Week 12 阅读单 姓名：_____班级：_____ Day 37 Tim: Today, we are talking about forest fires. Our reporter, Penny Wang, is in Indonesia (印度尼西亚). Penny: It is now three o’clock in the afternoon but I can’t see the sky. Thick smoke is covering most of South-East Aisa. It is causing thousands of people to have eye or breathing problems. Some people may even die. Tim: Why don’t firemen put out these fires Penny: The firemen can’t put out the fires. They are too big. Only a lot of rain can put them out. But the weather is very dry here and it may not rain for a few weeks. Tim: How did these terrible fires start Penny: They were started by farmers. They use fires to clear the land before they plant new crops such as rice. Also, a drought started many months ago, so the land is very dry. Tim: What other problems are the fire causing Penny: Well, of course they are very bad for people’s health. And no tourists are coming here. People don’t want to take a holiday in a bad environment. But the most serious problem is that fire is destroying the forests. They are thousands of years old. As you know, trees are very important to the world and now millions of them are burning. This will cause air pollution in many other places. 1．Where may Tim possibly be A．In the studio (演播室). B．In Indonesia. C．At the farm. D．In an office. 2．Which of the following can best explain (解释) the underlined sentence A．Thousands of people have eye or breathing problems. B．A drought started many months ago. C．The fires are too big. D．Trees are very important to the world. 3．What causes the forest fires A．Clearing the land and destroying the forests. B．Destroying the forests and a drought. C．A drought and clearing the land. D．Pollution and destroying the forests. 4．The forest fires are so big that they needs _____ rain to put out. A．a little B．a lot of C．no D．some 5．What does Penny worry about most A．People’s health. B．Destroying the forest. C．Air pollution. D．Taking a holiday. 阅读词汇积累：写出以下单词的中文意思 crop:_____ 2. drought :_____3. serious:_____ Day 38 Poyang Lake is China’s largest fresh-water lake. According to the news on China Youth Network on October 9, 2019, the lake came to its dry season, much earlier than before. Fishermen could no longer make a living and people living nearby faced water shortage. You are wrong if you think this will not happen again. Two-thirds of China’s cities now face water shortages. And about 300 million people living in the countryside drink unhealthy water. The water shortage in the world looks even sadder. By 2030, about half of the world population could be facing water shortages, said Ban Ki-moon at the Budapest Water Summit in Hungary. Think about our children and our children’s children. We should try to make the world a better place. To deal with the problem, Ban calls on people to use water in a sustainable way.” Farmers should learn to get more ‘crop per drop’ by using good irrigation ... ...
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