夜雨聆风2026年高考英语全国1卷
C篇阅读理解
In line with longstanding initiatives to expand the green spaces, New York City is planting tens of thousands of trees each year. They provide shade, lower surface temperatures, absorb a surprising amount of airborne carbon, remove tiny pollutants, and provide wildlife habitat along with just plain beauty.
Something could go wrong, though, according to a new study. Oaks and sweetgums, which currently account for a majority of the city's trees, produce huge amounts of a chemical substance called isoprene. Harmless by itself, isoprene interacts rapidly with polluting nitrogen oxides released by vehicles, buildings and industry to form ground- level ozone（臭氧）— a major factor in many breathing problems.
The research, carried out by scientists at the Columbia Climate School and other institutions, found that if the city maintains past species patterns in new plantings, isoprene production in Manhattan in coming decades will go up by about 140%, and resulting summer ozone levels as much as 30%.
"We're all for planting more trees. They bring so many good things," said study coauthor Róisín Commane. "But if we're not careful, we could make air quality worse."
The Parks Department is not oblivious to the issue. A study carried out by some of its researchers several years ago concluded that city trees did release isoprene. "We didn't make a big deal of that," said Novem Auyeung, a Parks Department senior scientist. She said trees should not be viewed as the enemy: “We could plant any trees we want to, if we just rethink our car-centric lifestyle," she said.
"We're not going to go cutting down any big old oaks," and neither will the department completely stop planting new ones, said Auyeung. "You have to think about what you would lose if you do that." Oaks are keystone species, she pointed out, providing food and habitat for native insects, birds and other animals.
28. What does the new study imply regarding oaks and sweetgums?
A. They affect the growth of other trees.
B. They absorb less carbon than expected.
C. They harm people's health indirectly.
D. They raise the local temperature slowly.
29. Which of the following may Commane suggest based on their study?
A. Cutting down the isoprene-producing trees.
B. Suspending tree-planting for a few decades.
C. Changing the species of trees in new plantings.
D. Removing isoprene released by existing trees.
30. What does the underline phase "oblivious to" in paragraph 5 mean?
A. Honest about
B. Unaware of
C. Related to
D. Optimistic about
31. What would Auyeung probably advocate?
A. Reducing car use in daily life.
B. Providing animals with new habitats.
C. Controlling population growth.
D. Doing more research on the problem.
语篇结构 本文是一篇说明文，介绍了一项关于纽约市橡树和枫香树释放的名为异戊二烯的化学物质与汽车尾气中的氮氧化物反应生成地面臭氧的研究，指出问题根源在于汽车排放而非树木本身，倡导重新审视以汽车为中心的生活方式。
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重难点词：
initiative n 倡议；expand v 扩大；shade n 阴凉处；absorb v 吸收；carbon n 碳；remove v 去除；habitat n 栖息地； plain adj 朴素的；release v 释放；vehicle n 交通工具，车辆；ground-level adj 地面的；institution n 机构；maintain v 维持；species n 物种；pattern n 模式；department n 部门；native adj 本地的
重难点词块：
in line with sth与……一致；tens of thousands of数以万计的；along with 连同，以及；go wrong 出问题；account for（数量、比例上） 占；chemical substance化学物质；by oneself 单独地；nitrogen oxides 氮氧化物；carry out 进行；make a big deal of sth对某事小题大做
合成词、派生词：
longstanding adj 存在已久的airborne adj 空气传播的pollutant n 污染物；currently adv 目前； majority n 大多数； harmless adj 无害的；interact v 相互作用；rapidly adv 迅速地；coauthor n 共同作者； keystone adj 关键的
【答案解析】
28. C 推理判断题。根据第二段中的“oaks and sweetgums... produce huge amounts of isoprene... to form ground-level ozone - a major factor in many breathing problems”可知，橡树和枫香树释放的物质会间接形成危害呼吸系统的臭氧，故选C。
29. C 推理判断题。根据第三段 “if the city maintains past species patterns in new plantings, isoprene production... will go up by about 140%”以及第四段中Commane的话“But if we’re not careful, we could make air quality worse.”可知，她会建议更换新种植的树种，减少产异戊二烯的树木，故选C。
30. B 词义猜测题。根据第五段中的第二句“A study carried out by some of its researchers several years ago concluded that city trees did release isoprene.”可知，公园部门早在几年前就已经了解了这一问题，因此“oblivious to”意为“未察觉、不了解”，与“unaware of”同义，故选 B。
31. A 推理判断题。根据第五段中最后一句Auyeung说的话“We could plant any trees we want to, if we just rethink our car-centric lifestyle”可知，她主张减少汽车使用，从源头上减少污染物的产生，故选A。
