Question

根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為

選項(xiàng)。

1.They provide him wood and other products; they give him shade;and they help to prevent drought and floods.

2. In his eagerness to draw quick profit from the trees, he has cut them down in large numbers.

Two thousand years ago, a rich and powerful country cut down its trees to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but, without its trees, its soil became bare and poor. When the empire fell to pieces, the country found itself faced by floods and starvation.

Even where a government realizes the importance of a plentiful supply of trees, it is difficult sometimes to make the people realize this. 3. So unless the government has a good system of control, or can educate the people, the forests slowly disappear.

4. The results are even more serious: for where there are trees, their roots break the soil up, allowing the rain to sink in, and also hold the soil. 5. But where there are no trees, the rainfalls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, and this causes floods and the rain carries away the rich topsoil in which crops grow. When all the topsoil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert．

A. This does not only mean that there will be fewer trees.

B. However, a lot of trees are being cut down.

C. Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not realized that the third of these services is the most important.

D. This prevents the soil from being washed away.

E. If there were no more trees, something terrible would happen.

F. Trees are useful to man in three very important ways.

G. They cut down the trees but are too careless to plant and look after new trees.

Answer 1

1.F

2.C

3.G

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要介紹了樹對人類的作用，但是人們并沒有意識到而進(jìn)行大肆砍伐，造成了水土流失，變成不毛之地。

1. provide him wood and other products; they give him shade;and they help to prevent drought and floods.”樹木提供了人們木材和其他產(chǎn)品；提供了人們陰涼；幫助人們抗旱抗洪。即為三個(gè)優(yōu)點(diǎn)，故選F。

2.

3.

4. results are even more serious�！敝械膃ven more可看出，森林在減小的后果要更嚴(yán)重，選項(xiàng)A不僅僅是樹在變少符合文意，故選A。

5.

考點(diǎn)解析：考察對上下文的理解推測能力