A forest is a special place. In the forest, surrounded by tall trees, you are cut off from the would around you, and filled with the sights and sounds of nature. Many fairy tales and legends are set in forests, which have been thought to hold magic and mystery. Today we know that these are only stories, but the forest is still a place that holds many of the world's most valuable resources.
Forest has always been important to people. In the past, many people got food by hunting forest animals and gathering wild plants. With the advance of civilization, fewer people now live in forests, but forest are more valuable than ever. Forests have an important economic value because they provide us with resources such as timber. Forests are vital to the environment because they clean the air we breathe. Forests are also treasured for their beauty

Matching

1. Forest |a. Precious

2. Tales |b. The activity of looking for and killing animals

3. Valuable|c. Important

4. Hunt |d. Large area of land covered by trees

5. Vital |e. Stories about imaginary events or people

True or false

1. When you are in the forest you are away from the natural

2. The forest is a place that holds many of the world's most valuable resources

3. Forest are always important to people

4. Many people now live in forest

5. Forest are not only treasured for their beauty but also for their economic value

I. Reading comprehension

It is very difficult for man to live without the animal's help. Their role in the balance of nature ranks as their most important service to man. Animals also help man by supplying him with many foods and other useful products. Man wouldn't have any meat, milk,eggs or silk,wool,fur,etc...without animals. For thousands of years man has caused changes in the animal kingdom greatly. He has tamed many kinds of animals and used them for food and clothing. He has killed or driven away animals but today he tries to protect animals that are in danger of extinction. Like man , most plants depend on animals for many of their basic needs. Without animals,many plants couldn't easily reproduce. For example, many plants with flowers depend on bees and other insects carry their pollen from plant to plantb or birds often fly from one place to another with see clinging to their feet.

1. Animal are very important to man because....

A. They make the earth really interesting

B. They play a role in the balance of nature

C. Man enjoys looking at them inthe zoos

D. Man likes hunting them for pleasure

2. Animals supply man with.....

A. Foods as meat,milk,eggs,...

B. Materials such as wool, fur or silk

C. Many different kinds of useful products

D. All are correct

3. In the long history for thousands of years....

A. Man and animals have been best friends

B. Man has caused big changes to animal life

C. Animals have affected greatly on man's life

D. Ther hasn't been relation between man and animals

4. In nature,animals.....trees and plants

A. Enjoy eating flowers of

B. Have destroyed many kinds of

C. Also help reproduce

D. Prevent the reproduction of

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.

Rain forests cover less than six percent of the earth’s area, but they have 100,000 kinds of all the kinds of plants on the earth. Three-fourths of known kinds of plants and animals call the rain forest their home. Twenty percent of our different kinds of medicine comes from rain forests. The glues on an envelope and in shoes come from tropical plants. Rain forests provide materials for hundreds of other products.

Rain forests are also very important to the world’s climate. The Amazon rain forest alone receives about thirty to forty percent of the total rainfall on the earth and products about the same percentage of the world oxygen. Some scientists believe that the decreasing size of rain forests will affect the climate on the earth, making it uncomfortable or even dangerous for life.

Saving rain forests is an international problem. One country, or even a few countries, cannot solve the problem alone. The nations of the world must work together to find a solution before it is too late.

How many known kinds of plants and animals call the rain forests their home?

A. 4/3

B. 3/4

C. 40/3

D. 3/40

HOUSES

There are many houses all over the world. Some houses are large. Some are small. Some are made of wood. Some are made of rock. People usually build their houses with something that is easy to find. For example, there are many trees in a forest. So people who live there might build a house made of logs. Some houses have one room. Some houses have many rooms. There is usually a bedroom for sleeping, a kitchen for cooking, a living room for sitting and talking. There is usually a bathroom. Some houses have attics. The attics is above the main part of the house. Most houses have a door so people can enter and exit
the house. Most houses have windows so people can look outside. Houses look very different in different parts of the world. But, people who live in a house probably all agree that there is no place like home!
21. Why are many forest houses made of logs ?
A. There are many logs in the forest. B. It is easy to find trees in the forest. C. There are a lot of wood in the forest. D. All of the above 22. According to your opinion, where do you think there are rock houses ?
A. Near the sea B. Near the forest C. Near the mountain D. Near the city
23. Why do houses have bedrooms ?
A. For sleeping B. For cooking C. For relaxing D. For building things
24. Where is the attic of a house?
A. Beside the house B. Above the house C. Under the house D. None of the above
25. What do people do in the living room ?
A. They sleep B. They take a bath C. They talk D. They do gardening
26. How many windows are there in the house ?
A. 5 B. 3 C. No information D. 4
27. Do people agree that there is no place like home ?
A. Yes, they do B. No, they don’t C. No, there isn’t D. Yes, there is
28. Which can people enter and exit the house ?
A. a window B. a door C. a bathroom D. a living room

forest are useful to man in several ways. Wood is always necessary for buiding and making all kinds of things and we usually needfire in our house. Forest provide timber, one of the mosr valuable resurces but we must use them wisely. Man shuold not cut down trees because trees are also needed to preserve land. Their roots bind the soil and prevent heavy rain from washing the soil away.

