Mike Myers is a teacher at Chauncey Rose High School in Terre Haute, Indiana.  Last year, he taught his students about the world’s rain forests.  They learned that rain forests are important because the plants and animals of the rain forest give us food, wood, and medicine.
Destruction of the world’s rain forests is a serious problem.  Unluckily, rain forests are disappearing at a rate of 80 acres per minute!  As part of a class project, Myers’ students bought three acres of rain forest 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 rain forests that they decided to get a closer look at a real rain forest.
So last June, Myers and four of his students 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 rain forest.  “The monkeys were not happy that we were in their forest.  They broke small branches off the trees and threw them at e us,” one of the students said, “It was a great learning experience for all of us,” said 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.
【小題1】How much did Myers’ students pay for the rain forest they bought?

A．$25B．$75C．$80D．$2000
【小題2】What did Myers and his students do at the beginning of the trip?
A．They went into the rain forest.B．They bought acres of rain forest.
C．They took a boat ride down a river.D．They visited Costa Rica’s active volcano.
【小題3】The word “Destruction” in paragraph 2 probably means “the process of being ______.”
A．destroyedB．developedC．describedD．discovered.
【小題4】 When the monkeys saw Myers and his students, they ___________.
A．felt excitedB．felt angryC．jumped off the treesD．left the rain forest
【小題5】The passage mainly shows that Myers and his students __________.
A．did something to protect rain forest
B．wanted to buy the rain forest in Costa Rica
C．were interested in the culture of Costa Rica
D．went to the rain forest for various fun activities


【小題1】B
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】B
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：本文敘述了印第安納州的一所中學(xué)的老師邁克·梅爾斯和他的學(xué)生為了保護(hù)熱帶雨林，買下了三公頃熱帶雨林。學(xué)生們對熱帶雨林感到好奇于是決定進(jìn)行一次旅行去看看熱帶雨林。他們坐著船順著一條河流而下，他們看到了短吻鱷和鱷魚。在熱帶雨林中，猴子不高興見到他們，向他們?nèi)訕渲ΑＫ麄冞�做了一些有趣的活動(dòng)，像騎馬，漂流和參觀哥斯達(dá)黎加的活火山。
【小題1】推理判斷題。根據(jù)Myers’ students bought three acres of rain forest in Central America.  They paid $25 per acre.可知學(xué)生買了3公頃熱帶雨林，每公頃是25美元，共是25×3=75美元。 故選B。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)So last June, Myers and four of his students took a boat ride down a river.可知在旅行剛開始的時(shí)候，他們坐著一艘小船沿著河流而下。故選C。
【小題3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù) Unluckily, rain forests are disappearing at a rate of 80 acres per minute!可知熱帶雨林正在消失，正在被破壞，故選A。
【小題4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The monkeys were not happy that we were in their forest可知猴子看到我們在熱帶雨林里并不高興，因此是感到生氣。故選B。
【小題5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)The students hope that the land they bought will be protected and not destroyed.可知學(xué)生和老師買了三公頃熱帶雨林是希望保護(hù)熱帶雨林不收破壞，這是為保護(hù)熱帶雨林所做的一些事。故選A。
考點(diǎn)：故事類短文閱讀。

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