Toucans (巨嘴鸟), a colorful bird. Take a look at these facts about toucans, and you may learn something you didn’t know before.
Where do they live?
Toucans can be found in the tropical (热带的) forests of South America. Their home is still in danger. The government asks people not to buy rainforest wood. It’s important to protect the habitat (栖息地) of toucans.
What do they look like?
Toucans have a black body and a white neck. The colorful beak is about 8 inches long. It makes up 1/3 of the bird’s total length. It may look pretty big, but thankfully, for the toucan, the beak is not too heavy. It is made of keratin (角蛋白), which makes it much lighter than you would think just by looking.
What do they eat and drink?
Toucans use their beaks to eat different kinds of fruits, which happens to be the kind of food they eat most often. Sometimes toucans will choose to snack on insects, frogs, and the eggs of their birds. Toucans get most of their water from the fruit they eat, so they don’t need to drink too much water.
Believe it or not!
Toucans can be rather lazy birds and they like to stay in one place generally. They don’t fly high up in the sky or very far away from home. They enjoy staying in trees with their delicious fruit to eat.
Wild cats are the predators of toucans in the rainforest. Other predators include larger birds. Some snakes may attack smaller toucans but typically are more interested in the toucans’ eggs instead.
1. How long is a toucan?A.About 2.5 inches long. | B.About 8 inches long. |
C.About 11 inches long. | D.About 24 inches long. |
A.Insects. | B.Eggs. | C.Fruits. | D.Frogs. |
A.animals that kill and eat other animals |
B.animals that are similar(相似的) to other animals |
C.animals that are friendly to other animals |
D.animals that are the food for other animals |
A.The Habitat of Toucans | B.The Appearance of Toucans |
C.The Facts about Toucans | D.The Ways to Protect Toucans |
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【推荐1】Don’t you think that we have lost enough? We have lost most of our natural resources (自然资源),and now we are going to lose animals!
Natural competition happens when species (物种) compete for food and living places. An example of an animal species influenced by this is the dinosaur.
We have caused animals to get endangered too.The pollution that we create destroys (破坏) many animals’ living places. An example of an animal species that has been influenced by pollution is the sea turtle. Overhunting is also a huge threat (威胁). When people overhunt, they catch too many of an animal species, so either not many animals are left, or no animals are left at all.Examples of some overhunted animals are the Bali tiger and the Atlantic cod. Cutting down trees is also very dangerous for animals. It leaves them with no place to live. Examples of some animals that have been influenced by this are many species in the Amazon Rainforest.
Many organizations such as WWF (World Wildlife Fund) are doing something to protect animals and the environment. They try to protect the living places of many endangered animals. They do research on the species and they educate people. Zoos also help. They let many endangered species live in a healthy and safe environment. Sometimes zoos might even let an endangered animal go back into the wild to try to raise population numbers again.
Not only the big organizations but also you can help. You can give away money or you can volunteer,or you can do the simplest thing of all—CARE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT!
1. What made the Bali tiger be in danger?A.Being short of living places. | B.The pollution. |
C.People’s overhunting. | D.The strong enemies. |
① They try to protect the places where the animals live.
② They do some studies on the animals.
③They stop people from eating meat.
④ They make people realize the problem.
A.①③④ | B.①②④ | C.①②③ | D.②③④ |
A. | B. | C. | D. |
A.To encourage people to protect endangered animals. | B.To introduce what some organizations do for animals. |
C.To show how people influence animals. | D.To describe the situation of some animals. |
【推荐2】I have always had a heart for saving or caring for animals. When my mum was in the hospital in the 1990s, I was a very young child and I always tried my best to take care of animals.
The first animal I brought home was a pigeon (鸽子). I found it while walking to school. It was in the street and his wing was broken. I hid it in the woods and when I went home, it was still there and I decided to bring it home. My father made a box for it and I fed it bread and water every day. The next animal I found was a black dog, and she was about to have puppies. My father found the dog tied outside of our house and decided to take it in. The dog was very delighted and you couldn’t imagine how terrible this dog was before. We kept him in a box. A few days later, the dog had seven puppies. No one wanted them, so I had them too. The animals grew to be large. Finally, we had dogs, cats, birds and rabbits.
