【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[听力原文]
W: Do you agree with A1 Gore that there"s an urgent drive for us as Americans to do something?
M:
If you want to know the truth, it"s too late. Okay. All the ice is going to melt. There"s a lag and it"s already in the system.
In fact people don"t want to say that because they still want people to change their ways.
But when it comes to glaciers and Polar Regions, it"s going to melt. Sea level is going to come up.
W: Are you saying we should do nothing?
M: No, I"m not. I was taught, when in doubt, try the truth. It"s never too late to change your ways.
I"m not so worried about warming, because that"s going to happen and it"s happening.
I"m more worried about disease; I"m more worried about pandemics.
I"m more worried about that than the sea level rising. At least we can walk inland. But I"m more worried about the spread of disease. That"s a bigger threat.
W: What are your views on alternative energy? The ocean is over 70% of the earth, what about taking advantage of the power of waves?
M: As an American,
I"m more pro alternative energy because it so affects our relationships with other countries than it does economic impact.
I don"t like being dependent upon oil that"s controlled by countries that don"t like us. So, I"m more concerned about that than I am moving away from fossil fuel to wind energy or solar energy.
I"m more worried about how it affects our foreign policy. So I come down more on that concern than reducing our carbon footprint.
W: What about wave energy?
M: Wave energy is a lot harder. I"m actually very pro nuclear. I thought the Three Mile Island calamity was an absolute disaster.
A disaster for our country,
because I"m very pro nuclear energy. I think it"s safe if done wisely. I envy what France has done. I think they"re up to 90%.
But because of that horrible tragedy and how it frightened people...and the media added to that fear, I was a little upset with that, which media has a wonderful capability of doing...that we lost a generation of bringing more and more nuclear power online.
W: Well, Dr. Ballard, I really appreciate your taking the time.
M: Pleasure, pleasure.
What is Robert"s view on A1 Gore"s idea?
本题设题点在因果关系处。根据听力原文可知，现在采取行动为时已晚，冰正在融化，我们已经迟了一步；冰川和两极的冰层正在消融，海平面正在上升……，罗伯特不是特别担心变暖，他认为这是必然要发生并且也正在发生着的事情，因此答案为B。