<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 21pt; mso-char-indent-count: 2.0; mso-char-indent-size: 10.5pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">Do you know something about tree ring</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(年轮)</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">? Do you know they can tell us what the weather was like, something even hundreds of years ago?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 21pt; mso-char-indent-count: 2.0; mso-char-indent-size: 10.5pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">A tree will grow well in a climate</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(气候)</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman"> with lots of sunshine</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(阳光)</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman"> and rainfall. And little sunshine or rainfall will limit</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(限制)</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman"> the growth of a tree. We can see the change of climate by studying the tree rings. For example</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">(例如)</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">, to find out the weather of ten years ago, count the rings of a tree from the outside to the inside. If the tenth ring is far from the eleventh ring, then we’re sure that it was sunny and rainy most of that tear. If it is near to the eleventh ring, then the climate that year was bad.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">Tree ring s are important(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">重要的</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">) not only for studying the history of weather but also for studying the history of man. Many centuries (</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">世纪</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">)ago there lived a lot of people at a place in New Mexico. But now you can find only sand there, no trees and no people, what happened?</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT color=#000000><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">A scientist(</FONT></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">科学家</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">) studied the rings of rings of dead trees there. He found that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the trees to make fires and buildings. As all the trees had gone, the people there had to move.</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>(<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>)1.<U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>in the good climate.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l3 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000>A.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000>Tree rings grow far from each other<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>B. Tree rings become thinner</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>C. Trees don’t need sunshine or rainfall<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>D. People can cut down most of the trees</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>(<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>)2.The scientists are interested in studying tree rings because tree rings can tell <U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo2; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000>A.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000>whether(</FONT></SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#000000><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">是否</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman">) a tree was string or not<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>B. whether people took good care of the trees or not</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>C. whether the climate was god or not<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>D. how old the man was</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>(<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>)3. If you want to find out the weather of twenty years ago, you should study <U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>of a tree from the outside to the inside.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>A. the twentieth ring<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>B. the tenth ring<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>C. the nineteenth ring D. the twenty-first ring</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">(<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>)4.Why did people usually live in places with lots of trees?<U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l2 level1 lfo3; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000>A.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000>Trees could tell the change of the weather . B Trees brought lots of sunshine and rain</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>C. Trees could make weather not too hot or too cold</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#000000>D. Trees could be used for burning and for building houses</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000><FONT face="Times New Roman">(<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>)5.The people had to leave the place in New Mexico?<U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></U><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000>A.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000>because bad weather stopped the growth of trees</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000>B.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000>because they didn’t have enough trees for burning </FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000>C.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000>because they didn’t have enough trees for burning </FONT></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo4; tab-stops: list 18.0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000>D.<SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US><FONT color=#000000>because there was too much rain there</FONT></SPAN></FONT></P> |
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