2012年盐城市中考英语试题及答案(5)

    The rainforests are very important for us. We need them! The trees and other plants in the forest help to make the air that we breathe. They give us wood, rubber, fruits and many of our medicines.

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    Unfortunately, in many places, the rainforests are in danger. For example, many years ago there was a large rainforest in Java. There were thousands of different plants and animals in the forest, but now there is nothing. People chopped down the trees because they wanted to grow rice.

Many animals lived in the rainforest. Some of them went to other parts of Java but many of them

disappeared — forever. The same thing is happening now in many other parts of the world. The rainforests are in danger.

38. In which of the following places can we find rainforests according to Paragraph 1?

      A. In the UK.       B. In Asia.      C. In the USA.     D. In France.

39. Which of the following belongs to a kind of “reptile”?

      A. A sparrow.       B. A swallow.    C. A snake.       D. A butterfly.

40. Which might be the best title for Paragraph 4?

      A. What’s happening to the rainforests?

      B. What can we find in the rainforests in Java?

      C. Why did people chop down the trees in the rainforests?

      D. Why did many plants and animals disappear in the rainforests?

41. What is the writer’s purpose of writing the article?

      A. To tell us how to survive in the rainforests.

      B. To help us know some living things in the rainforests.

      C. To tell us to care about the protection of the rainforests.

      D. To give us advice on how to make full use of the rainforests.