大学英语六级分类模拟题489
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Part Ⅰ Writing
triphop1. Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay explaining why it is unwi to jump to conclusions upon eing or hearing something. You can give examples to illustrate your point. You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.carlton
Part Ⅱ Reading Comprehension
make friend>mobile是什么意思Section A
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UK Could Miss Carbon Emissions Targets in 2020sCommittee on climate change tells government current emissions cuts are too small to meet longer-term targets.
[A] The UK is on track to miss its carbon targets in the 2020s, the government"s advirs on climate change warned on Wednesday. Efforts to cut emissions are not happening quick
ly enough, and a looming "policy gap" will lead to a shortfall in the investment and infrastructure needed for a low-carbon economy, they said.
[B] Last year, UK greenhou gas emissions ro by 3.5%, in a tback to the government"s plans for strict "carbon budgets" that stipulate (规定) steep falls in emissions from now to 2027. The ri was owing to the cold winter and more **ing from coal, which is currently cheap.
[C] The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), in its annual progress report, said this was a temporary increa and the UK was likely to meet its carbon reduction goals for 2017. But it warned that without strong measures the UK would miss its carbon reduction targets from 2017 to 2027. When the effects of last year"s ri are stripped out, the underlying emissions trend is for a 1% to 1.5% decrea in emissions each year—less than half the 3% annual reductions needed to meet longer-term climate goals.
[D] David Kennedy, chief executive of the Committee, a statutory (决定的) body that advis ministers on meeting climate targets, told the Guardian: "There has been some p
ositive progress, but there is clearly still a big challenge and we should not be complacent. If we stop now with policy, all we are doing is storing up risks for the future."
[E] He warned that the government should not e its current energy bill—now passing through the Lords—as showing that energy policy "had been done for this parliament". Instead, he said the reforms in the bill should be built on with stepped-up policies to encourage the take-up of new low-carbon technologies, and to give investors clear signals which would spur the investment in the UK"s energy, transport and waste infrastructure that will be needed to cut emissions further.
[F] Recent progress on cutting emissions, with new wind farms being constructed, millions of lofts and a rising number of cavity walls being insulated, and improvements in the efficiency of cars, is unlikely to be repeated at the same rates unless new measures are brought in. The new wind farms were planned under the generous "renewable obligation" subsidy scheme, which is being replaced with a **plex system of long-term energy supply contracts, and the ri in home insulation occurred under an old regime of
financial support from **panies which is also being replaced, with the green deal system of loans to homeowners that are repaid through additions to energy bills. "There are rious risks that the level of progress will not be maintained," said Kennedy. "There are gaps in the policy framework incentives."
hurt lovers[G] The CCC called for the government to review and strengthen the green deal, which has been slow to get off the ground since its launch in January. New figures to be relead on Thursday are expected to show a smaller number of homes insulated under the scheme than ministers had hoped. The CCC said more should be done to ensure the take-up of solid wall insulation, and in the deployment of low-carbon heat technology, such as heat pumps.
[H] In industry, there has been little sign of improvements in energy efficiency, the report concluded.
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[I] Demonstration projects for carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology should also be brought forward, the CCC said, and warned that "the slow movement of offshore wind
projects into construction suggests that investments are now being delayed" until the government"s planned electricity market reforms are implemented.
[J] Banning food waste from landfill is another possible route to cutting emissions that should be considered, according to **mittee, and farmers should be more cloly monitored to check on whether emissions from agriculture are falling as fast as they need to.
[K] Kennedy said that coal was unlikely to play a major role in the energy mix by the end of this decade, as new European Union regulations on pollutants such as sulphur begin to bite. But this analysis has been questioned by Greenpeace, which has suggested that more of the UK"s coal-fired power stations could continue to operate, owing to low carbon prices in the EU"s emissions trading scheme.
[L] Ed Davey, the energy and climate change cretary, said: "The UK takes its obligations under the Climate Change Act, to cut emissions by 80% by 2050, very riously. That is why we are on cour to overachieve against the first three carbon bud
gets, taking us to 2022. We are also working to encourage other countries to follow our lead; for example, pushing for the EU to adopt a 50% emissions reduction target by 2030, as part of a global deal in 2015.
