2014届高三英语二轮专题复习拔高训练：社会保健类阅读理解7.docVIP

2014届高三英语二轮专题复习拔高训练：社会保健类阅读理解7 1.Health and climate scientists have mapped how climate change affects different parts of the world in different ways. The scientists point to evidence that changes in the past thirty years may already be affecting human health. Temperature changes may also influence the spread of disease. For example, warmer weather speeds the growth of organisms that cause diseases like malaria and dengue fever. The work by scientists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the World Health Organization appeared in the journal Nature. Jonathan Patz, professor of the Gaylord Nelson Institute, led the study. He notes that climate scientists linked global warming to the heat that killed thousands in Europe in August of 2003. He says poor countries are least responsible for the warming yet are most at risk from the health effects of higher temperatures. He says areas at greatest risk include Southern and Eastern Africa and coastlines along the Pacific and Indian Oceans. Also, large cities experience what scientists call a “heat island” effect that can intensify conditions. Professor Patz says average temperatures worldwide have increased about one-third of a degree Celsius in the last thirty years. But he tells us even that can make a difference with a disease like malaria. The report says average temperatures could increase by as much as six degrees Celsius by the end of the century. Representatives from about two hundred nations have been meeting in Montreal, Canada, to discuss climate change. The ten-day conference ends on December 9th. It is the first such United Nations meeting since the Kyoto Protocol took effect earlier this year. The protocol （草案） seeks to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases released as pollution into the air. 72. The text mainly talks about _________. A. the spread of malaria B. effects of human activities on climate C. a ten-day conference in Montreal D. health effects caused by cli