请认真阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸(卡)上将该项涂黑。
Today the scientific community is in almost total agreement that the earth’s climate is changing and that this represents a huge threat to the planet and to us. According to a survey, with only 69% accepting the earth is warming— only 1 in 4 Americans see global warming as a major threat, public opinion ________ the scientific conclusion.
Climate scientists and campaigners have long debated how to better communicate the message to nonexperts so that climate science can be ________ into action. According to Christopher Rapley, the usual tactic(策略) of climate experts to provide the public with information isn’t________ because “it does not address key potential causes.” We are all exposed to the evidence of climate change on an almost a daily basis. The information is almost ___________.
Then what’s wrong? _______our brains.
Daniel Gilbert mentioned our brains’ failure to accurately notice gradual change. Robert
Gifford also _________the point about our brains’ difficulty in grasping climate change because of limited cognition and social ______ with other people (“Why should we change if X won’t?”) “ A more powerful barrier is the ___________ of perceived (感知的)behavioral control; ‘I’ m only one person; what can I do ?’ is certainly a big one. For many, the first challenge will be in recognizing barriers _____ they can overcome them”
But for those of us who understand that climate change is a problem yet make little effort
to cut the number of overseas trips we make or the amount of meat we consume, neither the uncaring attitude nor denial really explains the _________between our actions and beliefs. Lertzman has come to the conclusion that the conflict between ________ both the planet and our way of life is too painful to bear. “When we don’t ________ the pain of that, that’s when we get ______and can’t move forward.” Lertzman refers to this ________ as “environmental melancholia(忧郁症),” and points out that there’s a lot to be said for providing a means______ acceptable to talk about.”
Rosemary Randall suggests that climate change is such a(n) __________ subject that it “can raise fears and anxieties that people feel have no_________ in polite conversation.”
Lertzman says the community has been slow to realize the value of psychology. Gifford says otherwise,________—“ climate change, and not mental health, is the biggest psychological problem”
Despite the pain, shame, difficulty in fully addressing climate change, both Lertzman and Gifford are still _______ about our ability to face up to the challenge. “There can’t be anything about the human mind that stops us struggling with these issues , given that so many people ______ are — maybe that’s what we should be focusing on instead.” says Lertzman.
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A.accounts for |
B.falls behind |
C.wishes for |
D.leaves behind |
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A.translated |
B.sprung |
C.forced |
D.sent |
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A.revolutionary |
B.detailed |
C.popular |
D.enough |
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A.unreliable |
B.unbearable |
C.unacceptable |
D.unavoidable |
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A.Submit |
B.Control |
C.Blame |
D.Curse |
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A.picks up on |
B.gets down to |
C.throws back on |
D.looks up to |
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A.connections |
B.comparisons |
C.competence |
D.development |
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A.sense |
B.problem |
C.lack |
D.effect |
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A.if |
B.though |
C.before |
D.since |
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A.relationship |
B.disagreement |
C.gap |
D.balance |
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A.caring about |
B.taking on |
C.fighting against |
D.putting away |
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A.feel |
B.process |
C.remember |
D.hide |
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A.hit |
B.puzzled |
C.stuck |
D.stressed |
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A.conflict |
B.event |
C.hesitation |
D.inability |
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A.socially |
B.environmentally |
C.culturally |
D.morally |
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A.complex |
B.controversial |
C.awkward |
D.disturbing |
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A.idea |
B.goal |
C.place |
D.choice |
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A.somehow |
B.however |
C.therefore |
D.either |
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A.optimistic |
B.concerned |
C.cheerful |
D.encouraged |
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A.equally |
B.still |
C.especially |
D.already |
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