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A
）12. Which of the following pictures is the baobab in the dry season?
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C
）13. Which word is close to the meaning of the underlined word "hollow" in Paragraph 3?
A. Dirty. B. Modern. C. Empty. D. Useful.
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D
）14. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The baobab has many names.
B. Flowers come out in rainy seasons.
C. The leaves of the baobab are good medicine.
D. The oldest baobab is less than 1,000 years old.
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C
）15. What is the best title for the passage?
A. The God and Baobab B. What Does Baobab Like in a Year?
C. A Special Tree—Baobab D. Baobab's Trunk, Leaves and Fruit
答案：12. A 根據(jù)“During the dry season, these trees are standing there without leaves, and look like trunks (樹干) sticking up in the air.”可知，旱季的猴面包樹沒有葉子，只有樹干直立，A選項圖片符合描述（假設(shè)A圖為無葉樹干狀）。
13. C 根據(jù)第三段"An old tree can hold many people.The local people often build their houses inside these trunks."(一棵古樹可以容納很多人。當(dāng)?shù)厝私?jīng)常在這些樹干里蓋房子。)并結(jié)合備選項可猜測應(yīng)是老樹樹干會......，所以本地的人常常把他們的家建在年老的樹干里，"hollow"的意思為"中空的"，與"empty"意思相近。故選C。
14. D 根據(jù)最后一段中的"Baobab is called 'the tree of life'，because it can live longer than 1，000 years old."(猴面包樹被稱為"生命之樹"，因為它的壽命可以超過1000年。)可知猴面包樹被稱為"生命之樹"，因為它們能活1000多年，所以D項錯誤。故選D。
15. C 根據(jù)第三段"Long ago，when the God first planted a tree in the garden，it was full of energy and kept moving."(很久以前，當(dāng)上帝第一次在花園里種下一棵樹時，它充滿了活力，不停地移動。)和"It is such a useful tree；some people could hardly live without it."(這是一棵非常有用的樹，有些人離開它就活不下去了。)及全文可知文章介紹了猴面包樹，因此最佳標(biāo)題為"特殊的樹——猴面包樹"。故選C。
