Floods, droughts(干旱), storms, hot days…extreme(极端的)weather is becoming more and more common all over the world.
This is caused by greenhouse gas emissions(温室气体排放)from human activities, reported China Daily.
This summer, big storms hit areas of Europe. At least 13 people died in Austria, France and Italy by Aug 19. In Portugal and Spain, huge wildfires have forced thousands to leave their homes.
In the US, more than 80 percent of the west is in drought, up from just 20 percent in 2021. Three-quarters of farmers in these areas have stopped growing food.
In China, the heat has hit the south since June. The duration(持续时间)of this year`s high temperatures will break the 62-day record in 2013, becoming the longest heat wave in 61 years.
Extreme weather events are not only killing people and destroying homes. They also drive more people into hunger. Millions in East Africa have little food to eat today, according to the World Health Organization. For four years, there wasn`t enough rain during its rainy seasons and the land was too dry to grow food.
Extreme weather has also made 218 of the known 375 infectious diseases(传染病)more serious, including malaria(疟疾), cholera(霍乱)and anthrax(炭疽), according to the journal Nature Climate Change. As viruses try to adapt to(适应)higher temperatures, they become stronger and harder to kill.
36. What do we know from the
China Daily report?
A.The world sees less extreme weather than before. |
B.Most extreme weather conditions happen in summer. |
C.Human activity has caused more extreme weather. |
D.There is no way to stop extreme weather from happening. |
37. What are Paragraphs 3-5 mainly about?
A.Which country suffers from extreme weather the most. |
B.How many people died from extreme weather. |
C.Causes of different types of extreme weather. |
D.The effects of extreme weather in different areas. |
38. Why are millions of people suffering from hunger in East Africa?
A.Because wildfires destroyed their crops. | B.Because it didn`t rain at all this year. |
C.Because the land is too dry to farm. | D.Because extreme weather killed many farmers. |
39. How does extreme weather make diseases more serious?
A.It weakens people`s health. | B.It causes viruses to become stronger. |
C.It offers more food to viruses and serious diseases. | D.It increases the number of infectious diseases. |
40. What might the writer write after the last paragraph?
A.How extreme weather happens. |
B.What we can do to have less extreme weather. |
C.The countries that are not affected by extreme weather. |
D.The groups who get benefits from extreme weather. |