专题03 阅读回答问题15篇（名校最新期末真题）-2022-2023学年八年级英语上学期期末复习查缺补漏冲刺满分（北京专用）

北京市八年级上学期期末复习 查缺补漏冲刺满分 (名校最新期末真题) 专题03 阅读回答问题15篇 （2022·北京通州·八年级期末）The Billion (十亿) Tree Campaign (运动) started on 8 November 2006 by The United Nations Environment Programme to help care for the Earth by planting trees all over the world. It encourages people to plant trees all year long. It is the biggest tree planting activity in the history of the world. Over a billion trees have been planted in just the first five months of 2007! Trees are important. Without trees we humans would not live on the earth. Trees give us so much! The air we breathe is improved (改善) by the trees. Some great medicine is from tree bark, leaves, twigs, and roots; we use wood to build houses; we make food from the apple, pear, banana and orange trees and so on. ①Trees Give Us Oxygen (氧气) We could not live as we do if there were no trees. A big tree gives us as much oxygen in a season as 10 people need in a year. The forest can also be a huge filter (过滤器) that cleans the air we breathe. ②Trees slow Water Rum of and Reduce (减少) Noise Flood (洪水) can be reduced by a forest Or by planting tee. A full-grown tree can hold back more than 1,000 gallons of water. So the groundwater can be stored (存储). Trees can also stop noise as stone walls. When you live near the freeway or the airport, the trees around your house can reduce most of noises from freeways and airports. ③Trees Clean the Soil (土壤), Water and the Air Trees can either store (储存) harmful (有害的) things or change the pollutant (污染物) into less harmful forms. They can keep harmful things from running into the river. Trees can clean the air by taking in harmful things and they can lower the temperature around. There are even more benefits (好处) of planting trees. So “When we plant trees, we plant the seeds of peace (和平的种子) and seeds of hope.” We need YOU to join us! 1．When did The Billion Tree Campaign start? ____________________________________________________________ 2．What does The Billion Tree Campaign encourage people to do? _____________