Passage 77【2020•浙江省台州市中考】
Living on an island might sound wonderful. But what it you left for a trip and found you could never return? What if your home, and even the land it stood on, was gone forever? For people living in the Pacific Islands, this is really possible.
Why? Climate（气候)change. Climate change is causing the sea to rise. That’s bad news for the Pacific Islands. Young people on the islands are even starting to wonder: Will they be the last generation(一代人)?
Not if the islanders have anything to do about it. These people are deeply connected to their homelands. The Pacific Islands are made up of 1l different countries: the Marshall Islands, Fuji, Samoa, and others. But now, those countries are working together. They're joining forces to fight climate change.
Why is climate change such a huge threat to this part of the world? Islands are low elevations(海拔). So they are among the first places influenced by rising sea levels. That's why countries of the Pacific Islands are working together to do their part.
But these are small countries. When it comes to climate change can they make a big difference? They can, because most of the things that people on islands buy are brought by ships. This is very harmful to the environment. After all, ships put out almost 3 percent of the world's carbon emissions (碳排放), That makes climate change worse.
Pacific Islanders realize the problem. So, in 2019, six countries got together: Fuji, the Marshall islands, Samoa, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu, They came up with a plan. They agreed to cut carbon emissions from shipping by 40 percent by 2030. And by 2050, they expect zero-carbon shipping.
How will they pull this off? They plan to use some really to use some really cool carbon-free technologies. They'll make use of solar and wind energy.
Sea levels are rising, but hopes aren't sinking in the Pacific Islands.
27. What is the bad news for the Pacific Islands according to the passage?
A. Some Pacific Island countries have disappeared.
B. The sea level is going up because of climate change.
C. All the shipping to the Pacific Islands has been stopped.
D. The Pacific Islanders have nothing to do about the climate change.
28. The underlined word "threat" in Paragraph 4 probably means"_________".
A. risk B. step C. project D. development
29. It can be inferred from the passage that _________.
A. there will never be zero carbon emissions from shipping
B. solar and wind energy will make climate change worse
C. all the Pacific Islanders may leave their homelands by 2050
D. some Pacific Island countries may have hopes to make a difference
30. The passage mainly talks about ________.
A. why other countries are helping the Pacific Islanders fight climate change
B. how some countries are working hard to develop carbon-free technologies
C. how Pacific Island countries are working together to fight shipping pollution
D. why Pacific Island countries put out so much of the world's carbon emissions
【文章大意】本文主要介绍了气候变化正在导致海洋上升，这对住在太平洋岛屿的人来说是个坏消息。太平洋岛屿上的11个国家正在联手来共同应对气候变化。他们计划到2030年将航运碳排放量减少百分之40，到2050年，他们预计零碳排放量航运。
27.B【解析】细节理解题。根据文中第二段“Climate change is causing the sea to rise. That’s bad news for the Pacific Islands. ”可知，气候变化正在导致海洋上升，这对太平洋岛屿来说是个坏消息。故选B。
28.A【解析】词义猜测题。risk危险，风险；step步骤；project计划，项目；development发展。根据上段“These people are deeply connected to their homelands.”可知，气候变化导致海洋上升，对生活在太平洋岛屿上的人有极大的威胁；结合后面“That's why countries of the Pacific Islands are working together to do their part.”可知，太平洋岛屿国家正在共同努力发挥自己的作用，来应对这种影响，所以可以猜测，划线部分单词意思应该是“危险，风险”。故选A。
29.D【解析】推理判断题。根据第六段“And by 2050, they expect zero-carbon shipping.”可知，到2050年，预计会用零碳航运，故选项A错误；根据第七段“They'll make use of solar and wind energy.”可知他们会用太阳能和风能来减少污染，故选项B错误；根据第六段“And by 2050, they expect zero-carbon shipping.”及最后一段“Sea levels are rising, but hopes aren't sinking in the Pacific Islands.”可知，到2050年，预计会用零碳航运，太平洋岛屿的希望并没有破灭，故选项C错误；根据第三段“The Pacific Islands are made up of 1l different countries: … those countries are working together. They're joining forces to fight climate change.”结合全文可知，他们正在联手应对气候变化，并会气候产生积极影响，故选项D正确。故选D。
30.C【解析】主旨大意题。根据本文大意，主要介绍了气候变化正在导致海洋上升，太平洋岛屿上的11个国家正在联手来共同应对气候变化。他们计划到2030年将航运碳排放量减少百分之40，到2050年，他们预计零碳排放量航运。所以“太平洋岛屿国家如何共同努力消除航运污染”符合本主主旨。故选C。
Living on an island might sound wonderful. But what it you left for a trip and found you could never return? What if your home, and even the land it stood on, was gone forever? For people living in the Pacific Islands, this is really possible.
