职称英语阅读理解练习题
<p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Wasteland">Wasteland</span></p><p> <span word="A">A</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="catastrophe">catastrophe</span> <span word="faces">faces</span> <span word="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="American">American</span> <span word="bombing">bombing</span> <span word="campaign">campaign</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="conspiring">conspiring</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="drought">drought</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="create">create</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span>.</p><p> <span word="Humanitarian">Humanitarian</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="concerns">concerns</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="dominating">dominating</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="headlines">headlines</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="masking">masking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="disappearance">disappearance</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="countrys">countrys</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="rich">rich</span> <span word="habitat">habitat</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="wildlife">wildlife</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="quietly">quietly</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="crushed">crushed</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="war">war</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="dispatching">dispatching</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="investigators">investigators</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="region">region</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="month">month</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="evaluate">evaluate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="damage">damage</span>. <span word="A">A</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="environment">environment</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="prerequisite">prerequisite</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="rehabilitation">rehabilitation</span>, <span word="says">says</span> <span word="Klaus">Klaus</span> <span word="Topfer">Topfer</span>, <span word="head">head</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UN">UN</span> <span word="environment">environment</span> <span word="Programme">Programme</span>.</p><p> <span word="Much">Much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="south">south</span>-<span word="east">east</span> <span word="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="once">once</span> <span word="lush">lush</span> <span word="forest">forest</span> <span word="watered">watered</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="monsoon">monsoon</span> <span word="rains">rains</span>. <span word="Forests">Forests</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="cover">cover</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="than">than</span> 2 <span word="per">per</span> <span word="cent">cent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="worst">worst</span> <span word="deforestation">deforestation</span> <span word="occurred">occurred</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="Talibab">Talibab</span> <span word="rule">rule</span>, <span word="when">when</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="timber">timber</span> <span word="mafia">mafia</span> <span word="denuded">denuded</span> <span word="forests">forests</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="sell">sell</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Pakistani">Pakistani</span> <span word="markets">markets</span>, <span word="says">says</span> <span word="Usman">Usman</span> <span word="Qazi">Qazi</span>, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="consultant">consultant</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Quetta">Quetta</span>, <span word="Pakistan">Pakistan</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="intense">intense</span> <span word="bombing">bombing</span> <span word="intended">intended</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="flush">flush</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Taliban">Taliban</span> <span word="troops">troops</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="destroying">destroying</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="burning">burning</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="remains">remains</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="refugee">refugee</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="wrecking">wrecking</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="environment">environment</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="damage">damage</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="irreversible">irreversible</span>. <span word="Forests">Forests</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="vegetation">vegetation</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="cleared">cleared</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="much">much</span>-<span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="farming">farming</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gains">gains</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="only">only</span> <span word="short">short</span>-<span word="term">term</span>. <span word="Eventually">Eventually</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="unfit">unfit</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="basic">basic</span> <span word="form">form</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="agriculture">agriculture</span>, <span word="warns">warns</span> <span word="hammad">hammad</span> <span word="Naqi">Naqi</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="World">World</span> <span word="Wide">Wide</span> <span word="Fund">Fund</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Nature">Nature</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Pakistan">Pakistan</span>. <span word="Refugeesaround">Refugeesaround</span> 4 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="last">last</span> <span word="countare">countare</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="cutting">cutting</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="forests">forests</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="firewood">firewood</span>.</p>
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