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Page 3 Climate change is a complex phenomenon, and its full-scale impacts are hard to predict far in
advance. But each year scientists learn more about how climate change is affecting the planet and our communities, and most agree that certain consequences are likely to occur if current trends
continue. In addition to impacting our water resources, energy supply, transportation, agriculture, and
ecosystems, the United States Global Change Research Program concludes that climate change also poses unique challenges to human health, for example, significant increases in the risk of illness and
death related to extreme heat and heat waves are very likely. Some diseases transmitted by food, water, and insects are likely to increase. Certain groups, including children, the elderly, and the poor,
are most vulnerable to a range of climate-related health effects. These impacts will result in significant costs to our families and the economy.
Here is the good news: technologies exist today to make cars that run cleaner and burn less gas, modernize power plants and generate electricity from nonpolluting sources, and cut our electricity
use through energy efficiency. The challenge is to be sure these solutions are put to use. Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC is tackling global warming on two main fronts
– cutting pollution and expanding clean energy. Transitioning to a clean energy economy will bring new jobs
and reduce air pollution. We cannot afford to wait. Diadaptasi dari https:group.axa.comennewsroomnewsglobal-warming
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32. It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that
A carbon dioxide and other pollutants blanket the atmosphere. B a o dio ide a d othe polluta ts olle t the su ’s heat.
C the su ’s heat la kets the at osphe e. D carbon dioxide and other pollutants warm up the atmosphere.
E the atmosphere accumulates carbon dioxide and other pollutants.
. The se te e Cli ate ha ge is a o ple phe o e o , a d its full-scale impacts are hard to predi t far i ad a e. i li e 9, is closest in meaning to
A it is impossible to forecast the effects of climate change. B it is intricate to understand the nature of climate change.
C it is hard to understand the full-scale effects of climate change. D it is complicated to predict climate change due to its full-scale effects.
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complex nature.
. Whi h of the follo i g o iousl sho s the author s ias?
A Climate change is changing our economy, health, and communities in diverse ways. B Climate change is a complex phenomenon, and its full-scale impacts are hard to predict far in
advance. C Significant increases in the risk of illness and death related to extreme heat and heat waves are
very likely. D The challenge is to be sure these solutions are put to use.
E Transitioning to a clean energy economy will bring new jobs and reduce air pollution. We cannot afford to wait.
35. The author presents the unique challenges to human health due to climate change by
A discussing several examples. B pointing out several examples.
C explaining a research program. D outlining a research program.
E making a prediction. Text III
Global warming can seem too remote to worry about or too uncertain. Warnings about climate change can sound like an environmentalist scare tactic, meant to force us out of our cars and cramp
our lifestyles. However, as the world from Alaska to the snowy peaks of the Andes is healing up right now and fast,
global warming is not just something made-up. Globally, the temperature is up 0.5°C over the past century, but some of the coldest, most remote spots have warmed much more. The results are not
pretty. Ice is melting, rivers are running dry, and coasts are eroding, threatening communities. Flora and fauna are feeling the heat, too. These are not projections; they are facts on the ground. The real
uestio is Ho u h of the a i g is ou fault? . For centuries we have been clearing forests and burning coal, oil, and gas, pouring carbon dioxide
and other heat-trapping gases into the atmosphere faster than plants and oceans can soak them up. The at osphe e’s le el of a o dio ide o is highe tha it has ee fo hu d eds of thousa ds
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Page 5 of ea s. The , e’ e o geologi al age ts, apa le of affe ti g the p o esses that dete i e
climate. Consequently, we are piling extra blankets on our planet.
Hu a a ti it al ost e tai l d o e ost of the past e tu ’s a i g, a la d a k epo t f o the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change IPCC declared in 2001. Global
temperatures are shooting up faster than at any other time in the past thousand years. And climate models show that natural forces, such as volcanic eruptions and the slow flickers of the sun, cannot
explain all that warming. As carbon dioxide continues to rise, so will the mercury. The IPCC projects reported that the climate
will rise another 1.6°C to 5.5°C by the end of this century. But the warming may not he gradual because the records of ancient climate suggest that the planet has a sticky thermostat. Some experts
fea toda ’s te pe atu e ise ould a ele ate i to a de astati g li ate lu h. The ha ges a e happening largely out of sight But they should not be out of mind because they are omens of what is
in store for the rest of the planet. Di adaptasi dari http:ngm.nationalgeographic.comngm0409feature I
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5. Paragraph 3 implies that
