A.Get his car window closed. | B.Lend his umbrella to the woman. |
C.Borrow the woman’s car key. | D.Listen to the weather forecast. |
A.It will cool down a bit over the weekend. |
B.He hopes the weather forecast is accurate. |
C.Swimming in a pool has a relieving effect. |
D.Summer has become hotter in recent years. |
A.The couple has overslept. | B.The flight was overbooked. |
C.There was severe weather. | D.A mechanical issue occurred. |
4 . A forest in Staffordshire (in the UK) transformed into a hi-tech laboratory. Researchers here are investigating how the trees use carbon, and it’s difficult to find out. In an unusual experiment, extra carbon dioxide is piped to the trees, to create the kind of atmospheric conditions expected in the middle of the century. And instruments measure how the forest reacts.
The scientist in charge says there’s still a lot to learn. And he worries that governments and companies are rushing to plant trees as an easy answer to climate change. “If you try and use trees to tidy up the mess that we’re making through emissions, you are putting those trees into a very rapidly changing climate and they will struggle to adapt,” said Professor Rob MacKenzie, University of Birmingham.
This device tracks the movement of carbon dioxide. In a healthy forest, the gas is not only absorbed by the trees but some is released as well. What scientists here are finding out is the way carbon flows into a forest and out of it is a lot more complicated than you might think. So, if mass tree planting is meant to be a solution to tackling climate change, the trees are going to have to be monitored and cared for, over not just decades, but may be centuries as well.
Of all the challenges, the task of planting is the simplest. Shelby Barber from Canada can do an amazing 4,000 trees in a day. “People talking about planting millions billions of trees around the world. Is it possible do you think, physically?” asked BBC.
“It’s definitely possible with the right amount of people, the right group of people. I’ve personally, in three years, planted just over half a million trees.” said Professor Rob MacKenzie.
Once planted, the trees need to survive, and experts are mixing different types to minimize the risk of disease. “It’s a bit like making sure you don’t put all your eggs in one basket, you’re spreading out your risk. And then if one part of that woodland fails, for whatever reason, it gets a disease or it can’t tolerate future climatic conditions, there are other parts of the forest that are healthy and able to fill in those gaps.” said Eleanor Tew of Forestry England.
Suddenly there’s momentum to plant trees on a scale never seen before. So what matters is doing it in a way that ensures the forests thrive — so they really do help with climate change.
1. Why is extra carbon dioxide piped to the trees in the experiment?A.To predict the future atmospheric conditions. |
B.To imitate the possible air condition in the future. |
C.To create an instrument to measure atmospheric conditions. |
D.To investigate the quality of air condition in the future. |
A.oxygen | B.carbon dioxide | C.mess | D.purified gas |
A.Minimizing the area of the woodland. |
B.Studying future climatic conditions. |
C.Planting different types of trees. |
D.Avoiding mixing different species. |
A.It should be advocated in terms of efficiency and convenience. |
B.It is the most effective solution to fighting climate changes. |
C.It will do more harm than good to the health of the environment. |
D.It needs to be studied further as a measure against climate change. |
5 . 6 QUESTOINS FOR VANESSA NAKATE
Vanessa Nakate is a climate activist from Uganda, and a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund.
Q1: What does it mean
I get to meet people on the front lines of the climate crisis. I see my role as
Q2: You’ve given speeches about the impact
One that has been very powerful for me was when I spoke at the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Glasgow, Scotland. I
Q3: What’s the hardest part of being an activist?
One of the hardest things is having to see the consequences of climate change. For example, the drought in the Horn of Africa, the flooding in Pakistan, or the recent hurricanes in the United States. It’s very sad to see all those events
Q4: What keeps you motivated to fight climate change?
You’re interviewing me, and I think that’s so
Q5: What’s the most recent climate-related project you’ve worked on?
In 2019, I launched a project,
Q6:Climate change can feel frustrating and scary for some kids. What advice do you have for them?
To address this big issue, just find one thing you can do,
6 .
A.She agrees with the man’s plan. |
B.She is concerned about the weather. |
C.She considers it unwise to go outside. |
D.She has a better plan than having a picnic. |
A.The summer this year is terribly hot. | B.Last summer was even hotter. |
C.Hot weather helps people lose weight. | D.Light was stronger this morning. |
8 . Global surface temperatures last month were 2.25 degrees warmer than the 20th century average of 60.1 degrees, breaking previous records, from August 2016, by more than half a degree, according to NOAA researchers. “That to me is a really huge
The report
It wasn’t just the land that
“We’ve seen unheard-of warmth in the global ocean, and that’s definitely alarming because its effects
In fact, the report comes after a series of severe natural
“The scientific evidence is
A.distance | B.jump | C.travel | D.flight |
A.confirms | B.emerges | C.quotes | D.argues |
A.holds | B.touches | C.surrounds | D.includes |
A.boiled | B.cooled | C.stricken | D.disappeared |
A.contributed to | B.suffered from | C.resulted from | D.devoted to |
A.slowest | B.lowest | C.highest | D.fastest |
A.enlarge | B.discharge | C.extend | D.undertake |
A.creating | B.saving | C.remaining | D.disturbing |
A.issues | B.debates | C.events | D.proposals |
A.floods | B.disasters | C.storms | D.earthquakes |
A.Though | B.Because | C.Unless | D.When |
A.damage | B.destroy | C.decrease | D.increase |
A.irresistible | B.unchangeable | C.inaccessible | D.unbearable |
A.conveying | B.releasing | C.relieving | D.dismissing |
A.predicted | B.expected | C.doubted | D.determined |
9 . Global surface temperatures last month were 2.25 degrees warmer than the 20th century average of 60.1 degrees, breaking previous records, from August 2016, by more than half a degree, according to NOAA researchers. “That to me is a really huge
The report
It wasn’t just the land that
“We’ve seen unheard-of warmth in the global ocean, and that’s definitely alarming because its effects
In fact, the report comes after a series of severe natural
“The scientific evidence is
A.distance | B.jump | C.travel | D.flight |
A.confirms | B.emerges | C.quotes | D.argues |
A.holds | B.touches | C.surrounds | D.includes |
A.boiled | B.cooled | C.stricken | D.disappeared |
A.contributed to | B.suffered from | C.resulted from | D.devoted to |
A.slowest | B.lowest | C.highest | D.fastest |
A.enlarge | B.discharge | C.extend | D.undertake |
A.creating | B.saving | C.remaining | D.disturbing |
A.issues | B.debates | C.events | D.proposals |
A.floods | B.disasters | C.storms | D.earthquakes |
A.Though | B.Because | C.Unless | D.When |
A.damage | B.destroy | C.decrease | D.increase |
A.irresistible | B.unchangeable | C.inaccessible | D.unbearable |
A.conveying | B.releasing | C.relieving | D.dismissing |
A.predicted | B.expected | C.doubted | D.determined |
A.The hunting is to blame for the disappearance of the birds. |
B.The cause of the decline in the ducks’ number is uncertain. |
C.She is unhappy with the climate change throughout the world. |
D.The man should find more scientific evidence for the birds’ extinction. |