1 . Chinese people believe bats (蝙蝠) can bring good luck because the name sounds like “luck”! While in western countries, bats are believed to bring something bad to people. Do you want to know more facts about them?
| A．hang upside down | B．lay eggs | C．jump and fly |
| A．can make milk |
| B．have long fingers |
| C．are believed to bring good luck |
| A．They are helpful. |
| B．They are the same in size and color. |
| C．They bring good luck in western countries. |
2 . 
Though we often see some cat lovers online call themselves as “cat slaves (猫奴)” publicly to show their love, most people still hold the view that cats don’t seem very friendly. Unlike dogs, they don’t often play with people and they stay alone for hours. But a new study shows that cats like people just as much as dogs.
Researchers at Oregon State University, USA, studied cats’ relationships with their owners. They invited the owners of 117 cats to take a test. In this six-minute test, cat owners walked into a new room with their pets. After two minutes, the owners left the room, leaving the cats alone. This made the cats feel stressed. When the owners came back two minutes later, the researchers wanted to see what the cats would do. About two-thirds of the cats came to greet their owners right away when they returned. The cats then went back to look around in the room but still returned to their owners now and then.
These cats, the researchers said, saw their owners as a source (来源) of safety in a new place. The findings are similar to those found in a study on dogs. “The idea that cats like to stay alone or don’t really care about people isn’t holding up,” said Kristyn Vitale, a scientist who worked on the study. “The more we find out about cats,the more we are seeing that they are social animals.”
1. What are cats like in most people’s eyes?| A．They are friendly to people. |
| B．They like to stay by themselves. |
| C．They like to play with people. |
| A．All the cats greeted their owners happily right away. |
| B．All the cats stayed with their owners all the time. |
| C．Most cats stayed around their owners now and then. |
| A．True. | B．Clear. | C．New. |
| A．People should love cats more than dogs. |
| B．Cats are more social than we used to think. |
| C．Owners are a source of safety for animals. |
3 .
Top Three Cutest Animals in The World | |
| Fennec Fox is top one cutest wild animals in the world. It is the smallest fox of the kind, and people always recognize them from a pair of large ears. The long and soft body hair is generally yellow, which is good for hiding in the desert. |
| Philippine monkey is ranked as top two. As a smallest primate (灵长类) wild animal, their eyes are very special. Its big eyes are in the body that is smaller than humans’ fist (拳头) . |
| Panda is the animal that is only in China at present. They are the third cutest wild animals. They have lived on the earth for at least 8 million years, known as “living fossils (化石) ”. It is national protection animals. |
1. Which is top one cutest wild animal in the world?
| A．Fennec Fox. | B．Philippine monkey. | C．Panda. |
| A．Its body hair. | B．Its eyes. | C．Its living time. |
| A．Fennec Fox is easy to be found. |
| B．Philippine monkeys’ eyes are bigger than humans’ heads. |
| C．Pandas have lived on the earth for around 8 million years. |
In the quiet town of Zuckerman’s farm, a young girl named Fern Arable stops his father from killing a newborn pig for food. The pig is so weak that Fern’s father is afraid he may not be able to live long. Fern keeps the pig and names him Wilbur. She raises him with love and care. As Wilbur grows, he becomes worried about his future, knowing that he will finally become food.
Wilbur finds an unexpected friend in the barn (牲口棚), a clever spider (蜘蛛) named Charlotte. Charlotte makes a plan to save Wilbur’s life by spinning (编织) messages praising him into her web (网). These messages draw the attention from the people in the town, making Wilbur famous and beloved by all. With Charlotte’s guidance and the support of his animal friends, including a wise old sheep named Templeton, Wilbur learns valuable lessons about friendship, bravery, and the importance of seeing with the heart.
When it’s time for the fair, Charlotte spins her greatest message, praising Wilbur as “Some Pig”. The message catches the attention of judges (裁判) and wins Wilbur a special prize. However, as the fair comes to an end, Charlotte’s health begins to deteriorate.
In her final moments, Charlotte allows Wilbur to take with him her egg sac (卵囊), from which her children will hatch (孵出) in the spring. Wilbur, deeply saddened by Charlotte’s passing, honors her memory by watching over her children and remembering the friendship they share.
1. What does Fern do with the newborn pig?| A．She kills him. | B．She eats him. | C．She saves him. |
| A．Wilbur is lucky to have helpful friends. |
| B．Charlotte makes webs for the people in town. |
| C．Wilbur learns how to spin messages into a web. |
| A．恶化 | B．好转 | C．变化 |
| A．Why Wilbur is loved by many animals. |
| B．How a girl named Fern makes friends with Wilbur. |
| C．What Charlotte and Wilbur do for their friendship. |
5 . Born at the Beijing Zoo, China’s giant panda Yaya was taken to the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee, the United States in 2003 for a research project. In December 2022, the Memphis Zoo announced (宣布) that it would return Yaya to China. After finishing her 20-year loan period (租借期), China’s giant panda Yaya finally returned home from the US on April 27th, 2023.
