新目标海淀区九年级上学期期中阅读训练

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me? Are you sleeping on illegal treestrees from the Congo? Is your kitchen table made from wood, which has started social conflict in a distant African country? Are you literally flushing an ancient forest down the toilet? Check out our interactive Forest House to see exactly where your household goods e from and the forestfriendly alternatives. The Earth39。 s ancient forests are unique, centuries old regions that support countless plant and animal species as well as native munities. But they are rapidly vanishing(消失 ) as the demand for wood and paper grows. In fact, only 20 percent of the world39。 s ancient forests remain a very scary statistic. Our fy houses are contributing to the problem in Europe, 50 percent of the tropical wood used in our furniture, doors and window frames is logged illegally, often from irresponsibly managed ancient forests. This wood often fuels corruption and social conflict and destroys the homes of endangered or undiscovered species. Our interactive Forest House is a roombyroom (and garden) guide to wood in household products, featuring everything from flowerboxes to guitars. You can also learn exactly why wood is good or bad and print out our onepager to stick on the fridge and check before you make that trip to IKEA. The Forest House also lets you search by product, so if you39。 re on the lookout for a new hat stand or toilet seat, you39。 ll know you should give teak a miss. In general, the safest wood is always Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified. This means that the wood is from a sustainable (可持续的 ) managed forest and that the rights of indigenous peoples are respected during the logging process. Some homeware stores such as IKEA and Home Depot (in the US) have made mitments to only source FSC certified wood for their products. 1. Write out some wood products in your home. (1) ________ (2) __________ (3) ________ (4) __________ 2. Only ________ of the world39。 s ancient forests remain. A. 10% B. 20% C. 50% D. 80% 3. In general, the safest wood is ____________. A. Congo B. IKEA C. FSC D. Home Depot 4. From the passage, we know that _________. A. In Europe, 20% of the tropical wood used in our furniture is logged illegally. B. Ancient forests are rapidly vanishing because of the demand of human being. C. We have no ancient forests in our homes. D. We don‟t have to use the wood from a sustainable managed forest. (F) 阅读短文，选择正确答案。 A friend of mine named Paul received an expensive car from his brother as a Christmas present． On Christmas Eve when Paul came out of his office， a street urchin was walking around the shining car． “Is this your car， Paul。 ”he asked． Paul answered， “Yes， my brother gave it to me for Christmas． ”The boy was surprised． “You mean your brother gave it to you and it didn。