A few months ago, a strange thing happened in my life. I heard a strange sound outside the window every night. I was scared and didn’t know what to do. I thought there might be a thief standing outside the window that was closed. I asked my parents to see what it was. But they didn’t find anything. They thought it might be the wind. But I didn’t think so.
That lasted for a few days. I couldn’t sleep well. Sometimes I even couldn’t fall asleep. One day, I bought a flashlight(手电筒) in a market. At midnight, as soon as I heard the strange sound, I jumped out of my bed with the flashlight. I saw a black cat jumping up and down near the window. He might want to make friends with my pet cat, but he couldn’t get into my house.
Do you think it is strange? Have you ever had this kind of experience in your life?
1. What happened to the writer a few months ago?（不超过 12 个词）2. What did the writer find in fact made the sound at night?（不超过 15 个词）
3. What might the black cat want to do according to the writer?（不超过 13 个词）
2 . Long ago, Mother Nature gave each tree a different purpose. However, she did not share her reasons with the trees.
Fir Tree(杉树) had many tree friends. In summer, they watched Bird and Squirrel(松鼠)play in the field. Then autumn arrived. The leaves on other trees turned colourful. Fir Tree's leaves stayed green. Fir Tree told Mother Nature that he wanted his leaves to change colours too.
“Be patient,” Mother Nature said. “You will learn your purpose.”
So Fir Tree waited. The temperature dropped. Bird flew south, and Squirrel was nowhere around. All the trees lost their leaves except Fir Tree. Soon it snowed. Fir Tree cried, “Why don’t I change like my friends?”
“Be patient,” Mother Nature replied.” Soon you will get to know your purpose.
Just then, Squirrel appeared. She was cold. She asked if she could build a warm home in branches(树枝). Other trees said no because they had no leaves. But Fir Tree said yes. Squirrel ran up Fir Trees branches. Soon, she was warm, comfortable and asleep.
Fir Tree was happy that his green leaves provided a warm home for animals in winter. He finally understood his purpose.
1. What did Fir Tree want to do in autumn? (不超过10个词)2. Why did other trees say no to Squirrel? (不超过10个词)
3. What purpose did Fir Tree understand at last? (不超过15个词)
3 . Hello. We are students from Thailand, and we want to save the elephants. The elephant is one of Thailand's symbols. Our first flag had a white elephant on it. This is a symbol of good luck.
Elephants are smart animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very well. People say that "an elephant never forgets". Elephants can walk for a long time and never get lost. They can also remember places with food and water. This helps them to live.
But elephants are in great danger. People cut down many trees so elephants are losing their homes. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there are only about 3,000 elephants（over 100,000 before）,We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Remember that March 13th is Thai Elephant Day.
1. Why are elephants important in Thailand?（不超过10词）___________________________________________________________________________
2. What do people kill elephants for?（不超过5词）
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3. What can people do to save the elephants?（不超过15词）
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4 . Do you know why different animals or pests (害虫) have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating insects, but birds cannot easily catch insects. Why? It is because insects change their colors together with the change of the colors of crops. When crops are green, insects look green. But as the harvest time comes, insects change to the same brown color as crops have. Some other insects with different colors from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of colors is protecting them. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be seen by hunters. This is because they have the colors much like the trees.
Have you ever noticed an even strange animal? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid (液体) when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over, the fish itself cannot be found. And it quickly swims away. So it has lived up to now though it isn’t strong at all.
1. Why do some animals have different colors? （不超过 10 个词）2. When the harvest time comes, which color do some insects change to? （不超过 10 个词）
3. What can the fish do in the last paragraph when it faces danger? （不超过 15 个词）
5 . It was a sunny Sunday yesterday. David went to Star Zoo with his science teacher and classmates. All of them were very excited. When they reached the gate of the zoo, it was half past eight in the morning. Then the teacher bought tickets and they went into the zoo happily.
They came to a big bird cage first. There they saw many kinds of strange birds. They found a tall birth with a long head, a long neck and two long thin legs. The guide told them that its name was crane(鹤). Not far from here was another bird with a long thin neck and white feathers. It was swan(天鹅).
After that they visited a very large cage. There was only a big bird in it. They never saw the bird before. It didn't look friendly to them. David and. his classmates were afraid of it. They didn't know its name. Their science teacher told them that it was a kind of eagle.
At half past five in the afternoon, they left Star Zoo for home. They really had a lot of fun there. David planned to go there with his parents again.
根据短文内容,完成下列小题
1. What was the weather like yesterday?2. Who did David and his classmates go to the Star Zoo with?
3. Does swan have a long head, a long neck and two long thin legs?
4. How did David's classmates feel when they saw the big bird in a large cage?
5. When did they leave the zoo?
6 . Pets are a part of people's lives. Some pets are like family members. In these days, many people have pets at home and they spend a lot of money on them. In fact, in some parts of the world, pets get real VIP treatment. VIP usually means Very Important People, but here VIP means Very Important Pets!
When you want to give Fido or Kitty a holiday, you can choose from many dog and cat hotels. In these hotels, dogs can exercise inside or outside, and cats have a large place with something to climb on and play with. They get the best food during their stays at these hotels.
