根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Rain forests are forests that get a lot of rain. It can rain more than one inch (=2. 54 cm) per day! There are tropical (热带的) rain forests all over the world. ____1____ They are very warm.
The Amazon is in South America. It is the biggest rain forest in the world. More than half of the rain forest is in Brazil. ____2____
Many plants and animals live in the Amazon. There are more kinds of plants and animals there than anywhere else in the world. The biggest mix of plants and animals live in the canopy (遮篷). ____3____ The canopy keeps off most of the sunlight. The rain forest floor is very dark.
____4____ There are more than 400 different native tribes (土著部落)! Native people used to stay in the rain forest. They found food and built homes there. They made medicine from plants. Now they sometimes leave. They go into nearby towns to sell food. Still, they live in their own ways.
Today, the Amazon is faced with the problem of deforestation. This means that too many trees are cut down by humans and ____5____ What can we do to protect the rain forest and the wildlife there?
A. The canopy is a thick coat of trees.
B. They are found near the equator (赤道).
C. it brings harmful results to the wildlife in the Amazon.
D. it makes more space for the animals in the Amazon to live in.
E. They have found some wildlife near the equator.
F. The rest spreads across eight other countries.
G. People live in the Amazon too.
1.1.
A
B
C
D
解析:选B。根据“There are tropical (热带的) rain forests all over the world…They are very warm.”可知,此处在介绍热带雨林,选项B “它们(指热带雨林)是在赤道附近。”符合,故选B。
2.2.
A
B
C
D
解析:选F。根据“The Amazon is in South America. It is the biggest rain forest in the world. More than half of the rain forest is in Brazil.”可知,此处在介绍亚马逊热带雨林的地理位置,选项F “其余的则分布在其他8个国家。”符合,故选F。
3.3.
A
B
C
D
解析:选A。根据“The canopy keeps off most of the sunlight. The rain forest floor is very dark.”可知,此处提到了天篷似的树荫,选项A “天篷是一层很厚的树。”符合,故选A。
4.4.
A
B
C
D
解析:选G。根据“There are more than 400 different native tribes”可知,此处在介绍那里的人,选项G“人们也生活在亚马逊地区。”符合,故选G。
5.5.
A
B
C
D
解析:选C。根据“This means that too many trees are cut down by humans”可知,太多的树木被人类砍伐,这会带来不良后果,选项C “它给亚马逊地区的野生动物带来了有害的后果。”符合,故选C。