)that drive deforestation.But it called for stronger global action,including more money to conserve forests,and theend of subsidies (to sectors like agriculture that drive deforestation."The world's forest is failing with disastrous consequences on a global scale,"said Fran Price,WWF's global forestleader."Since the global commitment was made,an area of tropical forest the size of Denmark has been lost.We wantto see nature and forest high on the agenda!"28.What does the assessment indicate?A.Tough policies should be introduced.B.Deforestation is increasing.C.Commitment should be taken seriously.D.Global warming is worsening.29.How do you understand the underlined sentence by Matson?A.It is normal that data changes sharply.B.The assessment is far from accurate.C.Emphasis should be put on the trend.D.To have a clear goal in place matters.30.What are paragraphs 5&6 meant to tell us?A.The widespread damage to forests.B.Proper measures yet-to-be-taken.C.The ban on nature-related products.D.Some bright sides of the situation.31.What did Price want to convey?A.Forest conservation is a priority.B.Forest destruction is just regional.C.Forest restoration is a long-term project.D.Forest assessment should be globalized.DThe scientist's job is to figure out how the world works,to "torture ()nature to reveal her secrets,as the 17thcentury philosopher Francis Bacon described it.But who are these people in the lab coats(or sports jackets,or T-shirtsand jeans)and how do they work?It turns out that there is a good deal of mystery surrounding the mystery-solvers."One of the greatest mysteries is the question of what it is about human beings-brains,education,culture etc.that makes them capable of doing science at all,"said Colin Allen,a cognitive scientist at Indiana University.Two vital ingredients seem to be necessary to make a scientist:the curiosity to seek out mysteries and the creativityto solve them."Scientists exhibit a heightened level of curiosity,"reads a 2007 report on scientific creativity."They gofurther and deeper into basic questions showing a passion for knowledge for its own sake."Max Planck,one of thefathers of quantum physics,once said,the scientist "must have a vivid and intuitive imagination,for new ideas are notgenerated by deduction(推论),but by an artistically creative imagination..”But others disagree with this universal scientific mind.They believe that scientists have special abilities that setthem apart.Discovering these abilities may be hard,Allen thinks,as many scientists will be reluctant to reveal them andwould prefer to preserve the mystery of creativity,fearing that if it became an object of study it would lose its magic.But for Allen,this is all part of a bigger question of what lies behind anyone's behavior."We are only just beginningto understand how the characteristics of organisms,including ourselves,aren't the fixed products of either genes or ofenvironment or culture,but each of us is the product of a continual interactive process in which we help build theenvironments that in turn shape us,"he said."As long as our best technology for seeing inside the brain requires subjects to lie nearly motionless whilesurrounded by a giant magnet,we're only going to make limited progress on these questions,"Allen said.32.Why does the author mention Max Planck in paragraph 3?A.To introduce a famous scientist.B.To stress the role of creativity in science.C.To compare different views on science.D.To illustrate what is curiosity in science.33.What do Allen's words in the last two paragraphs suggest?A.Human behavior is changeable and unpredictable.第5页/共8页