Question

    Mike Myers is a teacher at Chauncey Rose High School in Terre Haute,Indiana. Last year,he taught his students about the worlds rain forests. They learned that rain forests are important because the plants and animals of the rain forest give us food,wood? and medicine.

   Destruction of the world's rain forests is a serious problem. Unluckily,rain forests are disappea-ring at a rate of 80 acres per minute!As part of a class project,Myers’ students bought three acres of rain forest in Central America. They paid $ 25 per acre. The students hope that the land they bought will be protected and not destroyed. The students became so interested in rain forests that they decided to get a closer look at a real rain forest.

    So last June,Myers and four of his students took a boat ride down a river. They saw alligators and crocodiles. In the middle of the week,a guide took Myers and his students into the rain forest. uThe monkeys were not happy that we were in their forest. They broke small branches off the trees and threw them at us”’ one of the students said ,“It was a great learning experience for all of us ,” said Myers.

    Each student chose something specific about Costa Rica to study involving the plants,animals , food,and culture. During the last few days the group had time to do fun activities. They went white-water rafting and horseback riding,and visited Costa Rica's active volcano.

Myers hopes to make the trip every year with a different group of kids.

() 1. How much did Myers 5 students pay for the rain forest they bought?

   A. $25   B. $75   C. $80   D. $ 2000

() 2. What did Myers and his students do at the beginning of the trip?

   A. They went into the rain forest. B. They bought acres of rain forest.

   C. They took a boat ride down a river. D. They visited Costa Rica's active volcano.

() 3. The word “Destruction” in paragraph 2 probably means “the process of being . ”

   A. destroyed   B. developed   C. described   D. discovered

() 4. When the monkeys saw Myers and his students,they .

   A. felt excited   B. felt angry   C. jumped off the trees   D. left the rain forest

() 5. The passage mainly shows that Myers and his students .

   A. did something to protect rain forest

   B. wanted to buy the rain forest in Costa Rica

   C. were interested in the culture of Costa Rica

   D. went to the rain forest for various fun activities

Answer 1

2. C 3. A 4. B 5. A

本文敘述了印第安納州的一所中學的老師邁克•梅爾斯和他的學生為了保護熱帶雨林，買下 了三公頃熱帶雨林。學生們對熱帶雨林感到好奇， 于是決定進行一次旅行去看看熱帶雨林。他們坐著 船順著一條河流而下，他們看到了短吻鱷和鱷魚。 在熱帶雨林中，猴子不高興見到他們，向他們扔樹 枝。他們還做了一些有趣的活動，像騎馬，漂流和參 觀哥斯達黎加的活火山。

1. B 推理判斷題。根據 Myers’ students bought three acres of rain forest in Central America. They paid $25 per acre.可知，學生買了 3公頃熱帶雨 林，每公頃是25美元，共是25 X 3 = 75美元。故選   B.

   2. C 細節理解題。根據 So last June,Myers and four of his students took a boat ride down a river. 可知，在旅行剛開始的時候，他們坐著一艘小船沿 著河流而下。故選C.

   3. A 詞義猜測題。根據 Unluckily,rain forests are disappearing at a fate of 80 acres per minute!可 知熱帶雨林正在消失，正在被破壞，故選A.

   4. B 細節理解題。根據The monkeys were not happy that we were in their forest 可知，猴子看到 我們在熱帶雨林里并不高興，因此是感到生氣。 故選B.

   5. A 推理判斷題。根據 The students hope that the land they bought will be protected and not de-stroyed.可知，學生和老師買了三公頃熱帶雨林是 希望保護熱帶雨林不受破壞，這是為保護熱帶雨 林所做的一些事。故選A.