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.

1 . 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

2. Some deserts were once___________.

    A. very good lands                B. covered by ice

    C. very cold                      D. dry and useless

3. From the passage, we know that man must ________.             

    A. do nothing to keep the balance of nature

    B. do something to stop the balance of nature

    C. try his best to keep the balance of nature

    D. do his  best to stop the balance of nature

 第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）  

A

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

　　Forests have always been useful and important to man who makes 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 top 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 top 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.

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

　　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 be any plants

　From the passage, we know that man must ______.

　　　　A. do nothing to keep the balance（平衡）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

第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）  
A
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

完形填空

　Since the earliest times, trees have always been very useful and important to man who made use of them in many ways for his daily life．Even today trees continue to ___1___ man in so many useful ways．

　They provide man ___2___ fuel for burning and building material in the form of

___3___ ．Without trees it would not be ___4___ to build houses, boats and ___5___ bridges．Furniture such as tables, desks, and chairs___6___ also made of wood．

　In the tropics（热带地区）___7___ it is very warm throughout the year, trees ___8___ man from the hot sun．They are also useful___9___ preventing good and fertile top soil from being washed away ___10___ heavy rains which are so ___11___ in the tropics．

　If there are ___12___ trees or grass to keep the soil ___13___ their roots, heavy rains would wash away the ___14___ surface soil which is so important for agriculture．The result is that the land becomes ___15___ and can not produce anything．

　There are many desert ___16___ in the world．A long long time ago, these areas ___17___ have been very rich, but because of ignorance（无知）people ___18___ old times cut as many trees as they liked．They never took trouble to ___19___ new trees．Strong winds slowly blew away the rich surface soil and finally the land was ___20___ into useless deserts where nothing could grow ．