As time went by, my mum felt better. To everyone’s joy, she could come back home. At that time, we had at least twenty animals in our house, but my mum couldn’t stand (忍受) their smell. She wanted them to go. In order to help my mum stay healthy, we had to let them go. One of the animals, a German shepherd (牧羊犬), was given away to a family with three boys. They were our neighbors, so I visited it whenever I could. The dog remembered me and every time he was happy to see me. Animals are our friends, and I will try to help them whenever I can.
1. What did the writer like to take care of when he was young?A.Pigeons. | B.Birds. | C.Animals. | D.Dogs. |
A.disappointed | B.happy | C.sad | D.nervous |
A.The writer’s father made a box for the black dog and fed it every day. |
B.The black dog gave birth to six puppies in the end. |
C.The writer’s mother didn’t like the animals in their house. |
D.The writer couldn’t see the German shepherd so he missed it very much. |
A.To tell the readers that animals are our friends. |
B.To complain about what his mother did. |
C.To tell the readers how lovely the German shepherd was. |
D.To tell the readers that the German shepherd liked playing with his neighbor. |
【推荐3】The task of fixing climate (气候) change is important. It needs work from different governments and countries. It seems impossible that the common person can make a difference. Should you just give up? No! Change starts with you. Here are just a few things you can do to save the Earth.
Level 1: Things you can do from your sofa ● Save electricity by turning appliances (电器) off completely when they are not in use. ● Stop paper bank bills and pay your bills online. ● Share; don't just like. If you see something interesting on the Internet about climate change, share it so that circle of your friends can see it, too. | |
Level 2: Things you can do at home ● Air dry. Let your hair and clothes dry naturally, instead of using a machine. ● Take short showers. Bathtubs (浴缸) need much more water than a ten-minute shower. ● Recycle paper, plastic and glass. ● Replace old appliances with energy-saving models. | |
Level 3: Things you can do outside your house ● Bike, walk, take a bus or an underground. ● Use a glass or plastic water bottle and china coffee cup. This can cut down on waste and maybe even save your money. ● Bring your own bag when you shop. Pass on the plastic bag. ● Give away what you don't use. Local community will give your used clothes, books and furniture a new life. |
1. If you find something interesting on the Internet about climate change, you should ________.
A.write it down | B.pay for it online | C.share it with others | D.store it in your computer |
A.leave it there | B.use an old appliance | C.use a machine | D.put on special clothes |
A.things you don't need may be reused by others |
B.the used things will be bought by somebody else |
C.the community will give you something new in return |
D.the community will use the things to save others' lives |
A.You may spend more money when using a china cup. |
B.Things in Level 1 and 2 are those you can do at home. |
C.It is advised to replace old appliances with cheaper ones. |
D.Common people can hardly do anything to fix the climate change. |
【推荐1】Recently, my 15-year-old daughter asked me for help with her homework. Unluckily, I was busy helping her brother. When I finally came to her 30 minutes later, she told me that she had asked ChatGPT for help. Through several rounds of questions and answers, it had explained her physics lesson as well as helped her solve the problems.
I wouldn’t call this cheating. Let’s take a closer look at what ChatGPT is, how it works and its problems.
ChatGPT is a big language model. It is trained on a large number of text, which allows it to produce human-like responses (响应) to different kinds of questions. However, ChatGPT has trouble with difficult mathematical calculations (计算). This probably shows that logical (逻辑的) thinking hasn’t been fully picked up by such models.
ChatGPT has allowed students to complete their homework without much effort. This has raised worries about cheating and their learning ability. Educators fear that students will become lazy thinkers. With ChatGPT, they will fail to develop lifelong skills like critical thinking (批判性思维), researching and writing.
For sure, ChatGPT is a powerful language model. It has the power to completely change the way we learn and interact (互相交流) with machines.
