Question

    China is showing the world its great resolve in the global climate campaign with concrete and self-motivated efforts as well as serious commitment.

At the opening ceremony of the Paris climate summit, Chinese President Xi Jinping restated China's plan made in June to cut its carbon emissions( 排放)per unit of GDP by 60-65 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, and increase non-fossil fuel sources in primary energy consumption to about 20 percent.

With a large population, China is facing increasing resource limits, severe environmental pollution and a worsening ecosystem, and its citizens are also becoming increasingly aware of environmental problems. Suffering environmental problems and seeing the efforts as important to transforming its economic growth pattern, the country has much at risk if climate change is left unattended.

Actually, climate change efforts are already included in China's medium-and long-term program of economic and social development, and ecological efforts are the clear characteristics in China's 13th Five-Year Plan(2016-2020).

Although it is and will be a developing country for a long time to come, China has been actively involved in the global campaign against climate change, now topping the world in terms of energy conservation and use of new and renewable energies.

However, China's development rights need to be respected. It is unfair to overstress China's status as one of the world's largest greenhouse gas emitters and regard it as the major part of responsibilities in the global fight against climate change.

It is worthy of notice that China's emissions of greenhouse gases per person are far lower  than those of developed countries, especially the United States, although rapid economic expansion and its population base have made it one of the biggest producers of the gases.

To show its great resolve, Beijing in September also announced the establishment of an  independent South-South cooperation fund of 20 billion RMB to help developing countries affected by global warming.

While China is eagerly accomplishing its policy commitments, developed countries should  stop questioning China's commitment to fighting climate change and pointing fingers, and start shouldering their due responsibilities instead.

1.China is self-motivated to fight against climate change in order to_____

A.top the world B.transform its economic pattern

C.solve its population problem D.respond to pressure from developed countries

2.The underlined word "it" in paragraph 7 refers to _____

A.China B.the United States

C.economic expansion D.the population base

3.It can be inferred from the text that_______

A.China will completely use non-fossil fuels by 2030

B.China will carry out its plan by stopping its development

C.Chinese emit more greenhouse gases than Americans on average

D.some developed countries are not taking on their due responsibilities

4.Which of the following is a sign of China's self-motivated fight against climate change?

A.Expanding its economy

B.Using non-renewable energies.

C.Making it part of China's 13th Five-Year Plan.

D.Donating money to developing countries

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了中国政府以及世界各国为了应对环境变化而采取的一些努力。中国将采取一系列的措施来减少对环境的危害。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段中的句子"Suffering environmental problems and seeing the efforts as important to transforming its economic growth pattern，the country has much at risk if climate change is left unattended．（中国正遭受环境问题的困扰，并把转变经济增长模式的努力视为重要任务。如果不关注气候变化，中国将面临很大风险。）"可知，中国决定应对气候变化是为了改变自己的经济结构。故选B。

2.词义猜测题。联系前文"China's emissions of greenhouse gases"以及"rapid economic expansion and its population base""中国的温室气体排放"以及"快速地经济扩张和人口基础"可知，it指代的是中国。故选A。

3.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的句子"start shouldering their due responsibilities instead"（而是肩负起他们应尽的义务）可知，有些发达国家没有承担起自己的责任。故选D。

4.细节理解题。第四段中主要介绍的是中国政府为了应对气候问题所采取的措施．根据本段中的句子"ecological efforts are the clear characteristics in China's 13th Five-Year Plan"（生态环境方面的努力是十三五计划中的明显特点）可知，应对环境变化成为了十三五计划的一部分。故选C。