There are other special services(服务)at these hotels. If you are traveling and you want to see your pet, the hotel can put a video camera in the pet's room. So you can see your Fido or Kitty on TV or on a phone.
1. What's the new meaning of "VIP" in this passage? (不超过5个词)2. What does "Fido" stand for(代表) here? (不超过5个词)
3. How can you see your pet during your traveling? (不超过10个词)
Her inspiration came when she was visiting the Buffalo Zoo in Buffalo，New York.She saw a collection box with a sign that said，“Answer the call of the wild.Recycle mobile phones and help save gorillas.”This is when she learned about an organization called EcoCell.Through EcoCell，she realized that one way she could help protect gorillas was to collect mobile phones for recycling.This not only keeps mobile phones out of landfills(废物填埋地)，but helps cut down on the need for Coltan and illegal mining.So，at age 6，Mariah started to work with EcoCell.With the help of her parents，she also started her own project—Mariah Saves Gorillas.
Mariah's project，for the past 10 years，has collected thousands of mobile phones and kept ewaste out of landfills.And，recently，Mariah has been spending her time educating people about how recycling can save gorillas.
1. How did Mariah learn about the problem faced by mountain gorillas in Africa？(不超过5个词)
2. What can Coltan be used for？(不超过10个词)
3. What has Mariah been doing recently？(不超过15个词)
Hummingbirds live mostly on nectar(花蜜)，a kind of sugar water found deep inside flowers.Drinking nectar almost all day long gives hummingbirds the energy they need to keep their wings beating fast，typically around 3，000 times a minute.Hummingbirds' hearts beat fast，up to 1，260 times a minute(yours beats about 70)．And they breathe about 250 times a minute.So they need a lot of energy.This means that hummingbirds need to eat almost all day long.They fly from flower to flower，seldom at rest.
As a hummingbird feeds，its beak(鸟喙) and face get covered in pollen(花粉)．When the bird visits their flower，some pollen falls off.Hummingbirds help the flowers by spreading pollen around from plant to plant.It's a fair trade：the hummingbird gets a meal and the plant gets to make seeds(种子)．
For humans，eating sugar all day would lead to serious health problems.Our bodies could not deal with that much sugar.But hummingbirds burn their sugar as quickly as they eat it，so it doesn't become a problem.In fact，hummingbirds don't live on nectar alone.They also eat a lot of insects and spiders.And maybe with enough nectar，the spiders don't taste quite so bad.
1. How fast can a hummingbird's heart beat？(不超过10个词)
2. How do hummingbirds help the plants to make seeds？(不超过10个词)
3. Why is eating sugar all day not a problem for hummingbirds？(不超过15个词)
One sunny day, Snowy jumped up on the window sill(窗台). Snowy wanted to go out and play with the pretty butterflies, but the window was shut and the old lady had fallen asleep in her rocking chair.
He ran to the door but that was shut, too. He sat down near the old lady's feet and said，“Miaou？” That was his way of saying, “May I go out to play, please？” The old lady didn't hear him but stayed fast asleep.
He rubbed his soft head against the old lady's legs. Still the old lady slept. So Snowy sat down and thought hard. Then he had an idea. He would jump up on the piano and play a tune. That might wake her up. So Snowy jumped up onto the piano and was a little scared of the loud, big, deep drum sound he made as he landed.
He took another little step. It wasn't quite such a loud note(调子). Up and down the notes he walked until he reached the very high notes which sounded like lots of bells. But the old lady woke up.
“What are you doing, Snowy？” She asked but she wasn't angry. “Miaou，” said Snowy, running to the closed door. “How clever you are to wake me up by playing the piano！” said the old lady as she let Snowy out into the sunshine.
1. Where did the old lady often fall asleep？(within 4 words)
2. What did Snowy want to do by jumping onto the window sill？(within 10 words)
3. What did Snowy jump on the piano to do？(within 10 words)
4. How did Snowy feel when he landed on the piano？(within 5 words)
5. What did the old lady do in the end？(within 10 words)
When I was a boy of 12 in South Carolina，we lived near a forest，and every evening mockingbirds(知更鸟) would come to the trees and sing.I was so interested in watching birds.I planned to catch a bird and keep her in a cage so that I could hear her sing at any time.
I finally caught one.On the second day，the bird's mother flew to the cage with food in her mouth.The baby ate everything her mother brought her.I was glad to see this.The following morning when I went to see my mockingbird，I was surprised to find she was dead in the cage！How sad I was!
When Arthur Wayne，a famous ornithologist(鸟类学家)，visited my father，he heard my crying and told me，“If a mother mockingbird finds her young baby in a cage，she will bring poisonous(有毒的) food to the baby.She thinks that it is better for her child to die than to live in a cage.”
Since then，I never caught any animals and put them in a cage.All living animals have a right(权利) to live free.
1. What was the writer's hobby when he was young？(不超过5个词)
2. Why was the young mockingbird dead in the cage？(不超过10个词)
3. What does the writer want to tell us in the story？(不超过15个词)
