¡¡¡¡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 (¼²²¡)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 forest£®Chico Menders 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 Menders£®
¡¡¡¡In Borneo, people were cutting down the forest while the Penan people tried to save their rainforest£®They made blockades(Õϰ)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 Kuma 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 seed the nuts which grow on the forest trees£®
(1)
The number of the people living in the Amazon forest in 1980 was ________ of that in 1900£®
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half
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one-third
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two-fifths
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one-fifth
(2)
The people who have destroyed the rainforest of the Yanomami ________£®
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pick fruits and kill animals to eat
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use plants for food and medicine
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have lived there for about ten thousand years
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made the roads and the airports
(3)
Those people built roads and airports in order to ________£®
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carry away the gold conveniently
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make people there live a better life
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stop spreading the new diseases
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develop the tourism there
(4)
Which of the following is wrong?
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The Penan people closed 15 roads with blockades to save their forests£®
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The Penan people were cutting down the trees to sell the wood£®
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The Penan people didn't want other people to destroy their forest£®
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Those who wanted to cut down the trees were stopped at the road blockades£®
(5)
From the passage, we learn that ________£®
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we need wood to build houses, so we have to cut down trees
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the rainforest people have done something to protect their home
¡¡¡¡One day I was visiting one of my friends in a big town£® Suddenly ¡¡¡¡1¡¡¡¡ beautiful music came to my ears£® My friend¡¯s father quickly picked up¡¡¡¡ 2¡¡¡¡ and went outside£® I asked my friend£¬¡°¡¡¡¡ 3¡¡¡¡ £¿¡±My friend said that there was a truck¡¡¡¡ 4¡¡¡¡ rubbish outside£®
¡¡¡¡¡° ¡¡¡¡5¡¡¡¡ someone throws in some rubbish£¬it gives out beautiful music£® ¡¡¡¡6¡¡¡¡ other people hear it£¬they go out with their rubbish and ¡¡¡¡7¡¡¡¡¡±
¡¡¡¡¡°It is a¡¡¡¡ 8¡¡¡¡ way to help keep our city clean£®¡±said my friend£®
¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡9¡¡¡¡ our environment(»·¾³) is very important£® Wherever you¡¡¡¡ 10¡¡¡¡ £¬you can do something around your neighborhood£®
¡¡¡¡Have you ever thrown any litter onto the ground? Have you ever draw pictures on¡¡¡¡ 11¡¡¡¡ ? Have you ever spat¡¡¡¡ 12¡¡¡¡ a public place? Have you ever cut down trees? If your answers are ¡°¡¡¡¡ 13¡¡¡¡ ¡±£¬it means that you have already helped protect our environment£®
It is our duty to keep our environment¡¡¡¡ 14¡¡¡¡ £® ¡¡¡¡15¡¡¡¡ everyone tries his best to protect(±£»¤) the environment£¬the world will become much more beautiful£®