Question

If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America, you fly over forests for thousands of kilometres．These great forests are the seas of trees．They are full of thousands and thousands of different kinds of plants and animals．However, the world's forests are getting smaller all the time．We are cutting down the trees because we need wood, and we need more farmland as well．Some people say that there will not be any forests like these left in 20 to 30 years．What will happen if they disappear? If we cut down our forests, a lot of plants and animals will disappear from the world, in a lot of places the new farmland will soon look like the old deserts, for example, crops will not grow there．What's worse, it will not rain very often, and the weather will get very hot．Perhaps the climate of the world will change, which will be dangerous for everyone in the world．That is why we must take care of our forests．

1.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word "deserts" in this passage?

A. Farmland．

B. Sands．

C. Green fields．

D. Villages．

2.The passage mainly tells us about ________．

A. the importance of taking care of our forests

B. why a lot of animals disappear

C. where the forests are

D. the reasons for forming the deserts

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Only Africa and South America are the oceans of trees．

B. Different plants can't be found in the same forest．

C. Forests are usually several square kilometres large．

D. Forests are homes to different kinds of animals．

1.B 2.A 3.D 【解析】試題分析：短文以非洲或南美洲數(shù)千公里的森林為例，談論了水土流失和森林保護問題，指出森林是各種動物的家園，強調(diào)了保護森林的重要性。 1.題意：下面哪一個與文中劃線詞“deserts”最接近？考查詞義理解題。A. Farmland農(nóng)田；B. Sands沙地；C. Green fields綠洲；D. Villages村莊。根據(jù)下文的舉例for ex...

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