2024届高考英语外刊阅读天天练：综合训练六

高考英语外刊阅读天天练 综合训练六 I. 阅读理解 题源New York will plant thousands of trees using new tech to maximize foliage impact 【The Guardian (December 1, 2023)】 New York City is poised to get a lot more trees. Last month, the city council passed a measure calling for 30% canopy cover by 2035, up from its current cover of 22% – which could mean 250,000 new trees. More trees, with all their cooling benefits, is a clear win for the environmental justice movement, as cities around the world seek to adapt to hotter temperatures caused by the climate crisis. But where those trees should go – and which kind of trees to plant – is not so straightforward. Alexander Kobald, a researcher at Cornell University led the design of Tree Folio NYC, a 3D mapping tool that could help city planners solve this problem. Released in August, Tree Folio NYC uses lidar scans to offer a “leaf-level” visualization for each of the city’s 5.2m trees. By focusing on individual trees rather than the city’s aggregate tree canopy, researchers can learn more about how trees contribute to the overall shadiness of specific areas and then better direct resources to those areas. Communities of color in the US have, on average, 33% less tree canopy than majority-white areas, according to American Forests’ Tree Equity Score. That lack of trees contributes to the urban heat island effect, where buildings, roads and other built infrastructure absorb heat, making those neighborhoods significantly hotter than nearby greener neighborhoods. Low-income neighborhoods and communities of color are more likely to be located in urban heat islands, a legacy of segregation and racist redlining practices. This sort of strategic thinking about how and where to plant trees could prove beneficial in dense urban environments like New York City, especially in areas most in need of shade and cooling.“The trends are historic and persistent; there is less tree canopy in areas that have more social vulnerability in terms of the communities that live