2023年中考英语时事热点阅读专练 热点31 森林火灾的危害及防范(学生版+解析版)

2023年中考英语时事热点阅读专练

热点31森林火灾的危害及防范

一、阅读理解

1

Atabout6p.m.onSaturday,aforestfirebrokeoutinavillageinMuLi,Liangshan.Thelocalgovernment

actedquicklyand689peopleweresenttoputoutthefire.FiregroupswerefightingthefireonSundaywhena

suddenchangeofwinddirectioncaused“ahugefireball”.27firefightersand3localslosttheirlives.Mostof

thefirefighterswereintheirtwentiesandtwoofthemwerelessthantwenty,thoughseveralwereolder.Their

deathtouchedourheartsalloverChina.Thereisreasonenoughtoregardthemasheroes.PresidentXiJinping,

PremierLiKeqiangandmanyotherleaderscaredfbrtheheroesandexpressedcondolencetotheheroes'families

andfriends.

Weshouldrememberalltheheroesandtheirspirit,braveryshowedinfightingthefire.Astheoldsayinggoes:

anationisloslwiihoulilsmemories.Forestfiresarecommoninspring,ruleslopreventfireshavecomeoutin

Liangshan.Manyexpertsbelievetherearesomereasonsfbrforestfires.Thefirstreasonisweatherchange.Warmer

anddrierweatherleadstodangerousfireconditions.Next,lightningisanotherreason.Drygrassandtreeseasily

catchfire.Finally,hotwindsaddtoihepossibilityofforestfires.Thewindspreadsafirequickly.However,90%of

forestfiresarccausedbyhumans,accordingtoareport.Forestfirescanburnatover900℃andreachheightsof

morethan50meters.Forestfirescanmoveatspeedsofupto23kilometersanhour,burningeverything—trees,

brush,homes,evenpeople...ExpertsremindpeopletobecarefulduringtheholidayofQingming,knownasTomb

SweepingDay.Millionsofpeopletraveltotheirhomesduringtheholiday,sotherisksoffiresinmountainsare

high.

Inordertokeeptheheart-brokenlessoninmind,weshouldslopfiresfromhappeningagain.

1.Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Allthefirefighterswholosttheirliveswereintheirtwenties.

B.About700peopleweresenttoputoutthefire.

C.Asuddenchangeofwinddirectionledto“ahugefircbalT*.

D.ThedeathoftheheroestouchedourheartsaroundChina.

2.Allofthefollowingcancauseforestfiresexceptinthepassage.

A.weatherchangeB.lightningandhotwinds

C.humanbehaviorD.tombSweepingDay

3.Whatdoestheunderlinedsentencemeaninthispassage?

A.Weshouldrememberthereasonsforforestfires,includingtheconditionsfromnatureandhumans.

B.Weshouldremembertheheroesandtheirspirit,braveryshowedinfightingthefire.

C.Weshouldrememberthenumberoftheheroesthatlost(heirlivesinfightingthefire.

D.WeshouldremembertobecarefulduringiheholidayofQingming,knownasTombSweepingDay.

4.Whatis(hecharacterofforestfiresfromthepassage?

A.Forestfirescanbuma(morethan900℃andreachheightsofover50meters.

B.Forestfirescanrunatspeedsofupto23kilometersanhour.

C.Forestfirescanburneveiything—trees,brush,homes,evenpeople.

D.DothA,BandC.5.Youcanprobablyfindthispassage

A.inanewsreportB.inafairybook

C.inastory-bookD.inanovel

2

Todaytherearemorefiresthaninthepast.OverI()(),()()()wildfiresburneachyearinAmerica.Russiahas

20,(M)0to35,000wildfireseveryyear.Australiahasonaverage60,0(X)eachyear.Thesefiresdestroyhugeareasof

forestsandburnhundredsofhomes.

Manyexpertsbelieve.Thefirstisclimatechange.Recentweatherhasbeenwarmeranddrier.This

leadstodangerousfireconditions.Whenlighteningstrikes,drygrasseasilycatchesfire.Hotwindsaddtothe

problem.Thewindspreadsafirequickly.In2010,Russiahadthehottestanddriestsummerinacentury.Injust

onemonth,500firesdestroyedover2,000homes.Somepeoplelosttheirlives.

