1 . Dogs are the best pets of humans (人类). They are in all sizes. Some dogs are as small as a football, and others are as tall as a desk. Dogs’ fur is different, too. It can be long and soft, or smooth (光滑的) and hard. People don’t mind the kind of fur, because all dogs are good to hug.
We need to take care of our dogs. Short-haired dogs are the easiest to look after. But all dogs need a bath once in a while. Giving a dog a bath is a lot of fun. After you give a bath to your dog, it shakes the water off its body. Be careful, or you will get wet!
Dogs like to make their owners happy, so dogs are easy to train. They can follow simple orders. Dogs are really wonderful animals. Some dogs pull sleds (雪橇) across icy places. Some save people who fall into the river. Other dogs do tricks (表演绝技) in movies.
Why not keep a dog as a pet?
1. Some dogs are as small as a football, and others are2. When you finish
3. If you have a pet dog, you need to
4. Dogs are easy to train, because they can follow
5. Do you want to keep a dog as a pet? Why or why not?
My name is Jenny. One day, I see a little dog in a park near my home. It looks like the dog is lost, so I take it with me and try to find its owner (主人). I ask many people, but no one is its owner. I feel very sad.
As the night comes, I take the dog home. But how can I find its owner? My parents tell me that I can make posters (海报) with a picture of the dog and my phone number on them. That’s a great idea!
I make some posters and put them up around the park. After two days, a man calls me and says that the dog is his. He comes to my home and takes the dog home. “Thanks for taking care of (照顾) my dog,” he says.
The dog looks happy to see the man. And I feel good to help a lost dog find the owner.
1. One day, Jenny finds the dog in the park2. As the night comes, Jenny
3. There is a picture of the dog and
4. The dog is
5. Do you like the girl? Why or why not?
I have a friend. Her name is Beibei. She comes from America and she is five years old. Beibei is in China now. Her hair is blond, but her ears are white. Her eyes are small, round and black. She has a small nose and a small mouth. Her legs are short. She has four feet, and they are small and white. I want to buy a red coat and a pair of white shoes for her. Guess, who’s my friend? Yes, you’re right. She is a dog (狗).
Now she has two babies (幼崽). They are Huxiao and Langhao. Beibei and they are not the same. They have blond and black hair. Huxiao and Langhao are very nice. They look happy every day. I like them very much.
1. Beibei is2. Beibei’s
3. I want to buy
4. Beibei is
5. What can you learn (学习) from (从) the passage (文章)?
Do you know how many kinds of plants and animals there are in the world? Maybe one million? Two million? No, not even close! Scientists think there are between eight and fourteen million kinds of plants and animals, but we only know about 1.8 million now. They are slowly finding new kinds all the time, and that’s good news for us.
In 2009, a group of scientists went to the rainforests of Ecuador to search for new kinds of animals. They had to walk silently and look very carefully and, guess what? They found a tiny little frog that is smaller than the end of your smallest finger! They found another frog, too. That looks like it is made of glass. The scientists also found seven new kinds of grasshoppers (蚱蜢). Some of them are very beautiful.
Scientists tell us that frogs and insects (昆虫) are very important. They help to keep our environment clean. We can also use them to make new medicines. Researchers all over the world are working very hard to find new plants and animals every day. But their jobs are getting harder, because forests where these animals live are quickly disappearing (消失) and the animals are, too.
1. We only know about2. Scientists
3. Frogs and insects can
4. The disappearances of
5. Why is it difficult to find new plants and animals?
Elephants are smart animals. They play an important part in Thailand tourism(旅游业). Every year, lots of tourists go to Thailand. Many of them like riding elephants and some want to watch elephants play ball games, draw pictures. But they don’t know that 80% of these elephants live a bad life.
Groups like the World Animal Protection(WAP) are helping these animals. They ask people to stop riding elephants and watching the animal shows. These elephants have to leave their mothers when they are babies. People take them to a place and they have to take hard exercises every day.
Now more and more people are working to help save the elephants. They take elephants to some places that are good for the animals. One place is Elephant Valley. Elephants can play freely there. A travel website(旅游网站) says the places are not helpful to elephants if they have elephants for tourists to ride.
Elephants are our friends. Let’s help them find a good place to live in.
1. There are
2. The WAP asks people to
3. Some elephants have to leave their mothers when they are very young. Because they have to
4. Elephants can play freely in
5. What can we do to save elephants in danger?
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Look at the picture! It’s a cat. It has a black face, and his body is brown.
Whose cat is it? We are not sure. It has lived in 2 different families for 14 years. We call it Ming in the Alexander family and call it Cleo in the Smith family.
The cat lived with Alice Alexander in 2000. (1) 它喜欢玩耍和睡觉. One day, it was lost. Alice was very sad.
The cat went back to Alice’s home in 2004. But from then on, (2)the cat always went out and came back after four or five days.
Where did the cat go? It went to Mr. Smith’s home. Mr. Smith says, “Cleo is very smart. We don’t know Cleo has another family. All my family like it very much. We hope it can stay with us.” And Alice says, “Ming is my friend. I love it.”
Both families like the cat. Whose cat is it?
1. Is Mr. Smith Alice’s friend?2. How many names does the cat have? What are they?
3. Whose home does the cat live in first?
4. 请将(1)处译成英语：
5. 请将(2)处译成汉语：
