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1、 考研英语二阅读理解真题及答案解析text2森林为我们提供了阴凉、宁静的环境，是应对气候变化斗争中 更艰巨的挑战之一。为大家提供 考研英语二阅读理解真题及答案解析 text2，一起来学习一下吧！Text 2Forests give us shade, quiet and one of the harder challenges in the fight against climate change. Even as we humans count on forests to soak up a good share of the carbondioxide we produce, we are
2、 threatening their ability to do so. The climate change we are hastening could one day leave us with forests that emit more carbon than they absorb.Thankfully, there is a way out of this trap but it involves striking a subtle balance. Helping forests flourishas valuable carbon sinks long into the fu
3、ture may requirereducing their capacity to sequester carbon now. California is leading the way, as it does on so many climate efforts, infiguring out the details.The states proposed Forest Carbon Plan aims to doubleefforts to thin out young trees and clear brush in parts of the forest, including by
4、controlled burning. This temporarilylowers carbon-carrying capacity. But the remaining trees draw a greater share of the available moisture, so they grow andthrive,restoringtheforestscapacitytopullcarbon from the air.Healthytreesare alsobetterabletofendoffbarkbeetles.The landscape is rendered less b
5、ustible. Even in the event ofa fire, fewer trees are consumed.Theneed forsuch planningisincreasinglyurgent.Already, sincexx,droughtand beetleshave killedmore than100 million trees in California, most of them in xx alone, and wildfireshave scorched hundreds of thousands of acres.Californias plan envi
6、sions treating 35,000 acres offorest a year by 2020, and 60,000 by 2030 financed from the proceedsofthestatesemissions-permitauctions.Thatsonlya small share of the total acreage that could benefit, anestimated halfa million acresinall,so itwillbe important to prioritize areas at greatest risk of fir
7、e or drought.The strategy also aims to ensure that carbon in woodymaterial removed from the forests is locked away in the form of solid lumber, burned as biofuel in vehicles that wouldotherwise run on fossilfuels,orused inpost oranimalfeed.New research on transportation biofuels is under way, and th
8、e state plans to encourage lumber production close to forestlands.Infuturethestateproposestotakean inventoryofits forests carbon-storing capacity every five years.Stategovernmentsarewell austomedto managingforests, including those owned by the U.S. Forest Service, buttraditionally theyve focused on
9、wildlife, watersheds andopportunitiesforrecreation.Only recentlyhave theye tosee the vital part forests will have to play in storing carbon.Californias plan, which is expected to be finalized by thegovernor early next year, should serve as a model.26. “ One of the harder challenges” implies A. globa
10、l climate change may get out of controlB. forests may bee a potential threatC. people may misunderstand global warmingD. extreme weather conditions may arise27. To maintainforestsas valuablecarbonsinks,we may need to _A. preserve diversity of speciesB. lower their present carbon-absorbing capacityC.
11、 aelerate the growth of young treesD. strike a balance among different plants 28.Californias Forest Carbon Plan endeavors to A. restore its forests quickly after wildfires.B. cultivate more drought resistant trees.C. find more effective ways to kill insectsD. reduce the density of some of its forest
12、s29. What isessentialtoCaliforniasplanaordingtopara.5?A. To obtain enough financial supportB. To carry it out before 2020C. To handle the areas in the serious danger firstD. To perfect the emission-permit auctions30. theauthors attitudetowardCalifornias plancan be best described as A. supportiveB. a
13、mbiguousC. tolerantD. cautious26. 答案【 B】 forests may bee a potential threat解析：本题目为推断题，考察推理判断能力。根据题干关键词 One of the harder challenges定位到第一段第一，二句。森林为 我们提供了阴凉、 宁静的环境， 是应对气候变化斗争中更艰巨的挑战之一。即使我们人类指望森林吸收我们生产的大部分二氧化碳，我们也威胁着森林吸收二氧化碳的能力。正确答案B 的 forestsmaybee a potential threat森林可能成为潜在的威胁，是原文we are threatening t
14、heir ability to do so.我们也威胁着森林吸收二氧化碳的能力的同义替换， 选项中的 threat替换原文的 threatening。干扰项 A 的 global climate change may get out of contro全球气候变化可能失控原文并未提及， 属于无中生有 ; 选项 C的 people may misunderstand global warming人们可能误解全球变暖原文并未提及，属于无中生有 ; 选项 D的 extreme weatherconditionsmayarise 可能出现极端天气情况并未提及，是过度推理。27. 答案【 B】 lowe
15、r their present carbon-absorbingcapacity解析：本题目为细节题，考察具体细节。根据题干关键词 To maintain forests as valuable carbon sinks,定位到第二段第二句。Helping forests flourish as valuable carbon sinks longinto the future may require reducing their capacity tosequester carbon now.随着carbon sinks长期存在，帮助森林繁荣可能需要减少它们现在吸收碳的能力。题干中的need 定位原文中的 require，正确答案 lower their present carbon-absorbingcapacity降低他们目前的碳吸收能力，lower降低替换原文