Traditionalfire-fightingpracticesareanotherreasonfortheincreaseinfires.InAmerica,firefightersused(o

quicklyputouteveryfire.Theydidn'tallowthegrassandtreestoburn.Asaresult,todaymanyforestshavethicker

vegetation(植被).Thickervegetationmeansmorefuelforfires,also,withoutfiresfromtimetotime,forests

becomeovercrowdedandunhealthy.Sometreesarcdead.Thedeadwoodtheneasilycatchesfire.Sosurprisingly,

Americahasmanymorefirestodaypartlybecauseofitspastfire-fightingpractices.

Scientistsnowunderstandthatafirecanbeanaturalpartofhealthyforest.Asaresult,countrieslikeAustralia

allowmorefirestoburnnaturally.Sometimes,firefightersevenstartfirestogetridofdeadwood.Ofcourse,they

carefullycontrolthefires.Thefirethinsoutoldtrees.Thisallowssunlighttoreachtheground.Asaresult,fires

helpnewtreestogrow.Therefore,ifafireisnotaseriousthreattopeople,firefightersmayletitburnnaturally.

6.Todayhasthemostwildfireseachyearaccordingtothepassage.

A.AustraliaB.AmericaC.RussiaD.China

7.Russiahadmanyfiresinonemonthin2010because.

A.lighteningspreadthefireB.therewasmuchfuelfbrfires

C.therewerenotenoughfirefightersD.itwasunusuallyhot,dryandwindy

8.WhatcanbefilledintheblankinParagraph2?

A.(herearcseveralreasonsfbrthissuddenincreaseinfires

B.peoplehavedonetoomanyterriblethingsinrecentyears

C.stoppingfiresisdifficultforpeople

D.carelesspeoplecausesomefires

9.Becauseofthetraditionalfire-fightingpracticesintheUS,.

A.therearefewerwildfires

B.treesandgrassbecomethicker

C.theweatherbecomeswarmeranddrier

D.sunlightreachesthegroundtohelpforests

10.WhatisthemainideaofParagraph4?

A.Firesareseriousthreatstohumanbeings.

B.Australianfirefightersdon'tputoutfires.

C.Firescanplayanimportantroleinforests.

D.It'sdifficultforfirefighterstocontrolthefires.

11.Whichof(hefollowingisTRUEaccordingtopassage?

A.Notallthefiresintheforestsmustbeputout.

B.People'scarelessnessleadstodangerousfires.

C.Australiaallowsallthefirestoburnnaturally.

D.Therearc2000firesinRussiain2010.

3

Everyyear,wildfires(野火)destroymuchforestland.Homesarebrokendown,andthousandsofpeopledie.

Smokejumpersarehelpingtostopthis.

Smokejunipersarcaspecialkindoffirefighters.Theyjumpfromplacesintoareasthatarcdifficulttoreach

bycaroronfoot.Thcyracetoputoutfiresasfastastheycan.

Atafiresite,smokejumpersfirstexaminethelandanddecidehowtofightthefire.Theirmaingoalistostop

firefromspreading.Usingbasictoolssuchasshovelsandaxes,smokejumpersclearlandofburnablemateriallike

plantsandotherdrymaterial.Theycarrywaterwiththemtoo.butnotmuch.

Althoughmostsmokejumpersaremen,morewomenarejoining.Mostimportantareyourweightandheight.

SmokejumpersintheU.S.,forexample,mustbe54to91kilograms,sotheydon'tgethurtwhentheyland,orget

blownbystrongwinds.

Smokejunipersmustbeabletcliveinthewilderness.Theyalsoknowhowtofindfoodintheforestandeven

makesimplefurniturefromtrees.

Theyworkisdangerous,thehoursarclong.Butforthesefirefighters,smokejunipersisn'tjustajob.They

lovebeingabletojumpoutofplanes,fightfires,andliveintheforest.Asa28-year-oldsmokejumperAlexi

Tishinsays,“Thisisthebestjobfbrthestrongandbrave.^^

12.Whatdosmokejumpersdofirstwhen(heycome(oafiresite?

