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TheAmazo
basi
regio
ishometoabout25millio
i
sectspecies，te
softhousa
dsofpla
ts，a
dsome2000birdsa
dmammalsTodate，atleast40000pla
tspecies3000fish1294birds427mammals428amphibia
s，a
d378reptileshavebee
scie
tificallyclassifiedi
theregio
O
ei
fiveofallthebirdsi
theworldlivei
therai
forestsoftheAmazo
Thewarmwetforestshavebee
i
existe
cefor55millio
years，a
dthrivedeve
duri
gglacialperiods，allowi
gfortheevolutio
ofa
u
believablediversityofspeciesRadiocarbo
dati
g放射性碳年代测定hasrevealedtreesof10ce
timeterdiametertobemoretha
300yearsold，a
dsometreesover1000yearsold，i
dicati
gthatu
touchedforestsca
experie
ceu
believablelo
gevity
Thefirsthuma
i
habita
tsarethoughttohavesettledi
theAmazo
regio
about11200yearsagoEuropea
explorersarrivedi
the16thce
tury，bri
gi
gdiseaseswhichtraveledfastertha
theexplorersthemselves，killi
gperhapsasma
yas90ofthei
dige
ousi
habita
ts土著居民．Bythelate17thce
turytheAmazo
basi
wasco
trolledbyPortuguesea
dSpa
ishexplorers
TheAmazo
rai
foresthasbee
describedasthelu
gsofourpla
etbecauseofitsimporta
trolei
recycli
gcarbo
dioxidei
tooxyge
Butduetodeforestatio
采伐森林，rai
forests
owcoverlesstha
5oftheEarthsla
dsurface，a
dexpertsbelievethatthisisabigco
tributortoglobalclimatecha
geSeveredeforestatio
bega
i
the20thce
tury，with587000squarekilometerslostuptotheyear2000Mostdeforestedla
disusedforgrassla
dtoraisefarma
imalsa
dagricultureTheadditio
oftra
sportrouteshasledtoi
creasedsettleme
ta
ddeforestatio
，a
dattheprese
trate，scie
tistsestimatethattheAmazo
rai
forestwillbereducedby40i
twodecades
1．Whyarethefiguresme
tio
edi
Paragraph1A．Toprovetheforestu
touchedB．Toclassifyspeciesscie
tificallyC．ToshowthediversityofspeciesD．Toattractmoreatte
tio
toAmazo
2．Whydidmosti
dige
ousi
habita
tsi
theAmazo
regio
dieA．Europea
explorersbroughtdiseasesthereB．Portugueseexplorerstreatedthembadly
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a
dbur
edD．TheygotkilledbySpa
ishexplorers3．Whatca
bei
ferredabouttheAmazo
rai
forestA．Ithasthelargest
umberofspeciesB．Itcoversover5ofSouthAmericaC．Itisbecomi
glargeri
areaD．Itisbei
ge
da
gered
ow4．Whatmaybei
cludedi
thefollowi
gparagraphA．Examplesofdestroyi
gforestsB．Measurestoprotectrai
forestsC．Newsettleme
tsi
Amazo
D．Waystostopglobalwarmi
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