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1、Unit2 TheUnitedKingdomⅠ.阅读理解A[2020·桂林市、崇左市联合模拟考试]Theworldisagreenerplacethanitwas20yearsago.AstudypublishedinthejournalNatureSustainabilitysaidthatrecentsatellitedatarevealsagreeningpatternthatisprominent(显著的)inChinaandIndia.ThestudyshowsthathumanactivityinChinaandIndiadominat
2、esthisgreeningoftheplanet,thankstotreeplantingandagriculture.TheeffectcomesmostlyfromambitioustreeplantingprogramsinChinaandintensiveagricultureinbothcountries.“ChinaandIndiaaccountforonethirdofthegreening,”saidleadauthorChiChenofBostonUniversity.“Thatisasurprisingfinding,cons
3、ideringthevagueideaoflanddegradation(毁坏)inpopulouscountriesfromoverexploitation,”addedChen.Chinaaloneaccountsfor25percentoftheglobalnetincreaseinleafareawithonly6.6percentofglobalvegetatedarea.ThegreeninginChinaisfromforests(42percent)andcroplands(32percent),butinIndia,itismos
4、tlyfromcroplands(82percent)withtheminorcontributionfromforests(4.4percent).China'soutsizedcontributiontotheglobalgreeningtrendcomesinlargepartfromitsprogramstoconserveandexpandforestswiththegoalofpreventinglanddegradation,airpollution,andclimatechange.“Oncepeoplerealizethereis
5、aproblem,theytendtofixit,”saidRamaNemani,researchscientistandcoauthorofthestudy.“Inthe1970sand80sinIndiaandChina,thesituationaroundvegetationlosswasnotgood.Inthe1990s,peoplerealizedit,andtodaythingshaveimproved.Nowweseethathumansarecontributing.”Landareausedtogrowcropsiscompar
6、ableinChinaandIndia—morethan770,000squaremiles—andhasnotchangedmuchsincetheearly2000s.Yettheseregionshavegreatlyincreasedboththeirannualtotalgreenleafareaandtheirfoodproduction.Thiswasachievedthroughmultiplecroppingpractices,whereafieldisreplantedtoproduceanotherharvestseveral
7、timesayear.Productionofgrains,-8-vegetables,fruitsandmorehasincreasedbyabout35%~40%since2000tofeedtheirlargepopulations.1.Whatdidthestudymainlyfind?A.IndiaandChinaareleadingtheglobalgreeningeffort.B.Intensiveagricultureisthecauseofgloballanddegradation.C.ChinaandIndiahasgotthe
8、largestforestcoverageintheworld.D.Agricultureismorehelpfuline
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