Where does the conversation take place?
A.In a hotel. B.At a bank. C.At a restaurant.
What is the woman writing on the form?
A.Her address. B.Her birth date. C.Her phone number.
What do we know about the snowman?
A.It was six feet tall.
B.It had a carrot nose.
C.It took the man seven hours to make it.
What will the woman do tomorrow?
A.See an eye doctor. B.Go to a bookstore. C.Buy a new cell phone.
Summary Writing
Blowing a Few Tops
Ever stopped to consider the upside of volcanic eruptions? It’s not all deaths, destruction and hot lava---scientists have a plan to cool the planet by simulating one. It would probably work, but it could have devastating consequence, and there is nothing to stop any country or company from deploying the technology.
Solar geo-engineering(气候工程) involves simulating an erupting volcano by spraying aerosols (气溶胶) into the atmosphere. When they combine with oxygen, droplets of acid form. These droplets reflect sunlight away from Earth, cooling the planet. All good in theory, but the consequences are largely unknown and a few could be disastrous. In a study recently published, researchers led by Anthony Jones, a climate scientist from the University of Exeter, found that using this technology in the Northern hemisphere could reduce the number of tropical cyclones hitting the U.S. and Caribbean. But there’s a worrying problem: more cyclones in the Southern hemisphere and a drought across the Sahel region of Africa. That’s because the entries climate system is linked--- disrupting one region will invariably affect another. How would a nation react if another was causing its weather to get much worse? Would that be an act of war?
There is, however, a case for using solar geo-engineering on a global case. Jones says it could be used to “take the edge of “the temperature increases scientists are predicting. It could be used while the world searches for more effective strategies.
The study also highlights a far bigger problem with solar geo-engineering: its complete lack of regulation. “There is nothing that could stop one country just doing it,” Jones says. “It’s deeply disturbing that we have this technology that could have such a massive influence in the climate, yet there’s just no regulation to stop countries or even organizations from doing it.”
Jones cautions that there is much about the climate system we do not understand, as well as more work that will need to be done before solar geo-engineering is deemed safe—or too dangerous to even discuss.
Translation
1.最低工资的不断提高可能会使雇主们不愿意雇佣缺乏经验的年轻人，他在阿里巴巴工作过五年， 所以在经验方面， 他较其他求职者而言有着明显的优势。 （ term ）
2.只有相关各方更多地关注青少年，他们才能形成正确的价值观，并且能够明白这样一个道理： 每个人都要为自己的决定负责，因为人生就是一系列的选择。 （Only ）
3.为了缓解市中心的交通的压力，当地政府年初公布了私家车使用的计划， 令大家满意的是政府采取的这项措施比预期更有效。 （release）
4.人们从来没有像今天这样如此关注他们的饮食， 意识到健康重要性的人们越来越关注食品安全与膳食均衡 的问题， 这是保持健康的关键。 （Never）
5.尽管经济不景气， 但我公司估计，今年的增长率仍会达到 6%， 多年以来，我公司一直致力于产品质量的管理，以期能够更好地服务于大众。 ( committed)
