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 became involved in calculations of the greenhouse effect on earth and found that our atmospheric composition was changing
B、He was continuing his experiment on the trip to Venus
C、He has just resigned as principal investigator on the Venus e
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、reflect sunlight
B、reflect heat
C、absorb heat
D、absorb sunlight
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、All of these impactshave since either happenedor are now well under way
B、observed warmingof 0.4 degrees Celsiusin the prior centurywas consistent with the greenhouse effectof increasing CO2
C、That Earth would likely warm in the 1980’s,and warm
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、increases both extremesof the Earth’s water cycle
B、Rainfall will becomein less extreme events
C、There will be stronger storms
D、Only heatwaves and droughts on one hand,directly from the warming
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 radiation 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 energy balanceand, second, from Earth’s warming 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、measuring the heat contentin Earth’s heat reservoirs
B、distribute more than 30,000 Argo floatsaround the world’s ocean
C、revealthat the upper half of the oceanis gaining heat at a substantial rate
D、more than 3,000 Argo floatswere distributed
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、This shows that the effect of the Sun’s variations on climateis overwhelmed by the increasing greenhouse gasses,mainly fr
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 simplified global temperature changecausing these ancient climate oscillations to be huge
B、CO2, methane, and ice sheetswere feedbacksthat amplified global temperature changecausing these ancient cli
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 using green energy,perhaps even five meters, which is 18 feet,this century or shortly thereafter
B、be moreif we keep burning fossil fuels,perhaps even 18 meters, which is five feet,this century or shortly thereafter
C、be morei
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、Moscow the year beforeand Europe in 2000
B、There aremore than three standard deviations outside the norm
C、In recent years,because of global warming,they now cover about 10 percent —an increase by a factor of 15 to 50
D、The Texas, Oklahoma, M
