执业医师考试

【单选题】In most parts of the world, climate change is a worrying subject. Not so inCaliforni
A、At a recent gathering of green luminaries—in a film star’s house, naturally, for that is how seriousness is often established in LosAngeles—the dominant note was self-satisfaction at what the state has already achieveD、And perhaps nobody is more complacent thanArnold Schwarzenegger. UnlikeA1 Gore, a presidential candidate turned prophet of environmental doom,California’s governor sounds cheerful when talking about climate change.As well he might: it has made his political career.
AlthoughCalifornia has long been an environmentally-conscious state, until recently greens were concerned above all with smog and redwood trees. "Coast ofDreams", Kevin Stag’s authoritative history of contemporaryCalifornia, published in 2004, does not mention climate change. In that year, though, the newly-elected Mr. Schwarzenegger made his first tentative call for western states to seek alternatives to fossil fuels. Gradually he noticed that his efforts to tackle climate change met with less resistance, and more acclaim, than just about all his other policies. These days it can seem as though he works on nothing else.
Mr. Schwarzenegger’s transformation from screen warrior to eco-warrior was completed last year when he signed a bill imposing legally-enforceable limits on greenhouse—gas emissions—a first forAmeric
A、Thanks mostly to its lack of coal and heavy industry,California is a relatively clean state. If it were a country it would be the world’s eighth-biggest economy, but only its 16th-biggest polluter. Its big problem is transport—meaning, mostly, cars and trucks, which account for more than 40% of its greenhouse-gas emissions compared with 32% inAmerica as a whole. The state wants to ratchet down emissions limits on new vehicles, beginning in 2009. Mr. Schwarzenegger has also ordered that, by 2020, vehicle fuel must produce 10% less carbon: in the production as well as the burning, so a simple switch to corn-based ethanol is probably out.
Thanks in part toCalifornia’ s example, most of the western states have adopted climate action plans. When it comes to setting emission targets, the scene can resemble a posedown at a Mr. Olympia contest.Arizona’s climate-change scholars decided to set a target of cutting the state’s emissions to 2000 levels by 2020.But Janet Napolitano, the governor, was determined not to be out-muscled byCaliforni
A、She has declared thatArizona will try to return to 2000 emission levels by 2012.
California has not just inspired other states; it has created a vanguard that ought to be able to prod the federal government into stronger national standards than it would otherwise consider.ButCalifornia is finding it easier to export its policies than to put them into practice at home. In one way,California’ s self-confidence is fully justifieD、It has done more than any other state—let alone the federal government—to fixAmerica’s attention on climate change. It has also made it seem as though the problem can be solveD、Which is why failure would be such bad news.At the momentCalifornia is a beacon to other states. If it fails, it will become an excuse for inaction.
According to the author, Mr.Arnold Schwarzenegger is cheerful chiefly because
[A] climate change is not worryingCalifornia anymore.
[B] even film stars become serious about environmental protection.
[C] he has benefited personally fromCalifornia’s achievements.
[D] his style of administration is always dominated by self-satisfaction.
网考网参考答案：C
网考网解析：
[解题思路] 原因细节题。第一段大量描述加州对自己环保工作的满意，而倒数第二句提到施瓦辛格对环境变化很开心之后，作者用最后一句话发表评论道：他应该高兴，因为这成就了他的政治生涯。也就是说，他高兴的真正原因是从加州的成就中获得了个人利益。段尾句和特殊标点“：”是考研阅读理解最容易出题的地方之一。 document.getElementById("warp").style.display="none"; document.getElementById("content").style.display="block"; 查看试题解析出处>>