A.Examine(helandanddecidehowtofightthefire.

B.Usebasictoolstocleartheplace.

C.stopfirefromspreading.

13.Themainpurposeofsmokejumpers'jobis.

A.(odestroymuchforestland

B.toclearlandofburnablematerial

C.topreventthefirefromspreading

14.Smokejumpersshouldhaveproperweightbecause.

A.(heycanrunfasterinthisway

B.theycanlandmoresafelyinthisway

C.tlicycanbemorehandsomeinthisway

15.SmokejumpersareabletodothefollowingthingsEXCEPT.

A.liveinthewilderness

B.makebeautifulfurniture

C.knowhowtofindfoodintheforest

16.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothispassage?

A.Smokejumpersalwayscarryalotofwaterwiththem.

B.Onlymencanbesmokejunipers.

C.Oneshouldbebraveandstrongenoughtobeasmokejuniper.

4

Theworld'slargestrainforest,(neAmazon,growsovereightcountiesandcovers40percentofSouthAmerica.

Itmakesaboutone—fifthofEarth'soxygen.Peoplecallit"thelungsofourplanet.

However,therainforestisindangernow.AlargefirebrokeoutintheAmazonlastmoth.AsofAug27,ithad

lastedfor22days.

Infact,theAmazonhasseenalargenumberoffiresthisyear.BetweenJanuaryandAugust,therewereover74,

000fires—thehighestnumbersince2013,theBBCreported.

Mostofthefirescamefromhumanactivities'*CNNnoted.FarmersintheAmazonhavelongusedfireto

preparelandforplanting.Butthesefirescaneasilygeloutofhand.

TheBraziliangovernmenthassentsoldiers(ofight(hefires.Butscientistshavesaidthatitwilltakearound20

to4()yearstorebuildtheforest'secosystem.Theyhavealsosaidthatthefireshavedestroyed15to17percentofthe

rainforest,ChinaDailyreported.

TheAmazonishometoaround1millionindigenous(土著的)peoplefromupto500tribes(落).About

3millionspeciesofplantsandanimalsalsolivethere,includingjaguars,slothsandriverdolphins.Manyofthem

havelosttheirhomesbecauseofthefires.HereisthenumberoffiresthathavebrokenoutinBrazilovertheyears.

17.PeoplecalltheAmazonrainforest"thelungsofourplanet"because.

A.itliesalongtheAmazonriverB.it'stheworld'slargestrainforest

C.itmakesone—fifthofEarth'soxygenD.itgrowsovermanycountries

18.WeknowfromCNN'sreportthatthefire.

A.lastedfor22daysB.resultedfromhumanactivity

C.ishelpingfarmersplantcropsD.isoutofcontrol

19.Thechart（图标）tellusthetotalnumbersoffiresbetweenJanitoAug20.

A.istheleastin2019B.isthemostin2016

C.isthesameeveryyearD.isthemostthisyear

20.Thelastparagraphwaswrittentoshow.

A.howmuchdamagethefirehasdone

B.whatweshoulddotorebuildtheforest

C.howtheBraziliangovernmentstoppedthefire

D.（heimportanceofprotectingtheecosystem

21.Wecanlearnfromthetextthat.

A.farmersshouldn'tplantcropsnca:theAmazonrainforest

B.Amazonforest'secosystemwillrepairitself

C.itwilltakealongtimetorebuild（heAmazon

D.earthwillrunoutofoxygens（x）n

5

Californiaisburning!WildfireshavespreadacrosstheUSstatesinceOct23andsmokehasfilleditsskies.

TaketheKincadeFireinnorthernCaliforniaforexample.Itforced200,000peopletoescape（逃跑）itspath

withinoneweek.Thestate'slargestpowercompanycutpowertoabout206,000homesinordertostopmorefires

frombreakingout,CBSNewsreported.

Californiahasseenmanywildfiresinrecentyears.Nineofthe10biggestfireshavehappenedsince2000.

includingfivesince2010,accordingtoTheNewYorkTimes.

