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Text 3 Recently,a coalition of business

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问题 Text 3 Recently,a coalition of business and advocacy groups from around Washington gathered to kick off a campaign to enact a carbon pricing program Known as the Climate and Community Reinvestment Act of D.C.,the plan would place a new tax on all fossil fuels bought or sold,with the hope of ultimately discouraging the use of these polluting energy sources.The big-picture goal of this campaign is admirable:to address the everdeepening crisis of climate chaos by dissuading the continued use of coal,oil and gas.But unfortunately,the approach-one based in a world of financial markets,trading schemes and enticing new public revenue streams-is inherently flawed.Simply put,carbon pricing is a false solution to climate change and a distraction from real,effective climate solutions we must urgently pursue.To date,there is scant evidence to indicate that carbon taxes lower greenhouse gas emissions.In fact,the opposite is true.Recently Food&Water Watch reviewed the British Columbia carbon tax program,often cited by advocates as an example of success.From 2009（the first full year of the tax）t0 2014,emissions from taxed sources grew by 4.3 percent.And in the seven years after the carbon tax took effect,total gasoline sales increased by 7.37 percent.Supporters of such plans like to focus on a deceivingly simple notion that increasing the price of a consumer good will automatically reduce its use.But this just isn't the case when it comes to the purchase of necessities.People must heat their homes in winter,and they must commute to work,regardless of the cost.Those backing the D.C.carbon pricing plan like to note that revenue from the new tax would go toward investment in clean energy sources.But only 20 percent of the generated funds would be allocated in this manner.The rest would be shared out in tax breaks for businesses and rebates for consumers,another factor undercutting the notion that increased costs up front would change consumer behavior in the long run.Meanwhile,fossil fuel giants such as ExxonMobil are increasingly coming out in support of carbon pricing.This should be cause for alarm for anyone concerned with stamping out the use of the dirty energy sources these corporations profit from.Exxon knows that carbon taxes will do little to change the business-as-usual dependence on oil and gas that it relies on to continue operating and enriching shareholders.Furthermore,corporations such as Exxon rightly view carbon pricing schemes as a means of diverting energy and interest from tougher regulations that might actually encroach on their business plans and bottom lines.Despite what well-intentioned activists want to believe,there is no convenient,market-friendly solution to our serious climate condition.There is only the hard truth that we must tackle the problem at its source:We must stop using fossil fuels,and soon.The latest science indicates that in order to avoid the worst effects of deepening climate chaos,society must transition completely to clean,renewable energy by 2035Fossil fuel giants____.A.are expressing dissatisfaction with carbon pricing schemesB.are reducing their dependence on dirty energy sourcesC.view clean renewable energy as their future source of profitsD.see carbon pricing as distraction from tough rules against them
选项 A.are expressing dissatisfaction with carbon pricing schemes
B.are reducing their dependence on dirty energy sources
C.view clean renewable energy as their future source of profits
D.see carbon pricing as distraction from tough rules against them
答案 D
解析 [信息锁定]第六段末句指出，美孚等化石燃料巨擘将“碳定价计划”看做是将人们的精力和兴趣从“更严厉的规定”（可能会真正危及其商业计划及盈亏底线）转移开来的手段，D.符合此意，其中distraction替换a means of diverting;tough regulations against them概括tougher regulations that…bottom lines.[解题技巧]A.主观推断（依据碳定价计划，化石燃料公司要缴纳更多税款，故公司们会对其表达不满），与第六段①句所述事实”化石燃料巨擘们正公开表示支持碳定价”相反。B.对③句change ihe.…dependence on oil and gas.…断章取义，该句整体并非说明“化石燃料公司在降低对脏能源的依赖”，而是“碳税不会改变人们对脏能源的依赖，而这种依赖正是化石公司的利益之源”。C.利用文末句transition completely to clean．renewable energy干扰，但这是作者建议，无关化石燃料公司观点。
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