***Questions***

1.Are forests useful to man?

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2.What do forest provide?

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3.Why shouldn't man cut dowm trees?

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4.How do trees preserve land?

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Wild animals (and wild plants) and the wild places where they live are seriously threatened almost everywhere. One species has become extinct in each year of this century. But many hundreds are now in danger. Lack of attention would lead to the rapid advance of the process of extinction.

Already many kinds of wild animals have been so reduced in number that their role in the ecosystem is forgotten. Animals like the great apes, the whales, seals etc. thought to be in danger of extinction.

But even more important, perhaps than individual kinds of animals and plants, whole habitats are in danger of vanishing: marshes are being drained, and the world forests, especially tropical forests are being cut down to satisfy man’s needs of timber and paper.

What would our world be like if all the wild animals and wild plants vanished? - Would our life still exist then?

1. What would happen to the human beings if the wild life vanished?

A. Many species would quickly become extinct.

B. The human life would be seriously threatened.

C. Species would go on dying out.

D. Tropical forests would be cut down.

2. What is more important than individual kinds of animals and plants?

A. the vanishing of whole habitats. B. the extinction of many species.

D. man’s need of timber and paper. C. the rapid advance of the process of extinction.

3. What does the writer caution us against?

A. cutting down the tropical forests. B. hunting wild animals.

C. draining marshes. D. destroying our environment.

4. What would happen if we cut down forests?

Cutting down forests would cause ……………..

A. the changes of temperature. B. the flood

C. both A and B are correct. D. none are correct.

5. “To threaten” in the passage means …………..

A. to pollute B. to give fear to C. to vanish D. to poison

IV - Read the following passage, then choose the correct answer to questions 26 - 30. (0,2) Plants supply man with food clothing, and shelter- his most important needs. Many of our most useful medicines are also made (26)_________plants. In addition, plants add beauty and pleasure to our lives. Most people enjoy the smell of flowers, the sight field of waving grain, and the quiet of a forest. Not (27)_______plants are helpful to man. Some species grow in fields and gardens as weeds that choke off useful plants. Tiny hits of pollen from (28)_______plants cause such (29)_________as asthma and hay fever. Other plants destroy millions of dollars (30)_______of crops yearly. 26. A. of B. from C. by D. with 27. A. all B. every C. any D. some 28. A. any B. certain C. most D. all 29. A. accidents B. diseases C. misfortune D. disasters 30. A. worth B. value C. price D. money V/ Which notice (A-H) says this (1-5)? Write the correct answer in the blank under each numbered sentence (0.5 point) VI. Read the passage and decide whether the following statements are true or false. Write your answers T (true) or F (false) on your answer sheet. (1.5 pts) Environmental pollution is a term that refers to the way in which man pollutes his surroundings. Man dirties the air with gases and smoke, poisons the water with chemicals and other substances, and damages the soil with too many fertilizers and pesticides. Man also pollutes his surroundings in various other ways. For example, people ruin natural beauty by littering on the land and in the water. They operate machines and motor vehicles that fill the air with disturbing noise. Environmental pollution is one of the most serious problems facing mankind today. Air, water and soil are very necessary to the survival of all living things, but badly-polluted air causes illnesses. Polluted water kills fish and other marine life. Pollution of soil reduces the amount of land for growing food. Environmental pollution also brings ugliness to man’s beautiful natural world. 1. People pollute their surroundings with gases, smoke, and chemicals only. ……….. 2. Too many fertilizers and pesticides can damage the soil. ……….. 3. People operate machines and motor vehicles that can pollute the air with disturbing noise. ……….. 4. Environmental pollution isn’t as important as other problems which man is facing today. ……….. 5. Polluted soil reduces the amount of food. ………..

Ex1: Fill a suitable word in each gap to complete the passage:

This small country is mostly farmland. The animals seen most often (1).................. cows and sheep. Most farms have a few geese, too. There are donkeys, (2).................. not many horses. There's a lot of wheat and potatoes, and there are tomatoes (3)..................... the south side of the hills. In summer the men, women and children work together in the (4)........................ seven days a week. The people work hard all (5)......................... lives. The only two factories in the countries are in the capital (6)............................. makes toys and games, and the other makes knives and folks. All (7)............................ things are for export. The east of the country is thick forest, the home (8)............................ wild ponies, deer and wolves. Photos of the cliffs along the coast show (9)................................ beautiful the country is. But not many tourists visit is (10)................................. the airport is too small for most aircraft.

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Forests are useful to man in several(1) ............. Woods is always neccessary for (2)............. and for making all kinds of things and we usually need firewood in our homes. Forest(3)............... timber - one of the most valuable(4)............. but they must be used wisely and managed carefully. Men should control the cutting of trees in such a way that the forest grows more trees than itwould be cut, leaving the young ones to grow(5)........... Trees and shu\rubs are also needed to preserve(6)............. beacause their roots bind the soil,(7)................ heavy rain from washing the soil(8)................