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Sea rise as a consequence of global warming would immediately threaten that
Sea rise as a consequence of global warming would immediately threaten that
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2025-04-17
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Sea rise as a consequence of global warming would immediately threaten that large fraction of the globe living at sea level. Nearly one-third of all human beings live within 36 miles of a coastline. Most of the world’s great seaport cities would be【1】: New Orleans, Amsterdam, Shanghai, and Cairo. Some countries — Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, islands in the Pacific — would be inundated. Heavily populated coastal areas such as in Bangladesh and Egypt, 【2】large populations occupy low-lying areas, would suffer extreme【3】
Warmer oceans would spawn stronger hurricanes and typhoons, 【4】in coastal flooding, possibly swamping valuable agricultural lands around the world.【5】water quality may result in 【6】flooding which forces salt water into coastal irrigation and drinking water supplies, and irreplaceable, natural【7】could be flooded with ocean water, destroying forever many ol the【8】plant and animal species living there.
Food supplies and forests would be【9】affected. Changes in rainfall patterns would disrupt agriculture. Warmer temperatures would【10】grain-growing regions polewards. The warming would also increase and change the pest plants, such as weeds and the insects【11】the crops.
Human health would also be affected. Warming could【12】tropical climate bringing with it yellow fever, malaria, and other diseases. Heat stress and heat mortality could rise. The harmful【13】of localized urban air pollution would very likely be more serious in warmer【14】, There will be some【15】from warming. New sea-lanes will open in the Arctic, longer growing seasons lurther north will【16】new agricultural lands, and warmer temperature will make some of today’s colder regions more【17】. But these benefits will be in individual areas. The natural systems—both plant and animal— will be less a-ble than man to cope and【18】Any change of temperature, rainfall, and sea level of the magnitude now【19】will be destructive to natural systems and living things and hence to man as well.
The list of possible consequences of global warming suggests very clearly that we must do everything we can now to understand its causes and effects and to take all measures possible to prevent and adapt to potential and inevitable disruptions【20】by global warming. [br]
选项
A、rebuking
B、rambling
C、resulting
D、rallying
答案
C
解析
此处应选择C,该处句意是:温暖的海水引起更强的飓风和台风,导致沿海洪水泛滥。A.rebuking斥责,指责;B.rambling漫步;C.resulting导致;D.rallying重整旗鼓,振奋。
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