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样题I 内蒙古农业大学 2010级专业学位研究生英语课程考试试卷 试卷一: 题号 一 二 三 四 总 分 评卷人 分值 40 30 15 15 100 得分 考生注意：本试卷满分100分，考试时间120分钟 得分 评卷人 Part I Reading Comprehension (Each item 2％, altogether 40％) Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre. Passage I Questions 1 to 5 are based on the following passage. Since the earliest times, trees have always been very useful and important to man who made use of them in numerous ways for his daily life. Even today trees continue to serve man in so many useful ways. They provide man with food, fuel for burning and building material in the form of wood. Without trees it would be impossible to build houses, boats and even bridges. Furniture such as tables, chairs and cupboards is also made from wood. In the tropics where it is very warm throughout the year, trees protect man from the fierce heat of the sun. They are also useful in preventing good and fertile top soil from being washed away during heavy rains which are so common in the tropics. If there are no trees or vegetation of some sort to hold back the soil with their roots, heavy rains would wash away the rich surface soil so essential for agriculture. The result is that the land becomes useless and unproductive. There are many desert areas in the world. A long, long time ago these areas must have been very rich, fertile areas, but because of ignorance people in ancient times cut down trees indiscriminately. They never bothered to plant new trees. Strong winds gradually blew away the rich surface soil and eventually the land was turned into useless deserts where nothing could grow. ( ) 1. According to the passage, _______________________________. A) early man did not know how to make use of trees B) trees ar