迁客骚人多会于此Part III Reading Comprehension

2021年1月20日发(作者：夏森)
试题解析：

本文讲述了
1957
年发现的一种新的流感病毒——亚 洲流感以及它的传播过程。



In 1957 a doctor in Singapore noticed that hospitals were treating an
unusual
number
of
influenza- like
cases.
Influenza
is
sometimes
called
“
flu
”

or a
“
bad cold
”
. He took samples from the throats of patients in
his hospital and was able to find the virus (
病毒
) of this influenza.

There are three main types of the influenza virus. The most important
of these are type A and B, each of them having several subgroups. With
the instruments at the hospital the doctor recognized that the outbreak
was due to a virus in group A, but he did not know the subgroup. Then
he
reported
the
outbreak
to
the
World
Health
Organization (WHO) in
Geneva.
WHO
published
the
important
news
alongside
reports
of
a
similar outbreak in Hong Kong, where about 15
～
20% of the population
had become ill.

As
soon
as
the
London
doctors
received
the
package
of
throat
samples,
doctors
began
the
standard
tests.
They
found
that
by
reproducing itself with very high speed, the virus had grown more than a
million times within two days. Continuing their careful tests, the doctors
checked
the
effect
of
drugs
against
all
the
known
subgroups
of
virus
type
A.
None
of
them
gave
any
protection.
This,
then,
was
something
new, a new influenza virus, against which the people of the world had no
help whatever. Having found the virus they were working with, the two
doctors
now
dropped
it
into
the
noses
of
some
specially
selected
animals, which get influenza much as human beings do. In a short time
the usual signs of the disease appeared. These experiments proved that
the new virus was easy to catch, but that it was not a killer. Scientists, like
the general public, call it simply Asian flu.


The first discovery of the virus, however, was made in China before
the
disease
had
appeared
in
other
countries.
Various
reports
showed
that
the
influenza
outbreak
started
in
China,
probably
in
February
of
1957. By the middle of March it had spread all over China. The virus was
found
by
Chinese
doctors
early
in
March.
But
China
was
then
not
a
member of WHO and therefore didn
’
t report the disease to it. Not until
two months later, when the virus spread to Singapore, did the news of
the outbreak reach the rest of the world. By this time it was started on its
way around the world.


56.
As the doctor in Singapore found the disease, he ________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
reported the outbreak to WHO √

found the subgroup of the virus
was keen on naming the disease
set his patients apart from others

答案：
A
解析：
第二段 倒数第二句指出，医生向位于日内瓦的世界卫生组织报告。所以
B
正确。


57.
The truth about the virus in this passage was that it ________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
had been stored in a fridge
could reproduce with high speed √

was a derivation from others
was a weak type

答案：
B
解析：
根据第三段第二句：
They found that by reproducing itself with very
high spee d...
可知，
C
为正确答案。
第三段第五句指出，
这是一个新的流 感病毒，
并不是衍生出来的，故
B
不正确。


58.
Which statement is TRUE about the influenza according to the
passage?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Animals were alert to this disease.
There were no effective drugs for
it. √

It could only be spread among children.
It had been identified many years before.

答案：
B
解析：
第三段第四句指出，没有一种 药物可以防御它，故
C
正确。倒数第四句
指出，动物和人类一样容易感染流感，故D
错误。


59.
According to the experiment on animals, we can find that ________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
there was no significant sign of the flu
the flu was serious but not deadly √

the flu was easy to cause death to animals
the flu has a more serious effect on animals

答案：
B
解析 ：
第三段倒数第二句和第三句指出这种流感是有症状的，
但不会致死。
所以
D
正确。


60.
It can be inferred that the first measure for WHO to track a disease
such as influenza is to ________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
train more highly skillful experts
set apart adequate time to study the fact
set up an efficient reporting service √

cooperate with every doctor well

答案：
C
解析：
题目为
WHO
通过怎样的措施 来追踪例如流感这样的疾病。
根据最后一段
内容，
此次流感是从中国开始的，
但因为中国当时不是
WHO
的成员国，
故没有
上报疾病的爆发。后传到新加坡 ，才由新加坡报告到
WHO
的。所以
WHO
了
解疾病爆发及传播的主 要途径就是：
建立一个有效的上报机构以便成员国上报具
体情况。所以
A
正确 。

试题解析：

本文主要讲述了金钱与幸福的关系——一个人完全没有金钱 固然不行，但有了
金钱也不能保证得到幸福。
本文还进一步挖掘了幸福与社会经济状况之间的关 系，
指出所谓的“美国矛盾”，即物质财富充裕和精神匮乏之间的矛盾。



Does money buy happiness? Not! Ah, but would a little more money
make us a little happier? Many of us smirk (
傻笑，假笑
) and nod. There is,
we
believe,
some
connection
between
fiscal
fitness
and
emotional
fulfillment.
Three
in
four
American
collegians
(
大学生
)
now
consider
it

important
or

that
they
become

well
off
financially. Money matters.

