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[2024·江苏省镇江市高三检测]People often recommend planting trees to make cities greener, cleaner and healthier. But during heat waves, city trees can actually increase air pollution. Indeed, a new study has found, up to 60 percent of the smoggy ozone in a city's air on hot days may trace to chemicals emitted by trees. Galina Churkina, who works at Humboldt University of Berlin, and her team have confirmed it.
The findings might seem the opposite of what you would expect, notes Robert Young, an expert in city planting at the University of Texas at Austin. Indeed, he says, “Everything has multiple effects.” The new findings do not mean cities should discourage tree planting. Instead, cities may need stricter controls on other sources of pollution, such as tailpipe emissions from cars and trucks.
City trees soak up carbon dioxide, and at the same time they release oxygen into the air. But oxygen is far from the only gas that trees and certain other green plants release into the air. One of these chemicals is a hydrocarbon known as isoprene (异戊二烯). It can react with combustion (燃烧) pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides (氮氧化物) emitted by cars and trucks in cities. The result is the formation of ozone, a component of smog, which can irritate the lungs and cause airway diseases.
Churkina says her team is not surprised to see the seemingly contrary relationship between plants and pollution. She adds that its importance is quite amazing. “The results，” Churkina says, “suggest that city tree planting programs should not ignore the role this greenery may play in aggravating summer air pollution.” “Adding more trees will improve quality of life only if those cities also undertake plans to sharply cut vehicle pollution in summer and to increase their reliance on clean energy sources for electric power.” she says.
1．What does the new study find about city trees on hot days?
A．City trees can reduce the smoggy ozone.
B．City trees may easily absorb heat waves.
C．City trees may cause more air pollution.
D．More city trees can make a city far better.
2．What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A．The harm ozone does to people in cities.
B．The way trees help the formation of ozone.
C．The chemicals green plants release into the air.
D．The benefits trees bring to the city environment.
3．What does the underlined word “aggravating” mean in the last paragraph?
A．Worsening. B．Decreasing.
C．Improving. D．Releasing.
4．Which of the following is suggested by Churkina?
A．Planting more trees in cities.
B．Advocating using clean energy.
C．Improving people's quality of life.
D．Banning vehicle pollution in summer.
