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Questions61to65arebasedonthefollowing

passage.

Smallincreasesintemperaturefoundtoadd

powertostormsintheAtlantic.

HurricanesthatformintheAtlanticOceanare

expectedtogainconsiderablestrengthastheglobal

temperaturecontinuestorise,anewstudyhasfound.

Usingmodelingdatafocusedontheconditionsin

whichhurricanesform,agroupofinternational

researchersbasedatBeijingNormalUniversityfound

thatforevery1.8°F(1℃)riseoftheEarths

temperature,thenumberofhurricanesintheAtlantic

thatareasstrongorstrongerthanHurricaneKatrina

willincreasetwofoldtosevenfold.

Hurricanestrengthisdirectlyrelatedtotheheat

ofthewaterwherethestormforms.Morewatervapor

intheairfromevaporatingoceanwateraddsfuelto

hurricanesthatbuildstrengthandheadtowardland.

HurricaneKatrinaiswidelyconsideredthe

measureforadestructivestorm,holdingthemaximum

Category5designationforafull24hoursinlateAugust

20xx.ItloststrengthasitpassedovertheFlorida

peninsula,butgaineddestructivepowerfightbefore

collidingwithNewOrleans,killingmorethan200

peopleandcausing$80billionindamage.

Thestudypointstoagradualincreaseof

Katrina-likeevents.Thewarmingexperiencedoverthe

20thcenturydoubledthenumberofsuch

debilitating(将人类摧垮的)storms.Buttheongoing

warmingoftheplanetintothe21stcenturycould

increasethefrequencyoftheworstkindsofstormsby

700percent,threateningcoastlinesalongtheAtlantic

OceanwithmuitipleCategory5stormseveryyear.

Ourresultssupporttheideathatchangesin

regionalseasurfacetemperaturesistheprimarycause

ofhurricanevariability,saidAslakGirnstead,a

researcherwiththeCenterforlceandClimateatthe

UniversityofCopenhagen.Thelargeimpactofsmall

sea-surfacetemperatureincreaseswasmorethan

Girusteadandhiscolleagueshadanticipated.

TheentirestudywaspublishedintheProceedingsof

theNationalAcademyofSciences.

Globaltemperatureshavesteadilyincreased,

makingthepastdecadethewarmestonrecord.Earlier

thisyear,climateresearchersreportedthattheEarths

temperatureshaverisenfasterinthelastcenturythan

atanypointsincethelasticeage,11,300yearsago.

Theprimarycause,acouseususofscientistshassaid,is

therisingemissionsofgreenhousegaseslikecarbon

dioxideandmethane.

Pasthurricaneshavesupportedthestudysfinding

thatglobaltemperatureriseislinkedtomore

destructivestorms.AccordingtotheNationalCenter

forAtmosphericResearch,whilethefrequencyof

stormsdoesntappeartohaveincreased,the

percentageofstrongoneshasrisensharplyoverthe

pastfewdecades.Thetrendmaybesimilarfurther

backintime,butcomprehensivehurricanedatadoesnt

exist.

61.Accordingtotheteamofinternational

researchersbasedatBeijingNormalUniversity,therise

oftheEarthstemperatureislikelytocause

A.thecomingoficeage

C.moreKatrina-likeorworsehurricanes

B.lessintensehurricanes

D.moregreenhousegasesintheatmosphere

62.Theoceanwaterintheregionwherethe

stormforms

A.isheatingthehurricanes

B.evaporatesandbecomesfuel

C.headstowardland

D.turnsintowatervaporthatmakeshurricanes

stronger

63.WhichofthefollowingstatementisTRUE

aboutHurricaneKatrina?

A.ltdidnotloseitsstrengthasitmoved.

B.ltclaimedover200peopleslives.

C.ltcaused80billiondollarslossforFlorida

peninsula.

D.ltlastedforfull24hours.

64.Whatresultcanregionalseasurface

temperaturechangesproduce?

A.Hurricanechanges.

C.GIobalwarming.

B.lncreasinggreenhousegasemissions.

0.Destructivehurricanes.

65.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat

A.thereisnolinkbetweengreenhousegas

emissionsanddestructivestorms

B.reductionofgreenhousegasemissionsmay

reducedestructivestorms

C.thehigherpercentageofstrongonesroseas

morehurricanesappeared

D.pastrecordsonhurricanesincludedeverything

needed

参考答案

本题考查地球温度上升带来的'变更。定位

61.C)O

句提到“地球温度每上升1.8华氏度（1摄氏度），那么

大西洋中强度可匹敌甚至赛过卡特里娜飓风的飓风

数量会增加两倍乃至七倍〃，故C）“更多像卡特里娜那

样或是更糟糕的飓风〃为答案。

62.D）。本题考查对飓风形成的区域中海水状况的

理解。定位句提到〃从海洋中蒸发到空气中的水分越多,

那么飓风的威力就越强，然后会直扑陆地〃，故D）“蒸

发成水蒸气，使得风暴威力增加〃为答案。

本题考查飓风卡特里娜的微小环节。定位

68.B）O

句提到“卡特里娜飓风在抵达新奥尔良州之前威力大

增，其巨大的破坏力致使200余人丧生，并造成了800

亿美元的经济损失〃，故答