But a surprising fact of life is that in countries where nearly everyone
can
afford
life's
necessities,
increasing
affluence
matters
surprisingly
little.
The
correlation
between
income
and
happiness
is

weak
observed
University
of
Michigan
researcher
Ronald
Inglehart in
one 16-nation study of 170,000 people. Once comfortable, more money
provides
diminishing
returns.
The
second
piece
of
pie,
or
the
second
$$100,000, never tastes as good as the first. Even lottery winners and the
Forbes'
100
wealthiest
Americans
have
expressed
only
slightly
greater
happiness
than
the average
American.
Making
it big brings
temporary
joy. But in the long run wealth is like health: its utter absence can breed
misery, but having it doesn
’
t guarantee happiness. Happiness seems less
a matter of getting what we want than of wanting what we have.

Has our happiness floated upward with the rising economic tide? Are
we happier today than in 1940s, when two out of five homes lacked a
shower
or
tub?
Actually,
we
are
not.
Since
1957,
the
number
of
Americans
who
say
they
are

happy
has
declined
from
35
to
32
percent. Meanwhile, the divorce rate has doubled, the teen suicide rate
has nearly tripled (
使成三倍
), the violent crime rate has nearly quadrupled
(
使成四倍
)
(even
after
the
recent
decline),
and
more
people
than
ever
(especially teens and young adults) are depressed.

This
soaring
wealth
and
shrinking
spirit
is
called

American
paradox
incomes and low morale, secured rights and diminished civility. We excel
at
making
a
living
but
often
fail
at
making
a
life.
We
celebrate
our
prosperity but yearn for a purpose. We cherish our freedoms but long for
connection. In an age of plenty, we feel spiritual hunger.

61.
Which of the following statements best expresses the author
’
s view?
A)
In the long run, happiness grows with economy.
B)
The more money we earn, the happier we would be.
C)
The more money we earn, the diminished returns we
have.
D)
In the long run, money cannot guarantee happiness.
√


答案：
D
解析：
A
项与
C
项明显错误。
B
项只是第二段在举例证明时提出的观点，
这句话
的 意思是“幸福感还是随着金钱的增加而增长，只是增加量在减少。”这并不是
文章的主旨，是为了论证“ 长期来看，金钱不能保证幸福”。因此
D
正确。


62.
The second $$100,000 never tastes as good as the first, because
________.
A)
it is not so important as the first $$100,000
B)
it’s not so fresh as the firs
t $$100,000
C)
profit
brought
by
it
is
less
than
that
from
the
first
$$100,000
D)
happiness brought by it is less than that from the
first $$100,000 √


答案：
D
解析：
该句是用非常形象的说法解释了前一句话
Once comfortable, more
money provides diminishing returns
，即，“第二张饼不如第一张香，第二
次获得
10
万美元不如第一次那样开心。
”
经济学术语
diminishing returns
的
含义是“收益递减”，但在文中是指“幸福感递减”。因此，
A< br>项、
B
项和
C
项
不对，只有
D
项为正确答案 。


63.
In this passage,
(Para. 4).
A)
B)
C)
D)
the American characteristic
the American contradiction √

the American wonder
the American phenomenon

答案：
B
解析：
paradox
意为“矛盾”。该词汇出现的前后均有提示，用的都是并列的
两 个概念形成对比。第四段的第一句实际上就是对
paradox
的解释
soaring
wealth and shrinking spirit
，其后的几句话也是对这一说法的具体阐述。故选
B
项。


64.
The example of what happened after 1957 is given to illustrate that
________.
A)
young people are not happy about their life
B)
people’s spiritual needs cannot be fulfilled by
wealth √

C)
social crimes have increased by a large margin
D)
family problems become more and more serious

