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.

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My name is Tom. My father, Mr. Read works on a farm, and my mother works in a factory. My father and my mother work six days a week and I am at school from Monday to Saturday. On Sundays we all stay at home. We often go out in a car on Sundays. We often go to the rivers or lakes. Dad likes fishing and I like swimming. Mum sits there and watches us. Dad is very good at fishing. He often catches a lot of fish. Then we take them home for supper. We often have a good time.

Sometimes we go to see my uncle. He has a son, Jim. We often play football together. My uncle and Jim like meat very much. My mother cooks meat for them. I often help her. I like cooking meat and eating, too.

1.Tom often goes to _____ on Sundays.

  A. his uncle’s    B. the rivers or lakes          C. school      D. the lakes with his father

2. Who is Jim? He is _____.

  A. Tom’s friend       B. the Reads’ son      C. Tom’s uncle’s son      D. also a student

3. What do Tom and Jim like eating?

  A. Tom likes eating fish and Jim likes eating meat.               

B. They like eating fish.

  C. They like eating meat.               

D. Jim likes eating fish and Tom likes eating meat.

----- I don’t think waste water should be put into the rivers or lakes.

----_____.It will cause much water pollution.

A. Good luck.     B. It’s my pleasure    C.I agree with you    D. The same to you

先阅读短文,然后根据要求答题。?

The Dragon Boat Festival(端午节) is the day to remember a Chinese national hero, Qu Yuan, who threw himself into the river and died over 2,000 years ago. Old story has it that people, in order to save Qu Yuan, beat drums to drive fish away, and threw rice dumplings (zong zi) into the river to keep the fish from eating his body.?

For thousands of years, people have spent the festival by eating zong zi and holding dragon boat races on the fifth day of the fifth lunar(阴历的) month, especially in the /'s???n/ provinces where there are many rivers and lakes.?

The dragon boat races /???/ that many people want to save Qu?s body. Those races are the most exciting part of the festival, with very large crowds of people watching them. The special boats, more than 10 meters long, have colorful “dragon” heads and tails(尾巴), and /i?t?/ boat carries a team of 20 or 22 players. Every year dragon boat races take place in southeast Asian countries and some western countries, including America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.

A) 根据短文内容完成下列语音题:?

1.Write out the word /'s???n/.?

2.Write out the word /???/.?

3.Write out the word /i?t?/.?

4.In the underlined sentence find two words that can be read together(连读).?

5. In the underlined sentence find a word whose last sound can have incomplete plosion(失去爆破).

B) 根据短文内容填入一个适当的词:?

6. The Dragon Boat Festival is the day for people to keep Qu Yuan in their (71).

7.The Dragon Boat Festival has a history of more than two (72) years.?

8.Since the Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, can we call it “The Double (73) Festival”??

9. Dragon boat races are mostly held in South China because there are more (74) areas there.?

10. Dragon boat races are becoming more and more (75) in the world.

----- I don’t think waste water should be put into the rivers or lakes.

----_____.It will cause much water pollution.

A. Good luck.     B. It’s my pleasure    C.I agree with you    D. The same to you