Unit 4 Global warming
Period One Warming Up & Reading
Ⅰ.用适当的介、副词填空 1．Thatprobablydoesnotseemmuch________youorme，butitisarapidincreasewhencompared________othernaturalchanges.
2．Sohowhasthiscome________anddoesitmatter?
3．Allscientistssubscribe________theviewthattheincrease________theearth’stemperatureisdue________theburning________fossilfuels________coal，naturalgasandoiltoproduceenergy.
4．Theproblembeginswhenweaddhugequantities________extracarbondioxideintotheatmosphere.
5．Weknowthatthelevels________carbondioxidehaveincreasedgreatlyoverthelast100________150years.
6．Hefoundthatbetweentheseyearsthecarbondioxide________theatmospherewent________fromaround315parts________around370partspermillion.
7．Theyalsoagreethatitistheburningofmoreandmorefossilfuelsthathasresulted________thisincreaseincarbondioxide.
8．However，theattitudesofscientists________thisrisearecompletelydifferent. 9．________theonehand，Dr.Fosterthinksthatthetrendwhichincreasesthetemperatureby5degreeswouldbecatastrophe.
10．________theotherhand，therearethose，likeGeorgeHambley，whoareopposed________thisviewandbelievethatweshouldnotworry________highlevelsofcarbondioxide________theair.
Ⅱ.佳句翻译与仿写
1．Thereisnodoubtthattheearthisbecomingwarmerandthatitishumanactivitythathascausedthisglobalwarmingratherthanarandombutnaturalphenomenon.
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．Allscientistssubscribetotheviewthattheincreaseintheearth’stemperatureisduetotheburningoffossilfuelslikecoal，naturalgasandoiltoproduceenergy.
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。
Thenews____________________________surprisedallofus.
3．Withoutthe‘greenhouseeffect’，theearthwouldbeaboutthirty-threedegreesCelsiuscoolerthanitis.
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．Evenifwestartreducingtheamountofcarbondioxideandothergreenhousegases，theclimateisgoingtokeeponwarmingfordecadesorcenturies.
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。
______________________，Iwillnotgotohisbirthdayparty. (2)即使天气不好，我们也要作一次旅行。
We’llmakeatrip________________________________. Ⅲ.单项填空
1．Theairinsideiswarmbecausetheglasstrapstheheatfromthesunandkeepsit________. A．escapingB．nottoescape C．toescapeD．fromescaping 2．Thatprobablydoesnotseemmuchtoyouorme，butitisarapidincreasewhen________toothernaturalchanges.
A．comparedB．comparing C．tocompareD．compare
3．Itishumanactivitythathascausedthisglobalwarming________arandombutnaturalphenomenon.
A．morethanB．otherthan C．ratherthanD．exceptfor 4．ItwasascientistcalledCharlesKeeling，________madeaccuratemeasurementsoftheamountofcarbondioxideintheatmospherefrom1957to1997.
A．whichB．whatC．ifD．who
5．Allscientists________theviewthattheincreaseintheearth’stemperatureisduetotheburningoffossilfuelslikecoal，naturalgasandoil________energy.
A．applyto；produce
B．correspondto；toproduce C．caterto；produce
D．subscribeto；toproduce 6．Somebyproductsofthisprocessarecalled“greenhouse”gases，themostimportantoneof________iscarbondioxide.
A．thatB．whomC．whichD．these
7．Itmeansthatmoreheatenergytendstobetrappedintheatmospherecausingtheglobaltemperatureto________.
A．growupB．goup C．buildupD．bringup
8．Itistheburningofmoreandmorefossilfuelsthathas________thisincreaseincarbondioxide. A．resultedinB．ledin
C．resultedfromD．asaresult 9．Ontheotherhand，therearethose，likeGeorgeHambley，whoare________tothisviewandbelievethatweshouldnotworryabouthighlevelsofcarbondioxideintheair.
A．objectedB．opposed C．supposedD．determined
10．________westartreducingtheamountofcarbondioxideandothergreenhousegases，theclimateisgoingtokeeponwarmingfordecadesorcenturies.
A．EvenifB．Asif
C．NowthatD．Aslongas Ⅳ.阅读理解 Bangkok，Thailand’scapitalturnedthelightsoutonWednesdayinanefforttoraiseawarenessofglobalwarming，withsixBangkokneighborhoodsjoiningintopartialdarknessfor15minutes.Officialsrangedtwomillionofthecity’sresidentstojoininswitchingoffnon-essentiallightsat7∶00p．m.(12∶00GMT) toalertThaistotheill-effectsofclimatechange.
AtdowntownshoppingmallCentralWorldPlaza，Thaisputawaytheircreditcardsforamomenttoconsidertheirenergyconsumption，aslightsdimmed.“Iwastealotofenergyathome，forexample，IturnmytelevisiononwhilespendingtwohoursontheInternet，”saidan18-year-oldstudent.“Fromno
won，IwillturnofftheTV.”
TherewasonlypartialdarknessinBangkok’scentralshoppingdistrict，withsomemallsandhotelsignoringtherequest，butitwasenoughtomakebusinessownerSomasThanyatotethinkabouthisenergyhabits.
“Iwillturnofftheairconditionerandusetheelectricfanoropenthewindowsinstead，”the58-year
-oldtoldAFP.
“Streetlightsandothersecurity-relatedlightingremainedonandtherewillalsobemorepoliceondut
yincasethatcrimesincreased.”GovernorApirakKosayedhinsaid.
Bangkok，acitywithapopulationof12million，spewsmorethan26milliontonsofcarbondioxideintotheaireachyear，ornearly20percentofThailand’stotalCO2emissions.
Bangkok’slights-outcampaignincludedapublicscreeninginadowntownshoppingdistrictoftheOscar-winningdocumentary“An Inconvenient Truth”byformerUSvice-presidentAlGore.
AustraliancitySydneyheldasimilarexerciseinApril，withaone-hourblackoutobservedby65,000homesand2,000businesses，
whichorganisersestimatedcutnormalenergyuseby10percent.
1．Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthepassage? A．APowerFailureinBangkok
B．Bangkok’sCampaigntoRemindItsResidentsofGlobalWarming C．People’sAttitudestowardGlobalWarming
D．CarbonDioxide—theMajorFactorofGlobalWarming 2．HowmanytonsarethetotalCO2emissionsofThailand? A．12milliontons.B．26milliontons. C．60milliontons.D．130milliontons.
3．Fromthepassagewecaninferthat________.
A．allthepeopleinBangkokwouldusetheelectricfanoropenthewindowsinsteadofairconditioners
2024-2024年人教版高中英语选修六Unit 4作业题及答案解析
