A rainforest is an area covered by tall trees with the total high rainfall spreading quite equally through the year and the temperature rarely dipping below l6℃. Rainforests have a great effect on the world environment because they can take in heat from the sun and adjust the climate. Without the forest cover, these areas would reflect more heat into the atmosphere, warming the rest of the world. Losing the rainforests may also influence wind and rainfall patterns, potentially causing certain natural disasters all over the world.
        In the past hundred years, humans have begun destroying rainforests in search of three major resources (资源): land for crops, wood for paper and other products, land for raising farm animals. This action affects the environment as a whole. For example, a lot of carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) in the air comes from burning the rainforests. People obviously have a need for the resources we gain from cutting trees but we will suffer much more than we will benefit.
        There are two main reasons for this. Firstly, when people cut down trees, generally they can only use the land for a year or two. Secondly, cutting large sections of rainforests may provide a good supply of wood right now, but in the long run it actually reduces the world's wood supply.
      Rainforests are often called the world's drug store. More than 25% of the medicines we use today come from plants in rainforests. However, fewer than l% of rainforest plants have been examined for their medical value. It is extremely likely that our best chance to cure diseases lies somewhere in the world's shrinking rainforests.
  72. Rainforests can help to adjust the climate because they ________.
  A. reflect more heat into the atmosphere
  B. bring about high rainfall throughout the world
  C. rarely cause the temperature to drop lower than l6℃
  D. reduce the effect of heat from the sun on the earth
  73. What does the word "this" underlined in the third paragraph refer to?
  A. We will lose much more than we can gain.
  B. Humans have begun destroying rainforests.
  C. People have a strong desire for resources.
  D. Much carbon dioxide comes from burning rainforests.
  74. It can be inferred from the text that ________.
  A. we can get enough resources without rainforests
  B. there is great medicine potential in rainforests
  C. we will grow fewer kinds of crops in the gained land
  D. the level of annual rainfall affects wind patterns
  75. What might be the best title for the text?
  A. How to Save Rainforests
  B. How to Protect Nature
  C. Rainforests and the Environment
  D. Rainforests and Medical Development

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高考真题学习使用指引

每一篇高考阅读真题都是宝贵的备考资源，要格外珍惜。题目做完之后，不要急于对答案，而是对文章加以精读: 要学会并记牢文章中的每一个生字，正确理解文章中每一句话的含义。 这样做还不够，很多同学都是能读懂文章，但是选不对答案。读懂文章之后，还要仔细精读问题和选项，这是答题的关键所在，也是提高阅读解正确率的唯一方法。不过，很多同学都忽略了这个步骤。所以无论你做多少篇阅读练习，成绩仍然无法提高。

也许有些同学认为精读阅读文章及题目选项会养成答题速度慢的"坏习惯"。但是如果总是强调速度，不求甚解考生就会陷入 "练习、对答案、正确率无法提高" 的循环，并且浪费了大量的真题资源。要想汽车跑得快，必须有高速公路的基础设施建设。修建高速公路需要花费大量时间、金钱与劳力。有了高速公路，汽车时速才能超过一百公里。英语应试学习也如同高速公路一样，必须有一个打造基础的过程，之后才能提高速度。这也正是绝大多数考生想提高英语成绩却无法达成的症结所在。

想要培养高超的阅读能力与答题技巧, 就是要每天不断地在老师的指导下以正确的方法坚持练习，才能收到满意的成效。考生最好从高一高二年级就开始。一年累积下来即可练习超过 150 篇文章， 3500 高考英语真题单词 (保守计算，平均每天 10 个单词)。三年下来到高考的时候就读了 450 篇文章，单词量应对高考绰绰有余! 这就是累积的威力。

作为校园教育的补充与提升，我们的老师或具有多年海外生活经验，或常年生活在海外、精通多种语言，对西方人文、社会、生活、宗教、体育、文化、财经、科技、历史具有深入透彻的了解，可深层次地向学生介绍西方人文、社会的背景知识。能为考生深度了解西方社会、及西方社会的价值观助一臂之力。

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需要留意的单词 76 个):
 

... 以下从略。文中的句子和单词我们会在视频课堂上详细讲解。

 
阅读课程全程录像版本：

       阅读是高考英语的基础。通过阅读课程培养出来的阅读能力以及累积的词汇量和语感，是提升听力、单选、完形、作文等题型答题正确率的起点。

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