1 . Different animals have different sleeping habits. Some animals stand when they sleep, for example the giraffes. The giraffes sleep very little a day. The elephants only sleep 4 hours a day. Fish live in water. Some fish sleep while they swim. Some birds sleep while they fly in the sky. The tigers like sleeping. They usually sleep for 16 hours a day. Some animals sleep in the day and wake up at night, such as foxes and the owls. The owls catch the mice at night. Everyone needs sleep.
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1. Different animals have different
2. The giraffes
3. Fish live in
4. Some animals sleep in the
5. The owls catch
There are many kinds of animals in the zoo. Look! There are two lions. They are very big and smart. There is a tiger near them. He is not friendly but scary. The lions and the tiger are in cages.
People think they are dangerous. But I do not think it is good for animals to stay in cages. They should be free. The animals in cages can’ t be happy.
Do you like koalas? There is a two-year-old koala in the zoo. He always sleeps in the day and at night he gets up and eats leaves. I like dolphins best. There are two dolphins in the zoo. They like swimming and jumping in the water. They swim so fast and jump so high. They can play with a ball.
I really love these animals!
1. What animals are in the zoo?There are
2. What does the writer think of lions?
They are very
3. Where are the lions and the tiger?
They are
4. How old is the koala?
It’ s
5. What animals does the writer like best?
The writer likes
3 . The elephant is the largest animal to walk on Earth. An elephant can carry a load of 1,200 pounds（磅）. They eat 300 pounds of food a day. An elephant baby can weigh 200 pounds at birth. Elephants can live up to 70 years.
Elephants can be trained to carry logs with their trunks（象鼻）, and have been used in the forestry industry in Asia for many years.
Elephants use their ears as a cooling system. Blood flows through veins（静脉）in the ears and as the elephant flaps（拍击）his ears, the blood cools and flows through his body to cool off other parts.
There are two kinds of elephants: the African elephant and the Indian elephant. African elephants can be identified（识别）by the larger ears. The African elephant grows up to 10 feet tall and weighs as much as 12,000 pounds.
The Indian elephant grows up to 9 feet tall, and weighs up to 8,000 pounds. It’s easy to identify because of its smaller ears. Most circus（马戏团）elephants are Indian elephants. Another name for the Indian elephant is the Asian elephant.
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1. Elephants, can live up to
2. Elephants use their
3. There are two kinds of elephants: the
4. The weight of the African elephant is as much as
5. It’s not