答案：
B
解析：
第三段可以分为两个层次，
前三句构成设问句为第一层，
后面两句为第二
层。
第二层主要起到承上启下的作用：
通过列数字、
举事例来说明第一层的观点，
同时进 一步转入到第四段。
因此，
文中列举出的
1957
年以后的事例都是想要说
明随着经济的发展，人们并没有为此而增加幸福感，相反，幸福感还会减少。接
下来的第四段第 一句话，
实际上是对第三段第二层的总结。
B
项对应
the divorce
rate
，
C
项对应
violent crime rate
，
D
项对应
teen suicide rate
，这些 都只是
对现象的单方面归纳，而非结论。
A
项则是综合性的结论。


65.
According to the passage, people excel at making a living but
________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
don’t know how to spend money

don’t have any aim or ideal

don’t have any contact with other people

don’t know how to enjoy life √


答案：
D
解析：
文中最后一段说，我们善于谋生，但却往往不会 营造生活。根据上下文，
并列的两个相对概念中，
前者为积极的方面，
后者则是消极的 方面。
A
项
aim or
ideal
对应的是
purpose
，
C
项
contact with other people
对应的是
connection
，
D
项 无对应内容，只有
B
项对应的是
making a living
，故选
B
项。



文章主要讲述的 是作者在国外教学的经历和对国外教学的看法。
作者主要把自己
在英国教学和在泰国教学的经历 做了对比。
通过对比，
作者总结出几点经验：
第
一，
学校管理层应该 更加重视教师职业的发展；
第二，
激发学生们的学习动力对
他们而言更有裨益；
第三，
如果一个人想恢复对教育热情可以尝试去国外作教师。



Imagine
working
at
a
school
where
you
rarely
have
to
use
your
disciplinary
skills,
and
the
students
are
motivated
to
succeed
and
lead
well- rounded
lives
by
participating
in
sporting
and
creative
activities.
Even
better,
imagine
a
parent- teacher
conference
where
the
parents
respect
you
and
your
professional
development
is
of
concern
to
the
school's administration. These are the benefits I have attained from my
move into an international teaching career.

Prior to securing my position as an international teacher in Thailand, I
worked for over three years in England. While I enjoyed my time there
and learned a lot from my colleagues, there were parts of the job I didn't
like. That's one of the reasons I now teach at an international school.

When I was teaching in England, I often found that I had spent much of
my
time
on
discipline.
However,
as
an
international
educator,
I
don't
have even a quarter of the discipline issues I had when I was teaching in
England. It's not because I teach less students; I still teach classes of 23 to
25
students.
The
reason
I
spend
less
time
on
discipline
is
because
teaching is a respected profession in Thailand and therefore teachers are
treated very well by the whole community.

Here
in
Thailand,
the
majority
of
students
are
motivated
to
succeed
academically. The whole school has a culture of rewarding success. This
is in part because we are in Thailand, but it is also an integral (
不可缺少的
)
component
of
the
educational
philosophy
in
the
International
Baccalaureate Organization's (IBO) curriculum. In the UK I was constantly
giving of myself to keep my students motivated and believing that they
could
achieve
well
if
they
put
in
the
effort.
After
a
while
this
became
draining. Now I can concentrate on teaching and opening my students'
eyes to the wider world because they are so motivated to learn.

If you are not feeling the passion for education that originally inspired
you
to
become
a
teacher,
perhaps
you
should
be
looking
at
moving
overseas.
An
additional
benefit
is
that
the
salary
is
better
than
I
was
getting in the United Kingdom as well!

56.
In Thailand, the author seldom has to use disciplinary skills because
________.
A)
the students would not like the author to use
disciplinary skills
B)
the
author
is
not
good
at
using
disciplinary
skills
C)
the students are self-conscious and teachers are
respected √

D)
the author has less students to deal with
答案：
C

解析：
文章分别在两个段落中明确提到作者在学校很少惩罚学生的原因。
第 一段
开头部分提到，
可以想象：
在一个很少用惩罚性方法的学校工作，
学生们 都以成
功为目的，而且通过参加运动和有创造性的活动来丰富生活（
...students are
motivated to succeed and lead well-rounded lives by participating in
sporting and creative activities
）；文章第三段中提到我在校规方面花很少时
间是因 为在泰国，教育是一种受尊重的职业，因此全社会都对教师非常好（
The
reason I spend less time on discipline is because teaching is a respected
profession in Thailand and therefore teachers are treated very well by the
whole community
），由此可以分析出，正是学生的自觉性和教师受到尊重这< br>两个原因，所以选
C
。


57.
Which of the following is NOT
A)
B)
C)
D)
Consuming much time on discipline.
Learning from the author's colleagues. √

Trying in vain to motivate the students.
Losing the passion for teaching.

