新课标素养解读
本单元主题为:人与自然——自然生态,内容涉及不同地区的生态特征与自然景观;热爱与敬畏自然,挑战极限,人与自然和谐共生。本单元要求学生能介绍自然景观,探索大自然的神奇之处。
语篇研读
Rainforests are forests that get a lot of rain. It can rain more than one inch(=2.54 cm) every day in
the rainforests! There are tropical(热带的) rainforests all over the world. They are very warm.
The Amazon Rainforest is in South America,covering over 2.7 million square miles. It is the
biggest rainforest in the world. More than half of the rainforest is in Brazil. The rest lies across
eight other countries.
Many plants and animals live in the Amazon Rainforest. There are more kinds of plants and
animals there than anywhere else in the world. It has 10% of Earth's known species(物种). The
greatest diversity(多样性) of plants and animals lives in the canopy. The canopy is a heavy coat of
trees. It keeps off most of the sunlight. The rainforest floor is very dark.
People live in the Amazon Rainforest too. There are more than 400 different native tribes(土著
部落)! Native people used to stay in the rainforest. They found food and built homes there. They
made medicine from plants. Now they sometimes leave. They go into nearby towns to sell food.
Still,they live in their own ways.
Today,the Amazon Rainforest is faced with the danger of deforestation(毁林). This means
that too many trees are cut down by humans and it does harm to the wildlife in the Amazon
Rainforest. What can we do to protect the rainforest and the wildlife there?
()1. How's the weather in the rainforests according to paragraph 1?
A. Dry and windy. B. Wet and cool. C. Wet and warm. D. Dry and hot.
()2. What do we know from paragraph 2?
A. The size of the Amazon Rainforest. B. People live in the Amazon Rainforest.
C. Many plants and animals live in the Amazon Rainforest.
D. The problem that the Amazon Rainforest is faced with.
()3. What does the underlined word "canopy" mean?
A. The plants in the forest. B. The leaves on the trees.
C. The roots(根) under the ground. D. The cover formed by tree branches.
()4. Why does the writer mention "They made medicine from plants. "?
A. To introduce the plants in the Amazon Rainforest.
B. To show humans depend on the rainforest. C. To show native people are very smart.
D. To talk about the importance of the medicine.
()5. What will the following paragraph most probably discuss?
A. The benefits of protecting the Amazon Rainforest.
B. The wildlife in the Amazon Rainforest. C. The terrible results because of deforestation.
D. The ways to protect the Amazon Rainforest and the wildlife there.

1-5 C A D B D

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，需结合原文内容逐一分析各题：
1. 第1题：定位第一段，查找雨林天气描述，结合原文信息判断选项。
2. 第2题：定位各段落核心内容，明确第二段主要介绍亚马逊雨林的面积，匹配对应选项。
3. 第3题：定位划线词所在句，结合后文解释推测词义，匹配选项。
4. 第4题：定位题干句子所在段落，分析句子在段落中的作用，匹配选项。
5. 第5题：关注最后一段结尾的问题，结合逻辑推理下文内容，匹配选项。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据题干定位第一段，原文提到雨林“get a lot of rain”（潮湿）且“They are very warm”（温暖），对应选项C（Wet and warm）。
2. 第2题：定位第二段，核心内容为亚马逊雨林的面积（覆盖超2.7百万平方英里，是世界最大雨林），对应选项A；B项（人居住）在第四段，C项（动植物多）在第三段，D项（毁林问题）在最后一段，均不符合。
3. 第3题：定位“canopy”所在句，后文解释其为“a heavy coat of trees”（树木形成的覆盖层），对应选项D。
4. 第4题：题干句子在第四段，该段提到土著人在雨林找食物、建房子、用植物做药，体现人类依赖雨林生存，对应选项B。
5. 第5题：最后一段结尾提出问题“What can we do to protect the rainforest...”，根据逻辑，下文应围绕保护方法展开，对应选项D。
【答案】
1-5 C A D B D
【知识点】
阅读理解（细节理解）、阅读理解（词义猜测）、阅读理解（推理判断）
【点评】
本题围绕亚马逊雨林展开，考查学生对原文细节的定位、词义的猜测及逻辑推理能力，需学生精准梳理段落核心信息，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6