August was one of the nastiest months I can remember: torrential rain; a hailstorm or two; cold, bitter winds; and mists. But we are accustomed to such weather in England. Lord Byron used to say that an English summer begins on July 31 and ends on Aug. 1. He called 1816 the year without a summer. He spent it gazing across Lake Geneva, watching the storms, with 18-year-old Mary Shelley. The lightening flickering across the lake inspired her Frankenstein, the tale of the man-made monster galvanized into life by electricity.
This summer's atrocious weather tempted me to tease a Green whom I know. Well, what about your weather theory now? (One of the characteristics of Greens is that they know no history.) He replied: Yes, this weather is unprecedented. England has never had such an August before. It's global warming, of course. That's the Greens' stock response to anything weather-related. Too much sun? Global warming. Too little sun? Global warming. Drought? Global warming. Floods? Global warming. Freezing cold? Global warming.
I wish the great philosopher Sir Karl Popper were alive to denounce the unscientific nature of global warming. He was a student when Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity was first published and then successfully tested. Einstein said that for his theory to be valid it would have to pass three tests. If, Einstein wrote to British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, it were proved that this effect does not exist in nature, then the whole theory would have to be abandoned.
The idea that human beings have changed and are changing the basic climate system of the Earth through their industrial activities and burning of fossil fuels--the essence of the Greens' theory of global warming--has not much basis in science. Global warming, like Marxism, is a political theory of actions, demanding pliance with its rules.
Those who buy in to global warming wish to drastically curb human economic and industrial activities, regardless of the consequences for people, especially the poor. If the theory's conclusions are accepted and agreed upon, the destructive results will be felt most severely in those states that adhere to the rule of law and will observe restrictions most faithfully. The global warming activists' target is the U.S. If America is driven to accept crippling restraints on its economy it will rapidly bee unable to shoulder its burdens as the world's sole superpower and ultimate defender of human freedoms. We shall all suffer, however, as progress falters and then ceases and living standards decline.
【小题1】 The writer of the passage is probably .A．one of the “Greens”B．an AmericanC．not quite a believer in Global WarmingD．an environmentalist【小题2】Which person(s), in the writer’s eyes, is the one he agrees with? A．Karl MarxB．Sir Karl PopperC．The GreensD．Mary Shelley【小题3】Sir Arthur Eddington could be inferred as a .A．politicianB．poetC．GreenpeacerD．physicist【小题4】“denounce” in the third paragraph can be replaced by .A．announceB．pronounceC．speak out forD．speak out against【小题5】 Which of the following is probably a good title for this article?A．Why Einstein’s Theory Stands the Tests.B．Which Country the “Greens” Are Attacking?C．Global Warming? I See Little Point.D．The Climate in England and beyond.C
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(答案→)C
解析：本文讲述了作者对于很多人将所有的环境问题都归为气候变暖的说法并不赞同，如果不顾人们特别是穷人的生活而一味的遏制经济的话，后果将非常的严重。
【小题1】细节题。从文章I wish the great philosopher Sir Karl Popper were alive to denounce the unscientific nature of global warming.可知，作者并不相信所谓的全球气候变暖，故选C
【小题2】细节题。从文章I wish the great philosopher Sir Karl Popper were alive to denounce the unscientific nature of global warming.可知作者同意Sir Karl Popper的观点，故选 B
【小题3】推断题。从文章Einstein wrote to British scientist Sir Arthur Eddington, it were proved that this effect does not exist in nature, then the whole theory would have to be abandoned.可以推知Sir Arthur Eddington应该是个物理学家，这样他才能和爱因斯坦能很好的交流，故选D
【小题4】推断题。从文章从文章I wish the great philosopher Sir Karl Popper were alive to denounce the unscientific nature of global warming.可知，此处应该是谴责，反对的意思，故选D
【小题5】主旨题。作者对于很多人所谓的全球气候变暖，要进行削减工业，减缓经济发展等措施持怀疑态度，所以他并不赞同全球气候变暖这个观点，故选C更能符合题意。