Question 32. The word "fortune" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. luck B. benefit C. excitement D. money
Question 33. How were the wedding dishes in the past different from those of today?
A. They were more delicious.
C. They were served in larger amounts.
B. They were served in smaller amounts.
D. They were less delicious.
Question 34. The phrase "tie the knot" in paragraph 4 could be best replaced by ______.
A. get married
C. fasten the rope
B. loosen the tie
D. get engaged
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions from 35 to 42.
Humans are bringing about another global-scale change in the atmosphere: the increase in
what are called greenhouse gases. Like glass in a greenhouse, these gases admit the Sun's light but
tend to reflect back downward the heat that is radiated from the ground below, trapping heat in the
Earth's atmosphere. This process is known as the greenhouse effect. Carbon dioxide is the most
significant of these gases – there is 25 percent more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today than
there was a century ago, the result of our burning coal and fuels derived from oil. Methane, nitrous
oxide, and CFCs are greenhouse gases as well.
Scientists predict that increases in these gases in the atmosphere will make the Earth a warmer
place. They expect a global rise in average temperature somewhere between 1.0 and 3.5 degrees
Celsius in the next century. Average temperatures have in fact been rising and the years from 1987
to 1997 were the warmest years on record. Some scientists are reluctant to say that global warming
has actually begun because climate naturally varies from year to year and decade to decade, and it
takes many years of records to be sure of a fundamental change. There is little disagreement, though,
that global warming is looming.
Global warming will have different effects in different regions. A warmed world is expected
to have more extreme weather, with more rain during wet periods, longer droughts, and more
powerful storms. Although the effects of future climate changes are unknown, some predict that
exaggerated weather conditions may translate into better agricultural yields in areas such as the
western United States, where temperature and rainfall are expected to increase, while dramatic
decreases in rainfall may lead to severe droughts and plunging agricultural yields in parts of Africa,
for example.
Warmer temperatures are expected to partially melt the polar ice caps, leading to a projected
sea level rise of 50 centimeters by the year 2050. A sea level rise of this magnitude would flood
coastal cities, force people to abandon low-lying islands, and completely inundate coastal wetlands.
Diseases like malaria, which at present are primarily found in the tropics, may become more
common in the regions of the globe between the tropics and the polar regions, called the temperate
zones. For many of the world's plant species, and for animal species that are not easily able to shift
their territories as their habitat grows warmer, climate change may bring extinction.
(Source: Microsoft ® Encarta ® 2009. © 1993-2008 Microsoft Corporation)
Question 35. Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?
A. Global Warming: Possible Causes and Effects
B. Global Warming: Problems and Solutions
C. Global Warming: Advantages and Disadvantages
D. Global Warming: Future Reactions
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