7．A record warm December raised average temperatures enough to make 2015 the second hottest year on record in the contiguous United States，according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Climate Monitoring Annual Report，which was released Thursday．
The United Nations had previously reported that 2015 was shaping up to be the warmest year on record for the whole planet．
Last year was also the third wettest on record in the U．S．and saw ten weather-or climate-related disasters that each caused at least $1 billion in damage in the U．S．and killed a total of 155 people．These include a drought，two floods，five severe storms，a wildfire，and a winter storm．
The average U．S．temperature was 54.4°F，2.4°F above the 20th century average，and second only to 2012's record warmth．This was also the 19th consecutive year with average temperatures above the average for the century．Every state reported above-average annual temperatures．The warming was particularly pronounced across most of the eastern half of the country in December，when many places saw temperatures 30 degrees above normal and many records were set．
This mirrored changes seen in the Arctic that month，when temperatures spiked to 50 degrees above normal．Part of this warming was driven by a strong El Ni?o，or periodic warming in the Pacific Ocean，but some of it can also be attributed to global warming，says meteorologist Eric Holthaus，who was not involved with the federal report．
The analysis comes less than a month after the U．S．and 194 other countries signed an agreement in Paris to more aggressively counter the effects of climate change．
"Even if all the initial targets in Paris are met，we'll only be part of the way there when it comes to reducing carbon from the atmosphere，"said President Barack Obama at the time．Still，the agreement represented"a turning point"by setting up"the architecture"for doing so，he said．
NOAA's climate monitoring center doesn't issue predictions for future weather，but the agency's Climate Prediction Center does．That team's forecast for the next three months calls for warmer-than-average temperatures in much of the country，although parts of Texas and the Southeast may be a little cooler than usual．
As Lancaster University Professor Gail Whiteman told the Weather Channel，"climate change means extreme weather is the new normal．"
28．What's the meaning of the underlined sentence"climate change means extreme weather is the new normal"？D
A．Extreme weather will not normal due to the climate change．
B．Climate change will result in the unpredictable weather．
C．Climate change will be more and more common except for the extreme weather．
D．Extreme weather will be kind of tendency in the future．
29．Which of the following statement is true？D
A．The target of reducing carbon is accomplished．
B.$1 billion loss was caused by the extreme weather．
C．In most areas of US，the temperatures will be warmer than average．
D.2015 was the first warmest and the third wettest on record in the country．
30．What can be inferred from the text？A
A．The reducing of carbon still needs great efforts worldwide．
B．NOAA has nothing to do with the predictions for climate change．
C．The whole US will be warmer in the future due to the global warming．
D．The weather change in the western areas is more obvious than that in the east．
31．We can probably find the text in？B
A．a government report
B．a science magazine
C．an advertisement
D．a newspaper．
分析 本文是一篇新聞報道類閱讀，屬于說明文．根據美國國家海洋和大氣管理局周四公布的"國家氣候監測年度報告"，平均氣溫升高使得2015年達到連續第二個最高紀錄．本文以此展開談論，主要講述了氣候的變化情況和趨勢．
解答 28．D．句意理解題．聯系上下文內容可知，climate change means extreme weather is the new normal句意為極端天氣將來會是一種傾向．故選D．
29．D．細節理解題．根據The United Nations had previously reported that 2015 was shaping up to be the warmest year on record for the whole planet．以及The average U．S．temperature was 54.4°F，2.4°F above the 20th century average，and second only to 2012's record warmth．可知，2015年是最溫暖的和氣溫第三高的記錄．故選D．
30．A．推理判斷題．根據"Even if all the initial targets in Paris are met，we'll only be part of the way there when it comes to reducing carbon from the atmosphere，"said President Barack Obama at the time．Still，the agreement represented"a turning point"by setting up"the architecture"for doing so，he said．可知，二氧化碳的減少需要全世界共同的努力．故選A．
31．B．推理判斷題．閱讀全文，根據文章內容可知，根據美國國家海洋和大氣管理局周四公布的"國家氣候監測年度報告"，平均氣溫升高使得2015年達到連續第二個最高紀錄．本文以此展開談論，主要講述了氣候的變化情況和趨勢．故文章來源于科學雜志．故選B．
點評 本文是一篇新聞報道類閱讀，題目涉及多道主旨大意題，細節理解題，推理判斷題．做題時學生應仔細閱讀原文，把握文章主要內容，聯系文章上下文內容并結合所給選項含義，從中選出正確答案，一定要做到有理有據，切忌胡亂猜測．
