Question

【題目】 Mike Myers is a teacher at Chauncey Rose High School in Terre Haute, Indiana. Last year, he taught his students about the world’s rain forests. They learned that rain forests are important because the plants and animals of the rain forest give us food, wood, and medicine.

Destruction of the world’s rain forests is a serious problem. Unluckily, rain forests are disappearing at a rate of 80 acres (英畝) per minute! As part of a class project, Myers’ students bought three acres of rain forest in Central America. They paid $25 per acre. The students hope that the land they bought will be protected and not destroyed. The students became so interested in rain forests that they decided to get a closer look at a real rain forest.

So this June, Myers and four of his students took a boat ride down a river. They saw alligators and crocodiles. In the middle of the week, a guide took Myers and his students into the rain forest. “The monkeys were not happy that we were in their forest. They broke small branches off the trees and threw them at us,” one of the students said, “It was a great learning experience for all us,” said Myers.

Each student chose something specific about Costa Rica to study involving the plants, animals, food, and culture. During the last few days the group had time to do fun activities. They went whitewater rafting and horseback riding, and visited Costa Rica’s active volcano.

Myers hopes to make the trip every year with a different group of kids.

Myers also talked about the big disaster about the rain forest fires in the Amazon—the lungs of the Earth. The Amazon forests produce 20% of the world’s oxygen (氧氣). Even if it’s just a small part of the rain forests that are destroyed, it’s a great loss to the whole world. That means, once an area of land burns, it doesn’t regrow as forest. Now Myers’ students know that we should try to protect the rain forests, or the last drop of water on the earth will be our tears.

【1】How much did Myers’ students pay for the rain forest they bought?

A.$25B.$75C.$80D.$2000

【2】What did Myers and his students do at the beginning of the trip?

A.They went into the rain forest.B.They bought acres of rain forest.

C.They took a boat ride down a river.D.They visited Costa Rica’s active volcano.

【3】The word “Destruction” in paragraph 2 probably means “Being __________”

A.discoveredB.developedC.describedD.destroyed

【4】What will cause “The last drop of water on the earth will be our tears”?

A.Killing some pigs and beef for meat.

B.Cutting down a large amount of trees in the forest.

C.Buying some fruits grown in the rain forest.

D.Traveling in the rain forest.

【5】The passage mainly shows that Myers and his students __________.

A.did something to protect rain forest

B.wanted to buy the rain forest in Costa Rica

C.were interested in the culture of Costa Rica

D.went to the rain forest for various fun activities.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

文章敘述了印第安納州一位中學老師邁克·邁爾斯和他的學生為了保護熱帶雨林，買下了三公頃熱帶雨林。學生們對熱帶雨林感到好奇，于是他們決定進行一次旅行去看看熱帶雨林。他們坐著船順流而下，他們看到了短吻鱷和鱷魚。在熱帶雨林中，猴子不高興見到他們，向他們扔樹枝。他們還做了一些有趣的活動，像騎馬，漂流和參觀哥斯達黎加的活火山。

【1】句意：邁爾斯的學生花了多少錢買熱帶雨林？

推理判斷題。由第二段第三、第四句“...Myers’ students bought three acres of rain forest..”判斷，他們花了75美元買熱帶雨林。故選B。

【2】句意：邁爾斯和他的學生在旅行之初做了什么？

細節(jié)理解題。由第三段第一句“...took a boat ride down a river.”可知，在旅行之初，“他們乘船沿河而下�！惫蔬xC。

【3】句意：第二段中的“Destruction”可能是指“破壞”的意思。

詞句猜測題。discovered發(fā)現，developed發(fā)展，described描述 ，destroyed破壞。由下文“...are disappearing...（令人遺憾的是，熱帶雨林正在以每分鐘80英畝的速度消失�。�”可知，Destruction指“破壞”的意思，即：“世界熱帶雨林的破壞是一個嚴重的問題�！�

故選D。

【4】句意：什么會導致“地球上最后一滴水就是我們的眼淚”？

推理判斷題題。由最后一段最后一句“... we should try to protect the rain forests...”判斷，“如果我們不保護熱帶雨林而大量砍伐森林里的樹木，那么地球上最后一滴水就是我們的眼淚�！惫蔬xB。

【5】句意：這篇文章主要表明邁爾斯和他的學生做了一些事來保護雨林。

主旨大意題。通讀文章可知，邁爾斯和他的學生買下三公頃熱帶雨林，并決定去熱帶雨林旅行、探索熱帶雨林奧秘。這些行為都表明他們想要保護熱帶雨林。故選A。