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2024考研英语二 · 阅读理解 Text 2
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2024考研英语二阅读理解 Text 2 原文
The UK is facing a future construction crisis because of a failure to plant trees to produce wood, Confor has warned. The forestry and wood trade body has called for urgent action to reduce the country’s reliance on timber imports and provide a stable supply of wood for future generations. Currently only 20 per cent of the UK’s wood requirement is home-grown while it remains the second-largest net importer of timber in the world.
Coming at a time of fresh incentives from the UK government for landowners to grow more trees, the trade body says these don’t go far enough and fail to promote the benefits of planting them to boost timber supplies. “Not only are we facing a carbon crisis now, but we will also be facing a future construction crisis because of a failure to plant trees to produce wood,” said Stuart Goodall, chief executive of Confor. “For decades we have not taken responsibility for investing in our domestic wood supply, leaving us exposed to fluctuating prices and fighting for future supplies of wood as global demand rises and our own supplies fall.”
The UK has ideal conditions for growing wood to build low-carbon homes and is a global leader in certifying that its forests are sustainably managed, Confor says. While around three quarters of Scottish homes are built from Scottish timber, the use of home-grown wood in England is only around 25 per cent. The causes of the UK’s current position are complex and range from outdated perceptions of productive forestry to the decimation of trees by grey squirrels. It also encompasses significant hesitation on behalf of farmers and other landowners to invest in longer-term planting projects.
While productive tree planting can deliver real financial benefits to rural economies and contribute to the UK’s net-zero strategy, the focus of government support continues to be on food production and the rewilding and planting of native woodland solely for biodiversity. Goodall added: “While food production and biodiversity health are clearly of critical importance, we need our land to also provide secure supplies of wood for construction, manufacturing and contribute to net zero.”
“While the UK government has stated its ambition for more tree planting, there has been little action on the ground. Confor is now calling for much greater impetus behind those aspirations to ensure we have enough wood to meet increasing demand.”
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26A
27A
28B
29D
30C
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26It can learned from paragraph l that UK needs to __________.
答案A
解析原文首段指出英国因未能植树产木而面临未来建筑危机，Confor呼吁采取紧急行动“reduce the country’s reliance on timber imports”，并写明目前仅20%木材需求为国产、英国是全球第二大净进口国。故英国需要增加国内木材供应，A正确。B削减需求、C降低成本、D放松进口管制均无依据。
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27According to Confor, the UK government's fresh incentives __________.
答案A
解析文中写政府新激励“don’t go far enough and fail to promote the benefits of planting them to boost timber supplies”，同时Goodall强调因未植树产木将面临construction crisis。可见激励远不足以应对建筑危机，A成立。B与“coming at a time of fresh incentives”不符；C“误导地主”、D“实施成本过高”原文未提。
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28The UK's exposure to fluctuating wood prices is a result of __________.
答案B
解析Goodall明确说：“For decades we have not taken responsibility for investing in our domestic wood supply, leaving us exposed to fluctuating prices”。价格波动源于长期未投资国内木材供应，对应B。A政府未管进口、C国内贸易商竞争、D生产者牟利均非文中原因。
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29Which of the following causes the shortage of wood supply in the UK?
答案D
解析文中列举成因包括对生产性林业的过时认知、灰松鼠毁树，以及“significant hesitation on behalf of farmers and other landowners to invest in longer-term planting projects”。农民等不愿长期植树导致供应不足，D正确。A过度消费、B生长条件差（文称ideal conditions）、C技术落后均与原文相反或未提。
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30What does Good all think the UK government should do?
答案C
解析政府支持仍聚焦粮食与生物多样性，而Goodall强调土地还需提供建筑用木材，并呼吁“much greater impetus”落实植树以保障供应。故政府应对生产性植树给予更多支持，C正确。A补贴低碳住房、B更重农村经济、D优先净零均非其核心主张。
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