首页
登录
职称英语
Amid a summer of record-setting heat, a new survey finds that most of Genera
Amid a summer of record-setting heat, a new survey finds that most of Genera
游客
2024-02-10
40
管理
问题
Amid a summer of record-setting heat, a new survey finds that most of Generation X’s(20世纪60年代到70年代初出生的美国人)young and middle-age adults are uninformed and unconcerned about climate change.
Only about 5% of Gen Xers, now 32 to 52 years old, are "alarmed" and 18% "concerned" about climate change, reports the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research on Tuesday. Two-thirds, or 66% , of those surveyed last year said they aren’t sure global warming is happening and 10% said they don’t believe it’s occurring.
"Most Generation Xers are surprisingly disengaged, dismissive or doubtful about whether global climate change is happening and they don’t spend much time worrying about it," said author Jon D. Miller.
The report comes as several Obama administration officials have recently linked extreme weather to climate change. In a report last week, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration cited six weather events last year and said that atmospheric changes caused by the burning of fossil fuels made Texas’ heat wave, for example, 20 times more likely than it would have been in the 1960s.
The Generation X survey of about 3,000 adults, the fourth in a continuing series, found a small but statistically significant decline in Gen Xer’s attention to climate change. In 2011, 16% said they followed the issue very or moderately closely, down from 22% in 2009.
Why are Gen Xers so indifferent? The report, funded by the National Science Foundation, cites climate change’s complexity, pressing economic concerns and " issue fatigue". It finds educated adults tend to be more concerned about the issue. It also finds partisan(党派的)differences; nearly half of liberal Democrats were concerned or alarmed compared to zero percent of conservative Republicans.
Miller said he expected that, given climate change’s expected impact on future generations, parents of young children would be more concerned than those without kids.
" Not so," he said. " Generation X adults without minor children were slightly more alarmed about climate change than were parents. The difference is small, but it is in the opposite direction than we expected. " Miller said the report suggests that while there’s broad awareness of climate change, many Gen Xers prefer to focus on more immediate issues such as jobs and schools. [br] What is the author’s attitude toward Generation X’s indifference?
选项
A、Objective.
B、Critical.
C、Supportive.
D、Neutral.
答案
A
解析
观点态度题。本题考查作者对于20世纪60年代到70年代初出生的美国人对于气候变化漠不关心这一问题的态度。在原文中,作者仅对这代人对于气候变化的关心程度等情况进行了介绍,其中并未进行任何的评价和判断,由此可知作者在文中的态度是比较客观的,故A)“客观的”为本题答案。B)“批判的”、C)“支持的”和D)“中立的”均可排除。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3437719.html
相关试题推荐
Nowadays,itwasfashionabletospeakofagenerationgap,a【S1】______betwee
Nowadays,itwasfashionabletospeakofagenerationgap,a【S1】______betwee
Nowadays,itwasfashionabletospeakofagenerationgap,a【S1】______betwee
Nowadays,itwasfashionabletospeakofagenerationgap,a【S1】______betwee
Nowadays,itwasfashionabletospeakofagenerationgap,a【S1】______betwee
【S1】[br]【S7】F根据another,我们可以往前一个句子找到相对应的名词survey。
Healthingeneraltermsincludesmanynon-medicalareas,suchashousingand
Healthingeneraltermsincludesmanynon-medicalareas,suchashousingand
[originaltext]M:Ireallydon’tknowwhattodothissummer.Ican’taffordto
[originaltext]M:Ireallydon’tknowwhattodothissummer.Ican’taffordto
随机试题
Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?[br]Theword"scope"inline9isclosesti
HelsinkiCard(赫尔辛基卡)enablesthetouristtotravelfreeonthebuses,trainsan
使用正序増广定则计算短路电流时,两相短路的附加阻抗为()
按照《证券公司风险控制指标计算标准规定》,证券公司自营业务,持有一种权益类证券的
按生产作业组织设置分类,检验站包括()。 A.热处理车间检验站B.铸锻车间
病变好发于直肠和乙状结肠( )。A.肠结核 B.大肠癌 C.克罗恩病 D
健康保险合同中都规定有免赔额条款,其中,全年免赔额扣除的对象是( )。A.全部
某中型水库除险加固工程主要建设内容有:砌石护坡拆除、砌石护坡重建、土方填筑(坝体
依据《职业病防治法》的规定,产生职业病危害的用人单位的设立,除应当符合法律、行政
最新回复
(
0
)