We must cut carbon emissions by 80% from their 2006 levels by 2020, stabilize the world's population at eight billion by 2040, completely remove poverty, and restore forests and soils.
2016年6月四级真题(第一套)阅读 Section B
Predictions of the collapse of the tropical rain forests have been around for years.
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Left alone, it was assumed, the world's rain forests would not only flourish but might even rescue us from disaster by absorbing the excess carbon dioxide and other planet-warming greenhouse gases
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Some scientists believe that the rise in carbon levels means that the Amazon and other rain forests in Asia and Africa may go from being assets in the battle against rising temperatures to liabilities.
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If the collapse of the rain forests speeds up dramatically, it could eventually release
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billion metric tons of carbon into the atmosphere each year - making forests the leading source of greenhouse gases.
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Trees need more water as temperatures rise, but the prolonged droughts have robbed them of moisture, making whole forests easily cleared of trees and turned into farmland
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In the second paragraph, the author challenges the view that the collapse of rain forests is caused by direct human interference.
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the collapse of rain forests is caused by direct human interference
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the condition of rain forests has been rapidly deteriorating
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rain forests should not be converted into pastures or farms
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The author argues that the rising carbon levels in rain forests may turn them into a major source of greenhouse gases.
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What has made it easier to turn some rain forests into farmland
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The domino effect triggered by the perishing rain forests.
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Its practice of burning forests for settlement and development
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We can turn the most luxuriant forests into throwaway paper products.
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Even though the nuts, which need to stay moist, can be somewhat delicate to transport, traders carried them hundreds of miles throughout the forests and grasslands.
2017年12月六级真题(第一套)阅读 Section C
The reason for constructing the buildings from wood is probably that ideally proportioned straight and slender timber was available in large quantities in Scandinavia's vast pine forests.
2019年12月六级真题(第一套)听力 Section C
Aggressive wildfire control has left California forests crowded with small trees that compete with big trees for resources.
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But in Indonesia extremely dry forests are in flames.
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California's forests: where have all the big trees gone?
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Medical research often makes use of the forests' plant and animal life, and the destruction of such species could prevent researchers from finding cures for certain diseases.
2015年高考英语陕西卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文
Once called the garden of Amsterdam, it still attracts travelers to come over to cycle and walk through the surrounding forests.
2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文
The distribution of big trees in California forests.
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The number of trees larger than two feet across has declined by 50 percent on more than 46, 000 square miles of California forests, the new study finds.
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They went farther north into the deep forests of Canada, where there were fewer humans around.
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When you drive through the redwood forests in California, you will be among trees that are over 1, 000 years old.
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Even as we humans count on forests to soak up a good share of the carbon dioxide we produce, we are threatening their ability to do so.
2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ
Forests give us shade, quiet and one of the harder challenges in the fight against climate change.
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Helping forests flourish as valuable "carbon sinks" long into the future may require reducing their capacity to absorb carbon now.
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Only recently have they come to see the vital part forests will have to play in storing carbon.
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State governments are well accustomed to managing forests, but traditionally they've focused on wildlife, watersheds and opportunities for recreation.
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The climate change we are hastening could one day leave us with forests that emit more carbon than they absorb.
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The strategy also aims to ensure that carbon in woody material removed from the forests is locked away in the form of solid lumber or burned as biofuel in vehicles that would otherwise run on fossil fuels.
2019年考研真题(英语二)阅读理解 Section Ⅱ