1 . Dogs are smart. They are fun pets and great friends. Dogs can hear and smell better than we can. They learn fast and like to be helpful. Some dogs are trained to help with very special work.
People who can’t hear may miss important sounds. They won’t hear an alarm clock, a doorbell or someone calling their name. A hearing dog is trained to alert them to sounds.
Therapy dogs help people to feel better. They are gentle and patient. They visit people in nursing homes, hospitals and homeless shelters. They provide quiet company when someone is sad or ill or feels lonely.
A guide dog is trained to help someone who can’t see. The dog always stays at the person’s side. The guide dog helps a blind person cross a busy street safely. It can warn the person about curbs (路缘石) and steps.
Sheep spend most of their lives in a large grassy pasture (牧场). They may wander to different areas. Sometimes the farmer needs them all in one place. The herding (放牧的) dog finds all the sheep and moves them to that spot.
Sometimes people are lost in the woods or are trapped in a building that fell down. Search-and-rescue dogs find people who are lost, hurt or trapped. They move slowly and carefully, finding people rescue workers might not see.
Big Newfoundland dogs are strong swimmers. In Italy, they work as lifeguards. They will jump in the water and pull a drowning person to safety. Some can even jump into the water from a helicopter.
Dogs help us do many types of jobs. Can you think of other great jobs for dogs?
1. According to the author, which of the following makes dogs good workers?| A．They have fur that is nice to pet. |
| B．They learn fast and have a good sense of smell. |
| C．They like working and having jobs. |
| D．They enjoy sledding and hunting. |
| A．Both dogs and people do many types of jobs. |
| B．People could not survive without dogs. |
| C．Dogs do many types of jobs that help people. |
| D．Dogs are the smartest animals in the world. |
| A．They guide owners on adventures. |
| B．They open doors for their owners. |
| C．They help people with disabilities (身心障碍者). |
| D．They visit sick people in hospitals. |
| A．comfort | B．adventure | C．service | D．protection |
| A．Five. | B．Six. | C．Seven. | D．Eight. |
Clara is a cow and she lives on a very good farm. She likes all kinds of sweet foods. Cakes and pies are her favorites. When she gets a cake, she always jumps around on the grass. When she eats it, she starts making noises to show she is happy. When she wants to have another one. She will sit on the ground.
But there is a problem—she often gets sick because she eats many sweet food. So the farmer Bill stops giving her sweet food to eat. Clara is not happy every day.
Then Bill has a good idea. He gives Clara a pie on Monday, a cake on Tuesday, a donut on Thursday and an ice-cream on Saturday. Clara must eat grass on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Clara also thinks it is a good idea.
1—2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下第三段的主题句；5题将文中画线句译成汉语。
1. Clara likes
2. Clara is sad every day because
3. What will Clara do when she wants another cake?
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3 . You may think that only children go to school but there are special schools for guide dogs! At school, of course, guide dogs do not learn mathematics and science like you. They learn how to help blind people. The dogs live at the school for six months and they learn about twenty words- words like “sit” and “no”. These dogs wear a special coat with a big handle on it for the blind person to hold.
Dogs can also go to school to learn how to help people who cannot hear. If a person cannot hear, we say he or she is deaf.
Dogs who help deaf people must learn many different sounds. Then they must be able to show the deaf person what is making the sound. When they hear a visitor at the door, the dog learns to walk to the deaf person and then walk to the door. And if a telephone rings, they walk to the deaf man or woman and then walk to the telephone.
These dogs can also help deaf mothers. If a baby is crying in another room, the dog walks to the mother and then to the baby. These dogs wear a yellow coat to show that they are special dogs that are helping a deaf person.
There have been many times when these dogs have saved a life. You may see in a newspaper that a dog heard a fire alarm and lay down near the deaf person’s feet. That is the sign for danger. The person knows that something is wrong and can go away from the fire.
Special dogs can also help people who are disabled in various ways. For example, dogs can pull off their gloves or socks! Think how difficult your life would be if you were blind, deaf or disabled! But if you had a special dog like this to help you, your life would be much easier.
1. Can dogs learn science in special schools?2. What do guide dogs wear when they help the blind, a special coat or special shoes?
