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5．If you travel by air across the center of Africa or South America，you flyover forests for thousands of kilometers．These great forests are the seas oftrees．There are full of thousands and thousands of different kinds of plantsand animals．However，the world's forests are getting smaller all the time．Weare cutting down the trees because we need wood，and we need more farm land aswell．Some people say that there will not be any forests like these in 20 or 30 years．What will happen if theydisappear？If we cut down our forests，a lot of plants and animals willdisappear from the world．In a lot of places the new farm land will soon looklike the old deserts，for example，crops will not grow there，what's worse，it will not rain very often，and the weather will get very hot．Perhaps the climate of the world will change，which will be dangerous foreveryone in the world．That is why we must take care of our forests．

25．Which of the following has the closestmeaning to the underlined word"deserts"in this passage？B
A．Farmland．
B．Sands．
C．Green fields．
D．Villages．
26．The passage mainly tells us aboutA．
A．the importance of taking care of our plants
B．why a lot of animals disappear
C．where the forests are
D．the reasons for forming the deserts
27．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？B
A．Only Africa and South America are the oceans of trees．
B．Forests are homes for different kinds of animals．
C．Forests are usually several square kilometers large．
D．Different plants can't be found in the same forest．

Answer 1

分析 这是一篇健康环保类阅读．文章大意：如果你乘飞机旅行穿越非洲或南美国的中心，你飞越数千公里的森林．这些巨大的森林是树的海洋．有成千上万的不同种类的植物和动物的人．然而，世界上的森林越来越小的时间．我们砍伐树木是因为我们需要木材，我们需要更多的农田．有人说，有人说20或30年后将没有像这样的森林．如果它们消失了会发生什么？如果我们的森林砍伐，大量的动植物会从世界上消失．在很多地方新的农田将很快看起来像古老的沙漠．庄稼不会生长．不会经常下雨，天气会很热．也许世界气候也会发生变化．这是全世界的人都是危险的．这就是为什么我们必须照顾我们的森林．

解答 25题答案：B 考查同义词辨析．根据句子：In a lot of places the new farm land will soon looklike the old deserts，新的土地将很快像古老的沙漠．farmland译为农田，sands译为沙漠，Green fields译为绿地，Villages译为村庄，故选择B．
26题答案：A 考查理解能力．the importance of taking care of our plants译为照顾我们的植物的重要性；why a lot of animals disappear译为为什么很多动物消失，where the forests are译为森林在哪？the reasons for forming the deserts译为形成沙漠的原因．结合全文讨论的是保护植物的重要性，故选择A．
27题答案：B 考查理解能力Only Africa and South America are the oceans of trees．译为只有非洲和南美洲是树木的海洋．Forests are homes for different kinds of animals．森林是不同种类动物的家园．Forests are usually several square kilometers large．森林通常是几平方公里大．Different plants can't be found in the same forest．在同一片森林里找不到不同的植物．结合文章大意，森林是不同种类动物的家园．我们要保护它，故选择B．

点评 考查健康环保类阅读理解，做此类题需准确的翻译短文，根据根据短文的内容，仔细读每一道题，涉及的同义词辨析，理解等要有针对性与短文相结合，再选出最符合题意的答案．