Why? Climate（气候)change. Climate change is causing the sea to rise. That’s bad news for the Pacific Islands. Young people on the islands are even starting to wonder: Will they be the last generation(一代人)?
Not if the islanders have anything to do about it. These people are deeply connected to their homelands. The Pacific Islands are made up of 1l different countries: the Marshall Islands, Fuji, Samoa, and others. But now, those countries are working together. They're joining forces to fight climate change.
Why is climate change such a huge threat to this part of the world? Islands are low elevations(海拔). So they are among the first places influenced by rising sea levels. That's why countries of the Pacific Islands are working together to do their part.
But these are small countries. When it comes to climate change can they make a big difference? They can, because most of the things that people on islands buy are brought by ships. This is very harmful to the environment. After all, ships put out almost 3 percent of the world's carbon emissions (碳排放), That makes climate change worse.
Pacific Islanders realize the problem. So, in 2019, six countries got together: Fuji, the Marshall islands, Samoa, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands and Tuvalu, They came up with a plan. They agreed to cut carbon emissions from shipping by 40 percent by 2030. And by 2050, they expect zero-carbon shipping.
How will they pull this off? They plan to use some really to use some really cool carbon-free technologies. They'll make use of solar and wind energy.
Sea levels are rising, but hopes aren't sinking in the Pacific Islands.
27. What is the bad news for the Pacific Islands according to the passage?
A. Some Pacific Island countries have disappeared.
B. The sea level is going up because of climate change.
C. All the shipping to the Pacific Islands has been stopped.
D. The Pacific Islanders have nothing to do about the climate change.
28. The underlined word "threat" in Paragraph 4 probably means"_________".
A. risk B. step C. project D. development
29. It can be inferred from the passage that _________.
A. there will never be zero carbon emissions from shipping
B. solar and wind energy will make climate change worse
C. all the Pacific Islanders may leave their homelands by 2050
D. some Pacific Island countries may have hopes to make a difference
30. The passage mainly talks about ________.
A. why other countries are helping the Pacific Islanders fight climate change
B. how some countries are working hard to develop carbon-free technologies
C. how Pacific Island countries are working together to fight shipping pollution
D. why Pacific Island countries put out so much of the world's carbon emissions
【文章大意】本文主要介绍了气候变化正在导致海洋上升，这对住在太平洋岛屿的人来说是个坏消息。太平洋岛屿上的11个国家正在联手来共同应对气候变化。他们计划到2030年将航运碳排放量减少百分之40，到2050年，他们预计零碳排放量航运。
27.B【解析】细节理解题。根据文中第二段“Climate change is causing the sea to rise. That’s bad news for the Pacific Islands. ”可知，气候变化正在导致海洋上升，这对太平洋岛屿来说是个坏消息。故选B。
28.A【解析】词义猜测题。risk危险，风险；step步骤；project计划，项目；development发展。根据上段“These people are deeply connected to their homelands.”可知，气候变化导致海洋上升，对生活在太平洋岛屿上的人有极大的威胁；结合后面“That's why countries of the Pacific Islands are working together to do their part.”可知，太平洋岛屿国家正在共同努力发挥自己的作用，来应对这种影响，所以可以猜测，划线部分单词意思应该是“危险，风险”。故选A。
29.D【解析】推理判断题。根据第六段“And by 2050, they expect zero-carbon shipping.”可知，到2050年，预计会用零碳航运，故选项A错误；根据第七段“They'll make use of solar and wind energy.”可知他们会用太阳能和风能来减少污染，故选项B错误；根据第六段“And by 2050, they expect zero-carbon shipping.”及最后一段“Sea levels are rising, but hopes aren't sinking in the Pacific Islands.”可知，到2050年，预计会用零碳航运，太平洋岛屿的希望并没有破灭，故选项C错误；根据第三段“The Pacific Islands are made up of 1l different countries: … those countries are working together. They're joining forces to fight climate change.”结合全文可知，他们正在联手应对气候变化，并会气候产生积极影响，故选项D正确。故选D。
30.C【解析】主旨大意题。根据本文大意，主要介绍了气候变化正在导致海洋上升，太平洋岛屿上的11个国家正在联手来共同应对气候变化。他们计划到2030年将航运碳排放量减少百分之40，到2050年，他们预计零碳排放量航运。所以“太平洋岛屿国家如何共同努力消除航运污染”符合本主主旨。故选C。