1. How did the daughter finish her physics lesson?A.With the help of ChatGPT. | B.With the help of her mother. |
C.With the help of tool books. | D.With the help of her physics teacher. |
A.Its language skill is poor. |
B.It can only solve the physics problem. |
C.Its logical thinking hasn’t developed fully. |
D.It takes too much time to answer people’s questions. |
A.His homework can’t be handed in on time. |
B.His learning ability will be improved. |
C.He will be good at writing articles. |
D.He will be too lazy to think. |
A.Awful. | B.Useful. | C.Perfect. | D.Stupid. |
A.Is ChatGPT a robot? |
B.Will you use ChatGPT? |
C.How was ChatGPT invented? |
D.How does ChatGPT help the children? |
【推荐2】What’s going to happen in the future? Will robots control our planet? Will computers become smarter than us? Not likely. But here are some things that scientists say are most likely to happen in 10 to 30 years from now, according to the BBC.
Digital money
We used to pay with cash(现金) for everything we bought. Now when we use a credit card(信用卡) to shop online, money is spent without us seeing it. That means we are already using digital money. Using a card is much easier than searching our pockets for change. It is also safer than carrying a lot of cash.
When ATM cards were first introduced, they were not accepted everywhere. But now it’s hard to live without them. It’s reported that people in Sweden completely stopped using cash last year, and the US might be next.
Bionic(仿生的) eye
It’s no longer something only in a science fiction movie. People who are blind may have a chance to get their sight back—by wearing bionic eyes.
A blind eye can no longer sense light, but a bionic eye can use a camera to “see” the environment and send data(数据) to the mind. Now the bionic eye only allows patients to see lights and unclear shapes. A high resolution(高清的) image could be just a few years away.
Self-driving cars
Unlike a human driver, a self-driving car won’t get distracted(分神) by a phone call, the radio or something outside the window. Sensors(探测器) and cameras on the car would allow it to stick strictly to the rules of the road and keep a safe distance from other cars. This would greatly reduce the number of road accidents. You could even take a nap while the car drives itself. In the future, driver-less cars would be widely accepted.
1. ______ has stopped using cash completely.A.Sweden | B.ATM | C.BBC | D.America |
A.We use digital money to shop online without paying money. |
B.Digital money is most likely to be used instead of cash. |
C.Using cash is easier and safer than a credit card. |
D.ATM cards are always popular. |
A.Bionic eyes only appear in the science fiction film. |
B.Human drivers won’t get distracted by something outside. |
C.The blind wearing bionic eyes may see clearly in the future. |
D.There will be no road accident at all if self-driving cars are used. |
A.culture and Art | B.industry and farming |
C.science and technology | D.traffic and journey |
A.There would be a number of self-driving cars on the road. |
B.The blind could use cameras to see things around. |
C.We would live a hard life with digital money. |
D.Robots would control the world. |
【推荐3】根据材料内容选择最佳答案。
The new and publicly-available ChatGPT is a type of AI chatbot that has been trained by over 8 million web pages. When asked a question, it uses this training to produce detailed answers that often seem like they were written by a human.
Because ChatGPT is easy to use, it could make learning easier. When we use search engines such as Google, we have to look at individual (单独的) web pages to find answers to our questions. With ChatGPT, we know that we are getting information supported by thousands of other web pages, and the information is given to us in language simple and easy to understand. It can also be used to help people who don’t speak the same language communicate and help people who have language-based disabilities (缺陷) to communicate more effectively.
ChatGPT is wonderful, but it is also a cause for worry. For thousands of years, students have been required to find information using books and, more recently, the Internet. This allows learners to work hard and see lots of different information. With ChatGPT, finding information becomes much easier than using the Internet or a book. This could make cheating much easier, and make students feel their hard work isn’t rewarded (回报). Nowadays, there are millions of people around the world working in the “knowledge economy (经济)”. This economy, which includes people such as translators, scientists, programmers and writers, is vulnerable to ChatGPT. Because ChatGPT allows people to get information easily, these jobs could become much easier. This could result in many people losing their jobs or being paid much less.
It’s too soon to say what kind of effect ChatGPT will have on our lives. Let’s hope that, if ChatGPT does become bigger and more popular, its effects are mostly good. So, what do you think?
