B
On Miriam's 9th birthday two years ago, her aunt, who lives in Kenya (肯尼亚), gave money to a group that cares for elephants to celebrate Miriam's birthday. Then Miriam and her mother visited Africa to learn how the group was helping elephants. Later, Miriam fell in love with the animals and wanted to help save them.
A few months after visiting Africa, Miriam watched How I Became an Elephant, a film about the mistreatment of elephants in Thailand, and a young girl's effort to save them. Miriam decided she wanted to raise money to save elephants.
Last year, Miriam created a program called They Deserve (应得) to Be Free after seeing how young elephants are abused in Thailand. She learned how people take a baby elephant, don't give it food or water for days and beat it hard. "It made me really sad. I need to do something useful." Miriam said.
Miriam is working to make money for Elephant Nature Park in Thailand. She asked her friends to give money to the park rather than giving her birthday gifts.
She recently joined about 12 other students in an art center. They made elephants from clay and decorated them. Then she created a plan to sell clay elephants.
Kate, Miriam's art teacher, opened her art studio (工作室) to Miriam and her friends on weekends so they could make clay elephants. She even gave them the clay. "It's great to see a young student wanting to spend her time on something meaningful. This is what we should all work towards," Kate said.
Miriam says she has sold 180 clay elephants worth 2,000 dollars, and all of that money has been sent to Elephant Nature Park in Thailand.
() 5. Miriam went to Africa to .
A. join a group
B. visit her aunt
C. help save elephants
D. learn about the group
() 6. The underlined word "abused" in Paragraph 3 means .
A. 虐待
B. 杀害
C. 训练
D. 饲养
() 7. Which of the following is TRUE about Kate from the passage?
A. She was probably very proud of Miriam.
B. She taught Miriam to make clay elephants.
C. She spent time selling clay elephants with Miriam.
D. She was worried that Miriam's plan wouldn't work.
() 8. The best title for the passage is probably .
A. The Elephants Are in Great Danger
B. Care for Animals, Care for Earth
C. 11-year-old Fights to Save Elephants
D. Protect Animals-Duty of Everyone

5. D
6. A
7. A
8. C

5. 定位到文章第一段"Then Miriam and her mother visited Africa to learn how the group was helping elephants."，可知Miriam去非洲是为了了解那个帮助大象的组织，对应选项D。
6. 根据第三段后文"how people take a baby elephant, don't give it food or water for days and beat it hard."的描述，这些是虐待大象的行为，可推断"abused"意为“虐待”，选A。
7. 根据文章中Kate的评价"It's great to see a young student wanting to spend her time on something meaningful. This is what we should all work towards,"，可知她很可能为Miriam感到骄傲，A选项正确；B选项文中未提及她教Miriam做黏土大象，只是开放工作室并提供黏土；C选项未提到她和Miriam一起卖黏土大象；D选项文中无相关表述，故排除其他选项。
8. 文章主要讲述了11岁的Miriam（两年前9岁，现在11岁）为拯救大象所做的一系列努力，C选项准确概括了文章核心内容；A选项仅提及大象的处境，B、D选项过于宽泛，未突出主人公及其行动，因此选C。

三、阅读短文，回答问题(答案不超过8个单词)
A rain forest gets huge amounts of rain. That's why it's called a rain forest! More than 100 inches of rain fall there each year. In contrast, Los Angeles, California, gets only about 15 inches of rain per year.
Rain Forest Plants and Animals
A rain forest has hundreds of kinds of trees and flowers. Under your feet is a carpet of leaves. Moisture (水气) is dripping everywhere. Hardly any light reaches the ground because tall trees form a canopy (树冠), or upper layer, high above. It hides the sky and provides shade.
A rain forest is noisy! Birds squawk. Thousands of insects buzz and hum. Monkeys chatter in the trees. Beetles grow as big as your hand. Some frogs grow as big as a milk carton!
Why Are Rain Forest in Trouble?
Rain forests are very important to life on Earth. They recycle. Tree roots use dead plants as food. Rain turns into clouds that make more rain. Trees take in carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) and gives off the air we breathe.
Yet rain forests are in trouble. People cut down trees to get wood and land to farm. Most trees are not replaced. Many scientists think this may be a cause of global warming. Loggers also may leave rubbish behind. This is a kind of pollution.
The balance of life in a rain forest is complicated (复杂的). Plants and animals have a close relationship (关系). If one dies out, others do, too.
The Children's Rain Forest
Children in a Swedish school were studying rain forests. They learned that rain forests were in trouble. The class started a project to save a rain forest in Costa Rica. The class bought about 15 acres of land. They paid 25 per acre. The students hoped that the land they bought would be protected and not destroyed.
The students became so interested in rain forests that they decided to get a closer look at a real river. They saw alligators (短吻鳄) and crocodiles. 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 on the trees and threw them at us." One of the students said. "It was a great learning experience for all of us," said Myers. This was the start of the children's Rain Forest. This project works to save rain forest all over the world.
1. Why is it called a rain forest?

2. What does a rain forest look like with tall trees hiding the sky?

3. Is a rain forest quiet or noisy according to the passage?

4. What other danger does the rain forest face besides people cutting down trees?

5. Why do children in a Swedish school start a project called The Children's Rain Forest?

1. It gets huge amounts of rain.
2. Hardly any light reaches the ground.
3. It's noisy.
4. Pollution from loggers' rubbish.
5. To protect rain forests from destruction.

1. 第1题：根据短文第一段首句可知，雨林因年降水量极大而得名。
2. 第2题：由短文第二段内容可知，高大树木形成的树冠遮蔽天空时，雨林地面几乎接收不到光线。
3. 第3题：从短文第三段首句及后续动物声响的描述可知，雨林是十分吵闹的。
4. 第4题：根据短文第五段可知，除砍伐树木外，伐木工遗留垃圾造成的污染是雨林面临的另一威胁。
5. 第5题：由短文最后一段可知，瑞典学校的孩子得知雨林处境危险，启动项目以保护雨林免遭破坏。