1 . What does an elephant never do? An elephant never eats meat. An elephant always eats p① and it eats a lot. It eats for about sixteen hours a day, usually at night. When it’s very hot, around midday, it gets together with other elephants and sleeps for a few hours. It usually sleeps on its feet. After sunset, it starts to walk to look for water. An elephant sometimes walks for fifty miles to find water and goes without water for three days.
An elephant shows feelings. ② It is happy to see a friend. It takes care of a sick elephant. When an elephant dies, all the other elephants are sad.
They bury (埋葬) the elephant in the ground with their tusks (长牙). They usually don’t leave that place for three days. When elephants travel, they always stop when they come to the place where a friend is under the ground. Elephants have great memories!
Task 1: Please complete the word ① according to the initial letter.
任务一：请根据首字母提示补全①处的单词。
1. ①p
Task 2: Choice. 任务二：选择题。
2. Please choose the sentence that can be filled in ② from the context. 请结合上下文选出能填入②处的句子。
| A．It eats and it sleeps. |
| B．It laughs and it cries. |
| C．It travels and it stops. |
Task 3: Answer the question briefly. 任务三：简略回答问题。
3. How many hours does an elephant eat for a day? (three words)
4. How does an elephant sleep? (three words)
5. How do the elephants bury a dead elephant? (two words)
2 . We know people can be nice, but what about animals?
Scientists say that some animals are capable (有能力的) of being nice. Animals that live in groups like foxes, chimpanzees (大猩猩), and elephants — follow rules. They have to follow rules to get along and to survive (生存). However, animals can act nicely, even when they don’t have to. Here are some surprising stories about animal behavior.
Most people usually walk away when someone is unkind to them. Marc Bekoff, a researcher at the University of Colorado, saw a female (母的) red fox do just that. The female fox was unhappy because a male (公的) fox played roughly (粗鲁地) with her. When she walked away, the male fox showed her that he wanted to play nicely. He lowered his head and rolled on his back. The female fox gave him another chance, and this time, he played more gently.
Geza Teleki is a scientist who studies chimpanzees in Tanzania. One day, Teleki hiked far away from his campsite. He didn’t have any food. Teleki wanted some fruit from a tree, but the tree was too tall. A young chimpanzee watched him curiously as he tried to get something to eat. The chimpanzee climbed the tree, picked the fruit, and gave it to him!
An elephant in Kenya hurt his trunk (象鼻). He needed help because he couldn’t put food into his mouth. Researcher Kayhan Ostovar watched silently. He saw the hurt elephant show his sore trunk to a healthy elephant. The healthy elephant didn't need any more information. He took a bush and put it carefully into his new friends mouth.
Hippos (河马) and crocodiles are usually good friends. They hang out together in rivers. But Karen Paolillo, a wildlife expert in Zimbabwe, saw something surprising. One day, a crocodile tried to eat a monkey that was next to a river. A hippo ran quickly to the crocodile and chased it away. Why did the hippo attack (攻击) the crocodile? Paolillo says hippos sometimes protect other animals from crocodiles.
1. Animals that live2. The female fox was
3. Where does Karen Paolillo work?
4. 找出并写下最后一段的主题句
5. 将文中画线句子译成汉语
3 . Birds have reached their summer breeding grounds about one day earlier per degree of increasing global temperatures. The researchers studied hundreds of species across five continents.
Reaching their summer breeding grounds at the wrong time—even by a few days—may cause birds to miss out their important resources such as food and nesting places. Late arrival to breeding grounds may, in turn, affect the timing of offspring (后代) hatching and their chances of survival.
The researchers have examined records of migrating bird species dating back almost 300 years. The study will help scientists know how different species may respond to future environmental change.
1-2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. Migrating birds are arriving at their breeding grounds earlier as
2. If the birds reach breeding grounds at the wrong time , it causes birds to
3. What will happen if they arrive later?
4.
5.
4 . We all know ants (蚂蚁). In our eyes, all the ants are small and weak. In fact, you are not right. Sometimes ants may hurt (伤害) us. There are about 8,000 kinds of ants in the world. Most of the ants don’t hurt people. But some of them are dangerous.
African driver ants (非洲行军蚁) can eat a horse or kill a man in a day. The army ants (军蚁) of South and Central America are also terrible. Animals are afraid of them, and people are afraid of them, too. These ants can eat all the animals in their way. They can kill and eat elephants, and they can also eat houses. Sometimes they even kill people. When they come, people leave their homes.
根据所给材料内容选择下列任务。
任务一：根据短文内容补全句子。每空一词。
1. In our eyes, all the ants are
2.
任务二：根据短文内容回答问题。
3. How many ants are there in the word?
4. What do people do when the army ants come?
任务三：把画线句子翻译成汉语。
5.
5 . There are many kinds of parrots. Some are quite big, but others are very small. People like them because they often have beautiful, bright colors and also because some of them can talk.
No one knows why some parrots can talk. Most other birds cannot. Some people have the idea that parrots can talk because they have big, thick tongues (舌头). However, there are birds that can talk without big, thick tongues, as well as birds that cannot talk even with big, thick tongues.
