Question

Rainforests are important places for people and animals．There are different kinds of rainforests．Some are high in the mountains and others are near the sea In the last forty years humans have destroyed half of the earth's rainforests．Rainforests are homes for about fifty million people．There are also millions of animals，plants and insects living there．When we destroy the rainforests，people lose their homes and thousands of kinds of animals and plants disappear Once these animals and plants have disappeared，we will never see them again．The weather in a rainforest is hot all year round The weather is always wet， too．The Amazon Rainforest is about a hundred million years old， and has more kinds of animals and plants than any other place on the earth．People have now cut down much of this rainforest to plant coffee and sugar．

1.Weather in rainforest is ______ ．

A. neither hot nor wet    B. both hot and wet

C. hot and dry    D. cold and wet

2.The underlined word ''disappear'' in the passage means ______ ．

A. leave    B. cut down

C. be seen no more    D. lose

3.Which of the following about rainforest is true？ ______

A. Rainforest are important to living things

B. People have destroyed half of the earth's rainforest since 40years ago

C. Rainforest are destroyed， people will lose homes， animals will never be seen

D. All of above

Answer

1.B

2.C

3.D

【解析】

本文讲述了热带雨林对人类和动物的重要性。

1.细节理解题。雨林的天气状况是怎么样？A既不热也不潮湿；B既热又潮湿；C炎热且干燥；D寒冷且潮湿。根据The weather in a rainforest is hot all year round. The weather is always wet, too．可知B项正确。

2.文中划线单词“disappear”的词义是什么？A离开；B砍倒；C再也看不到；D丢失。根据后文Once these animals and plants have disappeared，we will never see them again．这些动植物一旦消失，我们就再也看不到它们了。故选C项。

3.细节理解题。下列关于雨林的陈述哪一项是正确的？A雨林对生物很重要；B自从40年前，人们已经摧毁了一半儿的热带雨林。C热带雨林被破坏，人们将会失去家园，动物将永远消失；D以上选项都是。根据Rainforests are important places for people and animals．可知A项正确；根据In the last forty years humans have destroyed half of the earth's rainforests.可知B项正确；C根据When we destroy the rainforests，people lose their homes and thousands of kinds of animals and plants disappear .可知C项也正确，故答案选D。