Question

【題目】

Most people don’t have interest in rainforests. 【1】 Secondly, they seem dark and dangerous. There are snakes and dangerous plants everywhere. However, Jeff Corwin is different from most people. He has been interested in rainforests since he was a child.

Rainforests produce much of the air we breathe every day. 【2】 Since then, he has had one goal: to tell people the importance of rainforests. Besides, he is most interested in the special animals living there.【3】 Many of the animals there cannot live anywhere else. The rainforests are important to these animals, and these animals are important to the rainforests, too. They are good for the forests, as each one plays a role in keeping the rainforests healthy.

Rainforests are disappearing very quickly. 【4】 The plants and animals that used to live in these forests either die or must find a new forest to call their home. The good news is that there are a lot of people who want to save rainforests. The bad news is that saving rainforests is not going to be easy. It will take the efforts of many people working together.【5】 He has started clubs for young people. The clubs teach ways to help protect rainforests. Jeff believes education is the best way to protect rainforests. When people learn more about rainforests, they will try to help save them.

A. Jeff learned this fact in primary school.

B. First of all, they seem so far away from us.

C. The largest rainforest in the world is in South America.

D. People are cutting down rainforests for the following reasons.

E. Jeff wants to help people understand the valuable information.

F. Every year a large area of rainforest is cut down and destroyed.

G. Rainforests are home to half of the animal groups in the world.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】G

【4】F

【5】E

【解析】

文章主要分析了雨林對植物、動物和人的重要性，雨林正在逐步消失，杰夫成立了俱樂部教人們保護雨林的方法。

【1】由句首可知多數人對雨林不感興趣；根據空格下文“Secondly, they seem dark and dangerous.”可知空格和下文是進一步闡述多數人對雨林不感興趣的原因，空格后用 Secondly，推斷空格是表順序詞“First of all”，故選B。

【2】根據下文“Since then he has had one goal: to tell people the importance of rainforests”—— 自從那時起，他就有一個目標：告訴人們雨林的重要性；判斷空格指某個時間點，故選A。

【3】根據下文“Many of the animals there cannot live anywhere else.” ——那里的許多動物不能在別的地方生活。根據句子表達的邏輯順序，推斷空格指雨林是很多動物的家，故選G。

【4】“Rainforests are disappearing very quickly” 是本段的主旨句，推斷下文是圍繞雨林的消失做進一步的陳述；故選F。

【5】根據空格下文“He has started clubs for young people. The clubs teach ways to help protect rainforests.” 他開辦了青年俱樂部。俱樂部教人們如何保護雨林；推斷空格是陳述他開辦俱樂部的原因，故選E。

選句子完成短文，解答前先閱讀備選句，理解備選句的句意；再跳空閱讀全文，了解大意；然后，根據上下文聯系、查看空格句與段落和主體文章之間的邏輯關系，推斷空格所缺的信息，所選的句子要能使文章前后內容銜接，意思連貫。本篇空格都位于段落中，都起著起承上啟下、做進一步陳述的作用，要根據上下文表達的邏輯關系確定句意；完篇后，要通篇閱讀，檢查上下文銜接是否得當、是否內容完整，符合邏輯。