Unit 4 Global warming Period One Warming Up & Reading
Ⅰ.用适当的介、副词填空 1．That probably does not seem much ________ you or me，but it is a rapid increase when compared ________ other natural changes.
2．So how has this come ________ and does it matter?
3．All scientists subscribe ________ the view that the increase ________ the earth’s temperature is due ________ the burning ________ fossil fuels ________ coal，natural gas and oil to produce energy.
4．The problem begins when we add huge quantities ________ extra carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
5．We know that the levels ________ carbon dioxide have increased greatly over the last 100 ________ 150 years.
6．He found that between these years the carbon dioxide ________ the atmosphere went ________ from around 315 parts ________ around 370 parts per million.
7．They also agree that it is the burning of more and more fossil fuels that has resulted ________ this increase in carbon dioxide.
8．However，the attitudes of scientists ________ this rise are completely different.
9．________ the one hand，Dr.Foster thinks that the trend which increases the temperature by 5 degrees would be catastrophe.
10．________ the other hand，there are those，like George Hambley，who are opposed ________ this view and believe that we should not worry ________ high levels of carbon dioxide ________ the air.
Ⅱ.佳句翻译与仿写
1．There is no doubt that the earth is becoming warmer and that it is human activity that has caused this global warming rather than a random but natural phenomenon.
翻译：
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________________________________________________________________________ 仿写：
(1)毫无疑问，小麦的价格将会上涨。
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________________________________________________________________________ (2)我在他口袋里发现的是一枚钥匙。
________________________________________________________________________ 2．All scientists subscribe to the view that the increase in the earth’s temperature is due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal，natural gas and oil to produce energy.
翻译：
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________________________________________________________________________ 仿写：
(1)我们不同意我们已经失败的观点。
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________________________________________________________________________ (2)他获得了奖学金的消息让我们都很吃惊。
The news ____________________________ surprised all of us.
3．Without the ‘greenhouse effect’，the earth would be about thirty-three degrees Celsius cooler than it is.
翻译：
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________________________________________________________________________ 仿写：
(1)如果没有电，今天的生活就会完全不同。
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________________________________________________________________________ (2)没有你的帮助，我无论如何也不会成功。
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________________________________________________________________________ 4．Even if we start reducing the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases，the climate is going to keep on warming for decades or centuries.
翻译：
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________________________________________________________________________ 仿写：
(1)即使受到邀请我也不去参加他的生日聚会。
______________________，I will not go to his birthday party. (2)即使天气不好，我们也要作一次旅行。
We’ll make a trip ________________________________. Ⅲ.单项填空
1．The air inside is warm because the glass traps the heat from the sun and keeps it________.
A．escaping B．not to escape C．to escape D．from escaping
2．That probably does not seem much to you or me，but it is a rapid increase when________ to other natural changes.
A．compared B．comparing C．to compare D．compare
3．It is human activity that has caused this global warming________ a random but natural phenomenon.
A．more than B．other than C．rather than D．except for 4．It was a scientist called Charles Keeling，________ made accurate measurements of the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from 1957 to 1997.
A．which B．what C．if D．who 5．All scientists________ the view that the increase in the earth’s temperature is due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal，natural gas and oil________ energy.
A．apply to；produce
B．correspond to；to produce C．cater to；produce
D．subscribe to；to produce
6．Some byproducts of this process are called “greenhouse” gases，the most important one of________ is carbon dioxide.
A．that B．whom C．which D．these
7．It means that more heat energy tends to be trapped in the atmosphere causing the global temperature to________.
A．grow up B．go up C．build up D．bring up 8．It is the burning of more and more fossil fuels that has________ this increase in carbon dioxide.
A．resulted in B．led in
C．resulted from D．as a result
9．On the other hand，there are those，like George Hambley，who are________ to this view and believe that we should not worry about high levels of carbon dioxide in the air.
A．objected B．opposed C．supposed D．determined 10．________ we start reducing the amount of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases，the climate is going to keep on warming for decades or centuries.
A．Even if B．As if C．Now that D．As long as Ⅳ.阅读理解
Bangkok，Thailand’s capital turned the lights out on Wednesday in an effort to raise awareness of global warming，with six Bangkok neighborhoods joining into partial darkness for 15 minutes.Officials ranged two million of the city’s residents to join in switching off non-essential lights at 7∶00 p．m.(12∶00 GMT) to alert Thais to the ill-effects of climate change.
At downtown shopping mall Central World Plaza，Thais put away their credit cards for a moment to consider their energy consumption，as lights dimmed.“I waste a lot of energy at home，for example，I turn my television on while spending two hours on the Internet，” said an 18-year-old student.“From now on，I will turn off the TV.”
There was only partial darkness in Bangkok’s central shopping district，with some malls and hotels ignoring the request，but it was enough to make business owner Somas Thanyatote think about his energy habits.
“I will turn off the air conditioner and use the electric fan or open the windows instead，” the 58-year-old told AFP.
“Street lights and other security-related lighting remained on and there will also be more police on duty in case that crimes increased.” Governor Apirak Kosayedhin said.
Bangkok，a city with a population of 12 million，spews more than 26 million tons of carbon dioxide into the air each year，or nearly 20 percent of Thailand’s total CO2 emissions.
Bangkok’s lights-out campaign included a public screening in a downtown shopping district of the Oscar-winning documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” by
高中英语 Unit4 Global warming Period 1课时作业 新人教版选修6
