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題干：Doyourememberallthoseyearswhenscientistsarguedthatsmokingwouldkillusbutthedoubtersinsistedthatwedidn'tknowforsure?Thattheevidencewasinconclusive,thescienceuncertain?Thattheantismokinglobbywasouttodestroyourwayoflifeandthegovernmentshouldstayoutoftheway?LotsofAmericansboughtthatnonsense,andoverthreedecades,some10millionsmokerswenttoearlygraves.Thereareupsettingparallelstoday,asscientistsinonewaveafteranothertrytoawakenustothegrowingthreatofglobalwarming.ThelatestwasapanelfromtheNationalAcademyofSciences,enlistedbytheWhiteHouse，totellusthattheEarth’satmosphereisdefinitelywarmingandthattheproblemislargelyman-made.Theclearmessageisthatweshouldgetmovingtoprotectourselves.ThepresidentoftheNationalAcademy,BruceAlberts,addedthiskeypointintheprefacetothepanel'sreport：“Scienceneverhasalltheanswers.Butsciencedoesprovideuswiththebestavailableguidetothefuture，anditiscriticalthatournationandtheworldbaseimportantpoliciesonthebestjudgmentsthatsciencecanprovideconcerningthefutureconsequencesofpresentactions.”Justasonsmoking,voicesnowcomefrommanyquartersinsistingthatthescienceaboutglobalwarmingisincomplete，thatit'sOKtokeeppouringfumesintotheairuntilweknowforsure.Thisisadangerousgame：bythetime100percentoftheevidenceisin,itmaybetoolate.Withtherisksobviousandgrowing,aprudentpeoplewouldtakeoutaninsurancepolicynow.Fortunately，theWhiteHouseisstartingtopayattention.Butit’sobviousthatamajorityofthepresident'sadvisersstilldon’ttakeglobalwarmingseriously.Insteadofaplanofaction’theycontinuetopressformoreresearch-aclassiccaseof“paralysisbyanalysis".Toserveasresponsiblestewardsoftheplanet，wemustpressforwardondeeperatmosphericandoceanicresearch.Butresearchaloneisinadequate.IftheAdministrationwon’ttakethelegislativeinitiative，Congressshouldhelptobeginfashioningconservationmeasures.AbillbyDemocraticSenatorRobertByrdofWestVirginia，whichwouldofferfinancialincentivesforprivateindustry，isapromisingstart.Manyseethatthecountryisgettingreadytobuildlotsofnewpowerplantstomeetourenergyneeds.Ifweareevergoingtoprotecttheatmosphere，itiscrucialthatthosenewplantsbeenvironmentallysound.
題目：According to the author, what should the Administration do about global warming? - A 、Offer aid to build cleaner power plants.
- B 、Raise public awareness of conservation.
- C 、Press for further scientific research.
- D 、Take some legislative measures.
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參考答案【正確答案：D】
細(xì)節(jié)題。最后一段第三句提到，如果政府不采取立法措施，國(guó)會(huì)應(yīng)該幫助著手制定保護(hù)措 施。接著下文談到議員羅伯特. 伯德提出的一項(xiàng)議案（bill)就是良好的開端。第三句中的 條件從句實(shí)際上是在對(duì)政府進(jìn)行批評(píng)，作者的觀點(diǎn)是政府對(duì)環(huán)境問(wèn)題應(yīng)該采取立法的主動(dòng) 權(quán)，即D選項(xiàng)。
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