【题文】 Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about 125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an organization led by Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general. The report, to be released Friday, analyzed data and existing studies of health, disaster, population and economic trends. It found that human-influenced climate change was raising the global death rates from illnesses including malnutrition (营养不良) and heat-related health problems. But even before its release, the report drew criticism from some experts on climate and risk, who questioned its methods and conclusions. Along with the deaths, the report said that the lives of 325 million people, primarily in poor countries, were being seriously affected by climate change. It projected that the number would double by 2030. Roger Pielke Jr., a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum’s report was “a methodological embarrassment” because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human-driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable (易受伤害的) regions. Dr. Pielke said that “climate change is an important problem requiring our utmost attention.” But the report, he said, “will harm the cause for action on both climate change and disasters because it is so deeply flawed (有瑕疵的).” However, Soren Andreasen, a social scientist at Dalberg Global Development Partners who supervised the writing of the report, defended it, saying that it was clear that the numbers were rough estimates. He said the report was aimed at world leaders, who will meet in Copenhagen in December to negotiate a new international climate treaty. In a press release describing the report, Mr. Annan stressed the need for the negotiations to focus on increasing the flow of money from rich to poor regions to help reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards while still curbing the emissions of the heat-trapping gases. More than 90% of the human and economic losses from climate change are occurring in poor countries, according to the report.【小题1】What is the finding of the Global Humanitarian Forum? A．Global temperatures affect the rate of economic development. B．Rates of death from illnesses have risen due to global warming. C．Malnutrition has caused serious health problems in poor countries. D．Economic trends have to do with population and natural disasters. 【小题2】What does Dr. Pielke say about the Forum’s report? A．Its statistics look embarrassing. B．It is invalid in terms of methodology. C．It deserves our closest attention. D．Its conclusion is purposely exaggerated. 【小题3】What does Kofi Annan say should be the focus of the Copenhagen conference? A．How rich and poor regions can share responsibility in curbing global warming. B．How human and economic losses from climate change can be reduced. C．How emissions of heat-trapping gases can be reduced on a global scale. D．How rich countries can better help poor regions reduce climate hazards.
【题文】 Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an organization led by Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general.
The report, to be released Friday, analyzed data and existing studies of health, disaster, population and economic trends. It found that human-influenced climate change was raising the global death rates from illnesses including malnutrition (营养不良) and heat-related health problems. But even before its release, the report drew criticism from some experts on climate and risk, who questioned its methods and conclusions.
Along with the deaths, the report said that the lives of 325 million people, primarily in poor countries, were being seriously affected by climate change. It projected that the number would double by 2030.
Roger Pielke Jr., a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum’s report was “a methodological embarrassment” because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human-driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable (易受伤害的) regions. Dr. Pielke said that “climate change is an important problem requiring our utmost attention.” But the report, he said, “will harm the cause for action on both climate change and disasters because it is so deeply flawed (有瑕疵的).”
However, Soren Andreasen, a social scientist at Dalberg Global Development Partners who supervised the writing of the report, defended it, saying that it was clear that the numbers were rough estimates. He said the report was aimed at world leaders, who will meet in Copenhagen in December to negotiate a new international climate treaty.
In a press release describing the report, Mr. Annan stressed the need for the negotiations to focus on increasing the flow of money from rich to poor regions to help reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards while still curbing the emissions of the heat-trapping gases. More than 90% of the human and economic losses from climate change are occurring in poor countries, according to the report.
【小题1】What is the finding of the Global Humanitarian Forum?| A．Global temperatures affect the rate of economic development. |
| B．Rates of death from illnesses have risen due to global warming. |
| C．Malnutrition has caused serious health problems in poor countries. |
| D．Economic trends have to do with population and natural disasters. |
| A．Its statistics look embarrassing. |
| B．It is invalid in terms of methodology. |
| C．It deserves our closest attention. |
| D．Its conclusion is purposely exaggerated. |
| A．How rich and poor regions can share responsibility in curbing global warming. |
| B．How human and economic losses from climate change can be reduced. |
| C．How emissions of heat-trapping gases can be reduced on a global scale. |
| D．How rich countries can better help poor regions reduce climate hazards. |
题目解答
答案
【小题1】B
【小题2】B
【小题3】D
解析
考查要点：本题主要考查学生对新闻类文章的细节理解能力，需根据文章内容准确提取关键信息。
解题思路：
- 定位关键句：根据问题中的关键词（如“finding”“Dr. Pielke”“Kofi Annan”）快速定位文章段落。
- 排除干扰项：注意区分直接引用和间接表述，避免混淆不同人物的观点。
- 逻辑对应：结合上下文判断选项是否与原文逻辑一致（如因果关系、态度判断）。
【小题1】What is the finding of the Global Humanitarian Forum?
关键句：
- 第二段首句：It found that human-influenced climate change was raising the global death rates from illnesses including malnutrition (营养不良) and heat-related health problems.
解析： - 选项B直接对应“death rates from illnesses have risen due to global warming”，其他选项（如A、D）混淆了文章中的次要数据（如经济趋势、自然灾害），C选项仅涉及“malnutrition”单一因素，未全面概括。
【小题2】What does Dr. Pielke say about the Forum’s report?
关键句：
- 第四段首句：Roger Pielke Jr., ... said the Forum’s report was “a methodological embarrassment”
解析： - 选项B中的“invalid in terms of methodology”与“methodological embarrassment”语义一致，其他选项（如A、D）未提及方法论问题，C选项与Dr. Pielke的批评态度矛盾。
【小题3】What does Kofi Annan say should be the focus of the Copenhagen conference?
关键句：
- 第六段：Mr. Annan stressed the need for the negotiations to focus on increasing the flow of money from rich to poor regions to help reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards while still curbing the emissions of the heat-trapping gases.
解析： - 选项D中的“rich countries can better help poor regions reduce climate hazards”对应“flow of money from rich to poor regions”，其他选项（如A、C）未提及资金流动，B选项未突出“rich to poor”的方向性。