The weather predictions for Asia in 2050 read like a story from a doomsday movie.
Many experts and green groups fear they will e true unless there is a united global effort to hold back greenhouse gas outpouring. In the decades to e, Asia---home to more than half the world’s 63 billion people-will change from one climate extreme to another, with tired farmers battling droughts, floods, disease, food shortages and rising sea levels.
“It’s not a pretty picture,” said Steve Sawyer, climate policy adviser with Greenpeace in Amsterdam. Global warming and changes of weather patterns are already occurring and there is more than enough carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to drive climate change for decades to e.
Already, changes are being felt in Asia but worse is likely to e, Sawyer and top climate bodies say, and could lead to mass migration and widespread human disasters. According to predictions, icebergs will melt faster, some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands will have to evacuate(疏散) or build sea defenses, storms will bee more intense and insect and water-borne diseases will move into new areas as the world warms.
All this es with rising populations and demand for food, water and other resources. Experts say environmental worsening such as deforestation and pollution will probably enlarge the results of climate change.
In what could be a sign of the future, Japan was hit by a record of 10 typhoons and tropical storms this year, while two-thirds of Bangladesh, parts of Nepal and large areas of northeastern India were flooded, affecting 50 million people, destroying livelihoods and making tens of thousands ill.
The year before, a winter cold struck and a summer heat wave killed more than 2,000 people in India.
【小题1】This passage is mainly about .A．what kind of weather we like best B．the weather predictions for Asia in the future and the reasons C．how to improve our environmentD．that the world will not be suitable for us to live in【小题2】In the future the Asian farmers will have to face the following except .A．food shortagesB．droughtsC．warsD．floods【小题3】The underlined word “doomsday” may give us the feeling of .A．happinessB．sadnessC．peaceD．excitementB
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(答案→)B
解析：本文说明了亚洲的目前情况和环境问题的预测。
【小题1】推理题：阅读全文可知本文说明了亚洲的目前情况和环境问题的预测，故选B。
【小题2】细节题：根据文章第二段最后一句“with tired farmers battling droughts, floods, disease, food shortages and rising sea levels.”疲惫的农民与干旱、洪水、疾病、食物短缺和海平面上升作斗争，没有提到战争。故选C。
【小题3】推理题：根据常识可知到了世界末日人们会很悲伤的。故选B。