新高考高一英语时文阅读精练(含答案解析)

新高考高一英语时文阅读精练（含答案解析）

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As more and more forest is cleared around the world, scientists fear that the next deadly pandemic(流行病) could emerge from what lives within them.

In 1997, clouds of smoke hung over the rainforests of Indonesia as an area roughly the size of Pennsylvania was burned to make way for agriculture, making the fires worse by drought. Owing to the haze, the trees couldn’t produce fruit, leaving resident fruit bats with no other option than to fly elsewhere in search of food, carrying with them a deadly disease.

Not long after the bats settled on trees in Malaysian orchards, pigs around them started to fall sick—probably after eating fallen fruit the bats had already eaten—as did local pig farmers. By 1999, 265 people had developed a severe brain inflammation, and 105 had died. It was the first known appearance of Nipah virus in people, which has since caused a string of recurrent(反复的) outbreaks across Southeast Asia.

Over the past two decades, a growing body of scientific evidence suggests that deforestation creates the conditions for a range of deadly pathogens(病原体)—such as Nipah and Lassa viruses—to spread to people.

As widespread burning continues today in tropical forests in the Amazon, and some parts of Africa and Southeast Asia, experts have expressed concern about the health of people living at the border of deforestation. They’re also afraid that the next serious pandemic could emerge from our world’s forests.

“It’s pretty well established that deforestation can be a strong driver of infectious disease,” says Andy MacDonald, a disease ecologist at the Earth Research Institute of the University of California, Santa Barbara. “The more we lower and clear forest habitats, the more likely it is that we’re going to find ourselves in these situations where pandemics of infectious diseases occur.”

1.The Indonesians burned the rainforests in order for ______.

A.firewood

B. catching bats

C. planting fruit trees

D. farm land

2.Which is the right order of affected creatures?

A.bats→ pigs → people

B.pigs→ bats → pig farmers

C.people→ bats → pigs

D.pig farmers → pigs → bats

3.What does the underlined word “deforestation” in Paragraph Four mean?.

A.湿地

B. 毁林

C. 果园

D. 养猪场

4.Why do experts worry about the people around the ruined forests?

A.Because some sick people live in the ruined forests.

B.Because the ruined forests may have pathogens.

C.Because there are too many bats there.

D.Because the ruined forests are dirty.

【答案】1~4 DABB

【解析】本文为一篇说明文，说明了森林的破坏会导致致命的疾病，呼吁大家珍惜森林。1.细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“In 1997, clouds of smoke hung over the rainforests of Indonesia as an area roughly the size of Pennsylvania was burned to make way for agriculture, making the fires worse by drought.”可知，印度尼西亚人民烧毁森林是为了获取农业用地，make way for “为……开路”，故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据第二段第三段可知，生活在森林的蝙蝠由于森林的破坏，不得不迁徙，因它携带了致命的疾病，会影响迁入地的猪，紧接着影响养猪户，故选A。

3.词义猜测题。根据第二段“In 1997, clouds of smoke hung over the rainforests of Indonesia...carrying with them a deadly disease”可知，烧毁森林导致了携带了致命疾病的蝙蝠飞往别处，判断deforestation意为“毁林”，故选B。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段第一句“It’s pretty well established that deforestation can be a strong driver of infectious disease”可知，毁林可能是传染病的一大诱因，即可能携带病原体，故选B。

【词汇积累】

emerge [ɪˈmɜːdʒ] vi. 浮现；摆脱

orchard [ˈɔːtʃəd] n. 果园；果树林

infectious [ɪnˈfekʃəs] adj. 传染的；传染性的；易传染的

【句法剖析】

1.As more and more forest is cleared around the world, scientists fear that the next deadly pandemic could emerge from what lives within them.