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Unit 8 It must belong to Carla.
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(2023·浙江衢州·统考二模)阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法情况和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或者用括号中词语的正确形式填空。每空不超过两词。
The Amazon rainforest is in South America. It covers 5.5 million square kilometres. That’s about half the size of China. The Amazon River 1 (run) through the rainforest. According to a new study, it may become grassland in a few 2 (year). The Amazon is the world’s biggest rainforest. However, climate change and human activities make it “sick”. Usually, it feels too tired to get better. The trees may die and the rainforest could turn into 3 hot and dry area.
Why is the Amazon “sick”?
The Amazon is one of 4 (wet) places. Every year, droughts hit the rainforest and harm it a lot. They 5 (cause) by climate change. The trees don’t have enough water to grow. What’s worse, as they become dry 6 (easy).
On top of this, people cut down a lot of trees 7 wood to make money. They clear trees to find something useful. They burn the forest 8 (make) farmland. All these have made about 17% of the rainforest disappear.
What will happen if we lose it?
The Amazon is like the lungs of our planet. The plants there take carbon dioxide (CO2) out of the air and make oxygen (O2). They make more than 20% of the planet’s oxygen. 9 the Amazon “dies”, there will be more CO2 and our earth will become even hotter.
The Amazon is also the home to over 3 million animals and plants. Many of 10 (they) can’t live anywhere else. They would be very likely to disappear.
(2023秋·广东深圳·九年级校考开学考试)Going to Mount Huangshan reminds me of the popular Beatles’ song “The Long and Winding Road”. What is so breathtaking about the experience is the out-of-this-world scenes. The rolling sea of clouds you see once you are at the top will remind you how tiny we 11 (human) are.
The hot spring 12 the foot of the mountain is something you must try after the climb. It will 13 (absolute) help you