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【正文】 effects include more deaths from extreme heat or cold, more storms and more crop failures in dry periods. The health and climate scientists recently estimated(估計 ) that climate changes caused by human activity lead to more than one hundred and fifty thousand deaths each year. Cases of sickness are estimated at five million. And the . says the numbers could rise quickly by the year of 2020. Jonathan Patz of an environmental institute led the study. Professor Patz points out that climate scientists connected global warming with the heat that killed thousands in Europe in August, 2020. But he says poor countries least responsible for the warming are most in danger from the health effects of higher temperatures. Professor Patz says areas in greatest danger include southern and eastern Africa and coastlines along the Pacific and Indian oceans. Also, large cities experience what scientists call a heat island effect that can make conditions worse. Representatives from about two hundred countries hold a meeting in Canada to discuss climate change. The tenday meeting ends on December 9th. It is the first such United Nations meeting since the Kyoto Protocol（京都議定書） took effect earlier this year. The agreement aims to reduce the amount of carbon dioxide and other heattrapping（吸熱的） gases sent off into the air. 1. Who is Jonathan Patz? A. A scientist responsible for the climate change. B. A scientist in charge of the study of the climate change. C. A professor interested in the climate change. D. A professor who is a representative from an African country. 2. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage? A. Climate changes affect different parts of the world in the same way. B. The tenday meeting is the first United Nations meeting on climate change. C. The Kyoto Protocol aims to make smaller the amount of heattrapping gases into the air. D. Poor countries are responsible for the global warming. 3. Possible effects from the climate changes include the following EXCEPT ________. A. crop failures B. storms C. more deaths from overheat D. air pollution 4. According to the health and climate scientists, climate changes have been caused by ________. A. dry weather B. cold weather C. human activities D. storms 5. We can infer from the passage that ________. A. climate changes are having a bad effect on human’s wealth B. Professor Patz leads the study of climate changes C. a heat island effect large cities experience makes the matter worse D. rich countries are most responsible for climate changes B In the Middle Ages in Europe, theater was an imp
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