26. It can be learned from Paragraph 1 that the UK needs to
- A. increase its domestic wood supply.
- B. reduce its demand for timber.
- C. lower its wood production costs.
- D. lift its control on timber imports.
答案：A
答案句：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. … 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.
参考译文：目前，英国木材需求的只有20%是本土生产的，而它仍然是世界上第二大木材净进口国。…林业和木材贸易机构呼吁采取紧急行动，减少该国对木材进口的依赖，并为子孙后代提供稳定的木材供应。
定位线索：题干“Paragraph 1”→答案句取自第1段“home-grown”、“reliance on timber imports”；文中“provide a stable supply of wood”对应选项A“increase its domestic wood supply”。
解析：题干问从第一段能得知英国需要做什么。答案句指出英国木材需求仅20%本土生产，且依赖进口，因此需要减少进口依赖、提供稳定供应，即增加国内木材供应，对应A。B“减少木材需求”无中生有；C“降低生产成本”未提及；D“放松进口控制”与原文“减少依赖”相反。
27. According to Confdr, the UK government’s fresh incentives
- A. can hardly address a construction crisis.
- B. are believed to come at a wrong time.
- C. seem to be misleading for landowners.
- D. will be too costly to put into practice.
答案：A
答案句：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.
参考译文：在英国政府为土地所有者种植更多树木提供新激励措施之际，该贸易机构表示，这些措施还不够，未能促进种植树木以增加木材供应的好处。
定位线索：题干“fresh incentives”→答案句“these don’t go far enough”；文中“fail to promote the benefits”对应选项A“can hardly address a construction crisis”。
解析：题干问政府新激励措施如何。答案句说这些措施“不够”且“未能促进”种植好处，即不足以解决问题，对应A“几乎无法解决建筑危机”。B“时机不对”曲解“coming at a time”；C“误导”无中生有；D“成本太高”未提及。
28. The UK’s exposure to fluctuating wood prices is a result of
- A. the government’s inaction on timber imports.
- B. inadequate investment in growing wood.
- C. the competition among timber traders at home.
- D. wood producers’ motive to maximise profits.
答案：B
答案句：“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.”
参考译文：“几十年来，我们一直没有承担起投资国内木材供应的责任，导致我们面临价格波动的风险，并在全球需求上升而我们自身供应下降时争夺未来的木材供应。”
定位线索：题干“exposure to fluctuating wood prices”→答案句“leaving us exposed to fluctuating prices”；文中“not taken responsibility for investing”对应选项B“inadequate investment in growing wood”。
解析：题干问英国面临木材价格波动的原因。答案句明确说“未承担投资国内木材供应的责任”导致暴露于价格波动，即投资不足，对应B。A“政府不作为”范围过大，原文指投资责任；C“国内贸易商竞争”无中生有；D“生产者追求利润”未提及。
29. Which of the following causes the shortage of wood supply in the UK?
- A. Excessive timber consumption in construction.
- B. Unfavourable conditions for growing wood.
- C. Outdated technologies of the wood industry.
- D. Farmers’ unwillingness to plant trees.
答案：D
答案句：It also encompasses significant hesitation on behalf of farmers and other landowners to invest in longer-term planting projects.
参考译文：这还包括农民和其他土地所有者在投资长期种植项目方面的严重犹豫。
定位线索：题干“causes the shortage of wood supply”→答案句“significant hesitation on behalf of farmers”；文中“hesitation”对应选项D“Farmers’ unwillingness to plant trees”。
解析：题干问导致木材供应短缺的原因。答案句提到农民和土地所有者对长期种植项目的“严重犹豫”，即不愿种植，对应D。A“建筑过度消费”未提及；B“条件不利”与原文“ideal conditions”相反；C“技术过时”未提及。
30. What does Goodall think the UK government should do?
- A. Subsidise the building of low-carbon homes.
- B. Pay greater attention to boosting rural economies.
- C. Provide more support for productive tree planting.
- D. Give priority to pursuing its net-zero strategy.
答案：C
答案句：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. … Confor is now calling for much greater impetus behind those aspirations to ensure we have enough wood to meet increasing demand.
参考译文：虽然生产性植树可以为农村经济带来实实在在的经济利益，并有助于英国的净零战略，但政府支持的重点仍然是粮食生产以及仅为生物多样性而进行的再野化和原生林地种植。…Confor现在呼吁为这些愿望提供更大的推动力，以确保我们有足够的木材来满足日益增长的需求。
定位线索：题干“Goodall think the UK government should do”→答案句“focus of government support continues to be on food production”、“calling for much greater impetus”；文中“productive tree planting”对应选项C“Provide more support for productive tree planting”。
解析：题干问Goodall认为政府应做什么。答案句指出政府支持重点在粮食和生物多样性，而生产性植树被忽视，Confor呼吁更大推动力，即应更多支持生产性植树，对应C。A“补贴低碳住宅”未提及；B“重视农村经济”是生产性植树的好处，非直接建议；D“优先净零战略”与原文“contribute to net zero”不符，且非主要诉求。