The giraffe is the tallest modern land animal. It can be over 5.5 meters tall. Its neck alone may be 1.9 meters long. Yet the giraffe has only seven bones in its neck, the same number as in the humans’. Even a small bird has many more bones in its neck than a tall giraffe. Each bone in a giraffe’s neck is very long, while the bones in a human’s neck are short. That makes the difference. A female giraffe gives birth to one baby at a time. The baby, called a calf (犊，幼崽) is about 1.9 meters tall at birth. By the age of eight it is full-grown (完全长大的). The giraffe eats mostly leaves. Because it has a long neck, it can reach the high leaves on the trees.
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1. What does “giraffe” most probably mean in Chinese?
| A．鲸鱼 | B．长颈鹿 | C．大象 | D．河马 |
| A．as big as in a human’s neck |
| B．as big as in a giraffe’s neck |
| C．many more than in a human’s neck |
| D．much bigger than in a giraffe’s neck |
| A．A giraffe has only seven bones. |
| B．The giraffe is the largest animal on land. |
| C．It takes eight years for a giraffe to grow up. |
| D．Most of the leaves on the trees are eaten up by giraffes. |
| A．4.5 meters tall. | B．5.5 meters tall. | C．2.9 meters tall. | D．1.9 meters tall. |
| A．it will run away as fast as possible |
| B．it will run to eat the tiger |
| C．it will make the tiger bring it something to eat |
| D．it will stay at the place where they are |
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One day, our class went on a trip to a mountain. It was not a very big mountain, so we could walk up.
When we woke up in the morning, we got out of our tents to make breakfast.
We had no food for breakfast, so we went down the mountain early. And then we saw it — our bag of food was under a tree.
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| A．That night, we had a big meal at the top of the mountain. |
| B．But to our surprise, the bag with all our food was gone! |
| C．Now we knew it was these raccoons that took our bag. |
| D．We ran over to it and it moved. |
| E．But it was still hard work. |
【推荐2】I was coming home from school on the bus when I got a text message from Mike. He wanted to meet me at the Market Cross at 7 o’clock that evening and it was something urgent (紧急的) . It was a bit unusual. We’d planned to meet after school on Friday to prepare for our birdwatching as usual.
My name’s Don. I’m fifteen and I go to Blueway Comprehensive School. Mike is the same age and goes to the local grammar school, but we’ve been friends since junior school. We’ve been birdwatching together since we were 11. We do it every week, read about it and use the Internet to learn about birds and we’re members of a club for birdwatchers, too.
At 6. 45, I walked to Market Cross. Soon I saw him standing on the side of the road.
“Hi, Mike. What’s this about?” I asked at once.
“After this week of good weather followed by last night’s storm, I thought there might be some good birds about,” he said.
“And were there?” I asked. A smile played over Mike’s face. “Yes, osprey (鱼鹰). ”He said very quietly. “What!”, I shouted. “Osprey, and we’d better keep it secret.” he said again. I sat looking at him with my mouth open.
An osprey is a big hunting bird, which catches fish. There weren’t any in Britain because they’d been hunted too much. In 1954 a pair nested (筑巢) in Scotland. They were protected by a society because lots of people wanted osprey eggs for their collections. We’ve never seen one in our village.
Mike continued, “So, shall we go birdwatching tomorrow morning?”
“But do you think it’ll be there?” I asked.
“Birdwatcher!” he said. By which he meant that if I was a birdwatcher, I should know that nobody could say what a bird would or wouldn’t do at a particular (特定的) time.
“So, are you coming?”
“Oh…oh…alright,” I said, knowing my parents would be very angry. They thought I spent too much time birdwatching.
1. What can we infer (推断) according to the passage?| A．Mike and Don go birdwatching every week. |
| B．Osprey is a kind of rare bird in Don’s hometown. |
| C．Mike and Don have been birdwatching together for six years. |
| D．Mike’s parents think he spends too much time birdwatching. |
①Don and Mike met at Market Cross in their village.
②Don received a message from Mike on his way home.
③Mike invited Don to watch ospreys the next morning.
④Don and Mike planned to meet after school on Friday.
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| A．Worried. | B．Scared. | C．Surprised. | D．Proud. |
| A．They would collect birds’ eggs for their collections. |
| B．They would go birdwatching together the next morning. |
| C．They would share their finding of an osprey with others. |
| D．They would know what a bird would do at a particular time. |
Elephants are the largest of all land animals. Today, earth is home to three species (物种) of elephants: the African bush elephant. the African forest elephant and the Asian elephant. World Elephant Day falls on Aug 12 every year. It calls on people to care more about the animal.
Elephants spend most of their day eating. An adult (成年) elephant can eat as much as 150 kg of food every day! Some can even eat 300 kg. An elephant can drink 60 liters of water.
Elephants are so big. But they can run as fast as 50 km an hour. Elephants can’t run for very long in one go because of their large size.
