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A paper published in Nature Climate Change indicated that the effects of climate change across a broad spectrum of problems, including heat waves, wildfires, sea level rise, hurricanes, flooding, drought and shortages of clean water. Such problems are already coming in combination. Florida, for example, had recently experienced extreme drought, record high temperatures and wildfires — and Hurricane Michael, the powerful Category 4 storm that slammed into the Panhandle this summer. Similarly, California is suffering through the worst wildfires the state has ever seen, as well as drought, extreme heat waves and degraded air quality that threatens the health of residents. In 2017, US withdrew from Paris Agreement. Despite the White House's later assessment showing climate change could significantly reduce GDP by 10% by 2100, President Trump remains incredulous about global warming. The UN unveiled its own report that says signatories to the Paris Agreement are doing nowhere near enough to meet the target of keeping warming below 2°C relative to pre-industrial times. Other reports also warned that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere had reached 405 parts per million, the highest in three million to five million years.
A paper published in Nature Climate Change indicated that the effects of climate change across a broad spectrum of problems, including heat waves, wildfires, sea level rise, hurricanes, flooding, drought and shortages of clean water. Such problems are already coming in combination. Florida, for example, had recently experienced extreme drought, record high temperatures and wildfires — and Hurricane Michael, the powerful Category 4 storm that slammed into the Panhandle this summer. Similarly, California is suffering through the worst wildfires the state has ever seen, as well as drought, extreme heat waves and degraded air quality that threatens the health of residents. In 2017, US withdrew from Paris Agreement. Despite the White House's later assessment showing climate change could significantly reduce GDP by 10% by 2100, President Trump remains incredulous about global warming. The UN unveiled its own report that says signatories to the Paris Agreement are doing nowhere near enough to meet the target of keeping warming below 2°C relative to pre-industrial times. Other reports also warned that carbon dioxide in the atmosphere had reached 405 parts per million, the highest in three million to five million years.
Which of the following words is the closest in meaning to the word “incredulous” in the 2nd paragraph?
- A dubious
- B gullible
- C apathetic
- D unperturbed
思路引導 VIP
請觀察這個單字中間的組成部分「cred」，這讓你聯想到哪些與「信用」或「相信」有關的常用單字？接著，注意到句子開頭使用了「Despite」（儘管），這暗示了報告的事實與某人的反應之間存在著什麼樣的矛盾關係呢？
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AI 詳解
AI 專屬家教
恭喜你答對了！這顯示你不僅具備紮實的字彙量，還能精準地透過文章上下文（Context Clues）來推論詞義。這種從語境中定位關鍵資訊的能力，是閱讀高階英文文章最重要的特質。
語境分析與詞彙根源
在第二段中，文章提到儘管（Despite）白宮的評估報告指出氣候變遷將重創經濟，川普總統對全球暖化仍持 incredulous 的態度。這裡的關鍵在於字根 -cred-（相信，如 credit, credible），加上否定前綴 in-，組成「不願相信的、懷疑的」之意。因此，選項 (A) dubious（懷疑的、不確定的）與其意義最為接近。其他選項如 (B) gullible（易受騙的）、(C) apathetic（冷漠的）或 (D) unperturbed（從容鎮定的）皆不符合句中的轉折語氣。
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