| Jack: Linda, I lost my dog. Linda: Oh, no! Let's make a poster. What's the dog's name? Jack: Its name is Muffin. Linda: Poor Muffin. How old is he? Jack: He is two years old. Linda: Well, what color is he? Jack: He is black and white. Look, here is picture of Muffin. Linda: Oh, he is so cute. And your e-mail address? Jack: Uh, it's jack978@163.com. Thank you, Linda. Linda: You're welcome. |
 Name: Age: Color: Please e-mail Jack at |
Animals are people’s friends. But many wild animals are in danger because the environment that they are living in has changed a lot. For example, their living area has become smaller and smaller because of the development of cities and the serious pollution. They don’t have enough places to live in or enough food to eat. At the same time, men are trying to kill these animals to earn more money or have their meat.
People should realize how serious the situation is and must do something to protect the animals. We should stop the killing and build some nature reserves, so that animals can live happily there. What’s more, we should do something to make our world cleaner.
Research Report Problem ● Many animals are in Situation ● Animals’ living area is becoming ● They don’t have enough Reason ● The environment animals live in has changed. ● People Action to ● Build some nature reserves. ● Make the world cleaner |
3 . "My 10-year-old dog can't even walk up two steps to get into the house,"Alicia told her new friend,Nick."I have to carry Prince up those two steps. Late one night I saw an ad' on TV for Young Again Dog Beverage. They showed an old dog trying to get into an armchair. It got only halfway into the chair before it slid back down to the floor. They showed another dog trying to catch a Frisbee. The poor dog couldn't even jump off the ground. They showed mother dog going for a walk;. But instead of actually walking, the dog was sitting in a baby arrive that its owner was pushing . These were all the " before ' pictures . "Then they showed the 'after' pictures-after the animals had drunk the Young Again Dog Beverage for one week. It was a miracle! I couldn't believe my eyes! The first dog easily jumped in into the armchair. The second dog jumped almost four feet into the air to catch the Frisbee!And the third dog stood on its hind" legs and pushed the family cat in the baby carriage!""Well, of course, I was sold! So, I sent in my $19.95 to the address on the TV screen. After it arrived, I put 10 drops into Prince's water dish each day for a week. Nothing happened. So I doubled the dosage for another two weeks, but Prince was still tired and weak."
"I called the company. They asked me what kind of dog I had. I told them that Prince was a nixed breed". They said the TV ad I saw was for purebreds' only. They told me to order Young Again Mutt Beverage for S11.95. That was four days ago. I can't wait till it gets here, so I can watch Prince run up and down those steps and start running after cats again, just like the good old days!"A few weeks later, Nick met Alicia again in the street, who passed by without looking at him . Nick called out , " Hey , Alicia . Would you like to come and play ? " No time for it . I am going to get Young Again Very Old Dog Beverage ! "
小词典Ad n.广告 adopt v. 领养 cable n.电绕 elevator n.电梯hind adj.后部的 material n.材料negotiate v.谈判 potty n. 便壶purebred n.纯种的动物 relationship n. 关系 satellite n. 卫星 mixed breed 混血的动物
1. According to the ad, what happened to the dogs after they had the beverage?| A．Nothing special happened to the dogs. |
| B．They did not want armchairs any more. |
| C．They were able to walk by only two feet . |
| D．They could jump high to throw a Frisbee. |
| A．I thought I was told a lie. |
| B．I believed what the ad said. |
| C．I sold my dog to my friend. |
| D．I enjoyed watching the ad. |
| A．They asked her to send back the product. |
| B．They send her another beverage for free. |
| C．They told her that she bought the wrong product . |
| D．They asked her to wait for another four days to see if it works. |
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4 . 仙人掌（Cactus）是耐干旱和炎热的植物，对在种植方面的新手来说，是个比较理想的选择，你知道怎么种仙人掌吗？请仔细阅读以下短文，将图片与相应的文字相匹配，并完成第5题。
| 1.Take a cutting from a healthy cactus. You can grow new cacti from it. Choose a cutting that is rich and healthy. Carefully cut it from the mother plant. | A.  |
| 2.Lay the cutting down flat and leave it for about two days. This will give the wound time to form a callous (茧). or the cutting will likely rot (腐烂). | B.  |
| 3.Plant the cutting in the soil (土壤). Push the cutting in just deep enough so that it will stand up on its own. Use your hands to put some soil around it. | C.  |
| 4.Keep the cutting in a bright location. Provide the cactus with water. but not too much. Leave the cutting in this location for a month or two. until new growth starts to appear. | D. |
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5. Who do you think could mostly have shared the above passage in the blog?