Parrots do not usually know what they are saying when they talk. They are only copying the sounds they hear. However, they know when to say some words, such as “hello” and “goodbye”.
Most parrots come from hot countries, but they are adaptable (有适应能力的) and can live anywhere. This is one reason why sailors (水手) like to take parrots with them on long trips. Perhaps the other reason is that they want someone or something that they can talk with.
根据短文内容，完成下列任务。1. Why do people like parrots?
2. Do the parrots know what they are saying?
3. How do parrots say most of the words?
4. What are the reasons that sailors take parrots with them on long trips?
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5. 翻译文中划线句子。
6 . What an exciting day! The Los Angeles Zoo is really a good place for you to see animals. The pandas from China are lovely. I like these black-and-white animals. They’re shy and quiet. I want to know the mother panda’s age. She has two kids. They live in a big room. They eat well. The lion from Africa lives in a room next to the pandas’. I don’t like him. He’s really scary. He’s not kind to people. He eats much meat every day. I think he’s lazy. The elephant is also from Africa. He has a long nose. He takes a shower every day. 他喜欢吃草，喜欢和他的朋友们一起玩。
Hope to see more animals next time!
任务一：选择最佳选项。
1. How many pandas are there at Los Angeles Zoo?
| A．One. | B．Two. | C．Three. | D．Four. |
| A．It’s across from the pandas’. |
| B．It’s next to the pandas’. |
| C．It’s in front of the elephant’s. |
| D．It’s behind the elephant’s. |
| A．Because he’s scary. |
| B．Because he’s kind. |
| C．Because he’s shy. |
| D．Because he takes a shower every day. |
任务二：按要求转换句型。
4. 将文中画线部分变成否定句：
任务三：翻译句子。
5. 将文中汉语句子翻译成英语：
I like watching TV and my favorite TV show is Animal World. (5)我认为它非常有趣。I can learn a lot (1) ________ animals. Elephants are big animals. Some of them are from Africa. They like to eat grass. Koalas are beautiful and cute. They are (2) ________ Australia. They like eating food at night. Tigers are the king (国王) of animals. They like to eat meat. Dolphins are a kind of clever animals. They like to sing and swim. In today’s Animal World I’ll see penguins (企鹅). Then I’ll know penguins’ life.
任务一：判断下面两个句子的正（A）误（B）。
1. Elephants are all from Africa.
2. Dolphins are clever. They like to sing.
任务二
3. 在文中空格处填入正确的介词。
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任务三
4. 将文中画线的句子译成汉语。
任务四
5. 将下面的句子译成英语。
我认为它非常有趣。
8 . There are many animals around us. Do you know what they can do? They can do many different things. For example, some dogs can help the blind(盲的)people walk. We call them “seeing－eye dogs”. With their help, the blind people can walk to any places. Some dogs can help the policemen to catch the thief. Elephants can move the heavy things for the people. They can also help people take a shower. Dolphins can play with people. And they can find things in the water. Some animals can make us happy. It’s a good job to teach animals to do some work.
根据短文内容,完成下列各题。
1. What animal can help the blind people walk?
2. What can dolphins help people do?
3. 将文中画线句子译成汉语。
4. “Seeing－eye dogs” means “________”.
| A．导盲犬 | B．猎犬 | C．警犬 | D．看门狗 |
9 . I had two pets in my house, a dog named Sam and a cat named Katty. They loved each other so much that they were always together. When I played with one, the other joined in. If Sam barked at something, Katty ran to see what it was. When I took either one out of the house, the other was always waiting by the door when we returned. That was the way it was for years.
But one day, without any warning, Sam died of a heart attack （心脏病突发） at the animal hospital and I had to walk back to our house alone. This time, there was no Sam for Katty to greet and no way for me to explain why she would never see her friend again.
In the days that followed, Katty seemed heartbroken. She could not tell me in words how she felt, but I could see the pain and disappointment in her eyes whenever anyone opened the front door and the hope whenever she heard a dog bark.
As the weeks went by, the cat seemed to feel much better. One day as I walked into our living room, I happened to have a look at the floor next to our sofa where we had a statue （塑像） of Sam that we had bought a few years before. Lying next to it, one arm around the statue's neck, was Katty, happily sleeping with her best friend.
1. How were Sam and Katty getting along with each other？ （no more than 6 words）2. What happened to Sam one day？ （no more than 10 words）
3. Why was Katty heartbroken？ （no more than 8 words）
4. 请将文中画线的句子翻译成汉语.
5. 请给短文拟一个适当的英文标题.
Tigers live in the forests and they are the kings of the forests. They look like cats, but much bigger than cats. They are very strong. They have “a brown coat with black strips”. They have long tails and the tails are about 80-150 cm long. 4.老虎能跑得很快。They catch small animals as their food. Their favorite animals are deer and boars.
Today, the number of the wild tigers is becoming smaller and smaller. People cut down many trees so tigers are losing their homes. 5. Some people even kill tigers for their skin. We must stop all these things and save tigers. Because the world without tigers is not a completed(完整的) one.
任务一：根据短文内容，回答问题。
1. Where do tigers live?
2. Why is the number of tigers becoming smaller and smaller?
3. What’s the title for this passage?
任务二：翻译文中画线部分。
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