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Elon Musk has offered a prize of $100m for the best carbon capture proposal. I can save his committee a lot of time. The money should go to Peter Wohlleben, whose book The Hidden Life of Trees was the most encouraging blockbuster of 2015. Wohlleben's idea is this: do nothing about trees. Stop fiddling with them, thinking that we can deal with climate change better than nature. If we fiddle, our Romes will burn.The Hidden Life of Trees argued that trees are social. It shows that they can be our saviors. But it's terribly hard to let ourselves be saved. We think we can be the authors of our salvation (拯救). Of course, there are things we could and should be doing, but in terms of forestry practice, often what's billed as part of the solution is part of the problem.Anyone who has planted a tree in their garden knows that it has a far-reaching effect — it makes your garden cooler in summer and warmer in winter. Forests cool by transpiring (蒸发). If there's no water, there's no cooling. Drought can kill trees fast, but trees have many ways of dealing with it, and Wohlleben sets them out. As a species, we have survived many climatic changes by changing our behavior — and that's how trees survive, too. Trees learn from their past harms and produce younger ones programmed with those lessons. They regulate their growth by changing the rate at which they drip (点滴)-feed them with sugar solution through root networks.Deciduous (落叶的) forests in particular remove greenhouse gases effectively as long as they live. Cut them down and burn them and you're releasing carbon dioxide not just from the wood, but also from the forest floor. Deciduous trees are not "harvest-ready" at 200 years: they are teenagers. We must interrogate comforting expressions such as "renewable energy", and learn the real cost of our toilet paper.If we don't learn to do nothing about trees, they will eventually be alone anyway—but without us. Wohlleben brilliantly and readably shows us how urgent and how hard it is to do nothing. （1） What does Wohlleben suggest for carbon capture? A . Fight climate change. B . Leave trees alone. C . Save the earth. D . Change forestry species. （2） How do trees survive the drought? A . They slow their growth. B . They lose all their leaves. C . They stop absorbing water. D . They get help from humans. （3） What can we infer from the text? A . We can cope with climate change successfully. B . Trees can adjust their growth by themselves. C . It is hard to stop releasing carbon dioxide. D . It is urgent to regulate the growth of trees. （4） What is the author's purpose in writing the text? A . To illustrate the carbon capture system. B . To give an account of the survival of trees. C . To clarify a proposal for a reward. D . To recommend a book. 答案： B A B D

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