Mitigating(减轻) climate change could prove just as damaging to human welfare as climate change itself.A child that dies from indoor smoke in a village,where the use of fassilfuel(化石燃料) electricity is forbidden by wellmeaning members of green political movements trying to save the world,is just as great a tragedy as a child that dies in a flood caused by climate change.If climaic change proves to be mild,but cutting carbon causes real pain,we may well find that we have stopped a nosebleed by putting a tourniquet(止血带) around our necks.
人类的进步是无法阻挡的,是令人乐观。在《理性的乐观主义者》一书中,作者阐述了自己对于生活中的乐观现象,并且对于购物这样普通的日常行为所带来的积极影响都做了详尽的分析和描述。
1.What is the theme of Ridley's most recent book?
A.Weakness of human nature.B.Concern about climate change.
C.Importance of practical thinking.D.Optimism about human progress.
答案:D。理解判断题。从第二段的前两句话中,反复提到一个关键词“optimistic”以及信息句“because that evidence shows...”;另外,“this is what he's set out to prove...”一句也正好清楚的表明了作者在本书中所以阐述的正是这个话题,正是与选项D的说法是一致的,即:人类的进步总是不可避免的。
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