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  3. At least some of the weather extremes being seen around the world are conseq

At least some of the weather extremes being seen around the world are conseq

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问题     At least some of the weather extremes being seen around the world are consequences of human-induced climate change and can be expected to worsen in coming decades. It is particularly likely that greenhouse gas emissions【C1】______ to human activity have already【C2】______ more record-high temperatures and fewer record lows,【C3】______to more extremes of rainfall and to greater coastal flooding. 【C4】______ inland flooding is getting worse because of human influence is 【C5】______. Nor can any firm conclusion be【C6】______ at this point about the human influence on hurricanes, typhoons, hail storms or tornadoes.
    The findings were【C7】______in Kampala, Uganda, by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a high-profile United Nations body【C8】______to review and report periodically【C9】______ developments in climate research. The group won the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore in 2007【C10】______later became a target of【C11】______ related to minor factual errors in a large report that it had issued that year. It has tightened its procedures【C12】______ preventing future errors. Indeed, the delegates meeting in Kampala【C13】______ scientifically cautious positions in some areas. For instance, some researchers have presented 【C14】______ suggesting that hurricanes are growing more【C15】______because of climate change, but the report sided with a group of experts who say that such a claim is premature.
    【C16】______, certain types of weather extremes will grow more numerous and more intense as human-induced global warming【C17】______in coming decades. Even as such extremes are projected to increase, human【C18】______ to them is increasing as well. Rising populations and 【C19】______ decisions about land use, like【C20】______ coastal development, are putting more and more people in harm’s way. [br] 【C11】
选项 A、controversy
B、conflict
C、battle
D、humiliation
答案 A
解析 名词辨析题。根据第10题句意可知，此处指“争议”，故答案为[A]。[B]conflict多用来表示“冲突”；[C]battle“斗争，战斗”；[D]humiliation“羞辱，耻辱”。
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