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　　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 Yanomamo live along the river 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 Yanomamo people lost land and food. Many died because new diseases came to the forest with the strangers.

　　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, 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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A．half

B．one-third

C．two-fifths

D．one-fifth

2．The people who ________ have destroyed the rainforest of the Yanomamo.

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A．pick fruits and kill animals to eat

B．use plants for food and medicine

C．have live there for about ten thousand years

D．make the roads and the airports

3．Those people built roads and airports in order to ________.

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A．carry away the gold conveniently

B．make people there live a better life

C．stop spreading the new diseases

D．develop the tourism there

4．Which of the following is wrong?

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A．The Penan people closed 15 roads with blockades to save their forests,

B．The Penan people were cutting down the trees to sell the wood.

C．The Penan people didn't want other people to destroy their forest.

D．Those who wanted to cut down the trees were stopped at the road blockades.

5．In Panama, visitors have to ________ before they enter the forest park of the Kuna people.

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A．buy Brazil nuts

B．plants trees

C．pay for the tickets

D．pay for the gold

6．From the passage, we learn that ________.

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A．we need wood to build houses, so we have to cut down trees

B．the rainforest people have done something to protest their home

C．to human, gold is more important than trees

D．we mustn't cut down any trees or kill any animals

Answer 1

答案：D;D;A;B;C;B
解析：

1．D（数据推理题．根据短文第二段中In 1900，there were 1，000，000 forest people in the Amazon forest．In 1980，there were only 200，000．所提供的数据可推算出，在亚马孙森林里居住的森林人口，1980年是1990年的五分之一．） 　　2．D（细节题．短文第三段中They cut down the forest to make roads．They made more than a hundred airports．说明了建路和机场的人们毁坏了Yanomamo的雨林．） 　　3．A（常识题．只有修路和建造机场，才能方便地把在雨林地带所开采的金子运走．） 　　4．B（正误判断题．根据短文倒数第三段所提供的信息In Borneo，people were cutting down of the Penan people to sell the wood．The Penan people tried to save their rainforest．可以看出，Penan人伐树卖木料的说法有误．） 　　5．C（事实细节题．短文倒数第二段In Pananma，the Kuna people saved their forest．They made a forest park which touristso pay to visit．说明在Pananma，参观者在进入Kuna人的森林之前，要付门票费．） 　　6．B（准确掌握文中所提供信息的题目．短文后半部分举出诸多实例用以说明在雨林生活的人们已经采取措施来保护自己的森林家园．）