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英语阅读理解（三） 根据所掌握的文化或背景知识，选择最佳选项。 ( ) 61. Qilin, which is along the Great Palace, stands for ____________. A. the power of the country B. a war of the country C. the peace of the country D. the prestige of the country ( ) 62. The heat from the sun can’t escape because of too much ___________. A. ozone B. oxygen C. carbon dioxide D. radiation ( ) 63. In western culture, ___________ is often used to describe a women who is cruel. A. the dog B. the cat C. the tiger D. the lion ( ) 64. __________ lies in the center of China. There are over1,000 lakes in it. A. Hubei B. Hunan C. Anhui D. Jiangxi ( ) 65. Which of the following is NOT true? A. It’s impolite to eat with your arms or elbows on the table in America. B. In Thailand people don’t use knives to eat at all. C. It’s not impolite to smoke during a meal in France. D. Indians eat with their left hands. ( ) 66. “Sheilas” stands for all girls in ___________. A. Canada B. Australia C. the USA D. all the English speaking countries 第二节 阅读理解(共7小题;每小题2分，满分14分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项中选出最佳选项。 (1) Trees are useful to men in three important ways: They provide them with wood and other products (产品), they give them shade (树荫), and they help to prevent drought and floods. Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, men have not realized (功能) is the most important. In their eagerness (渴望) to make money form trees, some people have cut trees down in large numbers, only to find that without them they have lost the best friends they had. And besides (此外), they are usually too careless to plant and look after new trees, so the forests slowly disappear. This doesn’t only mean that men will have fewer trees. The results are even more serious: where there are trees, their roots (根) break up soil—allowing the rain to sink in and also bind (固定) the soil, thus (因而) preventing it from being washed away easily, but where there are no trees, the rain falls and carrying away the rich top—soil. When all the top—soil is gone, nothing remains (剩下) but wo