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A.Global temperatures rose by 3 degrees in the 20th century.

B.Global warming may spread disease that could kill a lot of people in Africa.

C.Developed countries no longer depend on fossil fuels for transport and power.

D.The impact of the global warming will be radically reduced by 2050.

答案

参考答案:B

解析:[听力原文] 6-10
Disease spread by global warming could kill an extra 185 million people in Africa by the middle of the century and turn millions more into refugees unless rich nations take action now, a report said yesterday. Christian Aid said rich developed countries had to end their dependence on fossil fuels and set aside large sums of aid to help poorer nations ride out the worst impacts of global warming and switch to energy sources like wind, solar and waves.
Most scientists agree that global warming is a result of burning fossil fuels for transport and power, and new calculations suggest that having risen by 1.6 degrees in the 20th century, global temperatures could surge 3 degrees by 2050.
Seoul
South Korea will indict the chairman of the Hyundai Motor group today over a cash-for-favors scandal, a spokesman for the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office said yesterday.
Analysts are concerned that the probe could create a leadership vacuum at the country’s top car maker and derail its ambitions to become the fifth biggest company in the world’s auto industry by 2010, since Chung Mong-koo, the chairman, is said to take a strong role in day-to-day management of the group.
The chairman was arrested on April 28 over allegations of misusing company funds linked to a bribery scandal, involving suspected slush funds used to offer cash for political favors via a lobbyist.
Jakarta
Indonesia raises alert status to the highest level; thousands living nearby moved to shelters in safe areas.
Grey ash covered crop fields and hundreds of rooftops in the area of Ketep, 10 kilometers from the base of the mountain, and many houses appeared deserted after residents evacuated. Not everyone was gone. Some people cleaned ash off their houses and others opened shops. Commercial mini-buses continued to run.
The mountain has exploded already. The head of the volcano research center in the region cautioned, however, that Merapi’s eruption process could be gradual rather than a sudden burst, and that the massive eruption had yet to come. He was reluctant to forecast whether the Situation would get worse. The hot clouds stretched for 4 kilometers, while as a comparison during an eruption in 1994 they reached 6 kilometers before a deadly rain of material started falling.
London
Britain is considering introducing compulsory lessons on "core British values" for children in response to last July’s suicide bomb attacks on London, the government said yesterday.
Education Minister Bill Rammell said a six-month review would examine whether all 11 to 16-years old should be taught about issues such as freedom of speech, civic responsibility, and democracy and how, historically, they have developed in Britain.
The proposal comes in response to the attacks on London on July 7 when four Britons blew up themselves and 52 commuters on the capital’s transport system.
Moscow
Russia’s top prosecutor urged law enforcement authorities to do a better job fighting organized crime, saying it is becoming a national security threat.
Vladimir Ustinov’s remarks yesterday followed a series of high-level dismissals that President Vladimir Putin said were part of an effort to curb corruption.
"Today we are forced to acknowledge that the spread and scale of organized crime in Russia is taking on the character of a national threat," Ustinov told representatives of law enforcement agencies in televised comments. Organized crime groups are active "in all large cities without exception, and have penetrated into most towns," he said, reading from a report.

6. What does the report say about the impact produced by global warming

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