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Old Problem，New Approaches
While clean energy is increasingly used in our daily life，global warning will continue for some decades after CO2 emissions（排放）peak. So even if emissionwere to begin decrease today，we would still face the challenge of adapting to climate. Here I willstress some smarter and more creative examples of climate adaptation.
When it comes to adaptation，it is important to understand thatclimate change is a process. We are therefore not talking about adapting to anew standard，but to a constantlyshifting set of conditions. This is why in part at least，the US National ClimateAssessment says that:”there is no ‘one-size fit all’ adaptation.” Nevertheless，there are some actionsthat offer much and carry little risk or cost.
Around the world people are adapting in surprising ways，especially in some poor countries，Floods have some moredamaging in Bangladesh in recent decades. Mohammed Rezwan saw opportunity whereothers saw only disaster. His not-for-profit organization runs 100 river boatsthat server as floating libraries，scbools，and health clinics，and are equipment withsolar panels and other communication facilities. Rezwan is creating floatingconnecticity（连体） to replace flooded roadsand highways. But he is also working at a far more fundamental level：his staff people how tomake floating gardens fish ponds prevent atarcation during the wet season.
Aroundthe world, people are adapting in surprising ways, especially in some poorcountries, Fllods have become more damaging in Bangladesh in recent decades.Mobammed Rezwan saw opportunily where others saw only disaster. Hisnot-for-profit organization runs 100 river boats that serve as floatinglibraries, schoods, and health clinics, and are equipped with solar panels andother communicating facilities. Rezwan is creating floating conmetivity（连接） to replace flooded roadsand highways. But he is also working at a far more fundamental level: his staffshow people how to make floating gardens and fish ponds to prevent starvationduring the wet season.
Elsewherein Asia even more astonishing actions are being taken. Chewang. Nophel lives ina mountaionous region in India, where he is known as the Ice Man. The loss ofglaciers(冰川) there due to globalwarming represents an enormous threat to agriculture. Without the glaciers,water will arrive in the rivers at times when it can damage crops. Norphel’sinspiration come from seeing the waste of water over winter, when it was notneeded. He directed the wasted water into shallow basins where it froze, andwas stored until the spring. His fields of ice supply perfectly timedirrigation(灌溉) water. Having creatednine such ice reserves. Nophel calculates that he has stored about 200, 000m3 of water. Climate change is acontinuing process, so Norhel’s ice reserves will not last forever. Warmingwill overtake them. But he is providing a few years during which the farmerswill, perhaps, be able to find other means of adapting.
Increasing Earth’sreflectiveness can cool the planet. In southern Spain the sudden increase ofgreenhouses (which reflect light back to space) has changed the warming trendlocally, and actually cooled the region. While Spain as a whole is heating upquickly, temperatures near the greenhouses have decreased. This example shouldact as an inspiration for all cities. By painting buildings white, cities mayslow down the warming process.
In Peni, local farmersaround a mountain with a glacier that has already fallen victim to climatechange have begun painting the entire mountain peak white in the hope that theadded reflectiveness will restore the life-giving ice. The outcome is still farfrom clear, But the World Bank has included the project on its of ‘100 ideas tosave the planet”.
More ordinary forms of adaptation are happening everywhere. A friend of mine owns an area of land inwestern Victoria. Over five generations the land has been too wet for cropping.But during the past decade declining rainfall has allows him to plant highlyprofitable crops. Farmers in many countries are also adapting like this—eitherby growing new produce, or by growing the same things differently. This iscommon sense, But some suggestions for adapting are not. When the pollutingindustries argue that we’ve lost the battle to control carbon pollution andhave no choice but to adapt, it’s a nonsense designed to make the case forbusiness as usual.
Humanbeings will continue to adapt to the changing climate in both ordinary andastonishing ways. But the most sensible form of adaptation is surely to adaptour energy systems to emit less carbon pollution. After all, if we adapt in theway, we may avoid the need to change in so many others.
The underlined partin Paragraph 2 implies ？
推理判断题。提问第二段划线句暗示了什么。One size fits for all意为通用的，以不变应万变的。整句话再说没有通用的适用方法。第二段总述“气候变化是一个过程，适应性方法也在不断地调整。”划线句后一句由nevertheless开头，后面这句话一定有关键信息，此句说明我们可以选择其他风险低和耗费低的方法。那么划线句就是说划线句adaptation的方法很多。故而选A。
What is special withregard to Rezwan’s project?
细节理解题。根据关键词定位到第三段第二行，Mohammed Rezwan saw opportunity where others saw only disaster. 以及他之后采取的用船充当基础设施的举措可看出，充分利用了当前条件。所以选C。
What did the Ice Mando to reduce the effect of global warming?
细节理解题。根据关键词定位到第四段第二行，The loss of glaciers(冰川) there due to global warming以及第四行Norphel’s inspiration come from seeing the waste of water over winter, when it was not needed. He directed the wasted water into shallow basins where it froze, and was stored until the spring. 这句话讲到他的方式是将冰川融化浪费的水储存起来，等到需要的时候再使用。所以答案选A。
What do we learn fromthe Peru example?
推理判断题。根据第五段最后一句， By painting buildings white, cities may slow down the warming process.以及第六段的painting the entire mountain peak white in the hope that ...可知通过将墙涂成白色，利用光的反射原理可以缓解全球气候变暖并且Peru的措施验证了这一点。所以答案选D。
According to theauthor, polluting industries should？
推理判断题。根据文章最后一段第七句，When the polluting industries argue that we’ve lost the battle to control carbon pollution and have no choice but to adapt, it’s a nonsense designed to make the case for business as usual.可知目前你一些污染企业说它们已经失去了对谈污染的控制，但作者认为这个说辞是胡说，一派胡言。故可直接选择与失去控制相反的D项，即与污染积极斗争。故而答案选D。
What’s the author’spreferred solution to global warming?
推理判断题。根据最后一段倒数第二行中，the most sensible form of adaptation is surely to adapt our energy systems to emit less carbon pollution.可知作者认为最合理的应对全球变暖的方法还是改变我们的能源系统来减少二氧化碳的排放，从根源上缓解气后变暖。故而选择B项。