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New ice core samples taken from the centre of the Greenland ice-sheet have given a detailed record of the last "interglacial (间冰期)" which rail from about 135,000 to 115,000 years ago. The cores, taken from a depth of 2,780 to 2,870 metres, show that during this peroid the climate oscillated(摆动) between three states instead of remaining in one, as in the whole of recorded human history. The middle state was like our own, but the others were either' much colder or warmer.
Worse, it seems that the climate flipped from one condition to another very rapidly. "It apparently took very little time, perhaps less than a decade or two, to shift between the states," Dr. J.C. W. White of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado wrote earlier this year in the scientific journal, Nature: "We humans have built a remarkable socio-economic system during perhaps the only time when it could be built, when the climate was stable enough to let us develop the agricultural infrastructure(基础设施) required to maintain an advanced society."
We do not know why we have been so blessed. But if the Earth had an operating manual, the chapter on climate might begin with a warning that the system has been adjusted at the factory for optimum comfort-- so don't touch the dials.
Unfortunately, we have been "twidling the knobs (旋钮)" for decades. In December 1995 the official Intergovernmental Panel on Climatic Change (1PCC. , which represents the work of 2,000 top meteorologists from around the world, concluded that global warming due to human activities is probably already taking place. Global warming sounds deceptively favorable to inhabitants of countries which currently experience harsh winters. In fact, with global warming, the world would struggle to cope with the effects of even a steady, gradual warming. This was spelt out to members of the British Royal Society by Sir John Houghton, chairman both of Britain' s Royal Commission of Environmental Pollution and of one of the main IPCC working groups. Houghton pat forward the IPCC picture of seas flooding much of Egypt, southern China and Bangladesh, making "many millions" of people homeless; of horde's of "environmental refugees" and of wars breaking out over dwidling (becoming gradually smaller) fresh water' supplies, as world rainfall patterns changed.
There is at least a chance that the world could adapt to steady warming if it happened slowly enough. However, many scientists, believe that even this prediction from the IPCC is too cautious.
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？
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听力原文： Women who need low-cost legal advice can attend day or evening clinics offered by Claret College's Advisory Services for Women. The clinics, which will be held throughout the spring, are staffed by licensed lawyers and are held at the Claret Women's Center, 345 Maple Street. There is no fee for the first consultation.
Evening clinics are scheduled from 6:00 p. m. to 8:00 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, through June. Daytime clinics are from 9:00 a. m. to noon on the second Wednesday of each month, also through June.
Appointments are required and can be made by calling the Claret Women's Center at (312)555- 1666.
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听力原文：W: I've got time to buy a magazine, haven't I？
M :The train is about to leave.
Q: What does the man mean？
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听力原文： Some people don't like any thing to be out of place. They are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people's birthdays and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive. Mr. Brown is such a person. Mr. Brown works in a bank, and lives on his own. His sister lives in the next town with her husband, and her son, Mark. Mr. Brown doesn't see his sister or her family from one year to the next, but he sends them Christmas cards, and he hasn't forgotten one of Mark's seventeen birthdays.
Last week Mr. Brown had quite a surprise. He drove home from the bank at the usual time; driving neither too slowly nor too fast, he parked his car where he always parked it, out of the way of other cars, and he went inside to make his evening meal. Just then there was a knock at the door. When he opened it, he found a policeman standing there. Mr. Brown asked himself. "Have I driven on the wrong side of tile road？ Has there been some trouble at the bank？ Have I forgotten to pay an important bill？"
"Hello, uncle," said the policeman, "My name's Mark."
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