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来源 :中华考试网 2016-01-07

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  Twelve years ago,a young traveler named Rhett Butler from San Francisco,California,visited the Sabah rainforest on Malaysian Borneo.In the rainforest,he watched a bird flying through the trees.The beautiful sight left quite an impression on him.But weeks later,back home,Rhett Butler got the news that trees in the area he visited had been cut down.

  That experience led Rhett Butler to write a book about rainforests and threats to their existence.But he did not publish the book.Instead,in 1999,he created a website,using his research for the book.The site is www.mongabay.com.His purpose was to inform the public of tropical rainforests.But the subject quickly developed.As a former businessman,he became a respected writer of science and environmental stories.

  The popularity of Mongabay.com attracted advertisers.Small ads on the site pay for its operations.www.mongabay.com has grown and led to other sites,for example,www.kids.mongabay.com,a site for children; www.wildMadagascar.org,which is about the island that Rhett Butler called his favorite place.

  To keep his website going,he travels around the world on several major trips each year.His working tools are a laptop computer,cameras and some diving equipment.He often calls on experts for information.For example,he interviewed Alison Jolly,a top expert on lemurs.He interviewed Rodney Jackson,a biologist who established the Snow Leopard Conservancy.

  Stories like these have made Mongabay a favorite place on the Internet for researchers,students and teachers.In April,www.time.com named it one of the fifteen top climate and environment websites in the world.

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  【语篇解读】 本文为记叙文。巴特勒游览过的热带雨林被砍伐,他因此写了本书,但并没有发表,而是建立了与此相关的网站。1.Rhett Butler didn't publish his book about rainforests because ________.

  A.it couldn't bring him much money

  B.it was not about rainforest protection

  C.he didn't want to become a writer

  D.he wanted to use the information to create a website

  答案 D [细节理解题。根据第二段“But he did not publish the book.Instead,in 1999,he created a website...”可知D为正确答案。]

  2.Which of the following is NOT true about the Mongabay.com?

  A.It was set up in 1999.

  B.It attracted many advertisers.

  C.Two related websites grew from it.

  D.Rhett Butler made a lot of money from it.

  答案 D [推理判断题。根据第二段第三句可知A正确;根据第三段首句可知B正确;根据第三段第三句可知C正确。根据第三段第二句可知,该网站吸引的只是些小广告,故选D。]

  3.To keep his website going,Rhett Butler ________.

  A.kept visiting the rainforest

  B.raised rare snow leopards

  C.made a great number of advertisements

  D.traveled around and interviewed experts

  答案 D [细节理解题。根据第四段内容可知,为了维持网站,巴特勒要不停地旅行,并且向专家询问信息。]

  4.We can learn from the passage that ________.

  A.www.mongabay.com was loved by researchers as well as students

  B.www.kids.mongabay.com has many stories written by kids

  C.www.wildMadagascar.org is better known than www.mongabay.com

  D.Rodney Jackson was once a successful businessman

  答案 A [细节理解题。根据最后一段第一句可知A为正确选项。]

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