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　　Air pollution is deteriorating in many places around the world. The fact that public parks in cities become crowded as soon as the sun shines proves that people long to breathe in green, open spaces. They do not all know what they are seeking but they flock there, nevertheless. And, in these surroundings, they are generally both peaceful and peaceable. It is rare to see people fighting in a garden. Perhaps struggle unfolds first, not at an economic or social level, but over the appropriation of air, essential to life itself. If human beings can breathe and share air, they don't need to struggle with one another. And consequently, it appears to be a basic crime against humanity to contribute to air pollution.

　　Unfortunately, in our western tradition, neither materialist nor idealist theoreticians give enough consideration to this basic condition for life. As for politicians, despite proposing curbs on environmental pollution, they have not yet called for it to be made a crime. Wealthy countries are even allowed to pollute if they pay for it.

　　But is our life worth anything other than money? Are we, then, still living? Or, do we only sense what life could be when we enjoy green spaces?

　　The plant world shows us in silence what faithfulness to life consists of. It also helps us to a new beginning, urging us to care for our breath, not only at a vital but also at a spiritual level. We must, in turn, care for it, opposing any sort of pollution that destroys both our world and that of plants. The interdependence to which we must pay the closest attention is that which exists between ourselves and the vegetal world. Often described as "the lungs of the planet", the woods that cover the earth offer us the gift of breathable air by releasing oxygen. But their capacity to renew the air polluted by industry has long reached its limit. If we lack the air necessary for a healthy life (or, indeed, for any kind of life), it is because we have filled it with chemicals and undercut the ability of plants to regenerate it. As we know, rapid deforestation combined with the massive burning of fossil fuels, which are largely the remnants of past plants, is an explosive recipe for an irreversible disaster.

　　The fight over the appropriation of resources will lead the entire planet to an abyss unless humans learn to share life, both with each other and with plants. This task is simultaneously ethical and political because it can be discharged only when each takes it upon her – or himself – and only when it is accomplished together with others. The lesson taught by plants is that sharing life augments and enhances the sphere of the living, while dividing life into so-called natural or human resources diminishes it. We must come to view the air, the plants and ourselves as the contributors to the preservation of life and growth, rather than a mesh of quantifiable objects or productive potentialities at our disposal. Perhaps then we would finally begin to live, rather than being concerned with bare survival.

　　56. A. To get their share of clean air.

　　根據struggle馬上定位到第一段的Perhaps struggle unfolds first, not at an economic or social level, but over the appropriation of air, essential to life itself，A選項顯然是該句話的同義改寫。

　　57. D. Falling to pass laws to curb environmental pollution.

　　根據politician馬上定位到第二段(注意第二段都是在寫西方國家哦)的As for politicians, despite proposing curbs on environmental pollution, they have not yet called for it to be made a crime，不難看出作者通過讓步表達自己對“西方政客立法不作為”的現象表示不滿。

　　58. B. Our relationship to the plant world.

　　根據closest attention定位到The interdependence to which we must pay the closest attention is that which exists between ourselves and the vegetal world，該句是一個長難句，主干為The interdependence is that…. 可以看出作者需要我們密切關注我們人類與植物世界之間的依賴關系，注意plant與vegetal對應哦。

　　59. D. By pooling their efforts together.

　　根據自然段界定法，解題信息應該出現在倒數第二段后半部分和最后一段前半部分，仔細閱讀之后可以確定解題信息為This task is simultaneously ethical and political because it can be discharged only when each takes it upon her – or himself – and only when it is accomplished together with others，該句話理解難度較大，但是不難看出作者所傳達的思想應該是合作(together)。

　　60. C. Share life with nature.

　　根據survive定位到文末最后一句由then可知方法肯定在前面有介紹到!而本段的分論點就是share life，與C選項符合。其他三項都是細節干擾!

　　(本文選自2014年3月份的英國衛報，主題是關于air pollution)

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