All over the world, forests are safeguarding the health of the planet itself. They do this【C1】______protecting the soil, providi

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问题    All over the world, forests are safeguarding the health of the planet itself. They do this【C1】______protecting the soil, providing water and【C2】______the climate. Trees【C3】______soil to mountainsides. Hills【C4】______the trees have been felled lose 500 times as【C5】______soil a year as those with trees.
   Trees catch and【C6】______rainwater. Their leaves break the impact【C7】______the rains, robbing them of【C8】______destructive power. The roots of trees allow the water to go into the soil,【C9】______gradually releases it to flow down rivers and refill ground-water reserves. Where there are no【C10】______, the rains run in sheets of water off the land,【C11】______the soil with there Land【C12】______with trees and other plants【C13】______20 times more rainwater than【C14】______earth. As they grow, trees absorb carbon dioxide, the main【C15】______of the "greenhouse effect", which【C16】______irreversibly to change the world’s climate. Together, the world’s trees, plants and soils contain three times as much carbon as【C17】______is in the atmosphere.
   The world’s forests【C18】______the vast majority of its animal and plant species. The tropical rainforests【C19】______have well over half of them,【C20】______they cover only about 6% of the Earth’s land surface.
【C20】

选项 A、no matter
B、in spite
C、in that
D、even though

答案D

解析 考查固定搭配与上下文理解。由句子结构与文意可以看出,空格前后应是让步关系,应填入表示“尽管,虽然”的连词。no matter不能单用,后应跟what/how等词,指“无论什么/如何”;in spite也不能单用,应跟of,指“尽管”;in that指“因为”;even though指“虽然,尽管”,符合题意。
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