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】One day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order—borrow at least one book from the library for the summer. This was one more way for her to solve my strange problem—inability to read.
In the library, I found my way into the “Children’s Room.” I sat down on the floor and pulled a few books off the shelf. The cover of a book caught my eyes. There on the book’s cover was a beagle which looked the same as my dog. I had recently had a beagle. He was my best friend, but one morning, he was gone, given away to someone who had the space and the time to care for him. I never forgot my beagle.
My eyes ran across the title, Amos, the Beagle with a Plan. Unknowingly, I had read the title. Without opening the book, I borrowed it from the library.
Under a tree, I started to read about Amos, I read very, very slowly with difficulty. Though pages were turned slowly, I got the main idea of the story about a dog who, like mine, had been separated from his family and finally found his way back home. That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the book. At the end of the story, my mind continued the final scene of reunion(团聚), on and on, until my own lost dog and I were running together.
My mother’s call returned me to the real world. I suddenly realized something had read a book, and I had loved reading that book.
I never told my mother what happened that summer, but she saw a slow but remarkable progress in my classroom performance. And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books.
1. Why did the writer’s mother tell him to borrow books?| A．To encourage him to read more books. | B．To help him solve his reading problem. |
| C．To let him spend a meaningful summer. | D．To make him learn more about the world. |
| A．A book with a cover picture of a dog. | B．A place named “Children’s Room”. |
| C．The boy’s best friend called Beagle. | D．The interesting story in the book. |
| A．His eyes opened widely. | B．He didn’t want to read. |
| C．He could read it without difficulty. | D．He tried very hard to understand the title. |
| A．He was forced by his mother to read it. | B．The sad ending of the story attracted him. |
| C．The book was easy enough for him to read. | D．The book told a similar story of his own dog. |
| A．My Mum’s order. | B．My Happy Summer. |
| C．How I loved Beagles. | D．How I loved Reading. |
【推荐2】Have you ever heard of water bears? They have lived on the earth for more than 500 million years, long before dinosaurs. Though called “bears”, they look completely different from bears! The largest ones are only about 1.4 mm long. Each of their eight legs ends with a claw (爪) . They also have sharp mouths.
Some of the places they live may surprise you! They live deep down in the ocean. It’s too dark to see well, and the water from up above is very heavy. But tiny water bears can survive in such a difficult environment. In space, there is no air, water or food. But water bears can live there! Astronauts took some water bears outside the spaceship. Surprisingly, most of them lived. Some even laid eggs. The eggs even hatched into healthy babies!
There is no rain in dry valleys of Antarctica for about two million years. But water bears can survive in such a place! How? First, they curl into a ball. Then they do nothing. They can stay in this way for many years! When they get wet again, they uncurl and start to move around. Sometimes wind or water moves away when they curl up in a ball.
Besides the places mentioned above, water bears also live around us, but we need some effort to find them. If we are careful and lucky enough, maybe we can find one.
1. What does a water bear look like?| A．It has eight claws. | B．It doesn’t have a mouth. |
| C．It looks like a bear. | D．It is as big as a ping-pong ball. |
| A．fall ill | B．wake up | C．keep healthy | D．stay alive |
| A．They couldn’t eat normally there. |
| B．Some water bears laid eggs there. |
| C．The eggs of water bears failed to hatch into healthy babies. |
| D．Water bears could only live inside a spaceship. |
| A．Water bears can only live in the ocean. |
| B．We can easily see water bears around us. |
| C．Water bears appeared on the earth earlier than dinosaurs. |
| D．Water bears always stay in the same place as they uncurl. |
| A．Water bears in space | B．An introduction to water bears |
| C．Places water bears live | D．Things happening to water bears |
【推荐3】Most animal lovers like walking dogs or feeding animals. Now volunteers（志愿者）can do something different for our animal friends.
In Sydney, Australia, a group of children go to the shelter （收容所）RSPCA and read books to animals there. One of the books is Clifford the Big Red Dog, it tells a story of a red dog Clifford. Clifford gets lots of love after a young girl takes him home.
RSPCA often holds the activity of reading books to animals. It can improve young volunteers’ reading skills in a fun way. Many young readers feel embarrassed about making mistakes while reading. Reading to animal friends makes them relaxed.
The activity also helps shelter animals. Many of the animals feel stressed（有压力的）in the shelter. Having a child reading to them helps them feel more comfortable.
1. The activity of reading books to animals is in __________.A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．big shelter | B．young girl | C．red dog | D．long story |
| A．尴尬的 | B．生气的 | C．惊讶的 | D．残酷的 |
| A．lonely | B．stressed | C．nervous | D．comfortable |
| A．An interesting book | B．A special volunteer activity |
| C．An animal shelter | D．A smart animal friend |
Otters（水獭）are cute water animals. These days, keeping otters as pets is getting popular. In Japan, some “otter cafés（咖啡馆）”are open for business. People can pay to play with the otters there and to take photos with them. In Indonesia, people go swimming with their pet otters and take funny videos. These photos and videos posted online have interested more people to buy otters as pets. However, these enjoyable photos and videos hide the damage（损害）that the online trade is doing to otters. In fact, wild otters are facing many dangers-they have long been hunted（猎杀）for their coats; in some places, fishermen have been killing otters in order to stop them from eating fish; and now, the online pet trade has become another big problem for otters.
