16．While many countries in the world have seen a decline in forest resources，China has increased both the area and reserves of its forests and was listed as one of the 15countries preserving the most area of forests by the United Nations Environment Program．Reserved man-made forests in China totaled 53.84million hectares，the forest coverage rate being 18.21percent．
From 1998to 2001，the Central Government invested 42.7billion yuan in central and western China to protect vegetation（植被），support local farmers financially and promote projects for transforming farmland back to forests and grassland．In 2003，the Regulations on Transforming Farmlands to Forest went into official force．The project to reforest farmland has been carried out all over the country．By 2004，13.33million hectares of farmland had been reforested throughout China．Another effective measure of forest protection is the natural forest conservation program started in 1998that stipulated a nationwide end to the cutting of trees in natural forests．
As stipulated by the Research Report on China's Sustainable（可持续的） Development Strategy on Forestry，China's forest coverage rate is expected to reach 28percent by 2050with an added area of 110million hectares of planted forest．Desertification is one of the most severe environmental problems facing China．The area of desertification，which is 2.62million sq km or about 27percent of China's land area，is far beyond the nation's total farmland．Today，although desertification has been controlled in some areas，it still is expanding at a rate of more than 3，000sq km every year．
The State Forestry Administration has carried out a nationwide sand control program，which has three stages：the first stage aims to get basic control of desertification by 2010； the second stage aims to reduce the area of desertification every year until 2030； and the third stage aims to raise the nation's forest coverage and bring all desertification sources under effective control by the year 2050．
31．We can infer from the second paragraph thatA．
A．the government's measures to enlarge forest coverage worked
B．laws made to protect the natural forests were not so effective
C．measures of protecting forest were not taken in East China
D．the cutting of trees in natural forests was legal before 1998
32．The underlined word"stipulated"in paragraph two meansB．
A．increased
B．demanded
C．reduced
D．controlled
33．We know from the third paragraph thatD．
A．the desertification has been under control
B．the farmland is much larger than deserts
C．desertification area will be 2.65million sq km in 2050
D．forest coverage rate is lower than 28percent at present
34．Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage？D
A．China's progress in preserving forest is appreciated by UN．
B．Lots of farmland and deserts have been reforested up to now．
C．The nationwide sand control program includes three stages．
D．The desertification will be completely ended by the year 2030．
35．The passage mainly talks aboutC．
A．resource and environment problems facing China
B．China's Sustainable Development Strategy on Forestry
C．protection of forests and control of desertification
D．desertification sources under effective control．
分析 本文属于说明文阅读，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了森林保护和控制土地沙漠化，土地沙漠化已经为人类带来了巨大的影响，必须采取措施治理．
解答 31．A．细节理解题．根据文章第二段"From 1998to 2001，the Central Government invested 42.7billion yuan in central and western China to protect vegetation（植被），support local farmers financially and promote projects for transforming farmland back to forests and grassland"可知政府采取措施，支持扩大森林覆盖率的工作；故选A．
32．B．词义猜测题．根据文章第二段"Another effective measure of forest protection is the natural forest conservation program started in 1998that stipulated a nationwide end to the cutting of trees in natural forests"森林保护的另一有效的措施是自然森林保护计划开始在1998that规定树木在自然森林的砍伐全国结束，可知词义为规定需要；故选B．
33．D．推理判断题．根据文章第三段"The area of desertification，which is 2.62million sq km or about 27percent of China's land area，is far beyond the nation's total farmland"可知森林覆盖率低于百分之28目前；故选D．
34．D．细节理解题．根据文章第四段"the second stage aims to reduce the area of desertification every year until 2030"可知第二阶段的目的是每年减少荒漠化地区到2030年；故选D．
35．C．主旨大意题．通读全文，可知文章主要讲了森林保护和控制土地沙漠化，土地沙漠化已经为人类带来了巨大的影响，必须采取措施治理；故选C．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
