D

   Many disease researchers have warned that rising global temperatures could lead to more diseases. for example by allowing tropical diseases to expand their ranges into what are now mild regions. This is a particular fear for the diseases carried by insects such as malariac(瘧疾） and

sleeping sickness.

   But the reality is more complex, argues Kevin Lafferty. a disease ecologist. He argues that a warming climate could favour some diseases in certain regions while controlling them in others.

     Lafferty does not deny that climate change might allow malarial mosquitoes to spread to new areas. However he believes that hotter and drier conditions may also get rid of mosquitoes from areas where they currently exist. If this were the case, he says. there would be little. if any, net

increase (凈增長） in the risk of disease.

   In addition, many mild regions such as southern Europe or the southern U.S. have good sanitation（衛(wèi)生設(shè)備） and insect control programmes which, Lafferty says, would prevent diseases from becoming common even if climatic conditions were suitable.

    Finally, he argues, climate change could wipe many species off the plant. Infectious pathogens（病原體） depend on their hosts for survival so they too may become endangered-especially if they,like malaria, rely on more than one host.

    But Mercedes Pascual of the University of Michigan points out that there are large human populations in the east African highlands, just outside of the existing range of malarial mosquitoes.She said as temperatures rise, the mosquitoes will reach these areas. So the disadvantages will

outweigh the advantages of decreased risk elsewhere.

    Most of the ecologists do, however, seem to agree on one point: predicting where a disease is going to go next involves far more than just considering climate. No matter what the results of the debate are, they all agree that health concerns should continue to play a critical role in climate policy and the debate shouldn't be regarded as weakening the case for action against global warming.

53. According to Kevin Lafferty, climate change__________

    A. will not increase the spread of insect-bome diseases

    B. may not significantly increase the risk of disease in the whole world

    C. will not affect the dry regions where sanitation is good

    D. may not affect viruses that depend on more than one host

54. What does Mercedes Pascual think of Lafferty 's conclusion?

A. She disagrees with it.   B. She supports it.

C. She is not sure ofit.    D. She thinks it needs proving.

55. We may infer from the passage that ___________

    A. climate is the only factor in the predictior of the spread of diseases

    B. when making a climate policy one should take health into account

    C. the debate mentioned in the passage furthers the debate on global warming

    D. a policy should be made immediately to try to stop climate change

56. We can learn from the passage that ___________

    A. all the disease researchers agree that climate change will spread disease

    B. nothing can be done to stop the present global warming

    C. scientists have found ways to stop the wild spread of disease

D. ecologists have different views on whether the global warming will spread diseases further

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What did the armed men steal on Thursday?

         A．Two prints by Pablo Picasso

        B．Two oil painting by Brazilian artists

        C．Two prints by Pablo Picasso and two oil paintings by two Brazilian artists.

        D．Two prints by two Brazilian artists and two oil paintings by Picasso Pablo.

Why didn't the thieves take other more valuable works?

        A．Because they didn't know that the other pieces were worth more.

        B．Probably because they had received an order for the prints that they took.

        C．Because they didn't have enough time.

        D．Because they were in such a hurry that they couldn’t get them all.

How many people were in the museum during the robbery?

        A．A lot. The museum was crowded.

        B．Not too many. It was almost empty.

        C．There were a lot of people outside the museum.

        D．Only three of them.

According to the passage, which of the followings is TRUE?

        A．In December, "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and "O Lavrador de Cafe" painted by Candido

Portinari were stolen.

        B．There are steel doors and no detectors in Sao Paulo Museum of Art.

        C．Three robbers defeated three armed museum guards and took away the works on Thursday.

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A. It is heavy for pupils to carry.         B. It can't be damaged by water.

C. It is one and a half meters high.              D. It is easily broken or damaged.

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A. learn their lessons as an aid

B. have a course named computer studies

C. surf the Internet mainly to find information

D. do what they used to do with books and pens

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A. Less than 400 dollars.                            B. More than 400 dollars.

C. More than 300 dollars.                   D. Less than 300 dollars.

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A. It has been carried out for over one year.

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