In the wild, baby otters usually stay with their mothers during their first year of life. According to a report, 70% of the otters sold online are under one year old. These baby otters have been stolen from their mothers.
Otters are very social. They live in family groups of up to 15 in the wild. Keeping an otter as a pet can make it very sad and lonely. When they swim, they need enough space. Their owners’ bathtubs（浴缸）or pools are nowhere near as large as the bodies of water in the wild.
On the other hand, otters simply don’t make good pets. They have a very special fishy smell. If they are kept indoors, they will leave a lot of waste around the house. This would make the smell even more unpleasant. Besides, when otters are unhappy, they will make loud noises and even attack（攻击）people. If a person is hurt by an otter, he or she needs to go to hospital at once.
So, we should stop the otter trade and never share photos and videos about them online.
1. What’s the main idea of Paragraph 1?| A．Different kinds of otters. | B．The advantages of playing with otters. |
| C．The ways of buying otters online. | D．The popularity of keeping otters as pets. |
| A．people kill otters for their coats | B．people buy and sell them online |
| C．people kill them to eat their meat | D．people kill them to stop them from eatingfish |
| A．Most otters sold online are just one year old. | B．They like to live in family groups. |
| C．They don’t need enough space while swimming. | D．Baby otters never stay with their mothers. |
a. They may attack people.
b. They may make loud noises.
c. They have a special fishy smell.
d. They need to go to hospital often.
| A．a,b,c | B．a,b,d | C．a,c,d | D．b,c,d |
| A．To introduce the otters’ life to us. | B．To ask us not to buy otters as pets. |
| C．To teach us how to keep a pet otter. | D．To tell us otters are endangered animals. |
In May 2022, a sing and dance drama about Yumai was on. It makes more people know about the town with the least population in China. Yumai sits at the southern foot of the Himalayas and near the border (边境) with India. Before 1996, only three people lived there. For this reason, it was once called a “Three-people Township”. The family has guarded (保卫) our country day and night for nearly half a century.
The natural environment of Yumai is very challenging. Winter lasts for months in Yumai, with the town being isolated (与世隔绝的) from the outside world starting from November till May of next year. In the past, as it got closer to winter, local people always had to store (储存) the whole winter’s food. But things changed in 2017. With the help of the government, new roads were built. Yumai finally welcomed its first winter without food storage that year.
By the end of 2020, Yumai became a rich town with 266 people. Now, all kinds of public services, including post offices, banks, hospitals and schools, have already been set up. At the same time, it has developed characteristic tourism industries (特色旅游业). The life of local people is also getting better and better. They are going to move into the new buildings built up by the government.
Today, the children of Yumai continue to sing “Home is Yumai; country is China”. And people there will go on playing an important role in guarding our country.
1. Yumai is the smallest township of China in ________.| A．area | B．popularity | C．population | D．development |
| A．All year round. | B．About half a year. |
| C．About 4 months. | D．About three months. |
| A．New roads have been built there. | B．A large number of people came there. |
| C．The natural environment becomes better. | D．The government provided enough food. |
| A．At present, thousands of people live there. |
| B．The local people built the new houses themselves. |
| C．Everything has improved in Yumai except education. |
| D．The development of tourism may make Yumai popular. |
| A．A science magazine. | B．A travel map. | C．A news website. | D．A history book. |
【推荐3】Many middle school students don’t know how to spend their free time. When they have holidays, they always have nothing to do and feel bored. Some may play computer games all day long and some may stay in bed and sleep all day. It’s not a good way. Here are some suggestions.
If you don’t like to stay at home, you can go for a picnic or play some sports. In this way, you can take some fresh air and keep healthy. If you like to stay at home, you may enjoy some light music or read a few novels（小说）. You can play some indoor（室内的） games such as chess, cards, and table tennis. You can also plant some trees and flowers in your garden to make your home beautiful. It is also a good way to keep a pet and talk with it. Just develop some hobbies and you will feel much happier after a long holiday.
1. How many suggestions does the writer give if you want to stay at home?| A．Six. | B．Five. | C．Eight. | D．Nine. |
| A．To keep healthy. | B．To make more friends. |
| C．To make our studies better. | D．To know about the world. |
| A．Going for a picnic. | B．Sleeping all day. | C．Playing chess. | D．Keeping a pet. |
| A．What to do when you stay at home. | B．How to develop your hobby. |
| C．How to spend your free time. | D．How to keep healthy. |
【推荐1】I first saw the baby panda when she was only ten days old. We called her Xi Wang. This means “hope”.
