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1、Module 3 The Violence of Nature 兽畴一、阅读七选五Is our planet heating up? Are human beings responsible for climate change?1 The discussion on this subject has been heated, but what are scientists actuallysaying? At Readers Digest, we decided to find it out.2Yes, it has, and even warmer. Greenland was fores
2、ted between 450, 000 and 800, 000 years ago, so temperatures were considerably warmer then. There have also been other times of relatively high temperatures.So why does the concern exist (存在)?Ifs all about the speed at which temperatures are changing. 3 But in the 20th and 21st centuries, especially
3、 since 1976, temperatures have probably risen more quickly than during any century in the past 1, 000 years. Warming may bring improved crop production and other benefits to northern countries such as Canada or Russia. However, many species may not adapt (适应)to these conditions. 4 Mosquitoes have be
4、en moving northwards to higher places. The mountain pine beetle, which is active during warmer winters, has already destroyed about 13 million hectares of Canadas forests, worth an estimated $6.4 billion.What is causing the warming?IPCC has concluded that human activity is very likely responsible, b
5、y increasing the concentrations (含量) of greenhouse gases and thus the greenhouse effect. 5 They argue the human contribution is nothing.A. Some scientists, however, still disagree.B. Has the planet ever been this warm before? ?C. Has human behavior made the planet warm? ?D. Temperatures have been ch
6、anging all the time.E. And the one that is able to may cause a problem.F. In the past, temperatures moved up or down gradually.G. These questions have come into newspapers, films and popular books.1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 二、选词填空用下面给出单词的正确形式填空,使其句意完整。有两个词是多余的。erupt strike cause wave experience burypossible pre
7、vious feather lucky occur warn2. I want someone who is more than Tom.3. The wind lifts the soft on the little ducks head.4. The place was recently visited by a serious volcanic.5. Is there any of getting to London this week?6. I arrived late but the meeting didnt begin yet.7. The old tree by lightni
8、ng last night.8. Laughing for a while, they went on the fallen flowers.9. The radio gave a of bad weather.10. At the beginning of June an event.11. It rained heavily in the south, serious flooding in several provinces.三、句子翻译1 .如果你像那样开车,你早晚得进医院。(end up)2 .那幢楼房昨天夜里起火了,现在还烧着。(catch fire)3 .过去十年间我的家乡发生了
9、巨大的变化。(take place)4 .地震造成了极大的损害,总共有四百人丧生。(in all)5 .树叶被风卷起,在空中飘着。(pickup)答案阅读七选五15 GBFEA二、选词填空1. experienced 2. feathers 3. eruption 4. possibility 5. luckily6. was struck 7. burying 8. warning 9. occurred 10. causing三、句子翻译1. Youll end up in hospital if you drive your car like that.2. That building caught fire last night and is still on fire now.3. Great changes have taken place in my hometown during the past ten years.4. The earthquake caused great damage. Four hundred people lost their lives in all.5. The leaves were picked up by the wind and floated in the sky.