How do you get across a river? A bridge is the best way. In some places, there are no bridges. People use the ferry(渡船). A ferry is a boat that takes people and cars across the river.
Both ends of a ferry look the same. The ferry never has to turn around. It docks(靠岸)at one side of the river. People and cars get on. At the other side, the ferry docks again. The people and cars get off. Other cars and people get on. And then the ferry goes back across the river.
In many places, bridges are now taking the place of ferries. In 1964, the longest bridge in the world was built in New York over Now York Bay(湾). It is called the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. This bridge has two roads, one over the other. Each road is wide enough for six lanes(行道)of traffic.
【小题1】 ______ is the best way for people to go across the river.

A.The bridgeB.The carC.The ferryD.The bus
【小题2】 We can infer that ______ according to the passage.
A.the shortest bridge in the world was built in New York
B.it may be faster to cross rivers on bridges than on ferries
C.there is a bridge over every river in the United States
D.we don’t need ferries any more
【小题3】 The main idea of the passage is that _____.
A.the bridge is taking the place of the ferry
B.the ferry is better than the long bridge
C.the bridge in New York has a very long name
D.there is no ferry in the world
【小题4】_______ can cross rivers by ferry.
A.Only peopleB.Both cars and peopleC.Only carsD.Neither people nor cars

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.halfB.one-thirdC.two-fifthsD.one-fifth
【小题2】The people who _______ have destroyed the rainforest of the Yanomami.
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
【小题3】Those people built roads and airports in order to ________.
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
【小题4】We can infer the underlined word blockades probably means:
A.包围B.障碍C.街区D.通道
【小题5】 From the passage, we learn that _________.
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

How do you get across a river? A bridge is the best way. In some places, there are no bridges. People use the ferry(渡船). A ferry is a boat that takes people and cars across the river.

Both ends of a ferry look the same. The ferry never has to turn around. It docks(靠岸)at one side of the river. People and cars get on. At the other side, the ferry docks again. The people and cars get off. Other cars and people get on. And then the ferry goes back across the river.

In many places, bridges are now taking the place of ferries. In 1964, the longest bridge in the world was built in New York over Now York Bay(湾). It is called the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge. This bridge has two roads, one over the other. Each road is wide enough for six lanes(行道)of traffic.

1. ______ is the best way for people to go across the river.

   A. The bridge           B. The car        C. The ferry       D. The bus

2. We can infer that ______ according to the passage.

   A. the shortest bridge in the world was built in New York

   B. it may be faster to cross rivers on bridges than on ferries

   C. there is a bridge over every river in the United States

   D. we don’t need ferries any more

3. The main idea of the passage is that _____.

   A. the bridge is taking the place of the ferry

   B. the ferry is better than the long bridge

   C. the bridge in New York has a very long name

   D. there is no ferry in the world

4._______ can cross rivers by ferry.

   A. Only people     B. Both cars and people    C. Only cars    D. Neither people nor cars

 

 

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