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
2 . Hi! My name is Rachel. I’m a boy of 14 years old and I’m in the 8th grade. I live on a dairy farm（奶牛场） in Michigan with my dad, mom, grandma and my 12-year-old brother, Andy. I want to tell you what life is like living on a dairy farm!
On our dairy farm, we milk about 55 cows twice a day — at 5 o’clock in the morning and 5 o’clock in the afternoon. In addition to (除……之外) the milking herd, we have several calves, some bulls, and dry cows(不产乳的母牛). Calves are babies, bulls are the males, and dry cows are the adult females who are pregnant (怀孕), and close to having their calves. So we don’t milk the dry cows. Counting(点……的数目) the milking herd, calves, bulls and dry cows, we have about 130 cattle (牛) on our farm.
My brother and I help my dad with evening housework on school days. My mum works for the Michigan Department of Agriculture（农业）, so she helps out on the weekends. Since the rest of us are at school or work during the week, my grandma helps my dad with milking and feeding the animals on weekday mornings. It’s a busy schedule（日程安排） for all of us, but we wouldn’t trade（交易） farm life for anything!
My favourite part of living on the farm is taking care of the baby animals. My least favourite thing is getting up so early, especially(尤其) on weekends!
1. Is Rachel 12 years old?2. How many people are there in Rachel’s family?
3. How often do Rachel’s family members milk the cows?
4. Who helps Dad with the milking and feeding the animals on weekday mornings?
5. What do you think of Rachel’s farm life?
There are two mice. They are called John and Mike. They are good friends. One mouse lives in the country, the other mouse lives in the city. On a sunny day, they met in the street.
Mike: Hi, John! Have a look at my house in the country. I’m sure you can enjoy yourself.
John: I’d love to. But I hear that the food is not delicious, and your house is not good. Is that true?
Mike: No, that’s not true. Go and see!
Then John goes to the countryside with Mike.
John: Why do you live in a hole in the field? You should come and live in the city, You would live in a nice house made of stone. You can have better food to eat. You must come and see me at my house in the city.
Mike: Thanks! Maybe you are right. I’ll visit your house one day.
Several days later, Mike went to John’s house in the city. The house was big and beautiful. They sat in the living room, having a big dinner comfortably. Suddenly, there was a big noise.
John: Run! Run! The cat is coming!
Mike: Oh, no! It’s terrible! Both the house and the food are nice, but I do not like living in the city. I enjoy living in my hole in the field, for it is better to be poor but happy than to be rich but afraid.
John: But each day is exciting, right?
1. What’s the relationship （关系） between John and Mike?2. Where does John live?
3. Why doesn’t Mike like living in the city?
4. Which one do you want to be, the mouse living in the city or the one living in the country? Why?
A crow (乌鸦) is in the forest (森林), and he is happy every day. But one day, he sees a swan (天鹅). He is not happy.
“You are so white, but I am so black. You must be very happy,” says the crow.
The swan says, “I’m not happy. I just have one color. Peacocks (孔雀) have many colors. They look beautiful. I think they are happy."
Then the crow goes to the zoo (动物园) to see a peacock. “You are so beautiful. I think you are very happy,” says the crow.
“No, I’m not happy. I have no friends,” says the peacock. “You can play with your friends everywhere. But it’s difficult for me.”
1. What color is the swan?2. Who has lots of colors?
3. Where is the peacock?
4. Why is the peacock not happy?
5. Is it difficult for the crow to play with friends everywhere?
5 . Men are the cleverest and most dangerous animals on the earth. Rats come second. Men kill many beasts, and they've even killed millions of men since very long ago, but rats kill more men. Rats carry many diseases and these diseases have killed and are still killing thousands and thousands of men today in many countries. Rats are dangerous not only in one way. They not only carry diseases into men's homes, they also eat up men's food. They eat 33 million tons of grain every year. Men starve because rats eat their food. Rats are clever, too. They have good leaders to tell them the food is terrible when men put poison in it. There are a lot of rats in our cities and villages today. We can go to the moon, but we can not kill all these terrible animals. Is this dangerous enemy too clever and grows too fast, or are we not clever enough and not clean enough?
