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There
is good and bad news about the number of trees on our planet. The good news is
that there are seven times more trees than we thought. A few years ago,
scientists believed that the world had 400 billion trees. However, a new study
from Yale University shows that there are around three trillion (万亿) trees. That's a
three followed by 12 zeroes. That means there are about 420 trees for everyone
in the world today.
The
bad news is that thousands of years ago, the earth had six trillion trees.
Humans cut down half the number of trees on the planet. Take Europe for
example, it was a large forest thousands of years ago. Now much of it is cities
and towns. And another 15 billion trees are lost each year.
Dr
Thomas Crowther is one of the scientists from Yale University. He said the new
number of trees from their study would change nothing. "The study only
shows we need to do more to protect our forests," he said.
(1)
The passage is about a study of ____________in the world.
A . the kind of trees
B . the number of trees
C . the kind of animals
D . the number of animals
(2)
____________is one trillion.
A . 10,000,000,000,000
B . 1,000,000,000,000
C . 10,000,000,000
D . 1,000,000,000
(3)
According to the passage, we learn everyone has about____________ trees in the world now.
A . 300
B . 12
C . 60
D . 420
(4)
Thousands of years ago, ____________covered Europe.
A . many mountains
B . a large sea
C . many cities and towns
D . a large forest
(5)
What can we learn from Dr Thomas Crowther?
A . We still have enough trees to cut down.
B . We can find more trees in the future.
C . We should do more to protect forests.
D . We should stop cutting trees down now.
答案: B
B
D
D
C