语篇解读：一项研究表明：气候温暖不能无止境地帮助植物生长，气候温暖所造成的干旱降低了土地对二氧化碳的吸收能力，结果使大气中的二氧化碳的含量不断上升。
1．From the first paragraph, we can learn ________ in the recent decade or so.
A．the emission of carbon hasn't been reduced
B．drought has been causing loss of soil and water
C．carbon dioxide levels have been rising
D．the rise of temperature doesn't promote the plant growth
解析：细节理解题。由文章第一段中的“a droughtrelated decline in such plant growth from 2000 to 2009，even though temperatures continued to climb”可知近十年气温的上升并没有促进植物的生长。
答案：D
