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【题目】More than 50, 000, 000 people live in the rainforests of the world and most of them do not hurt the forest they live in. They eat the fruits that grow on the forest trees, but they do not cut them down. They kill some animals to eat, but they do not destroy them.

When we cut down the rainforests, we destroy these forest people, too. In 1900, there were 1, 000, 000 forest people in the Amazon forest. In 1980, there were only 200, 000.

The Yanomami live along the rivers of the rainforest in the north of Brazil(巴西). They have lived in the rainforest for about 10, 000 years and they use more than 2, 000 different plants for food and for medicine. But in 1988, someone found gold in their forest, and more than 45, 000 people came to the forest and began looking for gold. They cut down the forest to make roads. They made over a hundred airports. The Yanomami people lost land and food. Many died because new illnesses came to the forest with the strange people.

The Yanomami people tried to save their forest, because it was their home. But the people who wanted gold were stronger.

Many forest people try to save their forests. Chico Mendes was famous in Brazil because he wanted to keep the forest for his people. “I want the Amazon forest to help all of us—forest people, and all the Earth,” he said. A few months later, in December 1988, people who wanted to cut down the forest killed Chico Mendes.

In Brazil, people were cutting down the forest of local people to sell the wood. Local people tried to save their rainforest. They made blockades(障碍) across the roads into the forest. In 1987, they closed fifteen roads for eight months. No one cut down any trees during that time.

In Panama (巴拿马), local people also saved their forest. They made a rainforest park which tourists must spend money visiting.

【1】The number of the people living in the Amazon forest in 1980 was _______of that in 1900.

A. half B. one-third C. two-fifths D. one-fifth

【2】The people who _______have destroyed the rainforest of the Yanomami.

A. made the roads and the airports

B. use plants for food and medicine

C. pick fruits and kill animals to eat

D. have lived there for about ten thousand years

【3】Those people built roads and airports probably in order to_______.

A. carry the gold to other places

B. make people there live a better life

C. attract more tourists to the rainforests

D. stop the new illnesses from spreading

【4】In Panama, visitors have to_______ before they enter a forest park of local people.

A. plant trees

B. pay for the gold

C. pay for the tickets

D. make blockades across the roads

【5】From the article, we learn that _______.

A. to humans, gold is more important than trees

B. we mustn’t cut down any trees or kill any animals

C. we need wood to build houses, so we have to cut down trees

D. the rainforest people have done something to protect their home

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】A

【3】A

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】试题分析：热带雨林中生活着很多人，这里是他们的家。但是近些年来，雨林遭到了严重的破坏，在雨林生活的人们的数量急剧下降。现在人们已经意识到了这个问题，开始采取措施来保护自己的家园。

【1】D 细节理解题。根据短文第二段中In 1900, there were 1, 000, 000 forest people in the Amazon forest. In 1980, there were only 200, 000.可知，在1900年，有100万人生活在亚马逊雨林，而到1980年，只有20万了，通过简单计算我们可知，1980年的人数是1900年的五分之一，故选D。

【2】A 细节理解题。根据短文第三段中They cut down the forest to make roads. They made over a hundred airports. The Yanomami people lost land and food. Many died because new illnesses came to the forest with the strange people可知，人们在Yanomami雨林砍倒树木来修建道路和飞机场，严重毁坏了雨林。故应选A。

【3】A 推理判断题。根据短文第三段中But in 1988, someone found gold in their forest, and more than 45, 000 people came to the forest and began looking for gold. They cut down the forest to make roads. They made over a hundred airports.可知在Yanomami雨林发现了金子，人们修建路和飞机场是为了能运送这些金子。故应选A。

【4】C 细节理解题。根据短文最后一段中In Panama (巴拿马), local people also saved their forest. They made a rainforest park which tourists must spend money visiting.可知，在巴拿马，人们如果想要去参观雨林的话必须要花钱。由此可知选C。

【5】D细节理解题。根据短文中The Yanomami people tried to save their forest 以及Many forest people try to save their forests.可知，在雨林居住生活的人们开始想办法来拯救雨林。由此可知选D。