第部分：完形填空（第～题，每题分，共分）
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51 wood and other products; they give him shade; and they help prevent drought and floods.
Unfortunately, in many parts of the world, man has not 52 that the third of these services is the most important. In his eagerness（渴望）53 , only to find that with the trees used he has lost the best visitors he had. Tow thousand years ago a rich and powerful country cut down its 54 to build warships, with which to gain itself an empire. It gained the empire but, without its trees, its soil became hard and 55 . When the empire fell to pieces, the home country found itself faced with floods and starvation.
Even when a government realizes the 56 of a rich supply of trees, it is difficult for it to persuade the 57 to see this. The villager wants wood to 58 his food with; and he can earn money 59 making charcoal（木炭）60 . Careless to plant and look after new trees. So, unless the government has a good 61 of control, or can educate the people, the forests will slowly 62 .
This does not only 63 that the villagers' sons and grandsons have fewer trees. The results are even more 64 : for where there are trees their roots break the soil up ——65 from being washed away easily; but where there are no trees, the rain falls on hard ground and flows away on the surface, causing floods and carrying away with it the top-soil, in which crops grow so well. When all the top-soil is gone, nothing remains but worthless desert.
答案：51．52．B 53．54．55．56．B 57．58．59．60．C 61．62．63．64．C 65．
