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）
According to a report on UK food production from the University of Leeds, UK, 85 per cent of the country's total land area is associated with（与……有关联） meat and dairy（乳制品） production. That supplies 80 per cent of what is consumed, so even covering the whole country in livestock （牲畜）farms wouldn't allow us to cover all our meat and dairy needs.
There are many caveats（警告） to those figures（数字）, but they are still grave(严重的）. To become much more self-sufficient, the UK would need to drastically（大幅度地） reduce its consumption of animal foods, and probably also farm more intensively-meaning fewer green fields, and more factory-style production.
短文翻译
根据英国利兹大学的一份关于英国食品生产的报告，该国85%的土地面积与肉类和乳制品生产有关。这提供了其消费总量的80%，所以即使牧场覆盖整个国家，我们也无法满足所有的肉类和奶制品需求。
这些数字虽然只是需要注意之处，但它们仍很严峻。要想变得更加自给自足，英国需要大幅减少其对动物食品的消费，可能还需要更加集约化的耕种方式--这意味着更少的绿地，更多的工厂化生产方式。
核心词汇一览
真题练习
*一定要做题哦
27. The report by the University of Leeds shows that in the UK____.
A. most land is used for meat and dairy production
B. factory-style production needs reforming
C. more green fields will be converted for farming
D. farmland has been efficiently utilized
题目解析
27.【解析】细节题。由题干关键词“University of Leeds”可定位至文章第三段第一句，“According to a report on UK food production from the University of Leeds, UK, 85 per cent of the country's total land area is associated with meat and dairy production.”根据英国利兹大学关于英国食品生产的报告，该国总土地面积的85％与肉类和奶制品生产相联系。也就是说85%的土地用来进行肉类和奶制品的生产，所以
【A】most land is used for meat and dairy production（大部分土地用于肉类和奶制品生产）符合题意。
【B】项：工厂式的生产需要改革，无中生有；
【C】项：更多的绿地将被改造用于农业种植，与原文相反；
【D】项：农田得到了有效的利用，无中生有。
