Many kinds of birds live in the United States, but the number of the birds is becoming smaller every year. One of the leading reasons is the growing number of pet cats. By keeping your pet cats in your home, you can help give birds a better possible chance to live.
Of the 90 million pet cats in this country, about two-thirds are allowed to go outside. It is said that these cats kill hundreds of millions of birds each year, as well as billions of small animals such as rabbits and field mice.
They can also bring illness to the animals that live in people’s yard(院子), further weakening the health of the natural populations.
Allowing pet cats to go outside is not just bad for birds and wildlife, it’s also bad for the cats themselves. Outdoor cats can get sick very easily. They are in danger from traffic and attacks(攻击) from other animals. In fact, outdoor cats usually don’t live past the age of five, while indoor cats often live to be 17 or older.
Keep your pet cat inside! If you raise a young cat, it’s your duty to let it play inside.
| Problem | The number of birds is becoming |
| Reason for the problem | Pet cats are |
| What to do | People who |
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【推荐1】In the past, there were two frogs in a marsh (沼泽). They were very happy with their life there. But as the hot summer was coming, the marsh began to dry up. In a few days, the marsh got dry. So the frogs decided to leave this marsh and look out for some other places. They reached a deep well (井) and sat beside it. They saw there was a lot of water in it.
The first frog got very excited after seeing the water and it said at once, “This well is so great. I think it is a very good place for us to live. It’ll be cool and safe inside. Let’s jump in.”
The other frog didn’t think so and replied, “Not so soon, my friend! We left the first marsh when it got dry, so, don’t you think first how we can get out of this well if it gets dry?” The first frog couldn’t speak a word because he thought his friend was right. One must think before taking any act.
1. What did the two frogs decide to do when the marsh began to dry up?（不超过 15个词）2. How did the first frog feel when he saw the well?（不超过10 个词）
3. What can we learn from the text?（不超过15个词）
John is a little monkey. He lives in a deep forest. He likes jumping and climbing trees. He is happy every day and interested in everything.
One day an old man goes by the forest. He carries a lot of hats. John sees the man, and the man sees John, too. The man says to himself, “What a lovely monkey! I will catch him. I will take him home.”
The man sits down and thinks over. John sees and also sits down. The man has an idea. He puts a hat on his head, and puts other hats on the ground. Then he pretends (假装) to sleep.
John looks at the hats and thinks, “I will be nice if I put a hat on my head.” Then he climbs down from the tree, picks up a hat and puts it on. The hat is too big, and covers John’s eyes. He can’t see anything. And the man gets up at once, rushes out and catches him quickly.
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3. Why does John want to put on the hat? （不超过15个词）
【推荐3】When you think of a cute wild animal, a koala may come to your mind. However, there are now possibly as few as 43, 000 koalas in the wild. So it’s no wonder that people care about its future after forest fires of Australia in early 2020. Luckily, technology has been used to find out their movement to help them keep safe.
What is so special about koalas and what makes them so cool? Maybe we admire their ability to sleep for up to 22 hours a day! Or they can live an easy life and seldom feel hungry even though they mainly feed on juicy leaves. What is more amazing? Koalas often live in a dry and hot environment, but they drink very little water. When it’s raining, they feed on running water off the smooth surface of trees.
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| The | Possibly as few as 43,000 |
| When people care about their future | After |
| Why | To help them keep safe |
| How long they are | Sometimes for two hours a day |
| Where they live | In a |
You might hear about all the different clubs at your school and wonder where did they all come from? How do you start a school club? This simple step-by-step guide will show you how to start a club right from the beginning to the end.
Work out the plan. Choose a time and a place for your club. Decide on a room to hold the club in with your friend, and speak with the person in charge of the room. Agree with them on a time, but make it during school hours, and not during lessons or work time. Plan out how the club will run. At many schools, students start planning the club before the summer vacation.
Find responsible people. You can’t start a club with only one member. Every club needs some people who are responsible, intelligent and hardworking. A club including people like this will certainly succeed. Also starting to talk with the responsible friends will help in the planning of the club so that you will not have to do it by yourself.
Talk to the teachers. Speak to the teachers of both your classes and your members’ classes. If all of them agree on your plan, you may speak to the headmaster. If the headmaster agrees, move on to the next step.
Persuade (说服) others to join. The first thing is to create a poster. On the poster, you can introduce your club with some pictures to attract others. Prepare a speech. Make people understand the motive of your club and different needs of the club. This will provide a clear view to get people to join.
Stay organized. Now that a club has started, it is not over yet. All of the hard parts may have passed, but there is still the maintenance (维护) of the club. You need to make sure that everything works well and members can learn and enjoy themselves in the club.
Enjoy your club!
1. Will this step-by-step guide show you how to start a club?2. When do students start planning the club at many schools?
