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A.They needn't worry about the food and water they consume.
B.They are better able to cope with the global climate change.
C.They hardly pay anything for the problems they have caused.
D.They are free from the greenhouse effects affecting "forced riders".

参考答案C
解析:由题干中的“free—riders”定位到文章第三段第一句:Developed nations such as Australia,the United States...causing the majority of the problems through high greenhouse gas emissions,while incurring few of the costs such as climate change’s impact on food and water.
事实细节题。定位句指出,少数发达国家在碳排放方面责任最大,但是因气候变化而付出的代价却较小,作者在随后一句中解释说,他们因消费矿物燃料而受益,却对气候变化带来的问题没有负相应的责任,这与搭便车者相似,受益而不付出什么代价。可见,作者的意思是指他们几乎不需要为他们所引发的问题负责,故答案为C.。
A.“他们不需要为自己所消耗的食物和水担忧”,根据定位句,食物和水只是气候变化可能引发的部分问题,作者是用于举例,不可以偏概全,故排除;B.“他们能够更好地应对全球气候变化”,作者在定位句及随后的句子中明确指出,他们是不为自己引发的问题负责,而没有提到应对能力的问题,可以排除;D.“他们不受影响‘被迫上车的乘客’的温室效应的干扰”,“被迫上车的乘客”只是一个比喻,该项将温室效应和“被迫上车的乘客”联系在一起,是对文章的曲解,可以排除。

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