| A．Gardeners. | B．Musicians. | C．Doctors. | D．Businessmen. |
5 . In our class, the teacher asks us which kind of animals we like best. Here are some of the answers.
Lucy: I like dogs best because they can help people to look after their houses. I think the dogs are very friendly too.
Mary: I like to keep cats, because I can play with them after school. The cats are lovely animals.
Mike: Rabbits are my favourite animals. They are very easy to take care of and they are quiet.
Rick: I like pigs. Although many people think pigs are lazy and dirty. But in fact they are clever animals.
根据短文内容，补全表格中所缺的信息。每个空格不超过3个单词。
| Name | pet | Reasons(原因) |
| Lucy | dogs | They can help people to |
| Mary | She can play with them after school. They are lovely animals. | |
| Mike | rabbits | They are |
| Rick | They are |
6 . Frank’s last name is White. He has one brother and one sister. ________. His sister’s name is Dana. Frank and Dana have mobile phones. ________. Frank likes dogs. He has three nice dogs _______. Polo is black, Puppy is white, and Peter is brown. Polo is 2, Puppy is 3, and Peter is 1.__________. Frank likes his three nice dogs, too. But Puppy is his favorite. It’s Frank’s good friend.
A. Frank’s phone number is 788-5928 and Dana’s is 703-6911.
B. Polo and Puppy like Peter and Peter likes them.
C. His brother’s name is Mike.
D. The dogs’ names are Polo, Puppy and Peter.
1. ________
2. ________
3. ________
4. ________
5. Who is Frank’s good friend?（用一个英文单词表示）
Wood’s cycad is a striking plant, tall with a green crown and bright orange cones. Found in a Zululand forest in 1895, it is the only cycad of its kind, and a male. “The loneliest plant in the world, right here,” a guide tells visitors touring the Durban Botanic Gardens in South Africa. Without a female it will never reproduce, though measures have been taken to make clones of it.
Cycads date from the time of the dinosaurs. But some of the kinds might not be around much longer. They are the world’s most threatened plant group. South Africa’s cycads, most of which are found nowhere else in the world, are especially endangered. All cycads are dioecious（雌雄异株的）, so that seed production is no longer possible with the rarest of the species. And surprisingly, it is those who love the cycad most that pose the biggest danger—collectors who want exotic varieties for their private gardens. Slow-growing adult cycads, some hundreds of years old, sell for tens of thousands of dollars. “People see them as a status symbol,” says the senior gardener Phakamani Xaba. In fact, 25 of South Africa’s 38 cycad species are threatened with extinction. Two of the world’s cycad species have been wiped out in the wild since 2003. With wild stocks diminishing, thieves have turned to breaking into protected gardens and reserves.
To prevent theft, plants have been fitted with microchips, but thieves use X-ray scanners to find them and hack them out. Rare cycads are now sprayed with special invisible paint. Scientists are testing radio frequency identification tags on cycads that could send out alerts.
The major difficulty in stopping the illegal trade is the fact that leaves removed for transport, it is difficult to distinguish the trunk of an endangered species from one that is legal to sell. A DNA database, using gene sequences, is being tested to help with identification.
Xaba says it is probably too late to save some cycad species. He feels sad that collectors are almost never caught. For extreme collectors, rarity only makes a cycad more desirable.
Fortunately, some governments have been aware of the problem. Take South Africa as an example, strict regulations on the illegal trade of rare cycads are being implemented.
