at the Australian National University."This synthesizing(综合治理) paper points the way to strategic research that better assesses the risks to health from global climate change."

1．Which of the following CANNOT be the result of global warming?

A．More than 150，000 deaths every year.

B．Creating conditions that lead to potentially fatal malnutrition.

C．Causing more floods.

D．The spread of infectious diseases.

D　解析：细节理解题。根据第一段和第二段可知，D项缺了speeding这一信息。

2．The underlined word "ironic" in Para.3 probably means "________"．

A．讽刺的　　　　　 　 B．严重的

C．无助的 D．贫穷的

A　解析：词义猜测题。根据画线词后面的"because the places that have contributed the least to global warming are most exposed to the death and disease higher temperatures can bring"可知，这些地区对全球变暖影响是最小的，受到的危害却是最大的，这当然是有"讽刺"的意味了。

3．Global warming is particularly hard on people in poor countries because ________．

A．these places have contributed the least to global warming　

B．these people are least able to deal with the problems caused by global warming

C．they are in countries along the Pacific and Indian oceans and sub­Saharan Africa

D．they are highly sensitive to climate

B　解析：细节理解题。根据第三段第二句及第四段中的"Those least able to cope with and least responsible for the greenhouse gases that cause global warming are most affected"可推知这些贫穷国家的人们应对全球变暖问题的能力是最差的，所以受到的危害尤其大。

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　　My parents passed away ten years ago and I miss them terribly.But I know they are with me every day in what they taught me and in the __1__ they gave me.Every morning my father's message to me was："Remember that __2__ you walk out of this door, you carry responsibility, the good name of this family, the hopes and dreams of your mom and dad."My mother often urged me to __3__ the high standards she set for me.

When I was in high school, I played in a rock band with friends in my class.We were devoted and practiced constantly.We moved past the guys­in­a­garage stage and __4__ to be pretty good, doing getting­paid gigs(演奏会) most weekends, which made me __5__．At that time, though part of me was __6__ up in that band, another part of me was the oldest son in the Clark family，__7__ of my origin and a dedicated student busy applying to colleges.Without even telling my parents, I applied to Harvard.I didn't think I had much chance of getting in，__8__ I wanted to try.So I was riding around being Mr Cool Rock Musician half of the time, and the other half I was focused on