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1、 微信扫描二维码关注启航考研（qh_kaoyan）考研自学平台 咋学微信号： 咋学网（zaxueapp）How to live with climate change 如何与气候变化共处 2010.11.25 The EconomistEven if the currently moderate pace of emissions reduction steps up, the likelihood is that the Earth will be at least 3C warmer at the end of this century than it was at the start o
2、f the industrial revolution; less warming is possible, but so is more, and quicker. The best protection against global warming is global prosperity. Wealthier, healthier people are better able to deal with higher food prices, or invest in new farming techniques, or move to another city or country, t
3、han poor ones are. Richer economies rely less on agriculture, which is vulnerable to climatic change, and more on industry and services, which by and large are not. Richer people tend to work in air-conditioned buildings. Poor ones tend not to. Beyond encouraging climate-friendly development, govern
4、ments need to take some focused measures in three areas: infrastructure, migration and food. The Dutch, who have centuries of experience of protecting themselves against high water, are already working out how to adapt and build infrastructure to minimise the risks of flooding as sea levels rise and
5、 the rain-fed Rhine grows friskier. Elsewhere, politicians need to assess the vulnerability of their cities to changes in peak temperatures, in rainfall, in severe-storm frequency and in sea level, and act accordingly.As life gets harder in vulnerable places, people will need to migrate both between
6、 and within countries. Rich people can help make life easier for poor ones by allowing larger numbers across their borders. Within rich countries, governments should stop subsidising insurance in vulnerable areassuch as the Florida coastlineand thus stimulating development there. People need to be e
7、ncouraged to migrate away from vulnerable areas, not into them.Food security will become a crucial issue. Drought-resistant seeds are needed; and, given that the farmers least able to pay will require the hardiest varieties, seed companies efforts should be supplemented by state-funded research. Sin
8、ce genetic modification would help with this, it would be handy if people abandoned their prejudice against it.Even with better crops, better soil conservation, better planting patterns and better weather forecasts, all of which are needed, there will still be regional calamities. To ensure that foo
9、d is always available, the global food market will have to be deeper and more resilient than it is now. That means abandoning the protectionism that bedevils agriculture today.None of this will make climate change all right. It remains the craziest experiment mankind has ever conducted. Maybe in the
10、 long run it will be brought under control. For the foreseeable future, though, the mercury will continue to rise, and the human race must live with the problem as best it can.1 The author implies in the first paragraph that .A the global climate is changeableB the trend of global warming can not be
11、 stoppedC there is still hope to control the global climate changeD it is urgent to deal with the global climate change 微信扫描二维码关注启航考研（qh_kaoyan）考研自学平台 咋学微信号： 咋学网（zaxueapp）2 According to the author, the most important factor in preventing global warming is .A the climate-friendly development B the bo
12、oming global economyC the quickening pace of emissions D the narrowing wealth gap3 With the example of Dutch, the author wants to prove .A the importance of infrastructure B the effect of governments focused measuresC the achievement of Dutch in preventing global warmingD the harsh natural condition
13、s in Dutch4 In paragraph five, the author suggests people to .A consume safe food onlyB embrace genetically modified foodC abandon their prejudice against drought-resistant seedsD show support to seed companies efforts 5 The proverb “it” (para 7, line 2) refers to .A the craziest experiment B climat
14、e changeC the measures adopted by a government D quickening global warming考研词汇likelihood laklihd n.可能性真题例句 Basic economics suggests the greater the potential consumers, the higher the likelihood of a better price.2005 年新题型例句精译 基本经济学原理也表明，如果潜在的顾客群越大，药价降低的可能性越大。vulnerablevlnrbl a.易受攻击的，易受.的攻击真题例句 Enco
15、uraging kids to reject the life of the mind leaves them vulnerable to exploitation and control.2004 年阅读 4例句精译 鼓励孩子们放弃精神上的追求，会使他们极易被利用和控制。migrationmaren n.移民，移动真题例句 (75) Additional social stresses may also occur because of the population explosion or problems arising from mass migration movements - t
16、hemselves made relatively easy nowadays by modern means of transport.2000 年翻译例句精译 (75)由于人口的猛增或人口大量流动（现代交通工具使这种流动相对容易）造成的种种问题也会对社会造成新的压力。 微信扫描二维码关注启航考研（qh_kaoyan）考研自学平台 咋学微信号： 咋学网（zaxueapp）infrastructurenfrstrkt n.基础设施真题例句 The more foreign capital you have helping you build your Third Wave infrastructure, which today is an electronic infrastructure, the better off youre