Whyisthis?Californiahastheperfectwildfireconditions,ParkWilliams,aUSclimateexpert（气候专家）,

toldTheNewYorkTimes.Ithasdryairandhightemperaturesfromspringthroughlatefall.Atthesametime,

seasonalwindsblowacrossthestateeveryyear,causingthewildfirestospreadquicklyandlastforweeks.

Globalwarminghasalsomadethefiresworseinrecentyears.Ithasdriedoutthestate'streesandotherplant

life,causingthemtoburnmoreeasily.

Humanshaveplayedaroleaswell.Burningcampfires,garbagedebris（垃圾碎片），andcigaretteendscan

easilycausewildfires.Forexample,onefirestartedlastyearwhenacargotaflattire（漏了气的轮胎）.Thecar's

bodymettheroadandsentoutsparks（火花）,startingafire.

Lightningstrikes（雷击）andvolcaniceruptions（火山爆发）canalsocausewildfires.However,humanshave

caused90percentofCalifornia'swildfires,accordingtotheUSNationalParkService.

WildfiresoftenhappeninwoodedareasintheUS,CanadaandAustralia.Theyarealsoknownasforestfires

orgrassfires,orasbushHres（森林火灾）inAustralia.

Wildfirescanburnatover900Candreachheightsofmorethan50meters.Theycanmoveatspeedsofupto

23kilometersanhour,burningeverything—trees,brush,homes,evenpeople—intheirpath.

22.AccordingtoCBSNews,thefiresinCalifornia.

A.haveinfluencedmanypeople'slivesB.havegottensmallerinrecentyears

C.causednodeathsD.areundercontrol

23.Paragraph4explains.

A.howglobalwarminghasmadefiresworse

B.howtocutoffthepowerduringawildfire

C.whypeopleareafraidofwildfires

D.whywildfiresoftenhappeninCalifornia

24.Theexampleofthecaraccidentwithaflattiretellsusthat.

A.peoplesetforestsonfireonpurposeB.caraccidentsdon'tcausewildfires

C.wildfirescanstartfromsmalleventsD.peopleshouldn'tdrivenearforests

25.Accordingtothestory,whathave/hascausedmostwildfiresinCalifornia?

A.Lightningstrikes.B.Volcaniceruptions.

C.Dryandhotweather.D.Humanactivities.

二、短文填空

根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

Recently,thefiredisastershavebeenfrequently（频繁地）reportedonTV.Lastmonth,aterriblefireaccident

26.toNotreDameCathedral（巴黎圣母院），oneofthemostfamouschurchesintheworld.Lotsoflocalpeople

andtouristsgottogetheraroundthecathedralandprayed（祈祷）forit.Theroofandthespire（1苔尖）wereburnt.

But27..themainbuildingandtheculturalrelics（文物）remained（俣存）.

InLiangshan,SichuanProvince,aforest28.brokeoutonMarch30th.Atotalof252firefightersandabout

450localpeopletriedtoputoutthefire.Itwas29.aseriousfirethat27firefightersand4localofficialslosttheir

lives.

Everyyear,manypeopledieorgetinjuredinthefireaccidents.So,itisnecessaryforustoknowhowto

protect30.fromafire.

Themostimportantthingisto31.calm.Ithelpsustothinkclearly.Second,weshouldcutofftheelectricity

inthehousebecausewemightgethurtbyit.Next,weshouldcoverournosesandmouths32.apieceofwetcloth

orawettowel（毛巾）.Becausethefirewillburnsomethingandrelease（释放）akindofpoison（有毒的）gas.

Finally,weshouldtryourbesttogeloutofthebuilding.However,wemustn'ttake（heliftorjump33.froma

window,itisreallydangerous.

三、完型填空

Manbegantomakeuseoffirelonglongago.Fireisusefulinmanyways,butsometimesitisdangerous.If

youarcnot34withit,itcanburnthingsorevenhurtyou.Abigfirecan35forestsandtallbuildings.

Sometimesapieceofthinpapercancause（弓|起）abigfire.Sopleaseremembernottosmokeinthedryplaceslike

woodsandforests.Whenyouusecandlesathome,youshould36yourlonghairawayfromthefire.

