考研人數逐年增加，競爭之激烈使得我們不得不加急復習的日程。眾所周知，閱讀理解占據了考研英語二100分試卷的一半分值，而考研英語閱讀文章大多來自英美國家的主流報刊雜志，所以如果能在日常就多多閱讀這些文章，對以后讀懂文章做對題目來說會大有裨益。

學習步驟如下：

1.不看漢語譯文自己看一遍短文做理解

2.看漢語譯文比對自己理解的意思與之出入

3.強化記憶重點單詞（以記憶其漢語意思為主）

According to a report on UK food production from the University of Leeds, UK, 85 per cent of the country's total land area is associated with（與……有關聯） meat and dairy（乳制品） production. That supplies 80 per cent of what is consumed, so even covering the whole country in livestock （牲畜）farms wouldn't allow us to cover all our meat and dairy needs.

There are many caveats（警告） to those figures（數字）, but they are still grave(嚴重的）. To become much more self-sufficient, the UK would need to drastically（大幅度地） reduce its consumption of animal foods, and probably also farm more intensively-meaning fewer green fields, and more factory-style production.

短文翻譯

根據英國利茲大學的一份關于英國食品生產的報告，該國85%的土地面積與肉類和乳制品生產有關。這提供了其消費總量的80%，所以即使牧場覆蓋整個國家，我們也無法滿足所有的肉類和奶制品需求。

這些數字雖然只是需要注意之處，但它們仍很嚴峻。要想變得更加自給自足，英國需要大幅減少其對動物食品的消費，可能還需要更加集約化的耕種方式--這意味著更少的綠地，更多的工廠化生產方式。

核心詞匯一覽

真題練習

*一定要做題哦

27. The report by the University of Leeds shows that in the UK____.

A. most land is used for meat and dairy production

B. factory-style production needs reforming

C. more green fields will be converted for farming

D. farmland has been efficiently utilized

題目解析

27.【解析】細節題。由題干關鍵詞“University of Leeds”可定位至文章第三段第一句，“According to a report on UK food production from the University of Leeds, UK, 85 per cent of the country's total land area is associated with meat and dairy production.”根據英國利茲大學關于英國食品生產的報告，該國總土地面積的85％與肉類和奶制品生產相聯系。也就是說85%的土地用來進行肉類和奶制品的生產，所以

【A】most land is used for meat and dairy production（大部分土地用于肉類和奶制品生產）符合題意。

【B】項：工廠式的生產需要改革，無中生有；

【C】項：更多的綠地將被改造用于農業種植，與原文相反；

【D】項：農田得到了有效的利用，無中生有。