Morethan50000000peopleliveintherainforestsoftheworldandmostofthemdonothurttheforesttheylivein.Theyeatthefruitsthatgrowontheforesttreesbuttheydonotcutthemdown.Theykillsomeanimalstoeatbuttheydonotdestroythem.
Whenwecutdowntherainforestswedestroytheseforestpeopletoo.In1900therewere1000000forestpeopleintheAmazonforest.In1980therewereonly200000.
TheYanomamilivealongtheriversoftherainforestinthenorthofBrazil.Theyhavelivedintherainforestforabout10000yearsandtheyusemorethan2000differentplantsforfoodandformedicine.Butin1988someonefoundgoldintheirforestandsuddenly45000peoplecametotheforestandbeganlookingforgold.Theycutdowntheforesttomakeroads.Theymademorethanahundredairports.TheYanomamipeoplelostlandandfood.Manydiedbecausenewdiseasescametotheforestwiththestrangers.
TheYanomamipeopletriedtosavetheirforestbecauseitwastheirhome.Butthepeoplewhowantedgoldwerestronger.
Manyforestpeopletrytosavetheirforests.ChicoMendeswasfamousinBrazilbecausehewantedtokeeptheforestforhispeople.“IwanttheAmazonforesttohelpallofus-forestpeopleBrazilandalltheEarth”hesaid.AfewmonthslaterinDecember1988peoplewhowantedtocutdowntheforestkilledChicoMendes.
InBorneopeoplewerecuttingdowntheforestofthePenanpeopletosellthewood.ThePenanpeopletriedtosavetheirrainforest.Theymadeblockadesacrosstheroadsintotheforest.In1987theyclosedfifteenroadsforeightmonths.Noonecutdownanytreesduringthattime.
InPanamatheKunapeoplesavedtheirforest.Theymadeaforestparkwhichtouristspaytovisit.
TheGavioespeopleofBrazilusetheforestbuttheyprotectitaswell.TheyfindandselltheBrazilnuts(坚果)whichgrowontheforesttrees.
1.ThenumberofthepeoplelivingintheAmazonforestin1980was_______ofthatin1900.
A.half | B.one-third | C.two-fifths | D.one-fifth |
A.pickfruitsandkillanimalstoeat 黄干平回答:
1.D2.D3.A4.B5.B
1.根据文章内容In1900therewere1000000forestpeopleintheAmazonforest.In1980therewereonly200000.可知答案为D2.根据文章内容Butin1988someonefoundgoldintheirforestandsuddenly45000peoplecametotheforestandbeganlookingforgold.Theycutdowntheforesttomakeroads.Theymademorethanahundredairports.可知答案为D3.根据文章内容Butin1988someonefoundgoldintheirforestandsuddenly45000peoplecametotheforestandbeganlookingforgold.可知答案为A4.根据单词的意思,可知答案为B5.根据文章内容大意可知答案为B
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