了全球变暖对美国的影响，几乎美国所有地区都受到全球变暖的威胁。

1.C 细节题。根据第二段首尾句The report said every region (地区) of the country will suffer worse health from heat waves and drought.和It predicts an increase in diseases spread by tainted (腐烂的) food, bad water and bugs (臭虫).可知AB两项是我们可能会面临的健康威胁。根据文章地三段The report concludes that climate change causes real risk to human health and human system that supports the way of life in the United States.可知D项也是人类要面临的威胁。只有C项内容不是威胁人类健康的因素。

2.D 猜测句意题。根据本句All but a handful of states would have worse air quality and flooding.字面意思为除了几个州以外所有的州都会有更糟糕的空气质量和洪水。也就是说洪水等自然灾害可能会发生在所有的州里。充分说明全球变暖对世界的影响是多么的巨大。故D正确。

3.B 细节题。根据文章最后一句more people are moving to coastal regions, which are most vulnerable to climate change because of drought and hurricanes.可知因为干旱和飓风，海边地区也很容易受到攻击。所以搬到海边去住也不是明智的选择。故B项做法是错误的。

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考点：考查环保类阅读

【名师点睛】

高考阅读理解题中有一类间接信息题是很多学生容易出错的。做这类题目时，考生需要对原文信息进行加工处理，然后再进行进一步的推理或鉴别，这是介于事实细节题和推理判断题之间的一种题型，对考生来说有一定难度。

例如本文第27题，原文最后While every region of America is vulnerable to global warming’s health and welfare effects, more people are moving to coastal regions, which are most vulnerable to climate change because of drought and hurricanes. 因为干旱和飓风，海边地区也很容易受到攻击。所以搬到海边去住也不是明智的选择。所以本题B项It is wise for the Americans to move into coastal regions.的说法就是错误的。