3. What should dogs learn if we want them to help the deaf?
4. How do dogs help a deaf man if there is a fire?
5. What is the passage mainly about ?
A whooping crane is a large white North American crane famous for its loud call.
You may weigh more than a whooping crane, but maybe you aren’t taller than one! Whooping cranes can grow up to five feet tall. It makes them the tallest birds in North America. But even as tall as they are, whooping cranes weigh only about 15 pounds, because of their hollow （空心的） bones.
WHAT’S FOR DINNER?
Whooping cranes live in wetlands, wet prairies, and fields. They’re not picky （挑剔的） about their meals—they have a mixed diet and eat small fish, and insects, as well as grains and marsh plants.
CALL OF THE WILD
Whooping cranes really like to ‘whoop it up’ when they want to attract a mate （伙伴）. They call loudly and do what might look like a crazy dance to be eye—catching. They flap their wings, and move their heads from side to side quickly, jumping up and down.
A SPECIAL TRICK
These cranes are in danger, but scientists have used some very interesting tricks to help them stay alive. At first, they moved one group of cranes to Florida, but the cranes never learned to migrate （迁徙）. When they got to Florida, they didn’t know how to fly back home. Scientists did all they could do to make the number of the cranes larger, so they used a special trick with another Florida group of cranes. Scientists “taught” the younger cranes to migrate by having them follow a very light airplane from Florida to Wisconsin. After the cranes gave birth to their babies in Florida, they’d follow the plane back to Wisconsin!
Some whooping cranes stay in Florida all year round, some fly from Florida to Wisconsin, and others fly from Texas to Canada and back again each year.
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| A whooping crane is from North America. | |
Looks | Whooping cranes can be five feet in They weigh only about 15 pounds |
Food | They |
Qualities | To catch a mate’s eyes, whooping cranes use a |
Fun facts | Scientists moved one group of cranes to Florida, but they were not Scientists wanted to have Scientists used a plane to |
5 . Once there was a forest where all the animals lived together happily. One day a family went to spend the day in the forest, and the son left his socks there. After the family left, a bear came by. He found the socks and decided to try them on. They fit so well, and he liked them so much that he wouldn’t take them off.
All the other animals talked about the bear’s new look. Soon, in that forest, squirrels in shirts, rabbits in shoes, and even rats (老鼠) wearing hats began appearing! The forest doctor shook his head, telling animals, “This can’t be good. Animals don’t need clothes!”But no one listened to him. They said he was just out of fashion.
However, soon the animals had accidents because of the clothes. Several times the squirrel got caught on trees because of his shirt, making him fall to the ground from a tree. The rat couldn’t go into his hole without taking off his hat first. because of the socks, the bear slipped（滑到） from the river rock and almost killed himself.
When the animals came to see the doctor, he gave them all the same advice, “Take off those clothes before they kill you.” Then they listened to the doctor’s advice and stopped having accidents. And the animals realized that they didn’t need clothes at all.
1. Who found the socks and tried them on?2. Did the other animals like the bear’s new look?
3. What did the animals think of the forest doctor at first?
4. Why did the animals have accidents?
5. What did the doctor advise the animals to do at the end of the story?
Since May 1,2015, Beijing started to allow blind people to take guide dogs(导盲犬) onto the subway(地铁). How much do you know about guide dogs? What can they do to help blind people?
Not every dog can become a guide dog. The most common guide dog breeds(品种) are Labrador Retrievers and Golden Retrievers. That’s because they are smart and have a good temper.
To help blind people, dogs need to learn many skills, such as finding and following a clear road, moving around obstacles(障碍物), and stopping when they reach a curb(路牙) beside a road. Of course they should pass tests. They also need to learn an important lesson called as “intelligent disobedience(智能抗命)’’. For example, blind people ask the dog to go forward when crossing a road. But if the dog knows that a car is coming, it will not move until it is safe.
At about 10 or 12 years old, guide dogs retire(退休). Some of them stay at their owner’s home and become their pets. Others may go back to training schools and live there.
What can a guide dog do to help blind people?
●Follow a direct road, paying no attention to other things such as smells, animals and people.
