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【题目】We cant deny that trees are useful to man in three very important ways: they provide him with wood and other products, they give him shade, and they help to prevent drought and floods.

Unfortunately, in many parts of the world man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness to draw quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers, only to find that without them he has lost the best friends he had.

Two thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but, without its trees, its soil became hard and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the country found itself faced by floods and starvation.

Even though a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult for it to persuade the villager to see this. The villager wants wood to cook his food, and he can earn money by making charcoal or selling wood to the townsman. He is usually too lazy or too careless to plant and look after trees. So unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear.

This does not only mean that the villagers’ sons and grandsons have fewer trees. The results are even more serious. For where there are trees ,their roots break the soil up, allowing the rain to sink in and also bind the soil, thus preventing it being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the soil becomes hard and poor. The rain falls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, causing floods and carrying away the rich topsoil, in which crops grow so well. When all the topsoil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.

【1】Its a great pity that ________.

A. man is only interested in building empires

B. man is eager to profit from trees

C. man hasnt realized the importance of trees to him

D. man hasnt found out that he has lost all trees

【2】Sooner or later the forests will disappear______

A. unless people are taught the importance of planting trees

B. unless people stop cutting down their trees

C. unless a county has a plenty supply of trees

D. unless the government punishes those who cut trees instead of planting trees

【3】The word bind in Paragraph 5 means_________

A. to make stay together B. to make wet

C. to wash away D. to improve

【4】When there is a heavy rain ,trees can help to prevent floods, as they can ___________

A. keep rain from falling down to soft ground

B. cause the soil to allow rainwater to sink in

C. prevent the soil from being washed away

D. make the topsoil stick together

【答案】

【1】C

1A

2A

3B

【解析】

试题分析:文章主要讲述了树对人类的作用。

【1】 C考察细节理解题。根据文意Unfortunately, in many parts of the world man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important可知遗憾的是人类还没有意识到树的重要作用,所以答案是C。

2A考察细节理解题。根据文意So unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people, the forests will slowly disappear可知除非政府建立一套良好的运行系统或者对人们加强教育,否则森林将逐渐消失,所以答案是A。

3A考察词意猜测题。根据下文thus preventing it being washed away easily可知阻止大雨把土壤冲刷走,所以答案是A。

4B考察细节理解题。根据文意For where there are trees ,their roots break the soil up, allowing the rain to sink in and also bind the soil, thus preventing it being washed away easily可知树可以防止洪水时因为树根可以吸收雨水,所以答案是B。

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