14.Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts,so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.
Why is more and more land becoming desert?Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth.
Some places on the earth don't get much rain. But they still don't become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important to dry places. Plants don't let the sun make the earth even drier. Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away. When a bit of rain falls,the plants hold the water. Without plants,the land can become desert more easily.
21. DesertsD.
A. never have any plants or animals in them
B. can all be turned into good land before long
C. are becoming smaller and smaller
D. get very little rain
22. Small green plants are very important to dry places becauseD.
A. they don't let the sun make the earth even drier
B. they don't let the wind blow the soil away
C. they hold water
D. All of the above.
23. Land is becoming desert little by little becauseC.
A. plants can't grow there
B. there is not enough rain
C. people haven't done what scientists wish them to do
D. scientists know little about the deserts
24. Which is the main idea of the first paragraph?B
A. Scientists know how to change desert into good land.
B. Land is becoming desert faster than scientists can change it back into good land.
C. If scientists can bring water to desert,people can live and grow food there.
D. More and more places are becoming deserts all the time.
分析 本文講述的是樹木對土壤的重要性.呼吁人們多種樹,保護樹木,防止土地沙漠化.
解答 21.D,推理判斷題,從第一句話:They want to bring water to the deserts,so people can live and grow food.可知沙漠的水很少.選D.
22.D,細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)句子 Plants don't let the sun make the earth even drier. Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away. When a bit of rain falls,the plants hold the water.可知,小的綠色植物對干旱的地方是重要的因為它們不會讓太陽曬得更干,也不會讓風把土壤刮走,而且能儲存水,故答案為D.
23.C,推理判斷題,從文章第二段Scientists think that people make deserts看出,科學家認為是人導致沙漠的.可知C正確.
24.B,段落大意題,根據(jù)句子 But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time.可知,第一段主要講的是人類把土地變成沙漠的速度遠快于科學家把它變成可利用的地,故答案為B.
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