Question

If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America, you fly over forests for thousands of kilometers. 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 farmlands as well. Some people say that there will not be any forests like these in 20 or 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 weather 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"?

A. Farmland.    B. Sands.    C. Green fields.    D. Villages.

2.Which fact does the passage provide

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

B. Forests are homes to different kinds of animals.

C. Forests are usually several square kilometers large.

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

Answer

1.B

2.B

【解析】本文介绍了由于人们不断的砍伐树木，导致土地像沙漠。如果森林消失，气候和环境将会恶化。因此我们要照顾好森林。

1.B

词义猜测题。根据后文的For example, crops will not grow there. What's worse, it will not rain very often. and the weather will get very hot.可知那里将不长庄稼，不下雨，天气非常炎热，故推断那里像是沙漠，故选B。

2.B

推理判断题。根据These great forests are the seas of trees. They are full of thousands and thousands of different kinds of plants and animals.可知森林将是很多动物和植物的家，故选B。

点睛：根据题干要求，在文中寻找答案所在的语句和段落，进行分析理解，词义猜测，推理判断和概括归纳，选出正确的选项。例如小题1，根据后文的For example, crops will not grow there. What's worse, it will not rain very often. and the weather will get very hot.可知那里将不长庄稼，不下雨，天气非常炎热，故推断那里像是沙漠，故选B。