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| Some scientists warn that ice near the Earth’s Poles may indeed be melting. This “polar meltdown” may be the first sign that the Earth is heating up. We could be in very serious trouble if this trend continues. It is estimated that a meltdown of as little as 10 percent of Antarctica’s ice would raise sea levels around the globe by 4 to 9 meters. Floods would cover low-lying regions and turn coastal cities like New York and New Orleans into real life underwater world. Scientists first predicted in the 1970s that heat trapped in the Earth’s atmosphere could cause a polar meltdown. Many now believe that human activities are turning up the heat. When we burn fossil fuels like coal and oil, we add carbon dioxide(CO2) gas to the Earth’s atmosphere. Cutting down trees also makes CO2 levels raise because trees normally soak up CO2 to make food. Scientists say higher CO2 levels strengthen the “greenhouse effect” and could increase the Earth’s temperature. In fact, CO2 levels have risen by 30 percent since the Industrial Revolution of the 18th and 19th centuries. Over the past three years, satellite measurements have shown a sea level rise of about a quarter inch worldwide. “If nothing is done to reduce fossil-fuel pollution and global warming, sea levels will rise even more.” says geologist Richard Alley. But even Alley admits that a polar meltdown would take time. The ice in Antarctica and Arctic locks up nearly nine times the volume of water contained in all the world’s rivers and lakes. These are such big “ice cubes” and it would probably take thousands of years to melt them. Another scientist Charles Bentley doesn’t think a meltdown will happen at all. “Even if warmer temperatures begin to melt polar-ice,” he says, “the excess moisture would most likely be redeposit as snow.” In other words, the melted ice would evaporate into the atmosphere, refreeze, and fall as rain and snow over the Poles. 小题1:What consequence of global warming is mentioned in the passage?
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小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
小题5:C
本文就极地冰雪融化的事实进行了探讨，主要说明了极地冰雪融化的原因及危害，文章最后一段也简述了极地冰雪融化不会对地球产生影响。
小题1: D。细节题。全球气温升高造成的后果是：从 Floods would cover low-lying regions and turn coastal cities…可知答案选D。
小题2:B。概括题。第2段主要讲了一些人为的活动(如CO2 增加)会导致气温的升高，故可知答案为B。
小题3: A。推理题。从 If nothing is done to reduce fossil-fuel pollution and global warming, sea levels will rise even more(如果不采取措施减少污染的话，全球气温升高会导致海平面上升)也就是说如果减少一些能源消耗可能对海平面上升有所抑制，故答案选A。
小题4:C。细节题。从 the melted ice would evaporate into the atmosphere, refreeze, and fall as rain and snow over the Poles可知答案选C。
小题5:C。判断题。从第4段 The ice in Antarctica and Arctic locks up nearly nine times the volume of water contained in all the world’s rivers and lakes. These are such big “ice cubes” 可知答案为C。
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