in this sECtion you will FinD AFtEr EACh oF thE pAssAgEs A numBEr oF quEstions or unFinishED stAtEmEnts ABout thE pAssAgE, EACh with 4A,B,C、AnDD、ChoiCEs to ComplEtE thE stAtEmEnt. you must ChoosE thE onE whiCh you think Fits BEst.BlACkEn thE CorrEsponDing lEttEr As rEquirED on your mAChinE-sCoringAnswEr shEEt. thE timE For this sECtion is 70 minutEs.
D、vAlign=top wiDth="100%"> thE intErgovErnmEntAl pAnEl onClimAtEChAngE (ipCC、wAs sEt up in 1988 to AssEss inFormAtion on ClimAtE ChAngE AnD its impACt. its thirDAssEssmEnt rEport prEDiCts gloBAl tEmpErAturE risEs By 2100 oF BEtwEEn 1.4~C、AnD 5.8~C、Although thE issuE oF thE. ChAnging ClimAtE is vEry ComplEx AnD somE ChAngEs ArE unCErtAin, tEmpErAturE risEs ArE ExpECtED to AFFECt CountriEs throughout thE worlD AnD hAvE A knoCk-on EFFECt with sEA-lEvEl risEs.
sCiEntists hAvE ArguED ABout whEthEr tEmpErAturE risEs ArE DuE to humAn ACtivitiEs or DuE to nAturAl ChAngEs in our EnvironmEnt. thE ipCC、AnnounCED in 2001 thAt "most oF thE wArming oBsErvED ovEr thE lAst 50 yEArs is likEly to BE AttriButABlE to humAn ACtivitiEs". this wAs A morE ForCEFul stAtEmEnt thAn in 1996 whEn thE sEConDAssEssmEnt rEport stAtED thAt thErE wAs A "DisCErniBlE humAn inFluEnCE on thE ClimAtE" whiCh wAs thE First timE thEy hAD ConCluDED suCh A link. mAny ExpErts BEliEvE thE FAstEr thE ClimAtE ChAngEs, thE grEAtEr thE risk will BE.
kEy points oF thE projECtions For ClimAtE ChAngE gloBAlly inCluDE thAt By thE sEConD hAlF oF thE 21st CEntury, wintErtimE rAinFAll in thE northErn miD to high lAtituDEs AnDAntArCtiCA will risE, thAt mEAnwhilEAustrAliA,CEntrAlAmEriCA AnD southErnAFriCA ArE likEly to sEE DECrEAsEs in Autumn prECipitAtion, thAt somE lAnD ArEAs in thE tropiCs will sEE morE rAinFAll, AnD thAt thErE will gEnErAlly BE morE hot DAys ovEr lAnD ArEAs.
ACCorDing to thE Author, ClimAtE rEsEArChErs______.A．ArE quitE surE ABout why it’s gEtting hottEr AnD hottEr
B．DEClArED thAt wE humAns ArE thE CAusE why it’s gEtting hottEr
C．hAvE DisCussED thE possiBlE CAusEs why it’s hottEr
D、hAvE ClAimED thAt ChAngEs in nAturE ArE thE roots oF hot DAys