单选题 ForestsincountrieslikeBrazilandtheCongogetalotofattentionfromenvironmentalists,anditiseasytoseewhy.SouthAmericaandsub-SaharanAfricaareexperiencingdeforestationonanenormousscale:everyyearalmost5millionhectaresarelost.ButforestsarealsochanginginrichWesterncountries.Theyaregrowinglarger,bothinthesensethattheyoccupymorelandandthatthetreesinthemarebigger.Whatisgoingon?ForestsarespreadinginalmostallWesterncountries,withthefastestgrowthinplacesthathistoricallyhadratherfewtrees.In199028%ofSpainwasforested;nowtheproportionis37%.InbothGreeceandItaly,thegrowthwasfrom26%to32%overthesameperiod.ForestsaregraduallytakingmorelandinAmericaandAustralia.PerhapsmostastonishingisthetrendinIreland.Roughly1%ofthatcountrywasforestedwhenitbecameindependentin1922.Nowforestscover11%oftheland,andthegovernmentwantstopushtheproportionto18%bythe2040s.Twothingsarefertilisingthisgrowth.Thefirstistheabandonmentoffarmland,especiallyinhigh,dryplaceswherenothinggrowsterriblywell.Whenfarmersgiveuptryingtoearnalivingfromfarmingorherding,treessimplymovein.Thesecondisgovernmentpolicyandsubsidy.Throughouthistory,governmentshaveprotectedandpromotedforestsfordiversereasons,rangingfromtheneedforwoodenwarshipstoadesiretopromotesuburbanhouse-building.Nowadaysforestsareincreasinglywelcomebecausetheysuckincarbonpollutionfromtheair.Thejustificationschange;thedesireformoretreesremainsconstant.ThegreeningoftheWestdoesnotdelighteveryone.Farmerscomplainthatlandisbeingtakenoutofusebygenerouslysubsidisedtreeplantations.PartsofSpainandPortugalsufferfromterribleforestfires.Otherssimplydisliketheappearanceofforestsplantedinneatrows.Theywillhavetogetusedtothetrees,however.ThegrowthofWesternforestsseemsalmostasunstoppableasdeforestationelsewhere.问：Whichcountrieshavethefastestforestgrowth?

A、 Those that have newly achieved independence.
B、 Those that have the greatest demand for timber.
C、 Those that used to have the lowest forest coverage.
D、 Those that provide enormous government subsidies.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】细节辨认题。定位句提到，在几乎所有的西方国家，森林正在扩张，在历史上树木稀少的地方增长得最快。C)项中的the lowest forest coverage与定位句中的historically had rather few trees对应，故答案为C)。