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7．A record warm December raised average temperatures enough to make 2015 the second hottest year on record in the contiguous United States，according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climate Monitoring Annual Report，which was released Thursday．
The United Nations had previously reported that 2015 was shaping up to be the warmest year on record for the whole planet．
Last year was also the third wettest on record in the U．S．and saw ten weather-or climate-related disasters that each caused at least $1 billion in damage in the U．S．and killed a total of 155 people．These include a drought，two floods，five severe storms，a wildfire，and a winter storm．
The average U．S．temperature was 54.4°F，2.4°F above the 20^th century average，and second only to 2012's record warmth．This was also the 19th consecutive year with average temperatures above the average for the century．Every state reported above-average annual temperatures．The warming was particularly pronounced across most of the eastern half of the country in December，when many places saw temperatures 30 degrees above normal and many records were set．
This mirrored changes seen in the Arctic that month，when temperatures spiked to 50 degrees above normal．Part of this warming was driven by a strong El Ni?o，or periodic warming in the Pacific Ocean，but some of it can also be attributed to global warming，says meteorologist Eric Holthaus，who was not involved with the federal report．
The analysis comes less than a month after the U．S．and 194 other countries signed an agreement in Paris to more aggressively counter the effects of climate change．
"Even if all the initial targets in Paris are met，we'll only be part of the way there when it comes to reducing carbon from the atmosphere，"said President Barack Obama at the time．Still，the agreement represented"a turning point"by setting up"the architecture"for doing so，he said．
NOAA's climate monitoring center doesn't issue predictions for future weather，but the agency's Climate Prediction Center does．That team's forecast for the next three months calls for warmer-than-average temperatures in much of the country，although parts of Texas and the Southeast may be a little cooler than usual．
As Lancaster University Professor Gail Whiteman told the Weather Channel，"climate change means extreme weather is the new normal．"

28．What's the meaning of the underlined sentence"climate change means extreme weather is the new normal"？D
A．Extreme weather will not normal due to the climate change．
B．Climate change will result in the unpredictable weather．
C．Climate change will be more and more common except for the extreme weather．
D．Extreme weather will be kind of tendency in the future．
29．Which of the following statement is true？D
A．The target of reducing carbon is accomplished．
B.$1 billion loss was caused by the extreme weather．
C．In most areas of US，the temperatures will be warmer than average．
D.2015 was the first warmest and the third wettest on record in the country．
30．What can be inferred from the text？A
A．The reducing of carbon still needs great efforts worldwide．
B．NOAA has nothing to do with the predictions for climate change．
C．The whole US will be warmer in the future due to the global warming．
D．The weather change in the western areas is more obvious than that in the east．
31．We can probably find the text in？B
A．a government report
B．a science magazine
C．an advertisement
D．a newspaper．

Answer 1

分析 本文是一篇新闻报道类阅读，属于说明文．根据美国国家海洋和大气管理局周四公布的"国家气候监测年度报告"，平均气温升高使得2015年达到连续第二个最高纪录．本文以此展开谈论，主要讲述了气候的变化情况和趋势．

解答 28．D．句意理解题．联系上下文内容可知，climate change means extreme weather is the new normal句意为极端天气将来会是一种倾向．故选D．
29．D．细节理解题．根据The United Nations had previously reported that 2015 was shaping up to be the warmest year on record for the whole planet．以及The average U．S．temperature was 54.4°F，2.4°F above the 20^th century average，and second only to 2012's record warmth．可知，2015年是最温暖的和气温第三高的记录．故选D．
30．A．推理判断题．根据"Even if all the initial targets in Paris are met，we'll only be part of the way there when it comes to reducing carbon from the atmosphere，"said President Barack Obama at the time．Still，the agreement represented"a turning point"by setting up"the architecture"for doing so，he said．可知，二氧化碳的减少需要全世界共同的努力．故选A．
31．B．推理判断题．阅读全文，根据文章内容可知，根据美国国家海洋和大气管理局周四公布的"国家气候监测年度报告"，平均气温升高使得2015年达到连续第二个最高纪录．本文以此展开谈论，主要讲述了气候的变化情况和趋势．故文章来源于科学杂志．故选B．

点评 本文是一篇新闻报道类阅读，题目涉及多道主旨大意题，细节理解题，推理判断题．做题时学生应仔细阅读原文，把握文章主要内容，联系文章上下文内容并结合所给选项含义，从中选出正确答案，一定要做到有理有据，切忌胡乱猜测．