2024届高考英语第一轮专项复习时事热点试题抢分秘籍之重要成就（含答案）.pdfVIP

2024届高考英语第一轮专项复习时事热点试题抢分秘籍之重要成就

一．阅读理解（共14小题）

1．AnatmosphericresearcherLubnaDada，whoispartofaninternationalprojectcalled

CLOUD，andherteamconductedanewstudy.Thestudylooksattheroleoftreesandthe

naturalcompounds（混合物）theyreleaseintotheatmosphereincloudformation.Thegoalis

tomorepreciselyunderstandtheclimatebeforetheIndustrialRevolution—andhowitschanged

since.

Cloudsarenotonlyimportantfortheweather—theyalsohelpshapetheclimate.Someclouds

actasalayerofprotectionbetweenincomingsolarradiationandEarth，coolingthe

atmosphere.Othercloudsdotheopposite：theyactlikeablanketandtrapheat.

Butmanycurrentclimatemodelsdontaccountforeitherthewarmingorcoolingeffectsof

clouds，ortheroleaerosolsplayincloudformation.Thatisthebiggestuncertaintyinclimate

scienceatpresent.Dadasays.

Dadaandtheteamaretryingtofigureitoutusingasteel，cylindricalroomthatroughly

recreatestheatmosphere.Todothat，theteamcoverstheroomwithtape.Ithaslightsthatseemlike

differentlayersoftheatmosphere，andtheresearcherscanchangethehumidityandtemperature

levelstocreateagivengeographiclocation.Then，Dadaandherteamcanaddspecificvaporsinto

theroomtostudytheireffects.Dadasaysthatpreviousresearchhaslookedattheeffectsoftwo

kindsoforganicemissionsreleasedbyplants：monoterpenesandisoprene.Butanotherkindof

compound，sesquiterpenes（倍半萜烯），haslargelybeenignored.

InarecentstudyfromtheCLOUDproject，scientiststestedtheeffectsofsesquiterpeneson

cloudformation.Theyaddedallthreecompounds—monoterpenes，isopreneandsesquiterpenes—

intotheCLOUDroomtoseehowmanynewparticles（微粒）formed.Theyfoundthat

sesquiterpenesformedtentimesmoreparticlesthantheothertwosubstancesatthesame

concentrations.

Dadasaysthisfindingwillhelps