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1、系统掌握蕴含其中的马克思主义立场观点方法，要在系统学习、深刻领会、科学把握习近平教育思想上下功夫。精心组织开展学习宣传贯彻习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想和党的十九大精神知识问答活动。河北定州中学2016-2017学年第一学期高二承智班英语周练试题（10）一、阅读理解Climate change will bring greater extremes in weather, the Governments chief scientific adviser has warned as he called for action to deal with global warming. Profes
2、sor Sir John Beddington says the effects of climate change on the weather are already being felt in the UK.“In a sense we have moved from the idea of global warming to the idea of climate change, and that is rather important. Temperatures are increasing and there are more changes in our weather,” he
3、 said.Even if effective action is taken now on global warming, he says there will be great climate change over the next 20 to 25 years as a result of past global problems.“We have serious problems in the world - in 12 years there will be another billion people on the planet and we have big issues of
4、 food security, water security and energy security, and many people will start to be living in cities,” he said. “These are serious problem; climate change is just going to make it worse.”He said there were some “uncertainties” in the analysis of climate and climate change. “But those uncertainties
5、are completely unimportant in comparison（比较）with a great deal of evidence that shows it is happening in the sort of ways climate models would expect,” he said. “For example, the Arctic is heating up faster than other parts of the world - this is exactly what the climate scientists are predicting.”Si
6、r Johns views were made as Britain experienced freezing cold weather and snow, with thousands of homes across the UK without power. England and Wales experienced 10 separate flooding events between April and December last year after widespread drought gave way to the wettest summer in a century, wit
7、h unusually high rainfall totals and river levels around the country.1Which of the following is NOT one of the things that Sir John says?A. We need more action to deal with global warming.B. Climate change will make some big problems worse.C. Climate change will bring greater extremes in weather.D.
8、England will experience more extremes in weather than Wales.2How long will it be before our planet has another billion people?A. 25 years. B. 20 yearsC. 12 years. D. 10 years.3What is Sir Johns attitude towards the Climate scientists prediction?A. Puzzled. B. Trusting.C. Uncertain. D. Doubtful.4In r
9、ecent years, which of the following has the UK NOT experienced?A. Widespread drought.B. Many flooding events.C. Freezing cold weather.D. Several big earthquakes.5What is the main purpose of this report?A. To call for effective action on climate change.B. To introduce Professor Sir John and his opini
10、ons.C. To prove that the UK has experienced a series of disasters.D. To show how correct the climate scientists predictions are.When people reunite with their loved ones, its usually all extremely happy moment. But what is their most common response to seeing them again? It may seem strange，but most
11、 of the time they break down in tears.Now a group of psychologists from Yale University say they have found the reason why, and that crying tears of joy may well be the bodys way of keeping emotional balance. “They seem to take place when people are overtaken by strong positive emotions, and people
12、who do this seem to recover better from those strong emotions,” Oriana Aragon, the lead researcher said.Aragon and her fellow psychologists looked at hundreds of participants emotional responses to different things, including happy reunions and cute babies. Many participants said they would react in
13、 a negative or aggressive way to the positive things to cry at happy moments and want to pinch(捏)a cute babys face or even tell them “I want to eat you up!” But then researchers found that these people were able to calm down from strong emotions more quickly.There are many other examples of times wh
14、en people respond to a positive experience with a negative emotional reaction. At an exciting concert, fans scream at their idols(偶像). People who have just had a big lottery win are often in floods of tears. “These findings advance our understanding of how people express and control their emotions,
15、which is importantly related to mental and physical health, the quality of relationships with others, and even how well people work together.” said Aragon6What have professors from Yale University found in their research?A. The reason why people cry with tears.B. Crying tears of joy helps to balance
16、 emotions.C. Strong negative feelings are useful to people.D. People recover slowly from strong emotions.7Which of the following agrees with the findings of the research?A. Crying at good news.B. Crying at a failure.C. Kissing a cute baby.D. Laughing at happy reunions.8Where does the passage most likely come from?A. A science fiction novel.B. A psycholo
