单选题 Last year, physicist Professor Richard Muller and colleagues published results from a new project analyzing the Earth"s temperature record. The Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) project basically backed up established temperature records from Nasa and others; the world is indeed warming, and by about as much as we previously thought, it concluded.
Professor Muller was attacked in some quarters for not waiting for the formal process of peer review in a scientific journal before launching the data publicly. He responded that his method—to put the draft out there openly and let everyone respond who wants to—is increasingly the norm in physics. In his view, it"s the right way to do things.
A couple of weeks ago, in a New York Times article accompanying the release of five more BEST papers that are being submitted to scientific journals, Professor Muller went further, saying that the majority of 20th Century warming could be laid at the door of greenhouse gas emissions.
By contrast, analysis by established bodies such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) holds that only after mid-Century did greenhouse gases drive the warming—prior to that, it was predominantly down to natural causes such as solar cycles and a decline in the frequency of large volcanoes.

单选题 Which of the following is NOT true about Professor Muller according to the First Paragraph?

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[考点] 正误判断
此题考查考生根据文章具体内容对细节进行正误判断的能力。问题问：根据第一段内容，四个选项中关于穆勒教授的哪一种说法不正确?文章第一段提出，穆勒教授和他的同事发表了最新研究项目的研究成果，该项目对地球温度记录进行了分析，伯克利地表温度研究项目基本支持美国国家航空航天局的地球温度记录。穆勒教授总结道：地球如我们先前认为的那样正在变暖。可以判断，四个选项中，只有选项C关于穆勒教授的说法不正确。所以本题正确答案是C。
干扰项A：他发表了新研究项目的研究成果；干扰项B：他对地球温度记录进行了分析；干扰项D：他提醒人们全球正在变暖。

单选题 Professor Muller was attacked by some people because ______.

【正确答案】 D

【答案解析】[考点] 细节判断
此题考查考生根据文章具体内容进行细节判断的能力。问题问：穆勒教授受到一些人的抨击，因为______。文章第二段提到，穆勒教授受到了一些人的抨击，因为他在公开发表数据之前，没有经过同行审查这一正规过程。所以，本题正确答案是D。
干扰项A：他公开了项目成果；干扰项B：他认为他的研究方法是物理学领域的标准方法；干扰项C：他相信他做事情的方式是正确的。这三个选项的内容都不符合原文。

单选题 The phrase "be laid at the door of" (Para. 3) most probably means "______".

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[考点] 词组含义
此题考查考生根据上下文判断词组含义的能力。问题问：文章第三段中的词组“be laid at the door of”是______含义。文章第三段提出，穆勒教授认为，20世纪全球变暖主要是______温室气体排放。第四段通过使用词组“By contrast”使语义发生了转折，指出政府间气候变化专门委员会(IPCC)这样的机构与穆勒教授的看法完全相反。他们认为，直到20世纪中期之后，温室气体排放才使得地球变暖。由此可以推断，穆勒教授与IPCC这样的机构在地球变暖是否应归因于温室气体排放这个问题上有截然不同的看法。因此，词组“be laid at the door of”的意思是“归因于”。所以本题正确答案是A。
干扰项B：放在附近；干扰项C：蔑视；干扰项D：反对。