Warmer weather makes glaciers（冰川） melt, adding more water to the ocean. The warmer temperatures also make water expand, so it take up more space, causing the sea level to rise. The sea level has risen about 10-25cm in the last 100 years.

　　People have been increasing the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, such as CO2, through burning coal, oil and gas. This adds to the power of the greenhouse effect, making the planet even warmer.

　　Many scientists believe that, if the warming is not stopped, there will be huge climate changes. The sea level could rise by one metre this century.

　　Should this come true, millions of homes would be swallowed up by the sea and the world will be flooded with" climate refugees" looking for somewhere else to live.

　　17．We can infer from Paragraph 2 that

　　.

　　A．Tuvalu is in danger of being swallowed up by the sea

　　B．all Tuvalu islands are about five meters above the sea level

　　C．drinking water in Tuvalu has been destroyed

　　D．Tuvalu is often flooded by storms and waves

　　18．The author uses Tuvalu and Venice as examples in order to explain

　　.

　　A．it is

　　first places sinking into the sea

　　B．it is sinking into the mud where they stand

　　C．it will disappear in the future

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