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资料：Earlier this month, presidents Barack Obama of the US and Xi Jinping of China made an important symbolic gesture when they committed their countries, the two largest greenhouse gas emitters, to the Paris climate agreement. It was the clearest signal yet to investors worldwide that they need to think about the implications of global warming for their portfolios.

On Friday afternoon there was an example of what that might mean Mr Obama’s administration issued an order temporarily blocking construction on a section of the Dakota Access oil pipeline. The move was a response to local concerns raised by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe about potential damage to historic sites and the threats of oil spills. But it is the global issue of climate change that had raised the profile of Dakota Access, making it into a cause celebre for US environmental campaigners. Bill McKibben of 350.org, which played a key role in the successful effort to stop the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada, has suggested that Mr Obama could block Dakota Access permanently, on the grounds that it would exacerbate the threat of climate change.

Last month, the White House’s Council on Environmental Quality issued new guidance for federal agencies, making clear that their decisions should take into account “the potential effects of a proposed action on climate change”, and quantify their consequences for greenhouse gas emissions. Dakota Access is intended to carry crude oil 1,172 miles from North Dakota, a centre of the US shale revolution, to Illinois, en route to refineries around America. The case that it would add to global greenhouse gas emission will be harder to make than for Keystone XL, which would have brought crude from the high-emitting oil sands of western Canada, but the campaigners are certain to try.

If Dakota Access is stopped, it will have a significant impact not just on energy Transfer Partners, the company leading the project, but on all North Dakota oil producers and their customers, who will be forced to use more expensive rail transport.

Climate change is now an unavoidable business issue. In an excellent paper last week, BlackRock, the world’s largest fund manager, set out some of the ways that investors can reduce their exposure to the risks and benefit from the opportunities that it creates. The paper is a landmark in the rising awareness of the issue among mainstream investors. It is one thing when a philanthropic fund with assets of a few hundred million takes a stand on climate issues, quite another when the warnings come from a company with about $4.9tn under management. As BlackRock points out, investors’ personal views on climate science are irrelevant. Enough governments and businesses are convinced by the scientific consensus that the threat is real, and are driving regulatory and technological changes that interested in you.

六If the world is to reduce the risk of catastrophic global warming to acceptable levels, there will have to be a huge reallocation of capital away from fossil fuels and toward low-emission energy sources. That shift has begun, but it needs to go much further. The transition is not straightforward: for as long as oil is the lifeblood of the world’s transport, pipelines will be needed. But when investors and boards make decisions about projects like Dakota Access, they will have to consider their impact on greenhouse gas emissions. The financial consequences of climate change can no longer be ignored.

What can we learn from Paragragh 5? （）

A.BlackRock is philanthropic fund that cares about climate change
B.Investors can take the opportunities brought by climate change
C.The threat brought by climate change still needs scientific evidence
D.What investors think of the climate change is very important

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答案： B

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【主题句】第五段Climate change is now an unavoidable business issue. In an excellent paper last week， BlackRock， the world’s largest fund manager， set out some of the ways that investors can reduce their exposure to the risks and benefit from the opportunities that it creates. The paper is a landmark in the rising awareness of the issue among mainstream investors. 气候变化现在是一个不可避免的商业问题。上周一份出色的报告中，全球最大的基金管理公司贝莱德（BlackRock）列举了一些投资者可以减少面临风险以及从创造的机会中受益的方法。这份文件是主流投资者对这一问题意识提高的一个里程碑。 It is one thing when a philanthropic fund with assets of a few hundred million takes a stand on climate issues， quite another when the warnings come from a company with about $4.9tn under management. As BlackRock points out, investors’ personal views on climate science are irrelevant. Enough governments and businesses are convinced by the scientific consensus that the threat is real， and are driving regulatory and technological changes that interested in you. 一个拥有数亿资产的慈善基金对气候问题持有立场是一回事，而对一家管理着约4.9万美元的公司的警告又是另一回事了。正如贝莱德指出的那样，投资者对气候科学的个人观点是无关紧要的。许多政府和企业已经达成科学共识，即威胁是真实的，并且正在推动对您感兴趣的法规和技术变革。

【解析】本题问“从第五段我们了解到什么？”。选项A意为“BlackRock是关心气候变化的慈善基金”；选项B意为“投资者可以把握气候变化带来的机遇”；选项C意为“气候变化带来的威胁仍然需要科学证据”；选项D意为“投资者对气候变化的看法非常重要”。

根据主题句，选项A未提及，选项C已经达成共识，故错误，选项D与原文不符，选项B符合题意。