1. Why are people thought to be the most dangerous animals in the world?__________________________________________________________________
2. How do rats kill men?
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3. How much grain do rats eat in a year?
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4. How do rats know there is some poison in the food?
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5. What does the writer want to tell us in the passage?
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6 . Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can't talk with words, but they talk with sounds. Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a "school". They don't study but they travel together. Dolphins are mammals, not fish, but they swim together in a school.
Dolphins talk to other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell 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 a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People can't hear these sounds because they are very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them. Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium(水族馆). People watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don't like to be away from their school. In the aquarium they are sad and lonely. There are many stories about dolphins. They can help people. Sometimes they save somebody's life. Dolphin meat is good but people don't like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.
1. What is a school of dolpins?2. When do dolphins talk to others?
3. When do they say “ Welcome” ?
4. Do they make more sounds above or under water?
5. Can people hear dolphin sounds? Why ?
6. How does a dolphin feel in a aquarium?
7 . My pet dog Bobby
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Hi everyone. Look at this photo. This is my pet dog. His name is Bobby. Bobby is two years old. He has short yellow fur and a long tail. He's very friendly. Bobby lives with my family in our flat. He's from a pet shop. There are a lot of baby dogs in the pet shop. We call baby dogs “puppies”. Bobby is cute（可爱的）. He loves playing with toys. Bobby says "Woof!" when he's hungry. Bobby is my best friend. I love Bobby very much. |
1. What does Bobby look like?
2. Where is Bobby from?
3. What do we call baby dogs?
4. What does Bobby love doing?
5. When does Bobby say "Woof!"?
Lily is a fat cat. She is ten years old. A cat of that age is like a man of seventy years old. She lives with her master（主人）, Peter in a small countryside house. Peter loves Lily very much. Nothing makes Lily excited（兴奋的）. She does not like balls or toys. She only likes sleeping.
Peter wants Lily to do some exercise because she becomes very big.
One day, Peter buys a computer. Lily finds her new sleeping place! Not the computer, It’s the paper box! Peter thinks a new way to make Lily do more exercise.
Peter puts many paper boxes in the house. Lily is very happy and runs around the house. She jumps in and out and plays around the boxes. Lily likes playing with and sleeping in the paper box. After some days, she becomes very fit!
1. Is Lily a young cat or an old cat?She is
2. Does Lily like to play with toys?
3. Where does Peter live?
He lives
4. Why does Peter want Lily to do more exercise?
Because
5. Where is Lily sleeping in the picture?
She is sleeping
6. What is Peter's way to make Lily do more exercise?
He
Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can't talk with words, but they talk with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a "school". They don't study but they travel together. Dolphins are mammals（哺乳动物）, not fish; but they swim together in a school.
Dolphins talk to other dolphins in the school. The give information.
They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say welcome when a dolphin comes back to school. They talk when they play.
They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People can't hear these sounds because they are very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.
1. Can dolphins talk with words?2. How do dolphins travel?
3. What do we call a group of fish?
4. Are dolphins mammals or fish?
5. Why can't people hear the sounds made by dolphins?
6. What do you think of dolphins?
Here, a penguin（企鹅）is telling you something about his life:I am a penguin. I live in the Antarctic（南极）with all my friends. Our home is very cold, like an ice box. Every day we see only snow and ice around us. In summer, the sun shines all the time. We don't have night at all. In winter, the sun never shines. Then, it's night all the time. We are happy here. Most of the time, we live in the water. I often swim with my friends in the water. I am a good swimmer. We can swim very fast. Sometimes we ride on big pieces of ice. Some people think we can fly, in fact, we can't. Oh, what do we eat? We eat shellfish every day.
1. Where does the penguin live?He lives
2. When does the sun shine every day?
It shines
3. Is he happy there?
4. How can he swim?
5. He can fly, can't he?
6. What do you think of penguins?