Butifthereisafireinourbuilding,37shouldwedo?Poursomewater38yourclothes.What's

more,puta39towel（毛巾）overyourmouthandyournosetokeepthe40out.You'dbetterrunaway

fromthefireas41asyoucan.Butyoumustn'trush!Oryoumayfalloverandhurtyourselforothers.Of

courseyoushouldalsocal142Onthephoneyoushouldclearlytellthefiremenwhere（hefireistohelpthem

gettherewithoutdifficulty.Bytheway.Donot43outofthewindow.Jumpingmaybemoredangerousthan

thefire.

Keepourselvesawayfromfireandsafetyisaboveall!

34.A.carefulB.happyC.goodD.kicky

35.A.washB.blowC.burnD.hit

36.A.makeB.putC.keepD.take

37.A.whatB.whereC.whyD.how

38.A.aboveB.belowC.overD.under

39.A.dryB.bigC.smallD.wet

40.A.airB.smokeC.waterD.fire

41.A.slowlyB.quicklyC.suddenlyD.early

42.A.120B.110C.114D.119

43.A.runB.rushC.getD.Jump

2023年中考英语时事热点阅读专练

热点31森林火灾的危害及防范

一、阅读理解

1

Atabout6p.m.onSaturday,aforestfirebrokeoutinavillageinMuLi,Liangshan.Thelocalgovernment

actedquicklyand689peopleweresenttopuloutthefire.Firegroupswerefighting(hefireonSundaywhena

suddenchangeofwinddirectioncaused“ahugefireball”.27firefightersand3localslosttheirlives.Mostof

thefirefighterswereintheirtwentiesandtwoofthemwerelessthantwenty,thoughseveralwereolder.Their

deathtouchedourheartsalloverChina.Thereisreasonenoughtoregardthemasheroes.PresidentXiJinping,

PremierLiKeqiangandmanyotherleadersearedfortheheroesandexpressedcondolencetotheheroes'families

andfriends.

Weshouldrememberalltheheroesandtheirspirit,braveryshowedinfightingthefire.Astheoldsayinggoes:

anationiswithoulilsmemories.Forestfiresarecommoninspring,ruleslopreventfireshavecomeoutin

Liangshan.Manyexpertsbelievetherearesomereasonsfbrforestfires.Thefirstreasonisweatherchange.Warmer

anddrierweatherleadstodangerousfireconditions.Next,lightningisanotherreason.Drygrassandtreeseasily

catchfire.Finally,hotwindsaddtoihepossibilityofforestfires.Thewindspreadsafirequickly.However,90%of

forestfiresarccausedbyhumans,accordingtoareport.Forestfirescanburnatover900℃andreachheightsof

morethan50meters.Forestfirescanmoveatspeedsofupto23kilometersanhour,burningeverything-trees,

brush,homes,evenpeople...ExpertsremindpeopletobecarefulduringtheholidayofQingming,knownasTomb

SweepingDay.Millionsofpeopletraveltotheirhomesduringtheholiday,sotherisksoffiresinmountainsare

high.

Inordertokeeptheheart-brokenlessoninmind,weshouldslopfiresfromhappeningagain.

1.Accordingtothepassage,whichof(hefollowingisNOTtrue?

A.Allthefirefighterswholosttheirliveswereintheirtwenties.

B.About700peopleweresenttoputoutthefire.

C.Asuddenchangeofwinddirectionledto“ahugefireball”.

D.ThedeathoftheheroestouchedourheartsaroundChina.

2.Allofthefollowingcancauseforestfiresexceptinthepassage.

A.weatherchangeB.lightningandhotwinds

C.humanbehaviorD.tombSweepingDay

3.Whatdoestheunderlinedsentencemeaninthispassage?

A.Weshouldrememberthereasonsforforestfires,includingtheconditionsfromnatureandhumans.

B.Weshouldremembertheheroesandtheirspirit,braveryshowedinfightingthefire.

C.Weshouldrememberthenumberoftheheroesthatlosttheirlivesinfightingthefire.

