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1、专题限时检测(二十四) 阅读理解D篇增分练(二)(共2篇，限时20分钟)ATheUnitedNationsClimateChangeConferencetakesplacenextweekinPoland.About20,000peoplefrom190countriesareexpectedtotakepartintheconference.There,worldleaderswilldebatehowtolimitclimatechange—theweathereventslinkedtoslowlyri
2、singtemperaturesonEarth.Theywilldiscusswaystoreducecarbonemissions(排放物)andotherpollutionwhich,scientistssay,cangiverisetolongtermchangestoourplanet.Forenvironmentalists,oneareaofconcernisSouthAmerica'sAmazonrainforest.Brazilholdsabout60percentoftheAmazonrai
3、nforest.ItisalsothemostbiodiversecountryonEarth,withmorethan56,000speciesofplants,1,700speciesofbirds,695amphibians,578mammals,and651reptiles.StudieshaveshownthattheAmazontakesinasmuchas2billiontonsofcarbondioxideayearandreleasesabout20percentofEarth'soxyge
4、n.ScientistswonderwhethertherainforestwillbeprotectedunderBrazil'snextpresident,JairBolsonaro,whobegantotakeofficeonJanuary1,2019.Bolsonarohadsaidthathiscountryshouldwithdrawfromthe2015ParisAgreement.Undertheagreement,mostnationspromisedtoreducecarbonemissi
5、onsby37percentover2005levelsbytheyear2030.Thepresidentelectclaimsamandate(授权)fromvoterstodeveloplandforagricultureandotherpurposes.HesaidthatBrazil'srainforestprotectionisstandinginthewayofeconomicsuccess.Scientistssaydeforestationisamajorreasonforclimatech
6、ange.Studieshavelinkedrisingtemperaturestothedestructionofforests.ScientistsworryaboutthefutureoftheAmazon.NewBraziliangovernmentrecordsshowthespeedofdeforestationhasincreasedoverthepastyear.CarlosNobre,aclimatescientistattheUniversityofSoPaulo,toldtheAssoc
7、iatedPressthatitisalmostimpossibletosayjusthowimportanttherainforestistotheplanet'slivingsystems.SomescientistscalltheAmazon“thelungsoftheplanet”.Theylikenittohumanlungs.Eachtreetakesinandstorescarbondioxidefromtheairaroundit.Thetreesalsoreleasetheoxygenwen
8、eedtolive.TheAmazon,theworld'slargestrainforest,alsocreatesweather.Billionsoftreespullupwaterthroughtheirroots.Thenthetreesreleasewatervaporintotheair.Thevaporformsathickmist,madeupoftinydropsofwater.T