In January, visitors in the Memphis Zoo found that Yaya became bony, making many Chinese and animal lovers abroad worried about her health and life quality at the Memphis Zoo. China prepared to welcome back Yaya and experts from the Beijing Zoo arrived in the US in March to learn about her habits and feeding situation from the zoo staff members. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said that the quarantine (检疫) and feeding places for Yaya were ready along with her feeding plans and medical care.
The news that Yaya is coming back to China has cheered up millions of Chinese people. By April 9th, a topic about Yaya had received 250 million views. “Come home soon, Yaya. I’ll go to see you in the zoo even if I have to queue all day long!” an Internet user commented (评论) on Sina Weibo.
On April 27th, Yaya arrived in Shanghai. Groups of people rushed to the airport to welcome Yaya. During the quarantine in Shanghai, the zoo prepared enough bamboo and foods for Yaya. Experts and carers took care of her 24 hours a day there. Yaya’s health was in stable (稳定的) condition. After finishing the quarantine, Yaya was safely transported to the Beijing Zoo on May 29th. The giant panda, Yaya will spend her late years there and won’t meet the public recently.
1. What does the underlined word “bony” mean in Paragraph 2?| A．Quite lively. | B．Very happy. | C．Terribly thin. |
| A．To make feeding plans for Yaya. |
| B．To provide medical care for Yaya. |
| C．To learn about Yaya’s health situation. |
| A．He was surprised to see the views. |
| B．He jumped for joy for Yaya’s coming back. |
| C．He liked Yaya best of all the pandas. |
| A．The Panda Yaya in the US. | B．Pandas in the Beijing Zoo. | C．Welcome Back, Yaya! |
Have you ever wanted to know why zebras are black and white? Surely, the zebra is not the animal that only has one color, but it is black and white striped (有条纹的). Why? It’s a question that scientists have been researching for a long time. And the following reasons may make sense.
Zebras use the stripes to protect themselves from lions. The horse-like animal has lots of enemies who feed on them, and the lion is one of them. Luckily, lions are color blind. So the black and white stripes help zebras hide in the grass so that the lions can hardly find them.
Stripes can keep both big animals and little insects away from zebras. Flies usually like to lay their eggs in water. It is said that they prefer to lay their eggs on black things too, as black reflects (反射) the light in the same direction as water. In a certain way, white stripes save the zebras.
According to scientists, stripes can also be a symbol of the zebra. Just like humans, we can find people of the same kind from their eyes, hair or language. Zebras can easily find their own kind from others by the stripes. No other animals have the same stripes like them.
1. Why do lions have difficulty in finding the zebras in the grass?Because the lions are
2. Where do flies probably lay their eggs?
Flies prefer to lay their eggs in water or
3. Which color of stripes can keep flies from zebras?
The
4. Why are stripes a symbol of zebras?
Because the stripes can help zebras
5. What does the passage mainly talk about?
It mainly talks about
7 . Can dolphins talk? Maybe they cannot talk with words, but they can talk with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They do not study but they travel together. Dolphins are mammals (哺乳动物), not fish, but they swim together like fish in a school. Dolphins talk to other dolphins in the school. They give information to the others. They talk when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say “welcome” when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play. They make some sounds above water. People cannot hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them. Sometimes people catch dolphins for a large aquarium (水族宫). People can watch the dolphins in a show.
Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school. They are sad and lonely in the aquarium. Here are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody’s life. Dolphins’ meat is good but people do not like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.
1. Dolphins can talk with ________.| A．words | B．sounds | C．actions |
| A．a group of fish traveling together |
| B．a place for students to study |
| C．a special kind of animals |
| A．Dolphins say “welcome” when a dolphin comes back to the school. |
| B．Dolphins talk when they are happy or sad or afraid. |
| C．Dolphins talk when they eat. |
| A．The dolphins | B．Man’s friend | C．Dolphin’s talk |
As we all know, whales are the biggest animal living in oceans. However, how long whales can live in fresh water has become a matter of some discussion because of several visits of whales to fresh water (淡水). The interest in this matter first became hottest in 1985 when Humphrey, the name of a humpback whale (座头鲸), succeeded living in the fresh water of the Sacramento River for several weeks before finally returning to the Pacific Ocean. The matter happened again in May of 2007, when a mother whale and her baby whale entered the Sacramento River.
