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Have you heard of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil? It is one of the biggest rainforests in the world. But now it is becoming smaller and smaller. Once there was a tribe (部落) called Surui in the center of the rainforest. At that time, the tribe had a population of 1,000. But after they were found by Westerners years ago, they nearly disappeared. The number of population became just 250. They were in danger. The Westerners brought diseases, cut trees and killed animals. Their home was disappearing.
Chief Almir Narayamoga, the leader of the tribe, decided to use computers to bring attention to their situation. First, he learned how to use computers in a college. Then he wanted to make a map of the Surui reserve by Google Earth. He believed it would help protect the Surui by showing the results of cutting trees and the attacks on their land. He hoped the government could pay attention to them. At the same time he could raise money to protect the rainforest in this way.
Narayamoga achieved great success. The Internet search company sent people to the Amazon to teach the Surui how to use computers. Their tribe could be found by using GPS and then shown on Google Earth. The Surui have had a map of their tribe and recorded the animals and plants of the rainforest within it. Now about 1,300 people live there. The Surui have found their own ways to deal with the problems they face.
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( )1. How many people are still living in the tribe today?
A. About 5,000.
B. About 250.
C. About 1,300.
D. About 500.
( )2. The greatest danger for the Surui is that ______.
A. they are often attacked
B. they can't use computers
C. they don't protect their land
D. the rainforest is disappearing
( )3. The underlined word “reserve” means ______ in Chinese.
A. 保護區
B. 部落
C. 地區
D. 服務
( )4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Amazon Rain Forest is becoming bigger and bigger.
B. The Surui tribe lies in the middle of the Amazon Rain Forest.
C. The Surui beat the Westerners by themselves.
D. The Surui failed at last in protecting their land.
( )5. The main idea of the passage is that ______.
A. the Amazon rainforest is becoming smaller and smaller
B. the population in the Surui tribe is becoming smaller and smaller
C. the Surui protected their land through information technology
D. the Surui can use the Internet