When Xi Wang was born, she weighed just 100 grams (克) and looked like a white mouse. At four months old, she weighed about eight kilograms and started to go outside for the first time. Eight months later, she was not a small baby any more and weighed over 35 kilograms.
In the beginning, Xi Wang drank her mother’s milk. When she was six months old, she began to eat bamboo. When she was 20 months old, she learnt to look after herself.
Sadly, giant (大) pandas face serious problems in the wild. For example, it is very difficult for pandas to have babies, and many baby pandas die when they are very young. Also, giant pandas live mainly on a special kind of bamboo. However, the bamboo forests are becoming smaller and smaller. As a result, pandas may not have enough food to eat.
Giant pandas are now in danger. We should take action right away. Here are some ideas.
◎ help pandas have more babies
◎ build more panda reserves (保护区)
◎ make laws to protect pandas
There are now only about 1,600 pandas in the wild. If we do nothing soon there may be none left! However, we do believe that where there is Xi Wang, there is hope.
1. What does the word “she” in Paragraph 2 (第2段) refer to (指代)?
| A．A panda. | B．A mouse. | C．A baby. | D．A girl. |
| A．learnt to look after herself | B．ate bamboo herself |
| C．looked like a white mouse | D．drank her mother’s milk |
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．die out | B．fall ill | C．be in danger | D．grow up |
| A．pandas face many problems | B．pandas feed on bamboo |
| C．pandas are very clever | D．we should do something to protect pandas |
【推荐2】The panda is a symbol of China. Most pandas live in southern China Sichuan province. They like eating bamboo. Pandas living in the wild（野外）can live for 20 years while the pandas that live in the zoos can have a life of more than 30 years. Pandas are really lovely. They can not only climb trees but also swim. Now you can watch them eat and play at ipanda.com 24 hours a day.
Years ago, there were many pandas in China. But now the number of pandas falls down so quickly. Pandas are in great danger. On the one hand, because of hunting, some people killed them for some reasons. From 1980 to 1990, about 100 pandas lost their lives. On the other hand, the balance of nature is destroyed（被破坏）and the weather is getting warmer and warmer. Pandas have no bamboo to eat.
At present, people are taking an important measure to save the pandas. People want to find a home for them. And recently Chinese government started a nature park for them in Sichuan province, which is called “Pandas’ Home”. There pandas can enjoy their life happily. There is a bamboo forest near the Pandas’ Home. Pandas can find bamboo easily. Things get better and better.
Protection of animals is a duty of each person. Let us work together to protect pandas. Giving them a good home.
1. People can learn about pandas’ life 24 hours a day ________.| A．in the wild | B．on the radio | C．on the computer |
| A．干旱 | B．猎杀 | C．饥饿 |
| A．save the pandas | B．keep pandas at people’s homes | C．find more water for pandas |
| A．people are saving the pandas |
| B．no people kill pandas for some reasons |
| C．pandas can live longer in the wild than（比） in the zoos |
| A．pandas need help | B．we don’t need pandas | C．everyone can see pandas |
【推荐3】A record of 1,101 manatees (海牛) died in Florida last year, many from hunger. So last December, government wildlife experts thought up a plan to give food to the manatees. They decided to feed them green vegetables like lettuce and cabbage. Ron Mezich, an expert, said, “We’re making a difference.” So far, they have served up more than 193,000 pounds of lettuce to hungry manatees. But as the weather is getting warm, the program is expected to end soon.
Manatees are huge sea animals that only eat sea grass and other plants that live in the sea. That’s one reason why they’re sometimes called “sea cows”. Since 1967, Florida’s manatees have been on the US government’s list of endangered animals. Most dangers to manatees come from humans. One of the biggest problems facing the animals are boats. Manatees are curious and fairly slow. That has led to thousands of manatees being hit or killed by boats. At one point, there were only about 2,000 manatees left in Florida. With protection, the number increased. In 2016, there were more than 6,000 manatees.
However, as sea grass began to disappear, the number of manatees keeps going down again. Warming seas with polluted water have created huge growths of algae (藻) on the ocean’s surface. The algae blocks the sunlight that allows the sea grass to grow. For example, in Indian River Lagoon, where manatees often go in the winter, about 90% of the sea grass beds there have died off. Long term, Florida will work to help restore (恢复) sea grass beds. But that will take time. Scientists still worry that hundreds more manatees could starve this winter.
1. Why are manatees sometimes called “sea cows”?| A．They are as big as cows. | B．They can swim like cows. |
| C．They have tails like cows. | D．They feed on plants like cows. |
| A．sea pollution→growth of algae→death of see grass→death of manatees |
| B．growth of algae→sea pollution→death of see grass→death of manatees |
| C．sea pollution→death of see grass→growth of algae→death of manatees |
| D．growth of algae→death of see grass→sea pollution→death of manatees |
| A．provide | B．prevent | C．help | D．attract |
| A．Manatees Feeding Program |
| B．Money Given to Save Manatees |
| C．Sea Grass Bed Restored for Manatees |
| D．Reasons for Manatee’ Death Still Unclear |