Some experts say that it is uncommon to see whales in fresh water for more than a few weeks because most whales are built for saltwater environments. Scientists are not quite sure how long whales can live in fresh water because they can’t get the food they usually have in the sea. Besides, small cuts, for example, are easily cured (治愈) in salt water. Fresh water environments do not have the materials (材料) which are good for cuts.
Fresh water environments are also not natural for a whale’s swimming and other activities. Most whales swim in water that is at least 20 feet (6.1m) deep. Fresh water rivers may be only a few feet deeper than the girth (围度) of a whale’s body. This makes it more possible for them to be beached.
Many whales are migratory (迁徙的) animals by habit. Because they are not used to the route they take, whales can easily get lost. That’s probably why we have the chance to see whales in fresh water. Although it may be interesting to see whales in fresh water, whale lovers actually worry about the matter.
1. Why does the writer mention (提及) Humphrey in Paragraph 1?| A．To ask people to keep an eye on the protection of whales. |
| B．To tell when people became interested in the matter. |
| C．To give an example of the visits of whales to fresh water. |
| A．路线 | B．方式 | C．饮食 |
① Because whales can’t get the food they want in fresh water.
② Because fresh water can’t help whales cure their cuts.
③ Because fresh water environments are not big enough for whales.
④ Because whales are easy to get lost in fresh water.
| A．①②③ | B．②③④ | C．①③④ |
| A．The things people can do to see whales in fresh water. |
| B．The study on how long whales can live in fresh water. |
| C．The ways to help whales return to the oceans. |
9 . Bobi, the world’s oldest dog, just celebrated his 31st birthday on May 11th, 2023.
A party was held on Saturday at his home in a Portuguese (葡萄牙的) village. More than 100 people attended the party. Local meat and fish were served to the guests and Bobi, who only eats human food.
Mr. Costa owned several old-aged dogs in the past, but he never imagined any of his dogs would reach their 30s. What has helped Bobi’s long life? Mr. Costa believes the “quiet and peaceful environment” in which Bobi lives matters. Also Bobi has enjoyed a free and happy life in the nearby forest. But he thinks the most important reason is that the “very active” dog has never been lonely.
Now in Bobi’s older years, he finds it difficult to walk. Just like old-aged humans, Bobi sleeps a lot. He lies down in bed at once after eating, although on cold days he chooses to take a short sleep by the fire. He refuses to walk in the forest. Instead he prefers to hang out at home in the yard. Only little Costa, Mr. Costa’s son, can ask him for a walk outside.
Mr. Costa, now 38, was only 8 years old when Bobi was born. “Bobi is special because looking at him is like remembering the family members who have already left this world, like my grandparents,” Mr. Costa said.
1. Bobi was born on May 11th, ________.| A．1981 | B．1992 | C．2014 |
| A．He lives in a quiet and peaceful environment. |
| B．He’s lived a free and happy life in the forest. |
| C．The “very active” dog has never been lonely. |
| A．Mr. Costa. | B．Little Costa. | C．Mrs. Costa. |
| A．Bobi and His Owner Mr. Costa |
| B．Bobi’s Happy Birthday Party |
| C．Bobi, the World’s Oldest Dog |
Some things seem perfect together: Milk and bread. Summer and watermelon. And... dogs and petting (抚摸), right? Maybe it’s not all right. We learnt something new when we recently chatted with Dr. Emily Levine, a scientist who studies animals and the owner of Animal Behavior hospital of New Jersey.
“Many dogs really don’t find being petted, hugged or kissed very nice — they just don’t enjoy it very much,” she told us. “There are some dogs that love jumping and running when they haven’t seen you in a while, because they’re so excited to see you. Some dogs may hide how they really feel about it. But when you really watch a dog’s body language when they’re hanging out and doing their own thing, most of them are just standing being petted, some of them get so angry that they start to shout and say ‘Hey, please, back off! I’m really not enjoying this.’”
Of course lots of furry animals do seem to enjoy being hugged, but if we hug a dog who doesn’t seem very like it, what should we do? “That clearly makes them worried or they’re showing their angry,” Dr. Levine said. “We should pay attention to the early signs.”
Dr. Levine noted that hugging can make dogs feel difficult to breathe, so she suggested, “You can pet the cheek (脸颊) and the chin (下巴), try not to go along down the back, but you can keep it for a short while,” she said. “It’s a relationship we have with our dogs.” Dr. Levine advised that our best choice to find out its need is to look at their body language.
1. What do we learn from paragraph 2?| A．All the dogs like being hugged and kissed. |
| B．Few dogs can stand being petted if they don’t like. |
| C．The dogs will jump and run when they haven’t seen you in a while. |
| A．Petting its cheek and chin. |
| B．Hugging it for a long time. |
| C．Watching its body language. |
| A．Sports. | B．Science. | C．Environment. |
