You might think that “global warming” means nothing more than a rise in the world’s temper

You might think that “global warming” means nothing more than a rise in the world’s temperature. But rising sea levels caused by it have resulted in the first evacuation of an island nation. The citizens of Tuvalu will have to leave their homeland.
During the 20th century, sea level rose 8~12 inches. As a result, Tuvalu has experienced lowland flooding of salt water that has polluted the country’s drinking water.
Paani Laupepa, a Tuvaluan government official, reported to the Earth Policy Institute that the nation suffered an unusually high number of fierce storms in the past ten years. Many scientists connect higher surface water temperatures resulting from global warming to greater and more damaging storms.
Laupepa expressed dissatisfaction with the United States for refusing to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement calling for industrialized nations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions（导致温室效应的气体排放）,which are a main cause of global warming. “By refusing to sign the agreement, the US has effectively taken away the freedom of future generations of Tuvaluans to live where their forefathers have lived for thousands of years.” Laupepa told the BBC.
Tuvalu has asked Australia and New Zealand to allow the gradual move of its people to both countries.
Tuvalu is not the only country that is vulnerable （易受影响的）to rising sea levels. Maumoon Gayoon, president of the Maldives, told the United Nations that global warming has made his country of 311,000 an “endangered nation”.
【小题1】. The text is mainly about    .A．rapid changes in earth’s temperatureB．bad effects of global warmingC．moving of a country to a new placeD．reasons for lowland flooding【小题2】.. What is the probable meaning of the underlined word in the first paragraph?A．撤离B．危险C．淹没D．消失【小题3】. According to scientists, the DIRECT cause of more and fiercer storms is    .A．greenhouse gas emissions in industrialized nationsB．continuous global warmingC．higher surface water temperatures of the sea D．rising sea levels【小题4】. Laupepa was not satisfied with the United States because it did not    .A．believe the problems facing Tuvalu were realB．sign an agreement with TuvaluC．allow Tuvaluans to move to the USD．agree to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions【小题5】. The country whose situation is similar to that of Tuvalu is    .A．AustraliaB．New ZealandC．the United States D．the Maldives.B