科目：初中英语 来源：2011届北京市燕山区中考一模英语试卷 题型：阅读理解
It is said that another acre of the world’s forest will be destroyed forever. Why is this happening? There are two reasons — land and wood. In many countries the trees have been cut down because the land was needed for animals or crops. In other parts of the world the trees are cut down because their wood is wanted. This wood is used by local people for firewood or it is used for building. But many people don’t know that in most places the trees won’t be replaced. The soil in the forests is very thin, but it is protected by the trees. When the trees are cut down, the soil is washed away by the rain or blown away by the wind. Soon nothing can be grown on it. The forest becomes a desert. Then more land will be needed, and more trees will be cut down.
When the forest is destroyed, it isn’t only the trees that are lost — the homes of millions of animals and plants are destroyed, too. All kinds of animals are in danger — fish，reptiles, birds, mammals, insects, and shellfish — as well as thousands of plants.
Who is to blame for this? The answer is simple: all of us. There are just too many people in the world. The world’s population is now six billion. Of course, it’s very easy to blame the local people. We don’t cut down trees. They do. But the products are bought by people like you and me — wood houses, beds, tables, chairs, paper… Why are the forests being destroyed? Just look around. You are probably using it right now.
【小题1】People cut down large areas of trees in order to _________.
| A．grow crops | B．keep animals | C．build houses | D．get land and wood |
| A．new trees can grow better | B．forests will become deserts |
| C．most animals can live there | D．people build new house there |
| A．use fewer wood products | B．plant more trees |
| C．blame the local people | D．protect the soil |
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科目：初中英语 来源：2010-2011学年山东宁津保店中学初一下学期期中模拟考试英语试卷（带解析） 题型：阅读理解
Deserts(沙漠)do not stay the same size (形状).Sometimes they grow bigger. Sometimes they get smaller. The world’s biggest desert, Sahara, is in Africa. Right now, the Sahara desert is growing fast.
Why is the Sahara growing ? In some places , People farm too much. In other places ,animals eat all the grass. or people cut down the trees. This makes the soil(土壤) weak. Weak soil lets the desert grow.
Why is it a problem? people can not grow food in the desert. people can not build houses, hospitals , or schools in the desert . so people must leave their homes .They must live somewhere else.
What can people do ? They can plant trees. They can also farm less. These things make soil stronger. maybe the Sahara will stop growing . It’s a big problem. Many people must work together to solve (解决) it?
【小题1】What is the main idea ?(中心思想)
| A．The Sahara Desert is in Africa . |
| B．Farming too much makes the soil weak. |
| C．Big problem are caused (引起) by the growing Sahara desert. |
| D．Planting trees will help the world. |
| A．Building homes | B．Farming too much |
| C．Animals eating the grass | D．Cutting down trees |
| A．Their size never changes | B．They are caused by people |
| C．They can make trouble for people | D．They are all in Africa. |
| A．make the soil weaker | B．help people farm less |
| C．be good for the soil | D．make the Sahara grow. |
| A．is easy | B．takes a lot of people |
| C．is not a big problem | D．is not important |
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科目：初中英语 来源：2013-2014学年江苏省泰州市九年级12月学业水平测试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor, Dr. Gibbs. He didn't look like any doctor I'd ever known. He never invited us to play in his yard, but he was a very kind person. When Dr. Gibbs wasn't saving lives, he was planting trees. He owned a large field and wanted to make it a forest. The good doctor had some interesting ideas about planting trees. He never watered his new trees. Once I asked why. He said that watering plants spoiled(毁坏) them, and that if you watered them, each baby tree would grow weaker and weaker, so you had to make things difficult for them and pick out the weaker trees early on.
He talked about how watering trees made for shallow(浅的) roots(根), and how trees that weren't watered had to grow deep roots in search of water under the earth by themselves. Deep roots were very important. So he never watered his trees. He'd planted an oak(橡树)and instead of watering it every morning, he'd beat it with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the tree's attention.
Dr. Gibbs died several years after I left home. Every
now and then, I walked by his house and looked at the trees that I watched him
plant about twenty-five years ago. They're very big and strong now. I planted
some trees a f
ew
years back and carried water to them for a whole summer. After two years of
caring too much, whenever a cold wind blows in, they shake a lot.
Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. Mostly I pray (祈祷) that their lives will be easy. But lately I've been thinking that it's time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to face difficulties. There's always a cold wind blowing somewhere, so what we need to do is to pray for roots that reach deep into the brave heart, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we could face it strongly and won't be beaten down.
1. We know from the passage, the doctor______.
A. didn't know how to plant trees at all
B. wasn't good at his own medical job
C. had his own ways of planting trees
D. had nothing to do but plant trees
2. When Dr. Gibbs said "... pick out the weaker trees early on.", he meant that______.
A. some weak trees would be easily found out at the beginning
B. he would choose the weak trees to water earlier
C. the weak trees would be sent to his patients later
D. he would not plant weak trees so early anymore
3. The passage tells us that the writer______.
A. should beat his trees with a rolled-up newspaper
B. didn't often water his trees
C. didn't have a large field
D. took too much care of his trees
4.The writer wants to change his prayer, hoping that______.
A. his trees will be stronger than Dr. Gibbs'
B. his trees will not be beaten down
C. his sons will be better at
planting trees
D. his sons will be able to face difficulties
5.Which can be the best title of the reading?
A. Watering
Trees 
B.
Growing Roots
C. Doctor and his Neighbor D. Father and his Children
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科目：初中英语 来源：2013届山东宁津保店中学初一下学期期中模拟考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Deserts(沙漠)do not stay the same size (形状).Sometimes they grow bigger. Sometimes they get smaller. The world’s biggest desert, Sahara, is in Africa. Right now, the Sahara desert is growing fast.
Why is the Sahara growing ? In some places , People farm too much. In other places ,animals eat all the grass. or people cut down the trees. This makes the soil(土壤) weak. Weak soil lets the desert grow.
Why is it a problem? people can not grow food in the desert. people can not build houses, hospitals , or schools in the desert . so people must leave their homes .They must live somewhere else.
What can people do ? They can plant trees. They can also farm less. These things make soil stronger. maybe the Sahara will stop growing . It’s a big problem. Many people must work together to solve (解决) it?
1.What is the main idea ?(中心思想)
|
A．The Sahara Desert is in Africa . |
|
B．Farming too much makes the soil weak. |
|
C．Big problem are caused (引起) by the growing Sahara desert. |
|
D．Planting trees will help the world. |
2.The Sahara is growing .Which of these things is not a reason(理由)？
|
A．Building homes |
B．Farming too much |
|
C．Animals eating the grass |
D．Cutting down trees |
3.What do we know about deserts ?
|
A．Their size never changes |
B．They are caused by people |
|
C．They can make trouble for people |
D．They are all in Africa. |
4.Planting trees can
|
A．make the soil weaker |
B．help people farm less |
|
C．be good for the soil |
D．make the Sahara grow. |
5.Stopping growing the desert
|
A．is easy |
B．takes a lot of people |
|
C．is not a big problem |
D．is not important |
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