【题目】Trees are one of the oldest living things on earth. They play a very important role for human’s existence. Trees are important for life as they provide food and oxygen. The importance of tree continues to increase and more benefits of trees are being discovered as their role expands to satisfy the needs created by our modern lifestyles. The forests and trees that are planted by humans work together with us to make the world look better and more beautiful. 【1】 Some of them are as follows.

Trees can clean soil and control soil erosion. Poisonous chemicals and pollutants from various factories enter into the soil, thus causing soil pollution. 【2】 Soil erosion is a serious problem that causes degradation (退化) of soil and leads to floods. Trees and plant roots bind the soil and thus reduce soil erosion. Also they conserve rainwater and reduce sediment(沉积) deposits.

Trees produce oxygen. Trees play an important role in reducing the greenhouse gases. They consume carbon dioxide and produce oxygen. 【3】 A fully grown tree produces oxygen which is sufficient for 10 people for a complete year. Also, they act as filters of the air that we breathe.

Trees are of commercial importance. Trees fulfill the need of fuel for cooking in many areas around the world. Trees also provide timber for furniture and hundreds of household items. Wood pulp is used for making paper in industries. 【4】 Some trees are even used to make medicines.

【5】 They provide shelter and food for a number /span>of animal species across the globe. Trees are especially important as they form green corridors connecting habitats with each other and with the countryside beyond.

This lowers global warming.

Trees have beautified our planet.

Trees act as the habitat for wild animals.

In fact, trees play different roles in our environment.

Without trees our planet cannot be considered a place for living.

Also, trees produce a number of fruits and nuts which are sold at market.

Trees have the ability to store them or change them into less harmful forms.

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【题目】 Tang Dynasty poets sang for about three centuries in different tones. There were many famous poets living in the Tang period, such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi and Li Shangyin. Poems of the Tang Dynasty edited in the Qing Dynasty is a collection of more than 48,900 poems that were written by over 2,200 poets. But it didn’t cover all the poems of the Tang Dynasty.

During the Tang Dynasty, poems were recited when lovers walked under the moonlight. Poems were also recited when soldiers fought on the battlefield. People recited them in the open air or at temple fairs.

Tang Dynasty poets wrote poems to win fame and also to develop their temperament(性情). They poured our deep feelings for their friends and criticized injustice in the world through poems.

In the Tang Dynasty scholars had to be poets. Their readers were not only people of high social position but also common people. Poets recited poems, women singers sang poems and other ranks of people, including old women and children, read Tang poems. This atmosphere affected foreigners who visited the country at that time. As a result, Tang poetry was introduced to some adjacent countries, like Japan and Vietnam.

Tang poetry is a most brilliant page in the history of ancient Chinese literature. It’s a miracle(奇迹) in the cultural history of mankind. The Tang Dynasty was a powerful empire with a vast territory. It inherited(继承) Chinese civilization that went back to ancient times, was combined with the best of other cultures and adopted the benefits of other nations in the world. Tang poetry wasn’t the only spiritual wealth created by the Tang Dynasty people. Philosophy and religion, handwriting and painting, and music and dance all gained new peaks of development. Tang poetry, however, was the jewel in the crown and its greatest achievement.

【1】We can conclude form the passage that ___ .

A. only people in the Tang Dynasty created poems

B. in total there was four famous poets in the Tang Dynasty

C. the Tang Dynasty probably existed for about three centuries

D. in the Tang Dynasty most common people were poets

【2】Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A. Why the poets created poems?

B. Some other kinds of spiritual wealth in the Tang Dynasty.

C. The significance and influence if the Tang Dynasty.

D. The editors of Poems of the Tang Dynasty.

【3】The underlined word “adjacent” probably means ___.

A. strong

B. neighboring

C. poor

D. rich

【4】What does the author really want to tell us in Paragraph 4?

A. Tang Dynasty poems were quite popular.

B. In the Tang Dynasty all scholars were poets.

C. Many foreigners came to our country during the Tang Dynasty.

D. in the Tang Dynasty many poems were sung by women singers.

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