答案：
B
解析：
文章第二段中提到在那儿的时光我很高兴，
而且从 同事们那里也学到了很
多东西，不过也有我不喜欢的方面（
While I enjoyed my time there and
learned a lot from my colleagues, there were...
），由此可以看出，作者“不
喜欢的方 面”并不包括从同事们那里学到很多东西。所以选
C
。


58.
The following are the author's benefits of working in Thailand
EXCEPT ________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
concentrating on what to do
developing professionally
earning more money
feeling secured working in Thailand √


答案：
D
解析：
文章分别在三个段落中提到在泰国 工作的好处。
其中第一段提到学校的管
理事务中涉及到了职业的发展（
...and your professional development is of
concern to the school's administration
）；第四段中提到“现在我可以集中
精力来教学”（
Now I can concentrate on teaching and...
）；第五段中提到
另外一个好处就是薪水也比作者在英国时的多（
An additional benefit is that
the salary is better than I was getting in the United Kingdom as well
），
由此可以分析出，
在泰国作教师的好处就在于以上三个方面，
不 包括选项
D
，
所
以选
D
。


59.
According to the passage, what's the author's attitude towards
teaching overseas?
A)
It's
much
better
to
teach
in
Thailand
than
any
other
overseas countries.
B)
If one needs to regain passion for teaching, then
it's recommended. √

C)
There
is
no
clue
about
the
author's
attitude
towards
this matter.
D)
It's a recommended way to open one's eyes and
deliver knowledge.

答案：
B
解析：
文章第五段开头部分提到，
如果你感觉不到那种最 初促使你成为一名教师
的对教育的热忱的话，或许你应该去国外（
If you are not feeling the passion
for education that originally inspired you to become a teacher, perhaps
you should be looking at moving overse as
），由此可以看出，作者认为如
果一个人想要重获对教育的热忱，可以去国外作教师，所以 选
C
。


60.
What can be inferred from this passage?
A)
The author usually had more classes in the United
Kingdom.
B)
The author thinks keeping students motivated to
learn brings more benefits to them. √

C)
The author also regards British students as
motivated ones.
D)
The author doesn't like the United Kingdom at all.
答案：
B
解析：
考生回 答此问题需要从整体上理解文章。
文章第一段中提到一所很少使用
惩罚性校规的学校，
学生们都以成功为目的，
而且通过参加运动和有创造性的活
动来丰富生活；
文章第四段 中提到我现在可以集中精力教学，
为学生们面向更广
阔的世界打开视野，
因为学生们也 被激发出学习的动力，
由此可以看出，
作者认
为激发出学生们的学习动力对他们更有好 处，所以选
D
。

试题解析：

文章讲述了亚洲人口老龄化 的现象。在未来的
50
年里，亚洲人口老龄化的现象
会继续加剧，
仅南亚和东 亚就占有世界老龄人口数量的一半，
这些皆可归因于医
疗和公共卫生事业的大力发展。
但是，
亚洲人民的生活质量还有待提高。
而相比
较而言，
西方国家各方面的发 展则比较均衡，
因此，
亚洲国家需要制定新的策略
来发展和完善与人口相适应的各项服 务。



Asia's population is growing old. All across Asia, the number of people
aged
65
and
above is
expected
to
grow dramatically
over
the
next
50

years. For the region as a whole, the
population in this age group will
increase by 314%
—
from 207 million in 2000 to 857 million in 2050.

Surveys commissioned by the United Nations also indicate that by the
early half of the 21st century, South and East Asia will have almost half
the world's elderly people.

The aging of Asia is essentially a story of success. But advances in
medicine and public health over the past two decades have far
outstripped (
超过
) the progress on other fronts. If Asia continues moving
down the path of Western- style industrial development with its urban
expansion, radical policy adjustments will be essential to maintain a
sense of balance.

What has long been one of the society's primary goals
—
long life for its
people
—
is rapidly becoming one of its major problems. Having learned
to postpone death, the region must now address itself to the quality of
life of the survivors. A series of recent studies reflect the view that Asia is


Some Western societies had smaller populations, which grew during
the industrial revolution, concurrent (
一致的
) with advances in health,
education and welfare, which to a great extent eased the problems
posed by the growing numbers and increasing age of the population.

