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As more and more forest is cleared around the world, scientists fear that the next deadly pandemic（流行病） could emerge from what lives within them.
In 1997, clouds of smoke hung over the rainforests of Indonesia as an area roughly the size of Pennsylvania was burned to make way for agriculture, making the fires worse by drought. Owing to the haze, the trees couldn’t produce fruit, leaving resident fruit bats with no other option than to fly elsewhere in search of food, carrying with them a deadly disease.
Not long after the bats settled on trees in Malaysian orchards, pigs around them started to fall sick—probably after eating fallen fruit the bats had already eaten—as did local pig farmers. By 1999, 265 people had developed a severe brain inflammation, and 105 had died. It was the first known appearance of Nipah virus in people, which has since caused a string of recurrent （反复的，复发的）outbreaks across Southeast Asia.
Over the past two decades, a growing body of scientific evidence suggests that deforestation creates the conditions for a range of deadly pathogens（病原体）—such as Nipah and Lassa viruses—to spread to people.
As widespread burning continues today in tropical forests in the Amazon, and some parts of Africa and Southeast Asia, experts have expressed concern about the health of people living at the border of deforestation. They’re also afraid that the next serious pandemic could emerge from our world’s forests.
“It’s pretty well established that deforestation can be a strong driver of infectious disease,” says Andy MacDonald, a disease ecologist at the Earth Research Institute of the University of California, Santa Barbara. “The more we lower and clear forest habitats, the more likely it is that we’re going to find ourselves in these situations where pandemics of infectious diseases occur.”
1.The Indonesians burned the rainforests in order for ______.
A.firewood
B. catching bats
C. planting fruit trees
D. farm land
2.Which is the right order of affected creatures?
A.bats→ pigs → people
B.pigs→ bats → pig farmers
C.people→bats → pigs
D. pig farmers → pigs → bats
3.The word “deforestation” in paragraph four probably mean ____.
A.湿地 B. 毁林 C.果园 D. 养猪场
4.Why do experts worry about the people around the ruined forests?
A.Because the ruined forests may have sick people.
B.Because the ruined forests may have pathogens.
C.Because there are too many bats there.
D.Because the ruined forests are dirty.
答案
1~4 DABB
解析
本文为一篇说明文，说明了森林的破坏会导致致命的疾病，呼吁大家珍惜森林。
1.细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“In 1997, clouds of smoke hung over the rainforests of Indonesia as an area roughly the size of Pennsylvania was burned to make way for agriculture, making the fires worse by drought.”可知印度尼西亚人民烧毁森林是为了获取农业用地，make way for “为……开路”，故选D。
2.细节理解题。根据第二段第三段可知，生活在森林的蝙蝠由于森林的破坏，不得不迁徙，因它携带了致命的疾病，会影响迁入地的猪，紧接着养猪户，故选A。
3.词义猜测题。根据第二段“In 1997, clouds of smoke hung over the rainforests of Indonesia…carrying with them a deadly disease”烧毁森林导致了携带了致命疾病的蝙蝠飞往别处，判断deforestation为毁林，故选B。
4.推理判断题 根据最后一段第一句“It’s pretty well established that deforestation can be a strong driver of infectious disease”可知，毁林可能是传染病的一大诱因，即可能有病原体，故选B。
词汇积累
emerge[ɪˈmɜːdʒ] vi. 浮现；摆脱
orchard[ˈɔːtʃəd] n. 果园；果树林
infectious[ɪnˈfekʃəs] adj. 传染的；传染性的；易传染的
句法剖析
1.As more and more forest is cleared around the world, scientists fear that the next deadly pandemic（流行病） could emerge from what lives within them.
句意：
随着世界各地越来越多的森林被砍伐，科学家们担心下一次致命的流行病可能会从它们生活的生物中产生。
此句中含有as引导的时间状语从句，后面的主句中又含有that引导的宾语从句，作fear的宾语，what引导一个宾语从句，作介词from 的宾语，emerge from…表“自……出现；从……显露出来”。
2.The more we lower and clear forest habitats, the more likely it is that we’re going to find ourselves in these situations where pandemics of infectious diseases occur.
句意：
我们越是退化和破坏森林栖息地，就越有可能发现自己处于传染病大流行的环境中。
此句中含有the more…, the more…固定句型，其中that引导表语从句，作系动词is的表语，where引导定语从句，修饰先行词situations。
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