In many places, wildfires destroy（毁灭）thousands of square kilometers of forest and farmland each year. They can spread out of control and put homes and sometimes whole towns in danger. To keep the homes and towns safe, wild grass and brush（柴枝）must be cleared. This need has led to an interesting solution（办法）, which has many advantages.
First, goats and sheep spend all their time eating grass. When they arrive in an area, they can clear an acre（英亩）in as little as three days. Besides, they are more environmentally friendly than machines, and they can clear grass on hills where people and machines cannot arrive.
Goats have been widely used in California for clearing brush around farms, neighborhoods, and cities. An example is the city of Anaheim, which is home to Disneyland. The city uses goats to clear the nearby hills all year round. The goats can have their stomachs filled, and the city can be out of danger. It is really a win-win!
1. Why do people have to clear wild grass and brush?（根据短文内容回答问题）2. How many advantages of the interesting solution does the writer mention（提到）?（根据短文内容回答问题）
3. Where are goats widely used for clearing brush?（根据短文内容回答问题）
4. In the passage, the underlined word “they” refers to（指）“
5. Which sentence in Paragraph 3 shows the writer’s attitude（态度）towards the way that goats clear grass?（按要求在短文中找到并写出该句）
2 . Do you want to see animals? Well, the New Star Zoo is really a good place for you. There are many kinds of animals in the zoo. Let's see koalas(树袋熊) first. The koalas come from Australia. They are very quiet(安静的) and clever. People like them very much. The pandas from China are cute. Many people like these black and white animals. There's a tiger with her two sons in the zoo. They are from the USA. They re quiet and interesting, but they are dangerous. The giraffes come from Africa. They're beautiful. The lions are also from Africa. They are really dangerous, too. Many people don't like them. They always sleep in the day.
You can also see many other kinds of animals in the zoo. Have a good time there.
1. How many kinds of animals does the writer talk about(谈论)? (根据短文内容回答问题)2. What are the giraffes like?(根据短文内容回答问题)
3. 从短文中找出与下列句子划线部分意思相近的短语：
The koalas come from Australia.
4. 短文中划线部分的her指的是
5. They always sleep in the day.(对划线部分提同)
3 . A little mouse thinks no one is taller and stronger than him in the world. His mother says to him," Don’t say that in front of an elephant. He doesn’t like that.”
Little mouse does not know who the elephant is. So he goes out to look for the elephant. He meets an ant. He asks, "Are you an elephant?"" No, I am not ,"says the ant.
Then the little mouse meets a rabbit. He asks," Are you an elephant? You are bigger than me." "No, I'm not. An elephant is much bigger." says the rabbit. The little mouse goes on.
Suddenly he sees four big trees," Aha, let me climb up one of the trees. Then I can see where the elephant is,” says the little mouse.
“Get down! Get down!”someone shouts to him.“I’m the elephant. Go and climb that tall tree nearby. Then you can see me.”
“Now, I see. The elephant is much taller and stronger than me,”says the little mouse.
1. What does the mouse think of himself?（根据短文内容回答问题）2. How many animals do the mouse meet before he sees the elephant?（根据短文内容回答问题）
3. What are the “four big trees”? (根据短文内容回答问题）
4. Go and climb that tall tree nearby.（改为否定句）
5. In the passage, the underlined word “ me” refers to
4 . Singapore Zoo is big and beautiful. It has a history of 35 years. There are more than (超过) 3,000 animals there. You can find zebras, tigers, pandas, monkeys, lions and many other kinds of animals. There are also different kinds of birds. Some are brown, some are red. All the animals eat and sleep, in the forests (森林), not cages (笼子). The forests are their home. You can take a train to see them even in the evening.
Singapore Zoo is a good place for children to know about animals. A lot of children come here with their parents every year. The zoo opens every day and night. It doesn’t have any fences (栅栏). At night, some animals go out in the forests freely. Do you want to go to Singapore Zoo?
1. How long does Singapore Zoo have a history of? (根据短文内容回答问题)2. When does the zoo open? (根据短文内容回答问题)
3. Many students are playing on the playground.（从文中找出与划线单词意思相近的词）
4. Singapore Zoo is a good place for children to
5. 文中划线单词“it” 指
