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Consider the sentence: “The Earth has already warmed by an...
Instruction: Answer questions 31 to 40 based on the following text.
Global warming: uneven changes across planet
Kate Ravilious
01 ____ Less than 2°C of global warming for the Earth, the target agreed by leaders at the COP21
02 climate conference in Paris last November doesn’t really sound too ambitious. In fact, many of us
03 would welcome an extra couple of degrees warmth. So what is all the fuss about?
04 ____ Unfortunately the warming would not occur evenly around the world. A study published
05 recently in Nature shows what 2°C of warming – a rise, of this level, above the pre-industrial
06 global mean surface temperature – might really feel like and which regions may be hit hardest.
07 ____ Some of the regional hot spots cited are the Mediterranean countries, Brazil and the US,
08 where 2°C of global warming could translate into local temperature increases of more than 3°C.
09 But the region expected to suffer most is the Arctic, where night-time temperatures are predicted
10 to soar by 6°C.
11 ____ “Some countries are much more exposed than others,” says Rob Wilby, from Loughborough
12 University.
13 ____ The Earth has already warmed by an average of 1°C, and the uneven nature of this warming
14 is becoming clear with Arctic regions already beyond the 2°C mark. Meanwhile, climate models
15 suggest that the Mediterranean could pass the 2°C level once global temperatures have risen by
16 1.4°C.
17 ____ Oceans, which cover 70% of the planet, warm much more slowly than land and are partly
18 responsible for the uneven pattern of warming. Local factors, like loss of heat-reflecting snow in
19 the Arctic, make a difference, too.
20 ____ And it isn’t just temperature: changes in rainfall are also expected to be unequally
21 distributed, with most land areas getting more of a dousing, according to the researchers. “Recent
22 flooding episodes in the UK give us an insight into just how vulnerable we are,” says Wilby.
http://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/feb/10/weatherwatch-ravilious-global-warming-limit-climate-change-uneven- arctic-europe-us
Consider the sentence: “The Earth has already warmed by an average of 1°C” (line 13). The article “the” is used
A
to refer to something which has already been mentioned.
B
to refer to people or objects that are unique.
C
to refer to a whole group of people or things.
D
with names of geographical areas, rivers, mountain ranges, groups of islands, canals, and oceans.
E
before superlatives and ordinal numbers.