1. ChatGPT is a type of AI trained by ________.A.human beings |
B.a lot of computers |
C.thousands of scientists |
D.more than 8 million web pages |
A.ChatGPT can answer questions like humans. |
B.ChatGPT can make human work more effective. |
C.ChatGPT can do physical work in place of humans. |
D.ChatGPT can help people communicate with others. |
A.易交换的 | B.易适应的 | C.易受伤害的 | D.易被理解的 |
A.Positive. | B.Negative. | C.Indifferent. | D.Unknown. |
A.The advantages of ChatGPT |
B.Is ChatGPT a learning tool? |
C.Will ChatGPT be good for humans? |
D.ChatGPT—a wondferful chatting APP |
【推荐1】Many years ago, lots of zoos kept many kinds of animals in small cages. Small cages made it easy for people to see the animals, but a small cage is not a good place for an animal to live in. Today zoos keep animals in different kinds of cages. The cages are very big and open. They usually have plants and a little lake. The cages look like the animals’ habitats (栖息地).
Zoos help to protect animals in the wild. How do they do this? Zoos teach people how animals live in the wild. Zoos want people to protect the animals’ wild habitats.
Many plants and animals are going extinct. Mammoths (猛犸象), which are related (有关的) to Asian elephants, are now extinct. There are no mammoths in the world today. Scientists say that seventy-four different kinds of living things go extinct every day!
Zoos are working together to stop animals from going extinct.
1. People kept animals in small cages years ago to ________.A.protect them | B.feed them | C.save them | D.see them better |
A.in smaller cages | B.in bigger cages | C.in big rooms | D.in the wild |
A.want people to feed the animals | B.teach people more about animals |
C.are trying to keep all the animals | D.are trying to free the animals |
A.elephant | B.tiger | C.bear | D.fish |
A.becomes very dangerous | B.can’t be found in the world any more |
C.is becoming more and more popular | D.has fewer and fewer friends |
【推荐2】Tigers are the largest wild cats in the world. A big tiger weighs about 5 times as heavy as a man (about 70 kilograms) and is about three metres long. They usually go out to hunt alone for food when it is dark. When a tiger sees an animal, it moves quickly then jumps on the animal to kill it. Sometimes it can take the tiger several days to finish eating its food. When the tiger is full, it will cover the dead animal with leaves. Later, when the tiger is hungry again, it comes back to eat some more.
Tigers are different from others in the cat family: they like water and often jump into rivers to swim. Some tigers live in very cold places in China. Other tigers live in warmer places in India and parts of Southeast Asia.
But now all tigers are in danger. Some people kill tigers to use their skins for clothes, and their bodies for medicine. There is also less and less land for tigers to live in.
Judge the following statements true (A) or false (B) according to the passage.1. A big tiger is about 280 kilograms.
2. Tigers like to hunt for food alone when it is dark.
3. Tigers are different from others in the cat family. Tigers like eating meat.
4. Tigers mainly live in Asia.
5. Tigers are in danger now because some people kill them and they have less land to live in.
【推荐3】Animals are important and they are our friends. But they’re in danger now. What can we do to help save them?
Don’t eat meat.
Some of us like to eat meat. It is delicious. But do you know some meat comes from endangered animals? Only a small number of them live in the world now, because people kill them for meat. To save animals, don’t eat meat. And it’s healthy for us, too.
Don’t wear clothes made of fur.
Sometimes people kill animals for fur. But if we don’t buy or wear clothes made of fur, people will stop killing animals.
Give away money to the Animal Helper(AH).
AH always does everything to help save animals. But it often needs money. So please save some money and give it away to AH to help animals.
Tell people it’s important to save animals.
Not all people know animals are our friends and we must save them. So why not tell people around us that it’s important to save animals? It’s necessary.
Do you have any other ways to help save animals? Write to us.
1. To save animals, how many ways are there in the passage?A.Three. | B.Four. | C.Five. | D.Six. |
A.危险的 | B.有害的 | C.残忍的 | D.濒临灭绝的 |
A.To get meat to eat. | B.To buy and wear clothes made of fur. |
C.To give some money away to AH. | D.To tell people to save animals. |
A.There are some animals in danger. | B.People always kill animals for fur. |
C.The Animal Helper needs money to save animals. | D.Some of us don’t think it important to save animals. |
A.How to help save animals | B.What meat to eat |
C.Animals in danger | D.The importance of saving animals |