BEC阅读翻译强化模拟题

Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on Answer Sheet 1.

For questions 1-7. mark

Y(for YES) if the statement agrees with the information given in the passage;

N (for NO) if the statement contradicts the information given in the passage;

NG (for NOT GIVEN) if the information is not given in the passage.

For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.

A Cooler Planet

Scientists are cooking up solutions based on current technology that they say they could dramatically turn down the heat of global warming over the next 50 years.

Innovations such as cheaper wind power, gas-electric hybrid and gas cards that generate funds for climate-change projects already are available. Introducing them across the nation could put a dent in the growth of greenhouse gases that are warming the planet, scientists say.

The concentration of carbon dioxide--a potent greenhouse gas--is likely to double before the end of the century, the United States says. Scientists say further warming is inevitable as greenhouse gas emissions climb but that the worse effects can still be avoided.

"The question now is not 'whether to adapt?' but 'how to adapt?'" says a 2004 U.N. report on climate change.

The solutions, says experts, must come from action by politicians, business people, scientists and individuals. Over the next century, power could be derived from sources that release less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere such as nuclear fusion, hydrogen fuel cells and more efficient combustion engines(内燃机).

Scientists: Technology already exists

Technology is a crucial component to meeting the challenge of global warming, say climate researchers and policy experts.

"You need technology;" says Elliot Diringer, international strategies director with the Pew Center on Global Climate Change. "There's no question about that. The question is, 'What is the most efficient way to not only generate the technology but get it deployed.'"

The intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, a U.N. body issuing regular assessments on the climate, says innovation has advanced faster than expected. It estimates technological improvements could reduce greenhouse gas emissions below 2,000 levels within 20