Global warming is causing more than 300,000 deaths and about $125 billion in economic losses each year, according to a report by the Global Humanitarian Forum, an organization led by Annan, the former United Nations secretary general. The report, to be released Friday, analyzed data and existing studies of health, disaster, population and economic trends. It found that human-influenced climate change was raising the global death rates from illnesses including malnutrition (营养不良) and heat-related health problems. But even before its release, the report drew criticism from some experts on climate and risk, who questioned its methods and conclusions. Along with the deaths, the report said that the lives of 325 million people, primarily in poor countries, were being seriously affected by climate change. It projected that the number would double by 2030. Roger Pielke Jr. , a political scientist at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who studies disaster trends, said the Forum’ s report was “a methodological embarrassment“ because there was no way to distinguish deaths or economic losses related to human-driven global warming amid the much larger losses resulting from the growth in populations and economic development in vulnerable (易受伤害的 ) regions. Dr. Pielke said that—climate change is an important problem requiring our utmost attention. But the report, he said, “ will harm the cause for action on both climate change and disasters because it is so deeply flawed(有瑕疵的). “ However, Soren Andreasen, a social scientist at Dalberg Global Development Partners who supervised the writing of the report, defended it, saying that it was clear that the numbers were rough estimates. He said the report was aimed at world leaders, who will meet in Copenhagen in December to negotiate a new international climate treaty. In a press release describing the report, Mr. Annan stressed the need for the negotiations to focus on increasing the flow of money from rich to poor regions to help reduce their vulnerability to climate hazards while still curbing the emissions of the heat-trapping gases. More than 90% of the human and economic losses from climate change are occurring in poor countries, according to the report.

What is the finding of the Global Humanitarian Forum?

A．Global temperatures affect the rate of economic development.

B．Rates of death from illnesses have risen due to global warming.

C．Malnutrition has caused serious health problems in poor countries.

D．Economic trends have to do with population and natural disasters.

What do we learn about the Forum’s report from the passage?

A．It was challenged by some climate and risk experts.

B．It aroused a lot of interest in the scientific circles.

C．It was warmly received by environmentalists.

D．It caused a big stir in developing countries.

What does Dr. Pielke say about the Forum’ s report?

A．Its statistics look embarrassing.

B．It is invalid in terms of methodology.

C．It deserves our closest attention.

D．Its conclusion is purposely exaggerated.

What is Soren Andreasen’s view of the report?

A．Its conclusions are based on carefully collected data.

B．It is vulnerable to criticism if the statistics are closely examined.

C．It will give rise to heated discussions at the Copenhagen conference.

D．Its rough estimates are meant to draw the attention of world leaders.

What does Kofi Annan say should be the focus of the Copenhagen conference?

A．How rich and poor regions can share responsibility in curbing global warming.

B．How human and economic losses from climate change can be reduced.

C．How emissions of heat-trapping gases can be reduced on a global scale.

D．How rich countries can better help poor regions reduce climate hazards.

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He announced that the company had been transferred to______city. another others the other one another

Physics______my favorite subject when I studied in the university. were was is are

Mr. Brown is supposed to______for Italy last month. be leaving have left leave have been left

We were disappointed yesterday because it wasn’ t such a good dinner______she had promised us. like as which what

She walked along the path, ______her daughter close behind. following follow to follow was followed

We are sometimes______of selfishness in our lives, though we are mostly generous in personality. miserable greedy guilty sorry

Most computer users are______threat from computer viruses. within upon towards under

They naturally hope that their choice of the play will be______with the school and parents. pleasing welcome kind popular

Don’t associate with bad boys______your whole life will be ruined. or but and so that

I shall have a companion in the house after all these______years. alone lonely single simple

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Only in this way______out of the plan. you can talk him can you talk him him you can talk him can you talk

Many post-80s couples are complaining that going to the movies, shopping or attending parties have become impossible since their kids were born. That’ s the way most parents are living their lives, no weekends of their own, no time to visit friends, not even a chance of promotion in their jobs. Asking help from their parents might be a way out, but problems are that some aging parents are not strong enough to take care of the kids, and that the kids may also become too spoiled by their grandparents. Then, here comes a solution: families with kids can form a small group, and parents of each family can take turns to look after all the kids in this group on weekends. Thus, other parents can have some quiet time and feel free to do something they’ ve been planning for a long time. At the same time, the kids can make new friends and won’ t be hanging around their parents all day long. This is baby-pooling.

Who won the World Cup 1994 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play?【C1】______an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets【C2】______the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reports are on the spot to【C3】______the news. Newspapers have one basic【C4】______, to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to【C5】______it. Radio, telegraph, television, and【C6】______inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication.【C7】______, this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly made use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the【C8】______and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are【C9】______and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out into many other fields. Besides keeping readers【C10】______of the latest news, today’ s newspapers【C11】______and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers’ economic choices【C12】______advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very【C13】______Newspapers are sold at a price that【C14】______even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main【C15】______of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The【C16】______in selling advertising depends on a newspaper’ s value to advertisers. This【C17】______in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends【C18】______on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment【C19】______in a newspaper’ s pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspaper’ s value to readers as a source of information【C20】______the community, city, country, state, nation, and world—and even outer space.

Though technically quite advanced today, the Internet is far from being popular with average household users in some developing countries.

有这么多人的关心，在国外的最初几个月里，她感到非常幸福。

新图书馆比以前的大两倍。(或者译为“新图书馆是以前的三倍大”。)

这张照片让我想起了在上海度过的快乐时光。