单选题Which of the following is the best title for the passage ?AA computer modelBStudies show ice melted equally in the North and the South during the ice ageCMost of the ice melted in the Northern hemisphere during the 30,000-year long ice ageDA survey result
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Which of the following is the best title for the passage ?
A
A computer model
B
Studies show ice melted equally in the North and the South during the ice age
C
Most of the ice melted in the Northern hemisphere during the 30,000-year long ice age
D
A survey result
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共用题干New research from NASA scientists suggests emissions of black soot after the way sunlight re- flects off snow.According to a computer simulation,black soot may be responsible for 25 percent of observed global warming over the past century. Soot in the higher latitudes（维度）of the Earth,where ice is more common , absorbs more of the sun's energy and warmth than an icy,white background. Dark-colored black carbon,or soot, absorbs sunlight,while lighter colored ice reflects sunlight.Soot in areas with snow and ice may play an important role in climate change.Also,if snow and ice covered areas begin melting,the warming effect increase,as the soot becomes more con-centrated on the snow surface.“This provides a positive feedback,as glaciers and ice sheets melt, they tend to get even dirtier.”said Dr. James Hansen,a researcher at NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies,New York.Hansen found soot's effect on snow albedo（反照率）,which may be contributing to trends to-ward early springs in the Northern Hemisphere,such as thinning Arctic sea ice and melting glac-iers permafrost. Soot also is believed to play a role in changes in the atmosphere above the oceans and land.“Black carbon reduces the amount of energy reflected by snow back into space,thus heating the snow surface more than if there were no black carbon,”Hansen said. Soot's increased absorp-tion of solar energy is especially effective in warming the world's climate.“ This forcing is unusual-ly effective,causing twice as much global warming as a carbon-dioxide forcing of the same magni-tude.”Hansen noted.Hansen cautioned,although the role of soot in altering global climate is substantial,it does not alter the fact that greenhouse gases are the primary cause of climate warming during the past century .Such gases are expected to be the largest climate forcing for the rest of the century.The researchers found that observed warming in the Northern Hemisphere was large in the winter and spring at middle and high latitudes. These observations were coherent with the researchers' climate model situations,which showed some of the largest warming effects occurred when there were heavy snow cover and sufficient sunlight. What is the main cause of climate warming during the past century?A: Soot.B: Snow.C: Greenhouse gases.D:.Wind.
共用题干第一篇Arctic MeltEarth’s North and South Poles are famous for being cold and icy.Last year,however,the amnount of ice in the Arctic Ocean（北冰洋）fell to a record low.Normally,ice builds in Arctic waters around the North Pole each winter and shrinks（缩小）during the summer. But for many years,the amount of ice left by the end of summer has been declining.Since 1979,each decade has seen an 11.4 percent drop in end?of-summer ice cover. Between 1981 and 2000,ice in the Arctic lost 22 percent of its thickness,becoming I.13 meters thinner.Last summer,Arctic sea ice reached its thinnest levels yet.By the end of summer 2007,the ice had shrunk to cover just 4.2 million square kilometers.That's 38 percent less area than the average cover at that time of year. And it's a very large 23 percent below the previous record low,which was set just 2 years ago. This continuing trend has made scientists concerned.There may be several reasons for the ice melt, says Jinlun Zhang, an oceanographer（海洋学家）at the University of Washington at Seattle.Unusually strong winds blew through the Arctic last summer. The winds pushed much of the ice out of the central Arctic,leaving a large area of thin ice and open water.Scientists also suspect that fewer clouds cover the Arctic now than in the past.Clearer skies allow more sunlight to reach the ocean.The extra heat warms both the water and the atmosphere.In parts of the Arctic Ocean last year,surface temperatures were 3.5℃warmer than average and 1.5℃warmer than the previous record high.With both air and water getting warmer,the ice is melting from both above and below. In some parts of the Beaufort Sea,north of Alaska and western Canada,ice that measured 3.3 meters thick at the beginning of the summer measured just 50 centimeters by season's end.The new measurements suggest that melting is far more severe than scientists have seen by just looking at ice covcrfrom above,says Donald K. Perovich,a geophysicist at the U.S.Army Cold Regions Researchand Engineering Laboratory in Hanover,N.H.Some scientists fear that the Arctic is stuck in a warming trend from which it may never recover.By the end of summer 2007 the ice cover in the Arctic was ________.A:4.2 million square kilometersB:11.4 million square kilometersC:1.13 million square kilometers D:38 million square kilometers
