题目内容
—We lost the game again!— !You will do better next time.
A. That’s all right! B. Cheer up C. Not at all D. It’s hard to say.
B
【解析】
试题分析:句意:—我们又输了! —振作起来!你下次会做得更好。That’s all right! 没关系;Cheer up振作起来;Not at all没关系;It’s hard to say.很难说。选B。
考点: 考查交际用语的用法。
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. 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 suddenly 45,000 people came to the forest and began looking for gold. They cut down the forest to make roads. They made more than a hundred airports. The Yanomami people lost land and food. Many died because new diseases came to the forest with the strangers.
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 Brazil, 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 Borneo, people were cutting down the forest of the Penan people to sell the wood. The Penan people tried to save their rainforest. They made blockades 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, the Kuna people saved their forest. They made a forest park which tourists pay to visit.
The Gavioes people of Brazil use the forest, but they protect it as well. They find and sell the Brazil nuts(坚果) which grow on the forest trees.
【小题1】The number of the people living in the Amazon forest in 1980 was _______ of that in1900.
A.half | B.one-third | C.two-fifths | D.one-fifth |
A.pick fruits and kill animals to eat |
B.use plants for food and medicine |
C.have lived there for about ten thousand years |
D.made the roads and the airports |
A.carry away the gold conveniently |
B.make people there live a better life |
C.stop spreading the new diseases |
D.develop the tourism(旅游业) there |
A.包围 | B.障碍 | C.街区 | D.通道 |
A.we need wood to build houses, so we have to cut down trees |
B.the rainforest people have done something to protect their home |
C.to humans, gold is more important than trees |
D.we mustn’t cut down any trees or kill any animals |
You either have it, or you don’t-a sense of direction. But why is it that some people could find their way across the Sahara without a map while others can lose themselves in the next street?
Scientists say we’re all born with a sense of direction, but it is not properly understood how it works. One theory is that people with a good sense of direction have simply worked harder at developing it. Research being carried out at Liverpool University supports this idea and suggests that if we don’t use it, we lose it.
“Children as young as seven have the ability to find their way around,” says Jim Martland, research director of the project. “However, if they are not allowed out alone or are taken everywhere by car, they never develop the skills.”
Jim Martland also emphasizes that young people should be taught certain skills to improve their sense of direction. He makes the following suggestions:
If you are using a map, turn it so that it relates to(与……有联系) the way you are facing.
If you leave your bike in a strange place, put it near something like a big stone or a tree-something easy to recognize. Note landmarks on the route as you go away from your bike. When you return, go back along the same route.
Simplify(简化) the way for finding your direction by using lines such as streets in a town, streams, or wells in the countryside to guide you. Count your steps so that you know how far you have gone and note any landmarks such as towerblocks or hills which can help to find out where you are.
Now you will never get lost again!
【小题1】Children have the ability to find the way around when they are ______ years old.
A.5 | B.6 | C.7 | D.8 |
A.Tower blocks. | B.Hills. | C.Wells. | D.Bikes. |
A.To give special importance to something. |
B.To express thanks for somebody. |
C.To understand or become aware of a fact. |
D.To admire somebody. |
A.some babies are born with a sense of direction |
B.people learn a sense of direction as they grow older |
C.people never lose their sense of direction |
D.everybody has a sense of direction from birth |
A.A research on direction. |
B.A sense of direction. |
C.People’s ability of finding the way. |
D.Scientists’ research on skills. |