根据短文，在下面表格中填入恰当的内容完成摘记，每空不超过三个单词。
| Cycads: The | |
| A typical | Wood’s cycad has only one |
| Present situation | •The number of the wild cycads is •Two cycad species have died out and twenty-five are at risk of extinction. |
of the situation | •Cycads are dioecious, which makes it hard for the rare ones to fertilize. •Cycads face the serious problem of |
| Difficulty in conservation | |
of conservation | •Scientists use technologies to save cycads such as putting •Governments make special |
At eighty-six, Grandpa was still a good gardener, so I always watched for his earliest blooms. I was especially interested in flowers that year because I was planning to look after my own yard and hoped to get Grandpa’s advice.
It was right after the first rush of purple violets that spring that Grandpa had a stroke. It left him without speech and with no movement on his left side. The whole family took turns to spend many hours by his side. Some days his eyes were eloquent—listening carefully and laughing at our reported troubles. As for his inability to care for himself, he didn’t show any painful feelings. There was always a gentle smile on his face. There were days, too, when he slept most of the time, fighting with his coming death.
As some months passed, I helped look after the garden with Grandpa’s eyes. Each time I was with him, I gave him a garden report. He listened, holding my hand with the sure strength and calmness he had always had.
Grandpa’s illness held him through the spring and on, week by week, through summer. As I waited and watched in the garden and by Grandpa’s side, I found some quiet truths. I realized Grandpa loved flowers that always bloomed. But I also noticed he left plenty of room for the sunlight to come in. Not every corner of his garden was constantly in bloom, but there was always a treasured surprise somewhere.
I came to see, too, that Grandpa’s garden mirrored his life. He was a hard-working worker who knew the law of the harvest. But along with his hard work, Grandpa knew how to enjoy each season, and each change. Few flowers last from April to November—some of the most beautiful bloom for only a month at most. To really enjoy garden, you have to plant rows of flowers, each in its own season. Even when it is time in winter—few flowers bloom, there is still sunshine to enjoy.
It was the end of August when Grandpa died. I cut some flowers in Grandpa’s garden for him. We all felt how much Grandpa would have liked that.
The October after Grandpa’s death, I planted different flowers in the garden. Each bloom was a love sent to Grandpa and a promise of spring.
1. The underlined word “stroke” in Paragraph 2 probably means an illness that can make people ________.| A．easy to forget things quickly | B．unable to see things clearly |
| C．unable to talk or move the body | D．have a high fever and cough |
| A．The writer was not interested in flowers at all. |
| B．Many flowers can last from April to November. |
| C．Grandpa felt sorry and painful about his illness. |
| D．We can enjoy the garden of each season even in winter. |
| A．Grandpa’s Home | B．Grandpa’s Life |
| C．Grandpa’s Illness | D．Grandpa’s Garden |
9 . Birds can fly（飞）and bats（蝙蝠）can fly, too. But, is a bat a bird? No, it isn’t a bird. They are different. Bats have four legs. Birds have only two. Bats have teeth（牙齿）and birds have no teeth. Bats have big ears but birds ears are only holes（洞）in their heads. Some people think that bats can’t see. In fact, they can see, but they can’t see well. Bats“see”with their ears. Birds can see with their eyes. Bats work at night and sleep in the daytime. Birds sleep at night and work in the daytime.
根据短文填写表格
Work | See | Legs | Teeth | |
Bats | With ears | Have got | ||
Birds | In the daytime |
10 . Animals are people’s friends. But many wild animals are facing the danger, because the environment that they are living in has changed a lot. For example, their living area has become smaller and smaller because of the development (发展) of cities and the serious pollution. They don’t have enough places to live in or enough food to eat. At the same time, men are trying to kill these animals to earn (赚) more money or have their meat.
People should realize how serious the situation is and must do something to protect the animals. We should stop the killing and build some nature reserves, so that animals can live happily there. What’s more, we should do something to make our world cleaner.
Research Report
| Problem | Many animals are |
| Situation | ● Animals’ living area is becoming ● They don’t have |
| Reason | ● The environment animals live in has changed. ● People |
| Action (行动) to protect them | ● ● Stop the killing. ● Make the world cleaner. |