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单选题Multi-year ice is the hardest sea ice and should be avoided if possible. It is recognizable because of what tone to its surface color? （）AGreenishBBluishCGreyDGrey-white
单选题When operating in an area where sea ice and icebergs are present，which statement is TRUE? （）AIcebergs may travel in a direction many degrees different from the sea iceBBoth icebergs and sea ice will move in approximately the same direction and at the same speedCIcebergs and sea ice will move in the same direction，but at different speeds due to the sail effect of the bergDIcebergs and sea ice will move in the same direction，but the iceberg will move slower because of its underwater bulk
单选题The scientists are not sure_______.Ahow long the ice age lastedBwhere ice sheets melted during the ice ageCwhat caused the temperature changesDwhat the earth is made up of
单选题We can infer from the passage_______.Athe ice can easily just slip into the oceanBvolcanoes caused the ice to meltCmelting just in the Northern hemisphere would have been impossibleDresearchers often use the computer models help their research work
单选题You are on an ice-reinforced vessel about to enter packice. You should（）.Aenter the pack on the windward side where there is a well defined ice edgeBtrim to an even keel or slightly down by the bow to take maximum benefit of the ice reinforcementCtake maximum advantage of coastal leads caused by offshore windsDlook for areas of rotten ice and enter perpendicular to the ice edge
单选题The author of the passage would be most likely to agree with which of the following statements about the Milankovitch theory?AIt is the only possible explanation for the ice ages.BIt is too limited to provide a plausible explanation for the ice ages, despite recent research findings.CIt cannot be tested and confirmed until further research on volcanic activity is done.DIt is one plausible explanation, though not the only one, for the ice ages.EIt is not a plausible explanation for the ice ages, although it has opened up promising possibilities for future research.
单选题According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?AStarving polar bears are increasingly coming into villages, where they may be killed either for food or safety.BPolar bears can spend their entire lives on land if the sea ice melts completely.CTwo-thirds of the world's polar bears may disappear by 2050 as global warming continues.DThe growing distance between ice packs is not a problem for polar bears, because they are excellent swimmers.
单选题The North Pole is surrounded by land, while the South Pole is surrounded by the Antarctic Ocean.So scientists thought that______.Amost of the ice melted in the Northern hemisphereBmost of the ice melted in the Southern hemisphereCThe North Pole is colder than the South PoleDThe South Pole is colder than the North Pole
单选题Between 65,000 and 35,000 years ago,______.Athe temperature changed a lotBthe earth was much warmer than it is nowCwinter isn't colder than summerDmost of the ice that melted was in the Northern hemisphere during the 30,000-year long ice age
单选题Which statement concerning the navigation of a vessel in ice is FALSE?（）AAnchoring in the presence of ice is not recommended except in an emergencyBTowing a vessel through an ice field is not recommended except in an emergencyCThe Free and Proceed system of escorting a beset vessel cuts down on the number of freeing operationsDWhen anchoring in ice，it is advisable to increase the scope of the chain over what is normally used for non-icing conditions
问答题Scientists have long assumed that most of the ice that melted was in the Northern hemisphere（半球） during the 30,000-year long ice age.
单选题According to the passage, which of the following is true of the ratios of oxygen isotopes in ocean sediments?AThey indicate that sediments found during an ice age contain more calcium carbonate than sediments formed at other times.BThey are less reliable than the evidence from rocks on land in determining the volume of land ice.CThey can be used to deduce the relative volume of land ice that was present when the sediment was laid down.DThey are more unpredictable during an ice age than in other climatic conditions.EThey can be used to determine atmospheric conditions at various times in the past.
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