一篇英语课外阅读题Do you know something about tree rings (年轮) Do you

一篇英语课外阅读题Do you know something about tree rings (年轮) Do you know they can tell us that the weather like,sometimes even hundreds of years ago?A year will grow well in a climate (气候) with lots of sunshine and rainfall (雨量) And little sunshine or rainfall will limit (限制) the growth of a tree.We can see the change of climate by studying the tree 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 year.If it is near to the eleventh ring,then the climate that year was bad.Tree rings are important not only for studying the history of weather but also for studying the history of man.Many centuries ago there lived a lot of people at a place is New Mexico.But now you can find only sand there---no trees and no people.What happened?A scientist studied the 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.41.______ in good climate.A.Tree rings grow far from each other B.Tree rings become thinnerC.Tree don’t need sunshine or rainfall D.People can cut down most of the trees42.The scientists are interesting in studying tree rings because tree rings can tell ____.A.whether a tree was strong or not B.whether people took good care of the trees or notC.whether the climate was good or notD.how old the trees were43.If you want to find out the weather of twenty years ago,you should study ____ of a tree from the outside to the inside.A.the twentieth ring B.the tenth ringC.the nineteenth ring D.the twenty-first ring44.Why did people usually live in places with lots of trees?A.Trees could tell the change of the weatherB.Trees brought lots of sunshine and rainC.Trees could make weather not too hot or too coldD.Trees could be used for burning and for building houses45.The people had to leave the place in New Mexico ______ .A.because had weather stopped the growth of treesB.because they no longer had water and the land became sandC.because they didn’t have enough trees for burningD.because there was too much rain there