Elephants look strong. Are they good at transporting (运输) things? Elephants’ spines (脊柱) are fragile. They can’t hold (承受) heavy things.
In China, the Asian elephant is a first-class protected (一级保护) wild animal. The animal mainly lives in Yunnan. Thanks to China’s hard work, the number of elephants in China rose (增长) to about 300 by the end of 2021.
1. Earth is home to ________ species of African elephants.| A．two | B．three | C．four | D．five |
| A．It’s on Aug 12. | B．It’s on Sept 12. | C．It’s on May 12. | D．It’s on Nov 12. |
| A．To help the elephants get enough food. |
| B．To ask people not to buy things made of ivory. |
| C．To call on people to care more about the animal. |
| D．To increase (增加) the species of the elephants. |
| A．强大的. | B．脆弱的. | C．结实的. | D．虚弱的. |
| A．Elephants can eat and drink a lot a day. |
| B．Elephants can run very fast and long. |
| C．Elephants can carry a lot of things. |
| D．A baby elephant can eat 150kg a day. |
【推荐1】We know health is important in everyone’s life. Here are some ways to make them easy to get.
★Eat a balanced diet. Eat a lot of fruit and vegetables, some grains (谷物) and a little meat.
★Exercise twice or three times a week.
★Get enough sleep. It is best to get eight hours’ sleep a day.
★Keep yourself busy. This is good because it stops you from having bad habits. To keep yourself busy, you can walk around the house, spend time with your pet, do sports, or have a hobby.
★Go out and make friends. Spend time and have fun with them. Talk with them, but try not to talk about anything bad. You should stay with the people who are healthy.
1. How often should you exercise if you want to get health?| A．Twice a day. | B．Three times a month. | C．Twice or three times a week. |
| A．Seven. | B．Eight. | C．Nine. |
| A．Eating habit. | B．Playing sports. | C．How to keep healthy. |
【推荐2】Where does a lion sleep? Anywhere it wants. When a lion wants to sleep, it can just lie on the ground or even hang out in a tree. Other animals have to be a little careful about where they sleep, so they don’t end up someone’s dinner. In fact, different animals have developed some pretty creative ways to get their rest and stay safe.
| The basilisk Lizard (蜥蜴) | It likes to sleep at the far end of small branches hanging out over a pool or lake in the rain forest. If a snake tries to eat it, the snakes shakes the branch and knocks the lizard off, and it falls safely into the water. Some birds also find it safe to sleep in the trees. |
| Mallard ducks | Other birds find it safer to sleep on water. Mallard ducks will sleep in line with ducks on each end keeping an eye out for danger. If one of them notices danger, it will call out loud enough to wake up the others. |
| Dolphins | Dolphins live underwater, but they must come to the surface (水面) to breathe. Scientists now believe they may sleep with half their brain, while the other half stays awake to keep safe and breathing. |
| Horses | Some huge animals face a different sleeping challenge. They are just so big that lying down for them isn’t comfortable. You may have heard that horses sleep standing up, but the deepest sleep still comes when they lie down. |
| Bats | Some animals sleep on the ceiling (顶棚). Bats hang upside down from the caves or from tree branches. Some bats never use their feet for the top of walking, but for hanging from branches or rocks. |
| A．there is something wrong with their brains |
| B．they enjoy swimming on the surface |
| C．they don’t need much sleep |
| D．they need the other half to keep safe and breathe |
| A．Their legs | B．Their brains | C．Their feet | D．Their arms |
| A．To ask us to keep animals safe. | B．To introduce animals’ ways of sleeping. |
| C．To answer questions about sleeping. | D．To offer us different ways of sleeping. |
【推荐3】One of my favorite things to do is hiking in mountains. Because nobody likes the idea of getting lost, I always prepare before every trip. However, what’s the best navigation tool, a Global Positioning System (GPS) or a good old map and compass?
Five of my friends and I hiked through the mountains on a trail I marked. One team of three carried a GPS, and the other team used a map and compass.
It took the GPS team 3 hours and 11 minutes to get through the whole hike. However, it took the map and compass team only 2 hours and 49 minutes. The biggest problem the GPS team met was that they lost the satellite signal (卫星信号) in some places. With no map or compass, they had to walk around until they were in a place where the signal was good. The map and compass team was able to spot different landmarks, compare them to their maps and then use the compass to point them in the right direction.
When heading out on my future hikes, I’ll bring a map, a compass and a GPS to show me the way.
1. The writer prepared before every trip because he didn’t ________.| A．like the old map and compass | B．know how to use the GPS |
| C．want to get lost in mountains | D．like hiking |
| A．3 | B．5 | C．6 | D．4 |
| A．had the same navigation tool | B．went along the same trail |
| C．had the same problem | D．got lost in the mountains |
| A．less | B．more | C．the same | D．the least |
| A．the map and compass were too old navigation tools to use |
| B．it wasn’t necessary to bring a map and a compass together with a GPS |
| C．the GPS had some disadvantages in hiking in mountains |
| D．it was dangerous to go hiking |
