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B.plant highlyprofitable cropsC.leave carbonemission aloneD.fight againstcarbon pollution
70.What sthe authors preferredsolution toglobal warmingA.Setting upa new standard.B.Reducing carbonemission.C.Adapting to climate change.D.Monitoring polluting industries.A CA DD Bhasdiscovered thatdata canbe turnedinto newservices:translation andvisual recognition,to besold toother companies.,Internet companiescontrol of data givesthem enormouspower.So they have aGod seye viewof activitiesin theirown marketsandbeyond.This natureof datamakes theantitrust measuresof thepastless useful.Breaking upfirms likeGoogle intofive smalloneswould notstop remakingthemselves:in time,one ofthem wouldbecomegreat again.A rethinkis required—and as a newapproachstarts tobecome apparent,two ideasstand out.The firstis that antitrust authoritiesneed tomove from the(兼industrial ageinto the21st century.When consideringa merger并),for example,theyhavetraditionally usedsize todeterminewhen tostep in.They nowneed totake into account theextent of(资产)firms dataassets whenassessing theimpact ofdeals.Thepurchase pricecould alsobe asignal thatan establishedcompanyis buyinga new-born threat.When thistakes place,especiallywhen anew-born companyhas norevenue tospeak of,theregulators shouldraise redflags.The secondprinciple isto loosenthe controlthat providersofon-line serviceshave overdata andgive moreto thosewho supplythem.Companies couldbe forcedto consumerswhat informationtheyhold andhow manymoney theymake formit Governmentscouldorder thesharing ofcertain kindsofdata,with usersconsent.Restarting antitrustfor theinformation agewill notbe easy.Butif governmentsdon twant adata economycontrolled bya fewgiants,they mustact soon.
61.Why isthere acall tobreak upgiantsA.They havecontrolled thedata market.B.They collectenormous privatedata.C.They nolonger providefree services.D.They dismissedsome new-born giants.
62.What doesthe technologicalinnovation inParagraph3indicateA.Data giantstechnology isvery expensive.7B.Google sidea ispopular amongdata firms.C.Data canstrengthen giantscontrolling position.D.Data canbe turnedinto newservices orproducts.
63.By payingattention tofirms dataassets,antitrust regulatorscould.A.kill anew threatB.avoid thesize trapC.favour biggerfirmsD.charge higherprices
764.What isthe purposeof looseningthe giantscontrol ofdataA.Big companiescould relievedata securitypressure.B.Governments couldrelieve theirfinancial pressure.C.Consumers couldbetter protecttheir privacy.D.Small companiescould getmore opportunities.A CB DOldProblem NewApproachesfWhile cleanenergy isincreasingly usedin ourdaily life,global(排warming will continue forsome decadesafter CO2emissions放)peak.So evenif emissionswere tobegin todecrease today,wewould stillface thechallenge ofadapting toclimate change.Here Iwillstress somesmarter andmore creativeexamples ofclimateadaptation.When itcomes to adaptation,it isimportant tounderstand thatclimate change is a process.We aretherefore nottalking aboutadaptingtoanewstandard,but toa constantlyshifting setofconditions.This iswhy,in partat least,the USNational ClimateHAssessmentsays that:There isno one-size fitsall adaptation.Nevertheless,there aresome actionsthat offermuch andcarrylittle riskor cost.Around theworld,people areadapting insurprising ways,especially in some poorcountries.Floods havebecome moredamagingin Bangladeshin recentdecades.Mohammed Rezwansawopportunity whereothers sawonly disaster.His not-for-profitorganization runs100river boatsthat serveas floatinglibraries,schools,and healthclinics,and areequipped withsolar panelsandother communicatingfacilities.Rezwan iscreating floating(连体)connectivity toreplace floodedroads andhighways.But heisalso workingatafar morefundamental level:his staffshowpeople howto makefloating gardensand fishponds preventstarvationduring thewet season.Elsewhere inAsia evenmore astonishingactions arebeingtaken.Chewang Norphellives ina mountainousregion inIndia,(冰)where heis knownas the Ice Man.The lossof glaciersJl|theredue toglobal warmingrepresents anenormous threattoagriculture.Without the glaciers,water willarrive in the riversattimes when it candamage crops.NorpheK sinspiration camefromseeing thewaste of water overwinter,whenitwas notneeded.Hedirected thewasted waterinto shallowbasins whereit froze,andwas storeduntil thespring.His fieldsof icesupply perfectlytimed(灌)既)irrigation water.Having creatednine suchice reserves,Norphel calculatesthat hehas storedabout200,000m3ofwater.zClimate changeisacontinuing process,so Norphels icereserveswill notlast forever.Warming willovertake them.But heisproviding afew yearsduring whichthe farmerswill,perhaps,beable tofind othermeans ofadapting.7Increasing Earths reflectivenesscan coolthe planetInsouthern Spainthe suddenincrease ofgreenhouses whichreflectlight backto spacehas changedthe warmingtrend locally,andactually cooledthe region.While Spainasawhole is heating upquickly,temperatures nearthe greenhouseshave decreased.Thisexample shouldact asan inspirationfor allcities.By paintingbuildingswhite,cities mayslow downthe warmingprocess.In Peru,local farmersaround amountain witha glacierthat hasalreadyfallen victimtoclimatechange havebegun paintingtheentire mountainpeak whiteinthehope thatthe addedreflectivenesswill restorethe life-giving ice.The outcomeis stillfarfrom clear.But theWorld Bankhas includedthe projecton itsofn100ideas tosave theplanet.More ordinaryforms of adaptation arehappening everywhere.A friendof mineowns anarea ofland inwestern Victoria.Over fivegenerationsthe landhas beentoo wetfor cropping.But duringthepast decadedeclining rainfallhas allowedhim toplant highlyprofitablecrops.Farmers inmany countriesare alsoadapting likethis—either bygrowing newproduce,or bygrowing thesamethings differently.Thisis commonsense.But somesuggestions foradapting arenotWhen thepolluting industriesargue thatweve lostthe battletocontrol carbon pollution andhave nochoice butto adapt,it sanonsense designedto makethe casefor businessas usual.Human beingswillcontinueto adapt to thechanging climateinboth ordinaryand astonishingways.But themost sensibleform ofadaptation is surelytoadaptour energysystems toemit lesscarbonpollution.After all,if weadapt inthat way,we mayavoidthe needto changeinsomany others.
65.The underlinedpart inParagraph2implies.A.adaptationisan ever-changing processB.the costofadaptationvaries withtimeC.global warmingaffects adaptationformsD.adaptation toclimatechangeis challenging
766.What isspecial withregard toRezwan sprojectA.The projectreceives governmentsupportB.Different organizationswork witheach other.C.His organizationmakes thebest ofa badsituation.D.The projectconnects floodedroads andhighways.
67.What didtheIceMan doto reducethe effectof globalwarmingA.Storing icefor futureuse.B.Protecting theglaciers frommelting.C.Changing theirrigation time.D.Postponing themelting oftheglaciers.
68.What dowe learnfromthePeru exampleA.White paintis usuallysafe forbuildings.B.The global warming treadcannot bestopped.C.This countryisheatingup tooquickly.D.Sunlight reflectionmay relieveglobalwarming.
69.According tothe author,pollutingindustriesshouldA.adapttocarbonpollution。