三、阅读理解
A young boy is crying because his ear hurts. Then a man comes out of the forest. He carries some juice from a white mushroom (蘑菇). Carefully, he puts the juice into the boy's ear. In some rainforest villages of South America, that's how illnesses are cured (治愈)! Rainforest doctors use many kinds of plants as medicine. They have used the power of plants for thousands of years.______
Today, scientists from all over the world want to learn about plant medicines. They are trying to find the secrets of the rainforest for good before the plants die out.
Now scientists travel by boat, by air, or on foot to rainforest villages. Then they spend long hours learning from the local doctors about the plants which can be used as cures.
Saving the rainforest
One USA company has already found an important new medicine. It comes from a kind of plant found in the rainforests of Ecuador (厄瓜多尔). This medicine is so amazing that it may save many kids with lung problems. So medicine companies are working to save the rainforests. When people buy medicines made from rainforest plants, part of the money will go to help save the rainforests.
(
A. The boy's father.
B. The boy's teacher.
C. A rainforest scientist.
D. A rainforest doctor.
(
A. Many rainforest plants are used as medicine.
B. The rainforests in the USA are disappearing fast.
C. Local doctors can cure different kinds of diseases.
D. There are many plants in the forests of South America.
(
A. Losing the rainforest
B. Making the medicines
C. Learning from the rainforest doctors
D. Walking through the rainforest
(
A. Rainforest plants can only cure simple illnesses like stomachaches.
B. People are trying to protect the rainforests by studying plant medicines.
C. The boy in the story was bitten by a snake and cured by plant medicines.
D. Medicine companies are not interested in rainforest plants.
(
A. Rainforest doctors
B. Rainforest medicines
C. The medicine companies
D. The surviving rainforest
A young boy is crying because his ear hurts. Then a man comes out of the forest. He carries some juice from a white mushroom (蘑菇). Carefully, he puts the juice into the boy's ear. In some rainforest villages of South America, that's how illnesses are cured (治愈)! Rainforest doctors use many kinds of plants as medicine. They have used the power of plants for thousands of years.______
Today, scientists from all over the world want to learn about plant medicines. They are trying to find the secrets of the rainforest for good before the plants die out.
Now scientists travel by boat, by air, or on foot to rainforest villages. Then they spend long hours learning from the local doctors about the plants which can be used as cures.
Saving the rainforest
One USA company has already found an important new medicine. It comes from a kind of plant found in the rainforests of Ecuador (厄瓜多尔). This medicine is so amazing that it may save many kids with lung problems. So medicine companies are working to save the rainforests. When people buy medicines made from rainforest plants, part of the money will go to help save the rainforests.
(
D
) 1. What does the underlined word "He" in paragraph 1 most probably refer to?A. The boy's father.
B. The boy's teacher.
C. A rainforest scientist.
D. A rainforest doctor.
(
A
) 2. What do the first two paragraphs mainly talk about?A. Many rainforest plants are used as medicine.
B. The rainforests in the USA are disappearing fast.
C. Local doctors can cure different kinds of diseases.
D. There are many plants in the forests of South America.
(
C
) 3. Which of the following can be put in "______"?A. Losing the rainforest
B. Making the medicines
C. Learning from the rainforest doctors
D. Walking through the rainforest
(
B
) 4. What can we learn from the passage?A. Rainforest plants can only cure simple illnesses like stomachaches.
B. People are trying to protect the rainforests by studying plant medicines.
C. The boy in the story was bitten by a snake and cured by plant medicines.
D. Medicine companies are not interested in rainforest plants.
(
B
) 5. What is the best title for the passage?A. Rainforest doctors
B. Rainforest medicines
C. The medicine companies
D. The surviving rainforest
答案：【解析】：
这是一道英语阅读理解题，主要考查学生对文章内容的理解和推理能力。题目给出了一个关于雨林医生和雨林植物的阅读材料，并附带了几个问题。学生需要通过阅读文章，理解文章的主旨和细节，然后根据文章的内容来回答这些问题。
1. 对于第一题，需要确定"He"的指代对象。通过阅读文章的第一段，可以明确"He"是指从森林里走出来的那个人，根据后文可以推断他是雨林医生，因此答案选D。
2. 第二题要求概括前两段的主旨。前两段主要描述了雨林医生使用各种植物作为药物来治疗疾病，这是他们数千年来的传统。因此，答案选A，即许多雨林植物被用作药物。
3. 第三题是一个填空题，需要根据上下文选择最合适的选项。根据前文，雨林医生已经使用植物作为药物数千年了，因此此处应该填写与雨林医生使用植物药物相关的内容。选项C“向雨林医生学习”最符合语境。
4. 第四题要求从文章中得出正确的结论。通过阅读文章，可以了解到人们正在通过研究植物药物来试图保护雨林，因此答案选B。
5. 第五题要求选择最佳标题。整篇文章主要讲述了雨林植物作为药物的使用和保护雨林的重要性，因此答案选B“雨林药物”最为贴切。
【答案】：
1. D
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. B
这是一道英语阅读理解题，主要考查学生对文章内容的理解和推理能力。题目给出了一个关于雨林医生和雨林植物的阅读材料，并附带了几个问题。学生需要通过阅读文章，理解文章的主旨和细节，然后根据文章的内容来回答这些问题。
1. 对于第一题，需要确定"He"的指代对象。通过阅读文章的第一段，可以明确"He"是指从森林里走出来的那个人，根据后文可以推断他是雨林医生，因此答案选D。
2. 第二题要求概括前两段的主旨。前两段主要描述了雨林医生使用各种植物作为药物来治疗疾病，这是他们数千年来的传统。因此，答案选A，即许多雨林植物被用作药物。
3. 第三题是一个填空题，需要根据上下文选择最合适的选项。根据前文，雨林医生已经使用植物作为药物数千年了，因此此处应该填写与雨林医生使用植物药物相关的内容。选项C“向雨林医生学习”最符合语境。
4. 第四题要求从文章中得出正确的结论。通过阅读文章，可以了解到人们正在通过研究植物药物来试图保护雨林，因此答案选B。
5. 第五题要求选择最佳标题。整篇文章主要讲述了雨林植物作为药物的使用和保护雨林的重要性，因此答案选B“雨林药物”最为贴切。
【答案】：
1. D
2. A
3. C
4. B
5. B