But some Asian nations have had to search for strategies to improve
these same services. The result has been a separated,
部门的
)
approach which has focused on medicine and public health while leaving
education, housing, consumer goods production, income distribution
and institutional modernization aside. However, balanced improvements
in all these areas are essential if some guarantee of a decent existence is
to be provided to the growing people now considered fortunate to be
able to reflect on their youth.

61.
There are more old people in Asia today because ________.
A)
its medicine and public health have been improved
√

B)
its industrialization has been sped up
C)
Asia is an old continent
D)
there has been Western-style industrial
development

答案：
A
解 析：
文章第三段开头部分提到亚洲的老龄化本质上是一种成功，
但是在过去的
二十多年 中，
医药和公共卫生的进步远远超过了其他方面的进步
（
The aging of
Asia is essentially a story of success. But advances in medicine and public
health over the past two decades have far outstripped the progress on
other fronts
），由此可以推断出，亚洲老龄化主要应 该归因于医药和公共卫生
条件的改善，所以选
C
。


62.
In the author's view, Asia now needs to ________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
improve the general standards of living √

increase its rate of urbanization
stop people from getting so old
change attitudes towards old age

答案：
A
解析：
文章第四段 中提到，
已经学会延缓人们死亡的亚洲国家，
现在应该致力于
人民的生活质量的改善（
Having learned to postpone death, the region
must now address itself to the quality of life of the survivors
），由此可以
看出，作者认为亚洲国家现在需要提高人民生 活的整体水平，所以选
D
。


63.
It can be learned that some Western countries ________.
A)
B)
C)
D)
learned solutions from elsewhere
rejected the problem of old age
experienced the same problem in the past
developed in a more balanced way √


答案：
D
解析：
文章第五段提到，一些西方国家拥有很少的人口 ，在工业革命时期，人口
的增长与医疗卫生、教育和社会福利的进步是相一致的（
Some Western
societies had smaller populations, which grew during the industrial
revolution, concurrent with advances in health, education and welfare...
），
由此可以推断出，一些西方国家各方面的发展更加均衡，所以选B
。


64.
According to the passage, some Asian countries ________.
A)
have
been
able
to
afford
to
buy
most
solutions
they
wanted from elsewhere
B)
have made unwise decisions on the approach to
improving services √

C)
have imported solutions from other countries
D)
have
guaranteed
a
comfortable
old
age
life
to
their
citizens

答案：
B
解析：
文章第六段开头部分提到，
但是一些亚 洲国家已经不得不寻找策略来完善
相应的服务（
But some Asian nations have had to search for strategies to
improve these same services
），由此可以看出，有些亚洲国家 在完善相应的
服务中曾经做出过不明智的抉择，
现在不得不寻找策略来完善相应的服务，
所以
选
A
。


65.
The author claims that to be old in Asia is now considered ________.
A)
expensive
B)
healthy
答案：
D
解析：
文章第六段的结尾处提到……现在上岁数的人被认为是幸运的……（
... to
be provided to the growing people now considered fortunate to...
），由
此可以看出，作者认为现在亚 洲的老年人是幸运的，所以选
D
。









C)
a
curse
D)
lucky
√





The
Amazon
Rainforest
is
the
world's
greatest
natural
resource
—
the
most
powerful
and
bio-actively
diverse
natural
phenomenon
on
the
planet. Yet still it is being destroyed just like other rainforests around the
world. The problem and the solution to rainforest destruction are both
economic. Rainforests
are
being
destroyed
worldwide
for
the
profits
they
yield
—
mostly
harvesting
unsustainable
resources
like
timber,
for
cattle
and
agriculture,
and
for
cropping
by
rainforest
inhabitants.
However, if land owners, governments and those living in the rainforest
today
were
given
a
practical
economic
reason
NOT
to
destroy
the
rainforest,
it
could
and
would
be
saved.
Thankfully,
this
practical
economic alternative does exist. Many organizations have demonstrated
that if the medicinal plants, fruits, nuts and other resources like rubber
and
chicle
(
树胶
)
were
harvested
sustainably,
rainforest
land
has
much
more economic value than if timber were harvested or if it were burned
down for
cattle or
farming
operations. Sustainable harvesting
of
these
types of resources provides this value today as well as more long-term
income and profits year after year for generations to come.