3. What kind of people does every club need?
4. What is the first thing to persuade others to join in the club?
5. What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?
The main characteristic of a bird is feathers. No other animal has feathers. Other important features for birds are wings and hollow bones.
Birds fly by flapping their wings and using air pressure（压力）to create lift under their wings. Just like airplanes do. The peregrine falcon is one of the fastest birds. It can reach speeds of over 100 miles per hour when diving. Feathers are important to birds because they keep them warm, help them to fly, and provide camouflage（伪装）. Hollow bones also help in flying because they help make the bird light enough to fly.
Although an important characteristic of frost birds is flying. not all birds fly. Some birds that don't fly are penguins, kiwis and ostriches. Penguins actually spend much time in the water where they are swimmers. Ostriches on the other hand are very fast runners. An ostrich can outrun a horse!
There are all sizes of birds. Hummingbirds are some of the smallest birds, while ostriches are some of the biggest. Different types of birds eat different things. Some birds feed on plants, some birds eat insects. and still others eat other, animals like fish, snakes, mice or rats. Birds are also known for their migrating（迁徙）patterns to large groups. Some birds will travel tong instances each season to stay in a climate that is good for their survival. Birds are sometimes kept as pets. The most popular birds for pets are tropical (热带的) birds like parrots. Birds also have a history of helping out humans in different tasks. They can carry messages (homing pigeons) and help hunt (falcons).
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Blue birds can't see the colour blue.
The hummingbird can fly backwards, but it can't walk.
The egg of a kiwi can weigh as much, as 20% of the mother's body weight.
| Birds | |
| Features of birds | What makes birds |
| How birds fly | Birds flap their wings and Birds are light enough to fly |
| Not all birds fly | Penguins. are good at Ostriches are fast runners. |
| Hummingbirds are very small while ostriches are very big. Different birds eat different things. Plants, insects and other animals can be on the Some birds travel Some birds are kept as | |
| Fun about birds | An ostrich Stan run at a Blue birds can't see blue and hummingbirds can't walk. |
【推荐3】Let’s look at our community (社区).
The bank is next to my house. Our school is next to the bank. There are a lot of teachers and they help us to learn about many subjects. They are very friendly. If I want to read books or surf the Internet (上网冲浪), I can go to the library. It’s on No. 3 Street.
There is also a big supermarket in our community. I can buy a lot of things there. It’s across from the bank and my house. But the post office is far from my home. If I want to post a letter, I have to go along First Street and turn right at the turning. Go along No. 2 Street and turn right again, and the post office is on my left.
It’s a good place to have fun. Welcome to my community.
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Dogs are the best pets of humans. They come in all sizes. Some dogs are as small as a football, and others are as tall as a desk. Dogs’ fur(毛) is different, too. It can be long and soft, or smooth and hard. People don’t mind the kind of fur, because all dogs are good to hug.
Dogs need to be taken care of. Short-haired dogs are the easiest to look after. But all dogs need a bath once in a while. Giving a dog a bath is a lot of fun. After you give a bath to your dog, it shakes the water off its body. Be careful, or you will get wet!
Dogs like to make their owners(主人) happy, so dogs are easy to train. They can follow simple orders.
Dogs are really amazing animals. Some dogs pull sleds(雪橇) across icy places. Some save people who fall into the river. Other dogs do tricks(表演绝技) in movies. A dog has even flown in a rocket(火箭) to space.
Why not keep a dog as a pet?
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Mr. Smith is our English teacher. He is from the USA. He likes white very much and he is often in a white T-shirt and blue pants. He has a pet（宠物） at home. It is a bird. Look! It’s very nice. It has a big red mouth and two big eyes. Its “coat” has many colors: green, red and yellow. It can say “Hello!” “How are you?” “Welcome !” “Goodbye!”...It can speak Chinese. Mr. Smith likes the bird very much. He often speaks to it. They are good friends.
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The US singer Barbra Streisand loses her pet dog. She loves her dog so much and can’t forget it. So she takes $50,000 out to clone(克隆) her dog.
Pet cloning is welcome today. Any pet keeper can clone their pets when they have about $50,000 or more. But is cloning pets really a good idea?
It’s not easy to clone a pet. It needs the help of a mother pet. First people take some cells(细胞) from a pet. Then they get some cells from their mother pet. After that, people take the cells of the two pets back to the mother pet. A new pet will come to life 60 days later.
But some scientists don’t think pet cloning is right. They say that if people clone their pets, they will never have new different pets. Now lots of dogs and cats are there for a home. Pet cloning is really unnecessary(不必要的).
It’s true that, someone is selling a dream of never having to say goodbye to pets. But this is not a healthy dream. The cloned pet looks like the old pet, but it isn’t. It’s a new pet. It needs all your love, not part of it, and not from the old dog. So why not just show love to a usual pet?
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