Question

Passage 13(2014 江蘇南京，D) 

      Mike Myers is a teacher at Chauncey Rose High School in Terre Haute,Indiana. Last year,he taught his students about the world’s rainforests.They learned that rainforests are important because the plants and animals of the rainforest give us food,wood,and medicine.

      Destruction of the worlds rainforests is a serious problem. Unluckily,rainforests are disappearing at a rate of 80 acres per minute!As part of a class project,Myers9 students bought three acres of rainforest 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 rainforests that they decided to get a closer look at a real rainforest.

      So last June,Myers and four of his students went on a sevenday trip to visit the rainforests of Costa Rica.“The trip was wonderful.lt was a very exciting experiencesaid Myers.

      At the beginning of the week,the group 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 rainforest.“The monkeys were not happy that we were in their forest. They broke small branches off the trees and threw them at us,M one of the students said.a It was a great learning experience for all of ussaid 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 whitewater 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’ students pay for the rainforest 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 rainforest.

   B. They bought acres of rainforest.

   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 rainforest

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

   A. did something to protect rainforests

   B. wanted to buy the rainforest in Costa Rica

   C. were interested in the culture of Costa Rica

   D. went to the rainforest for various fun activities

Answer 1

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

Passage 13

[語篇解讀]本文是一篇記敘文，介紹了一個中學(xué)老師Mike Myers和 他的學(xué)生致力于保護熱帶雨林。他們在中美洲買了一塊熱帶雨林。 為了能讓學(xué)生跟熱帶雨林有更親密的接觸，Mike Myers還組織學(xué)生到 雨林探秘。

1. B 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第二、四句... Myers’ students bought three acres of rainforest in Central America. They paid $25 per acre.可 知，他們買了三英畝雨林，每英畝25美元，共計75美元。故選B項。

2. C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段第一句...the group took a boat ride down a river.可知，他們是坐船沿著河航行的，故選C項。

3. A詞乂猜測題。題干中destruction為名詞。develop開發(fā);describe 描述;discover發(fā)現(xiàn)。

destroy破壞，由構(gòu)詞特點可知，與destruction屬于同根詞。故選A項。

4. B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中The monkeys were not happy that we were in their forest.可知，猴子看到Myers和他的學(xué)生很不高興，故選B項。

5. A主旨大意題。Myers和他的學(xué)生通過購買三英畝雨林來觀察和 了解雨林，目的是要呼吁大家采取行動保護雨林，故選A項。