考研人数逐年增加，竞争之激烈使得我们不得不加急复习的日程。众所周知，阅读理解占据了考研英语二100分试卷的一半分值，而考研英语阅读文章大多来自英美国家的主流报刊杂志，所以如果能在日常就多多阅读这些文章，对以后读懂文章做对题目来说会大有裨益。
学习步骤如下：
1.不看汉语译文自己看一遍短文做理解
2.看汉语译文比对自己理解的意思与之出入
3.强化记忆重点单词（以记忆其汉语意思为主）
Though often viewed as a problem for western states, the growing frequency of wildfires is a national concern because of its impact on federal tax dollars, says Professor Max Moritz, a specialist in fire ecology and management.
In 2015, the US Forest Service for the first time spent more than half of its $5.5 billion annual budget fighting fires—nearly double the percentage it spent on such efforts 20 years ago. In effect , fewer federal funds today are going towards the agency’s other work—such as forest conservation, watershed and cultural resources management, and infrastructure upkeep—that affect the lives of all Americans.
短文翻译
尽管过去森林火灾常常被视为西部各州的问题，但其渐趋频繁也受到全国关注，因为它影响到了联邦税务收入——火灾生态学和管理学家，马克斯.莫里兹教授说道。
2015 年，美国森林管理局首次花费了其年度预算五十五亿美元的一半以上用于扑灭火灾——比例相较二十年前几乎翻番。事实上，现在该管理局只将很少的联邦基金用于其他方面滴工作，诸如森林养护、分水岭及文化资源管理和基础设施维护——而这些影响的全美人民的生活。
核心单词一览
真题练习
*一定要做题哦
36.More frequent wildfires have become a national concern because in 2015 they _____.
A. exhausted unprecedented management efforts
B. consumed a record-high percentage of budget
C. severely damaged the ecology of western states
D. caused a huge rise of infrastructure expenditure
题目解析
36.【解析】本题目是原因细节题。根据题干的关键词wildfires和national concern，以及时间词2015，定位到第二段首句。本句提到US花费了大量的budget，与选项B中的budget原词复现，high是原文more than的同义转换，consume同义替换原文spent。干扰项A的management是首段末句的人物Max Moritz的职位；
选项C的western states是首段首句的though从句内容，和题干无关，属于答非所问；
选项D的infrastructure是原文末尾的破折号里such as的内容，这属于政府花费少的部分，而选项说这部分的花费增加了，与文意相反，故不选。
