1、Please Listen to the following TED talk and answer the questions followed.(1分11秒-55秒）What happened when the speaker just built the instrument with his team to propose an experiment to fly to Venus?
A、He has just resigned as principal investigator on the Venus experiment
B、He just joined NASA
C、He was continuing his experiment on the trip to Venus
D、He became involved in calculations of the greenhouse effect on earth and found that our atm
2、Please Listen to the following TED talk and answer the questions followed.(1分55秒-2分17秒）British physicist John Tyndall,in the 1850’s,made laboratory measurementsof the infrared radiation,which is heat.And he showed that gasses such as CO2___________,t
A、absorb heat
B、absorb sunlight
C、reflect sunlight
D、reflect heat
3、Please Listen to the following TED talk and answer the questions followed.(2分17秒-3分08秒）The speaker worked with other scientists to analyze earth climate observations. In 1981,theypublished an article in Science magazineconcludingthat
A、observed warmingof 0.4 degrees Celsiusin the prior centurywas consistent with the greenhouse effectof increasing CO2
B、The 21st centurywould see shifting climate zones,creation of drought-prone regionsin North America and Asia,erosion of ice shee
4、Please Listen to the following TED talk and answer the questions followed.（3分08秒-4分02秒）The paper lead the speaker testifying to Congress in the 1980’s, testimony in which he emphasized that global warming increases
A、Only heatwaves and droughts on one hand,directly from the warming
B、There will be stronger storms
C、Rainfall will becomein less extreme events
D、increases both extremesof the Earth’s water cycle
5、Please Listen to the following TED talk and answer the questions followed.(5分29-5分52秒）The speaker then describe the most important conclusion from the physics, first,_____________, and second, _____________.
A、first, from Earth’s energy balanceand, second, from Earth’s climate history
B、first, from Earth’s energy balanceand, second, from Earth’s changing geographical history
C、first, from Earth’s radiation balanceand, second, from Earth’s climate his
6、Please Listen to the following TED talk and answer the questions followed.(6分29-7分09秒）The biggest reservoir, the ocean, was the least well measured,until the scientists use the evidence
A、more than 3,000 Argo floatswere distributed around the world’s ocean
B、revealthat the upper half of the oceanis gaining heat at a substantial rate
C、distribute more than 30,000 Argo floatsaround the world’s ocean
D、measuring the heat contenti
7、Please Listen to the following TED talk and answer the questions followed.(8分-8分29秒）To argue against the claim that the Sun is the main cause of climate change held by climate change deniers, the speaker argues the followings EXCEPT
A、The deep ocean is also gaining heat at a smaller rate,and energy is goinginto the net melting of ice all around the planet
B、The measured energy imbalance occurredduring the deepest solar minimum in the record,when the Sun’s energy reaching Earth
8、Please Listen to the following TED talk and answer the questions followed.（09分20秒-10分07秒）According to the scientific research, the speaker concludes that_____.
A、CO2, methane, and ice sheetswere feedbacksthat amplified global temperature changecausing these ancient climate oscillations to be huge
B、CO2, and methanewere feedbacksthat amplified global temperature changecausing these ancient climate oscillat
9、Please Listen to the following TED talk and answer the questions followed.（11分06秒-11分39秒）As for the sea level, the speaker speculates that according to current evidence of scientific research, it will
A、be moreif we keep burning fossil fuels,perhaps even 18 meters, which is five feet,this century or shortly thereafter
B、rise at least one meter
C、be moreif we keep burning fossil fuels,perhaps even five meters, which is 18 feet,this century or s
10、Please Listen to the following TED talk and answer the questions followed.(12分25秒-13分31秒）Global warming is already affecting people.And the speaker then cited some facts to further proving his argument which includes
A、There aremore than three standard deviations outside the norm
B、In recent years,because of global warming,they now cover about 10 percent –an increase by a factor of 15 to 50
C、The Texas, Oklahoma, Mexicoheatwave and drought last year
D、Mosco