D.WeshouldremembertobecarefulduringiheholidayofQingming,knownasTombSweepingDay.

4.Whatis(hecharacterofforestfiresfrom(hepassage?

A.Forestfirescanbumatmorethan900℃andreachheightsofover50meters.

B.Forestfirescanrunatspeedsofupto23kilometersanhour.

C.Forestfirescanburneveiything—trees,brush,homes,evenpeople.

D.BothA,DandC.5.Youcanprobablyfindthispassage.

A.inanewsreportB.inafairybook

C.inastory-bookD.inanovel

【答案】1.A2.D3.B4.D5.A

【解析】本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述凉山森林大火中牺牲了27个消防员和当地居民，我们应该铭记英雄。

并且讲述森林大火出现的原因以及森林大火的特征。最后告诉我们铭记教训，防止此类事故再次发生。

1.细节理解题。根据Thelocalgovernmentactedquicklyand689peopleweresenttoputoutthefire可知,当地

政府行动迅速并且派遣689个人去灭火,所以大约700个人，排除B：根据Firegroupswerefightingthefire

onSundaywhenasuddenchangeofwinddirectioncaused"ahugefirebaH”可知，风向的突然改变形成了大的火

球，排除C；TheirdeathtouchedourheartsalloverChinaRT^0,英雄的牺牲触动了所有中国人的心,排

除D；根据Mostofthefirefighterswereintheirtwentiesandtwoofthemwerelessthantwenty,thoughseveral

wereolder可知，大部分是20多岁，而不是所有的都是二十多岁，故选A。

2.细节理解题。根据Manyexpertsbelievetherearesomereasonsforforestfires.Thefirstreasonisweather

change、Next,lighteningisanotherreason>Finally,hotwindsaddtothepossibilityofforestfires以及However,

90%offorestfiresarecausedbyhumans,according(oareport可知，造成森林火灾的原因包括天气改变、闪电、

热风以及人类行为等，根据ExpertsremindpeopletobecarefulduringtheholidayofQingming,knownasTomb

SweepingDay可知，科学家只是提醒人们清明节注意，而不是原因，故选D。

3.推理判断题。根据Weshouldrememberalltheheroesandtheirspirit,braveryshowedinfightingthefire.As

theoldsayinggoes:anationislostwithoutitsmemories可知,一个没有记忆的民族是迷失的民族。所以我们

应该记住所有的英雄以及他们在火灾中的勇气和勇敢的表现。故选Bo

4.细I节理解题。根据Forestfirescanburnatover900℃andreachheightsofmorethan50meters.Forestfirescan

moveatspeedsofupto23kilometersanhour,burningeverything-trees,brush,homes,evenpeople可知，森林火

灾可以在超过9(X)摄氏度的温度下燃烧，并达到5()多米的高度。森林火灾的蔓延速度可达每小时23公里，

烧毁所有树木、灌木丛、房屋，甚至人。故选D。

5.推理判断题。A.新闻报道；B.童话书；C.故事书；D.小说。杈据全文可知，主要讲述凉山森林大火以及

牺牲人员，并且还向我们科普了火灾发生的原因以及森林大火的特点。所以可以在新闻报道上看到，故选A。

2

Todaytherearemorefiresthaninthepast.Over100.000wildfiresburneachyearinAmerica.Russiahas

20.000to35,000wildfireseveryyear.Australiahasonaverage60,000eachyear.Thesefiresdestroyhugeareasof

forestsandbumhundredsofhomes.

Manyexpertsbelieve.Thefirstisclimatechange.Recentweatherhasbeenwarmeranddrier.This

leadstodangerousfireconditions.Whenlighteningstrikes,drygrasseasilycatchesfire.Hotwindsaddtothe

problem.Thewindspreadsafirequickly.In2010,Russiahadthehottestanddriestsummerinacentury.Injust

onemonth,50()firesdestroyedover2,000homes.Somepeoplelosttlieirlives.

