专题08 阅读理解20篇(深圳专用)（名校期中真题）-2023-2024学年七年级英语下学期期中复习查缺补漏冲刺满分（沪教牛津版）

牛津深圳版七年级下学期期中复习 查缺补漏冲刺满分 (名校期中真题) 专题08 阅读理解20篇(深圳专用) （22-23七年级下·广东深圳·期中）China has a good story to tell about forests: Forests covered only 8.6% of China’s land area when the new China was founded in 1949. Till now, 24.02% of China has been covered with forests. It is planting forests of the same size of a Belgium (比利时) every year.     What happened in these past years in China? The reforestation of Saihanba is one of the stories that have made history.     Along the Mongolian Desert (蒙古沙漠), Saihanba was once a large area of forests, but after years of tree felling, it became a wasteland in the late Qing Dynasty. In the 1960s, China decided to regreen the desert. Hundreds of foresters went to this wild place. They fought against long cold winters, terrible droughts (干旱) and sandstorms. The hard work lasted over 50 years, but it finally paid off. Saihanba now stands as a great green wall against the Hunshandake Desert (浑善达克沙漠).     Forests can be seen in China’s cities, too. Take a walk around Shenzhen, Chongqing, or Kunming. Everywhere you go, you see the cities covered with trees. Being close to nature makes us healthier and happier. City forests do much good to human society: they beautify the land, clean the air, reduce the noise, and protect the soil. They also decrease the risk of flooding, provide home for all kinds of creatures and store carbon dioxide. 1．What do the numbers in Paragraph 1 tell us? A．Today’s China has twice as many forests as in 1949. B．Few changes have taken place in China in the past few years. C．China’s forests today are nearly three times as many as in 1949. D．New China was covered with many forests when it was founded in 1949. 2．Why does the writer tell the story of Saihanba in the passage? A．To give an example of China’s planting forests in the past years. B．To show how hard the foresters worked to turn it into forests. C．To tell others how New China helped Belgium plant forests. D．To help people understand how to fight against the