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A young boy is crying because his ear hurts. Then a man comes out of the forest. He carries some juice from a white fungus（菌类）. Carefully, he puts the juice into the boy’s ear. In some rainforest villages of South America, that’s how earaches are treated!
Rainforest doctors, called shamans, use many kinds of plants as medicine（药）. They make tea from one type of red vine（藤蔓）. This tea cures stomachaches. Yellow flowers from another plant are used to treat snakebite.
Learning from the shamans
Today, scientists from all over the world want to learn what these shamans know about plant medicines. They are studying the rainforest before the plants disappear. However, the rainforests are disappearing fast. Sometimes people want to use the land for farming. Sometimes they cut down the trees and sell the wood.
Now the scientists travel by boat, air, and on foot to rainforest villages. Then they spend long hours making their way through the hot and humid jungle（丛林） with the local shamans. The shamans show the scientists which plants can be used as medicines.
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One US company（公司） has already found an important new medicine. It comes from a plant in the rainforest. This medicine may soon be used for lung infections（肺部感染） in kids. Rainforest plants might treat many bad illnesses. So medicine companies are working to save the rainforest. When people buy medicines made from the rainforest plants, part of the money will go to help save the rainforest. If the rainforest survives（幸存）, some day you may find medicine in your home that was made from white fungi and red vines.
1. How does the writer begin the passage?
A. By giving an example.
B. By using a song.
C. By asking questions.
D. By listing numbers.
2. What does the underlined word “cures” mean in the passage?
A. Throws.
B. Treats.
C. Sells.
D. Collects.
3. What do the shamans show the scientists?
A. How the red vines grow well.
B. Where they can find white fungi.
C. When they can discover useful plants.
D. Which plants can be used as medicines.
4. Which of the following can be put in “ ▲ ”?
A. All kinds of illnesses
B. Saving the rainforest
C. Discovering some new medicines
D. The famous medicine company
5. What is the best title for the passage?
A. A Lucky Boy
B. Great Scientists
C. The Life of Shamans
D. Rainforest Plants: Nature’s Medicine
A young boy is crying because his ear hurts. Then a man comes out of the forest. He carries some juice from a white fungus（菌类）. Carefully, he puts the juice into the boy’s ear. In some rainforest villages of South America, that’s how earaches are treated!
Rainforest doctors, called shamans, use many kinds of plants as medicine（药）. They make tea from one type of red vine（藤蔓）. This tea cures stomachaches. Yellow flowers from another plant are used to treat snakebite.
Learning from the shamans
Today, scientists from all over the world want to learn what these shamans know about plant medicines. They are studying the rainforest before the plants disappear. However, the rainforests are disappearing fast. Sometimes people want to use the land for farming. Sometimes they cut down the trees and sell the wood.
Now the scientists travel by boat, air, and on foot to rainforest villages. Then they spend long hours making their way through the hot and humid jungle（丛林） with the local shamans. The shamans show the scientists which plants can be used as medicines.
▲
One US company（公司） has already found an important new medicine. It comes from a plant in the rainforest. This medicine may soon be used for lung infections（肺部感染） in kids. Rainforest plants might treat many bad illnesses. So medicine companies are working to save the rainforest. When people buy medicines made from the rainforest plants, part of the money will go to help save the rainforest. If the rainforest survives（幸存）, some day you may find medicine in your home that was made from white fungi and red vines.
