第三部分阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)  
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Forests have always been useful and important to man who make use of them in many ways. Every day trees are serving man everywhere. Trees supply man with fruits and building materials in the form of wood, without trees it would be impossible to build houses, boats, bridges and so on. Furniture such as desks, chairs and beds is made of wood, trees can stop man from terrible heat. They're also useful in preventing good and rich top soil from being washed away during heavy rains.
If there were no trees, heavy rains would wash away the rich surface soil that is so important to plants. The result is that the land will become a desert. There are plenty of desert areas in the world. A long time ago these desert areas used to be very rich areas, but man in the past had no enough knowledge about science of nature, they cut down too many trees in the area where they lived and never planted new ones. By and by the rich surface soil was blown and washed away by strong winds and heavy rains. In the end the rich land changed into useless deserts where nothing could grow.
56 . According to the passage,__________.
A. a long time ago, man didn't know how to make use of wood
B. trees are not as useful as they were in the past
C. trees were more found in the past than they are today
D. people have always found trees useful
57. "Top soil" means____________and is          .
A. useless soil; of no use for plants
B. soil on the surface of the earth; good for plants
C. soil found under the earth; found under the roots of trees
D. dry soil in the desert areas; bad for plants
58. Some deserts were once__________.
A. very good lands  B. covered by ice   C. very cold      D. dry and useless
59. If there were no trees,______________.
A. the land would become better             B. heavy rains would be very clean
C. the rich soil couldn't be kept              D. there wouldn't any plants
60. From the passage, we know that man must__________.    
A. do nothing to keep the balance of nature
B. take his best to keep the balance of nature
C. try his best to keep the balance of nature
D. do his  best to stop the balance of nature

Getting rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a good thing. However, there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt.
In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block out disease, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in. A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king of England in 1546. Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor in Europe lived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, King of France, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should not go out.
Though the belief in the merit of dirt was long-lived, dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighbor ever since the 18th century. Scientifically speaking, cleaning away dirt is good to health. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World War Ⅱ. Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea; clothes need to be whiter than white, cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too far?
Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays. Many first-time parents nervously try to warn their children off touching dirt, which might be responsible for the spread of disease. On the contrary, Mary Ruebush, an American immunologist(免疫学家),encourages children to play in the dirt to build up a strong immune system. And the latter position is gaining some ground.
【小题1】The kings of France and England in the 16th century closed bath houses because        .

A.they lived healthily in a dirty environment.
B.they thought bath houses were to dirty to stay in
C.they believed disease could be spread in public baths
D.they considered bathing as the cause of skin disease
【小题2】Which of the following best describes Henry IV’s attitude to bathing?
A.Afraid.B.Curious.
C.Approving.D.Uninterested.
【小题3】How does the passage mainly develop?
A.By providing examples.
B.By making comparisons.
C.By following the order of time.
D.By following the order of importance.
【小题4】What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
A.To stress the role of dirt.
B.To introduce the history of dirt.
C.To call attention to the danger of dirt.
D.To present the change of views on dirt.

A young man from a village called Nawalapitiya married a young woman from Maliyuwa, a nearby village. They lived with the man’s big family—his parents, his brothers, their wives and children. The family kept an elephant, in which the young woman soon took a great interest. Every day she fed it with fruit and sugar.

Three months later the woman went back to her parents’ home, having quarreled with her husband. Soon the elephant refused to eat and work. It appeared to be ill and heart-broken. One morning after several weeks the animal disappeared from the house.

It went to the woman’s home. On seeing her, the elephant waved its trunk and touched her with it. The young woman was so moved (感动) by the act of the animal that she returned to her husband’s home.

1.The writer wrote the story in order to ______.

A.show that elephants are very clever

B.tell how a woman trained a wild animal

C.show that women care more for animals than men do

D.tell how an animal reunited (团圆) a husband and wife

2.The woman left her new home ______.

A.to visit her own parents in Maliyuwa

B.to see if the elephant would follow her

C.because she was angry with her husband

D.because she was tired of the large family

3.After the young woman left her husband’s home, the elephant ______.

A.returned to the forest                    B.was sad because it missed her

C.went to look for a new home               D.was sick because nobody fed it

4.The young wife went back to her husband because ______.

A.she knew he had sent the animal to her

B.the elephant had come to look for her

C.her parents told her to

D.she missed her new home

 

Zhoukoudian is a small village situated about 50 kilometers to the southwest of Beijing. In the 1920s, archaeologists discovered some prehistoric human bones there which changed people’s view of China’s history. They came from an unknown species of man and were the first evidence of human life in China thousands of years ago. The remains were three teeth!

In 1929, a complete skull was also discovered. Eventually, archaeologists found almost 200 items, including six skulls and more than 150 teeth. These discoveries proved the existence of a human species who lived in the area between 700,000 and 200,000 years ago. Four sites where Beijing Man and his relatives lived were discovered on the northern face of Longgushan. They lived in the caves in the area.

However, the life span of Beijing Man was short. About 70% of the people probably died before the age of 14. Fewer than 5% lived to the age of 50. Ashes were found alongside the fossils which showed they had used fire for cooking food and also for light, warmth, and protection against wild animals. This is the earliest evidence of the use of fire anywhere in the world. They also made tools of bones and stones. Unfortunately, when Japan invaded China in 1937, excavations (发掘) at the Beijing Man Site stopped and most of the fossils disappeared, including a Beijing Man skull. After the People’s Republic of China was established in 1949, the work started again.

Zhoukoudian was listed as a World Heritage Site in December 1987. It has not only given us important information about prehistoric Asian societies, but also provided amazing evidence about the process of evolution. Today, parts of the caves have been badly affected by rain. Some areas are almost completely covered in weeds, causing serious damage. Pollution from the nearby factories has also led to the problem. This is a very serious matter and the Chinese Academy of Sciences is trying to raise public awareness of protecting it.

1.Archaeologists _________.

A.thought that the findings in Zhoukoudian are the first evidence of human life in Asia

B.thought that the findings in Zhoukoudian wouldn’t change the history of China

C.discovered some prehistoric human bones in Zhoukoudian

D.thought that Zhoukoudian was a beautiful village

2.Beijing Man used fire to do all of the following things EXCEPT _____.

A.light in the dark

B.keep warm

C.scare wild animals away

D.make tools

3.What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?

A.Zhoukoudian is a World Heritage Site.

B.Zhoukoudian is in great need of protection.

C.The digging of Zhoukoudian is still under way.

D.Zhoukoudian plays an important part in the study of prehistoric societies.

 

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