Traditionalfire-fightingpracticesarcanotherreasonfortheincreaseinfires.InAmerica,firefightersusedto

quicklyputouteveryfire.Theydidn'tallowthegrassandtreestoburn.Asaresult,todaymanyforestshavethicker

vegetalion(M®).Thickervegetationmeansmorefuelforfires,also,withoutfiresfrom(imetotime,forests

becomeovercrowdedandunhealthy.Sometreesaredead.Thedeadwoodtheneasilycatchesfire.Sosurprisingly,

Americahasmanymorefirestodaypartlybecauseofitspastfire-fightingpractices.

Scientistsnowunderstandthatafirecanbeanaturalpartofhealthyforest.Asaresult,countrieslikeAustralia

allowmorefirestoburnnaturally.Sometimes,firefightersevenstartfirestogetridofdeadwood.Ofcourse,they

carefullycontrolthefires.Thefirethinsoutoldtrees.Thisallowssunlighttoreachtheground.Asaresult,fires

helpnewtreestogrow.Therefore,ifafireisnotaseriousthreattopeople,firefightersmayletitburnnaturally.

6.Todayhasthemostwildfireseachyearaccordingtothepassage.

A.AustraliaB.AmericaC.RussiaD.China

7.Russiahadmanyfiresinonemonthin2010because.

A.lighteningspreadthefireB.therewasmuchfuelforfires

C.therewerenotenoughfirefightersD.itwasunusuallyhot,dryandwindy

8.WhatcanbefilledintheblankinParagraph2?

A.(hereareseveralreasonsforthissuddenincreaseinfires

B.peoplehavedonetoomanyterriblethingsinrecentyears

C.stoppingfiresisdifficultforpeople

D.carelesspeoplecausesomefires

9.Becauseofthetraditionalfire-fightingpracticesintheUS,.

A.therearcfewerwildfires

B.treesandgrassbecomethicker

C.theweatherbecomeswarmeranddrier

D.sunlightreachesthegroundtohelpforests

10.WhatisthemainideaofParagraph4?

A.Firesareseriousthreatstohumanbeings.

B.Australianfirefightersdon'tputOMfires.

C.Firescanplayanimportantroleinforests.

D.It'sdifficultforfirefighterstocontrolthefires.

11.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtopassage?

A.Notallthefiresintheforestsmustbeputout.

B.People'scarelessnessleadstodangerousfires.

C.Australiaallowsallthefirestoburnnaturally.

D.Thereare2000firesinRussiain2010.

【答案】6.B7.DS.A9.B10.C11.A

【解析】文章大意：本文讲现在的火灾比过去更多了，分析了引发火灾的原因，并指出火灾可能是健康森

林的一部分，只要大火不对人类构成严重威胁，并非所有的或都要扑灭。

6.细节理解题。根据第1段中“Over100,000wildfiresburneachyearinAmerica.Russiahas20,000to35,000

wildfireseveryyear.Australiahasonaverage60,000eachyear."“『知未提及中国的情况，文中提至l］的几个国家中

美国的野火最多。故选B。

7.推理判断题。根据第2段中“In2010,Russiahadthehottestanddriestsummerinacentury.Injustonemonth.

500firesdestroyedover2,000homes.”结合上文内容可推出2010年俄罗斯有许多火灾是因为天气异常炎热干

燥，再加上风的作用。故选D

8.推理判断题。根据设空处下文中"Thefirstisclimatechange.”及“Traditionalfire-fightingpracticesareanother

reasonfbrtheincreaseinfires.”可推出此处应是说许多专家坚信火灾突然增多是有一此原因的。故选A。

9.细节理解题。根据第3段中“InAmerica,firefightersusedtoquicklyputouteveryfire.Theydidn'tallowthe

grassandtreestoburn.Asaresult,:odaymanyforestshavethickervegetation（植被）.”可知因为美国的传统消防

实践，植被（即树木和草）变得更厚。故选B。

10.段落大意题。第四段描述的例子论证了科学家对•大火可能是平衡森林的一个自然部分的观点，说明火在

森林里有重要作用。故选C。

11.细节理解题。根据第4段中“Therefore,ifafireisnotaseriousthreattopeople,firefightersmayletitburn

naturally”可知如果火灾没有严重威胁到人们，消防员可能回任其自然燃烧，并不是森林中