1. How does the writer begin the passage?
A. By giving an example.
B. By using a song.
C. By asking questions.
D. By listing numbers.
2. What does the underlined word “cures” mean in the passage?
A. Throws.
B. Treats.
C. Sells.
D. Collects.
3. What do the shamans show the scientists?
A. How the red vines grow well.
B. Where they can find white fungi.
C. When they can discover useful plants.
D. Which plants can be used as medicines.
4. Which of the following can be put in “ ▲ ”?
A. All kinds of illnesses
B. Saving the rainforest
C. Discovering some new medicines
D. The famous medicine company
5. What is the best title for the passage?
A. A Lucky Boy
B. Great Scientists
C. The Life of Shamans
D. Rainforest Plants: Nature’s Medicine
答案
1－5 ABDBD
解析
【分析】
这是一篇关于雨林植物药用价值的英语阅读理解题，共5道选择题，涵盖细节理解、词义猜测、主旨大意等题型。解题思路如下：
1. 第1题：需判断文章开头方式，定位第一段内容，作者通过举男孩耳朵疼用菌类汁治疗的实例开篇，对应选项A。
2. 第2题：词义猜测题，结合上下文萨满用植物制药的语境，红藤茶用于治疗胃疼，可推断“cures”意为“治疗”，对应选项B。
3. 第3题：细节理解题，定位第四段最后一句，明确提到萨满向科学家展示哪些植物可作药用，对应选项D。
4. 第4题：段落主旨题，空格处需承上启下，前文讲科学家研究雨林药用植物，后文讲公司发现新药并为获取新药拯救雨林，结合选项选B。
5. 第5题：主旨大意题，文章围绕雨林植物作为天然药物展开，对应选项D。
【解析】
1. 第1题：文章第一段以“男孩耳朵疼，用菌类汁治疗”的例子开篇，故作者通过举例开头，选A。
2. 第2题：根据上下文，萨满用植物制作药物，红藤茶用于治疗胃疼，“cures”意为“治疗”，与“treats”同义，选B。
3. 第3题：根据第四段“The shamans show the scientists which plants can be used as medicines.”可知，萨满向科学家展示可作药用的植物，选D。
4. 第4题：空格处需衔接前后文，前文讲科学家研究雨林药用植物，后文讲公司发现新药并为了新药拯救雨林，B选项“Saving the rainforest”符合逻辑，选B。
5. 第5题：文章主要讲述雨林植物可作为天然药物，故最佳标题为“Rainforest Plants: Nature’s Medicine”，选D。
【答案】
1－5 ABDBD
【知识点】
阅读理解、词义猜测、细节理解
【点评】
本题为英语阅读理解题，题型全面，考查学生对文章细节、词义及主旨的理解能力，贴近生活实际，易于学生把握。
【难度系数】
0.7
这是一篇关于雨林植物药用价值的英语阅读理解题，共5道选择题，涵盖细节理解、词义猜测、主旨大意等题型。解题思路如下：
1. 第1题：需判断文章开头方式，定位第一段内容，作者通过举男孩耳朵疼用菌类汁治疗的实例开篇，对应选项A。
2. 第2题：词义猜测题，结合上下文萨满用植物制药的语境，红藤茶用于治疗胃疼，可推断“cures”意为“治疗”，对应选项B。
3. 第3题：细节理解题，定位第四段最后一句，明确提到萨满向科学家展示哪些植物可作药用，对应选项D。
4. 第4题：段落主旨题，空格处需承上启下，前文讲科学家研究雨林药用植物，后文讲公司发现新药并为获取新药拯救雨林，结合选项选B。
5. 第5题：主旨大意题，文章围绕雨林植物作为天然药物展开，对应选项D。
【解析】
1. 第1题：文章第一段以“男孩耳朵疼，用菌类汁治疗”的例子开篇，故作者通过举例开头，选A。
2. 第2题：根据上下文，萨满用植物制作药物，红藤茶用于治疗胃疼，“cures”意为“治疗”，与“treats”同义，选B。
3. 第3题：根据第四段“The shamans show the scientists which plants can be used as medicines.”可知，萨满向科学家展示可作药用的植物，选D。
4. 第4题：空格处需衔接前后文，前文讲科学家研究雨林药用植物，后文讲公司发现新药并为了新药拯救雨林，B选项“Saving the rainforest”符合逻辑，选B。
5. 第5题：文章主要讲述雨林植物可作为天然药物，故最佳标题为“Rainforest Plants: Nature’s Medicine”，选D。
【答案】
1－5 ABDBD
【知识点】
阅读理解、词义猜测、细节理解
【点评】
本题为英语阅读理解题，题型全面，考查学生对文章细节、词义及主旨的理解能力，贴近生活实际，易于学生把握。
【难度系数】
0.7
