深圳市2014高考英语阅读理解精英训练精品题（6）.doc

深圳市 2014 高考英语阅读理解精英训练精品题( 6 )及答案【深圳市 2014 高考英语综合能力测试题( 5)】D As global temperatures rise, so do our levels of hostility( 敌意) and violence, according toa new study. Scientists from the Universit y of Califo rn ia, Berkeley and Princeton University discovered a strong link between change in climate and human violence around the wor ld. The study found that even minor climate deviations , such as slight changes in normal temperature and rainfall, can greatly increase the risk of conflict. The link between climate variations and violent behavior was noted ona small scale - in one-on-one crimes like attack or murder - as well as ona much grander scale involving riots ( ***) or civil war. Un lik e previous sim ilar st udies, this bined data and evidence from a larger number of fields such as economics; political science, geography, psychology and archeology, according toPr ofessor Edward Miguel from the University of Califo rn ia, Berkeley. Climate change that researchers explored included temperature as well as rainf all -fr om very low rainfall and drought conditions to ex treme amounts of ra infall. The scientists say their findings could have critical implications for understanding the i mpact of fu ture climate change on human societies. The global temperature w ill increase byat least 2C elsius over the next half century. The pared extensive data spanning from ancient times until