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Caffects all of us.An unexpected downpour onoying,but when conditions are more extreme,it can greatly impact agriculturoonructionsand our homes.It's no surprise that for centustried to control the weather-but is it really possible?Duetom,there are moreof heatwavs,whichdrougts,and rainstorms,which is responsible for flooding Although humans are thecauseofmuch of t maybe we haveasotioto?For xampe,China and the USAareat the forefron of research into methods of producing ran in drought-strickenareas.Andsome scientists are even thinking about technologies which could cool the entire planet.Itmight sound like science fiction,but weather modification is nothing new.In the 1940s,scientists discovered that dropping particles of silver iodide()into cloud tops,made the tiny water droplets gathered and could stimulate rainfall.That'scalled seeding cloud.This is a technique still being tested today with the aim of producingextra rainfall.Other ideas for affecting nature included using lasers()to generate clouds andcontrol thunderstorms.One idea involved firing laser pulses into thunderclouds in anattempt to take in lightning in a controlled manner.These were unsuccessful.丿，New research into solar geoengineering(气候工程学)has also begun.This type ofclimate engineering involves sunlight being reflected back to space to limit human-causedclimate change.But the attempt was in vain.Despite all those ongoing researches,there's no conclusive evidence that our weathercan be controlled.Chris Bell,a lecturer in geoengineering at the University of EastAnglia,told BBC Future,"We may,one day,have the technology to control theweather,but it will be in thousands,not hundreds of years.So,for now,we still need torely on Mother Nature to control our weather.8.What is the passage aimed at?A.Solving air pollution.C.Relieving pubic anxiety.B.Researching climate change.D.Introducing weather control.高三英语试题第4页（共10页）