(单选题)

What makes Brazil one of the world’s top five contributors to greenhouse gases?

A.The domino effect triggered by the perishing rain forests.

B.Its practice of burning forests for settlement and development.

C.The changed patterns of winds and rains in the Amazon area.

D.Its inability to curb the carbon emissions from industries.

参考答案：B

参考解析：

细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句“Each burning season in the Amazon, fires deliberately set by frontier settlers and developers hurl up almost half a billion metric tons of carbon a year, placing Brazil among the top five contributors to greenhouse gases in the world.可知，在亚马逊的每一个燃烧季节，居民和开发商蓄意纵火，每年释放近5亿公吨的碳，使巴西成为世界上温室气体排放量最大的五个国家之一。由此可知，为了定居和发展而焚烧森林的做法使巴西成为世界上温室气体排放量最大的五个国家之一。故选B。

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