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贵州省松桃苗族自治县民族中学2014-2015学年高二英语11月月考试题 第一部分　阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分) 第一节 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。 (A) Scientists are trying to make the deserts(沙漠) into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts, so people can live and grow food. They are learning a lot about the deserts. But more and more of the earth is becoming desert all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the desert in time. Why is more and more land becoming deserts？Scientists think that people make deserts. People are doing bad things to the earth. Some places on the earth don’t get much rain. But they still don’t become deserts. This is because some green plants are growing there. Small green plants and grass are very important for dry places. Plants don’t let the sun make the earth even drier. Plants do not let the wind blow the dirt away. When a bit of rain falls, the plants hold the water. Without plants, the land can become deserts more easily. 1. Small green plants are very important for dry places because . A. they don’t let the sun make the earth even drier B. they don’t let the wind blow the soil away C. they hold water D. All of the above. 2. Land is becoming deserts little by little because . A. plants can’t grow there B. there is not enough rain C. people haven’t done right things that scientists wish them to do D. scientists know little about the deserts 3. Which is the main idea of the first paragraph？ A. Scientists know how to change desert into good land. B. Land is becoming deserts faster than scientists can change them into good land. C. If scientists can bring water to desert, people can grow food there. D. More and more places are becoming deserts all the time. (B) Today, roller skating is easy and fun. But a long time ago, it wasnt easy at all. Before 1750, the idea of skating didnt exist. That changed because of a man named Joseph Merlin. Merlins work was mak