2. Read the text and choose the best answers. (5 pts)
Forests cover 31% of the land area on our planet. They help produce clean water and air, and provide people with jobs. About 13 million people across the world have a job in the forest industry and another 41 milion have a job that is related to it. Many animals also rely on forests. Eighty percent of the world's land-based animals, such as elephants and rhinos, live in forests. Forests also play an important role in reducing climate change by absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere, thus making the air cleaner.
However, deforestation has put forests in many parts of the world at risk. This is mostly caused by human activities. For example, in the Amazon around 17% of the forest has boon lost in the last 50 years mostly because people cut down trees to make room for more farms. Besides, wood trade is another direct cause of deforestation. Every year around 15 billion trees are cut down and used for paper and wood products. Climate change is also responsible for this problem. Extreme weather events like wildfires and floods destroy much of the world's forests every year.
35. What's the main idea of the text?
A. The importance of forests and solutions to deforestation
B. The importance of forests and the problem of deforestation
C. The causes and effects of deforestation
D. The causes of and solutions to deforestation
36. According to the text, how many people are employed in the forest industry?
A. About 17 million people B. Over 31 million people
C. More than 41 million people D. No more than 13 million people
37. The word 'absorbing’ in paragraph 1 mostly means ________.
A. taking in B. taking off
C. increasing D. reducing
38. What does the word ‘this' in paragraph 2 refer to?
A. the world B. the forest C. farming D. deforestation
39. Which of the following is not mentioned in the textos a cause of deforestation?
A. Wood trade B. Climate change
C. Illegal hunting D. Farming