This is no longer a theory. It is a fact and it is being implemented today.
The
latest
statistics
show
that
rainforest
land
converted
to
cattle
operations yields the land owner $$60 per acre, and if timber is harvested,
the land is worth $$400 per acre. However, if these renewable (
可更新的
)
and
sustainable
resources
are
harvested,
the
land
will
yield
the
land
owner $$2,400 per acre. This value provides an income not only today, but
year after year
—
for generations while still protecting the forest. Just as
important,
to
harvest
the
wealth
of
sustainable
rainforest
resources
effectively,
local
people
and
native
tribes
are
employed.
Today,
entire
communities
and
native
tribes
earn
5
to
10
times
more
money
by
harvesting medicinal plants, fruits, nuts and oils than they can earn by
chopping
down
the
forest
for
subsistence
crops
(
自给作物
)
—
another
reason
why
so
much
rainforest
land
is
lost
year
after
year.
This
much
needed income source creates the awareness and economic motive for
this population in the rainforest to protect and preserve the forests for
long-term profits for themselves and their children and is an important
solution in saving the rainforest from destruction.


56.
What does the author mean by saying
to rainforest destruction are both economic
A)
People can profit a lot from what the rainforest
yields in economical ways.
B)
People can profit all the way since they take
economy into consideration all along.
C)
People can profit from the rainforest as long as
they stop destroying it.
D)
People can profit from the rainforest in an
environmental rather than a destructive way. √


答案：
D 解析：
文章第一段中首先提到在此居住的人们为了获得利益而破坏了雨林，
随后
第 一段第五句又提到
However, if land owners, governments and those
living in the rainforest today were given a practical economic reason
NOT to destroy the rainforest, it could and would be save d...
（但是，如果
给土地所有者、
政府和那些住在雨林的人们不破坏雨林但又能获 得经济利益的可
行的办法，那么雨林就会得救）。由此可以分析出，人们破坏雨林是因为想从中
获利，

但人们可以以环保而非破坏的的方式从雨林中获利，所以选
C
。


57.
The key in solving the problem of rainforest destruction is ________.
A)
practical
development
C)
sustainable
development √

答案：
C
解析：
文章第一段第八句提到
Sustainable harvesting of these types of
resources provides this value today as well as more long-term income
and profits year after year for generations to come
（如今这类资源的可持
续获得会提供这种价值，
同时会年复一年地为后代提供更多长期的收益 和利益）
。
由此可以推断出，可持续发展才是解决雨林破坏问题的关键，所以选
A。


58.
According to the passage, how can the land owners earn most?
A)
B)
C)
D)
By converting the land to cattle operations.
By harvesting the renewable resources. √

By harvesting the unsustainable resources.
By chopping down the forest for subsistence crops.
B)
economic development
D)
medicinal
development



答案：
B
解析：
文章第二段第三句的后半 部分中用具体数字说明了土地所有者的收益情
况，
...if timber is harvested, the land is worth $$400 per acre. However, if
these renewable and sustainable resources are harvested, the land will
yield the land owner $$2,400 per acre
（如果收获木材，每英亩土地获利< br>400
美元。但是，如果收获这些可再生和可持续资源，每英亩土地则会收益
2400< br>美
元）
。
由此可以看出，
土地所有者使用可再生和可持续资源收益最多 ，
所以选
B
。


59.
Which of the following is said about the suggested solution to
rainforest destruction?
A)
It brings less
benefit
than
leaving the rainforest
alone.
B)
It is theoretical rather than practical.
C)
It is important and promising and is being
implemented. √

D)
It will benefit future generations rather than the
present one.

答案：
C
解析：
文章第二段后半部分提到了土地所有 者通过使用可更新和可持续的资源收
益更多，随后对这种方法进行了评价，其中提到
This much needed income
source creates the awareness and economic motive for this population in
the rainforest to protect and preserve the forests for long-term profits
for themselves and their children and is an important solution in saving
the rainforest from destruction
（这种急 需的收入性资源激发了当地人保护雨
林以造福自己和子孙后代的意识和经济动机，
同时这也是保 护雨林免受破坏的重
要解决办法）。由此可以推断出，文中提到的解决雨林破坏的方法已经被应用，而且是重要的、可行的，所以选
D
。


60.
When centering around the severe destruction of the Amazon
Rainforest, the author focuses on ________.