●Keep a steady(稳定的) pace and just in front of the owner.
●Stop at all curbs until the owner tells them to move forward.
●Stay quiet when the owner is sitting down.
●Help the owner to move around buses, subways and other public transportation.
1. What can blind people in Beijing do when they go out by subway?2. Why do people choose Labrador Retrievers and Golden Retrievers as guide dogs?
3. What important lesson should guide dogs learn?
4. How many things can guide dogs do to help blind people according to the passage?
5. What can you do to help blind people? (自拟一句话作答)
Bonnie and Chester are two squirrels(松鼠). They are good friends. One day Bonnie goes to her friend’s home. She sees Chester is not very happy.
“I can’t find my nuts(坚果).”says Chester. “They are not under my bed or in my desk. They are for my family. I must find them.”
“I can help you,” says Bonnie.
Bonnie sees a white bag under the chair, but the nuts are not in it. Then she sees a photo on Chester’s desk. In the photo, Chester has a big red box. A lot of nuts are in the box.
“Box? Where is it?” Bonnie thinks. She looks here and there.
“Look, Chester!” says Bonnie. “What’s in the box?”
“Oh, nuts!” says Chester. “You are great!”
Then he goes up to the top(顶部) of the bookcase. Chester is happy now.
1. Are Bonnie and Chester sister and brother?2. 请将划线句译成中文.
3. The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refers to
4. Where is the box?
8 . Giant pandas are from China and they live only in a small part of China. There aren’t many giant pandas living in the wild. You can see some giant pandas in the zoo.
Lots of people love giant pandas because they look very cute. They have soft fur(软毛). They are white with black legs. They have black fur around their eyes. Their ears are black, too. They have short tails.
Giant pandas are large animals and they have sharp paws(爪子). In fact, giant pandas are dangerous animals. Remember: don’t come too close to them.
1题判断正误（T/F）；2题完成句子； 3、4题回答问题； 5题将文中划线句子翻译成汉语。
1. There are many giant pandas living in the wild.
2. We can’t see many giant pandas in the wild, but we can see some giant pandas
3. What colour are the giant pandas’ ear?
4. Are giant pandas dangerous animals?
5.
In the deserts of North Africa and Saudi Arabia lives the fennec fox, which is smaller than any other kind of foxes.
Fennec foxes have ears that are 5 to 6 inches long. That’s big for an animal that weighs less than four pounds. Their ears help shed (去除) body heat. And, as you may have guessed, they also provide great hearing.
It’s also interesting to think about the hair of fennec foxes. Why would a fox that lives in the desert need a thick, fur coat? Actually, the desert isn’t always warm. During the nighttime, a desert can be terribly cold! A fennec fox’s fur keeps them warm during those desert nights. They also have long bushy (浓密的) tails that they use as a blanket. And the hair on their feet protects them from the hot sand in the daytime.
Fennec foxes live in small communities of dens (兽穴). They spend most of the day sleeping in their dens, out of the hot sun. Then, when night comes, they come out looking for food. Besides their great hearing, fennecs also use their great sense of smell and big eyes to find dinner.
Like other foxes, fennecs are omnivores. This means they eat both meat and plants. They like eating birds, eggs, insects, snails, fruit and leaves best.
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| Where they live | They live in the deserts of North Africa and Saudi Arabia |
What they look like | 1. They are the 2. Their big ears 3. Their thick fur helps them to survive in the cold desert night. 4. The hair on their feet protects them from the heat of the sand during the daytime. |
| How they live | 1. They live in small communities. 2. They 3. Their |
Camels are amazing animals. They aren’t the most beautiful animals in the world. But they are certainly the most useful animals in the hot areas such as North Africa and the Middle East. They usually help people carry things. Now let’s learn more about camels.
There are two kinds of camels on the Earth. They are Arabian (阿拉伯的) camels and Asian camels. Arabian camels are dromedaries (单峰骆驼), but Asian camels are bactrianus (双峰骆驼). An adult camel is about 2 meters tall and weighs about 500 kilograms. Its legs are long. And its feet are big and soft. Most of the camels can live for about 40 years, but they usually stop working when they are about 25.
Camels live on their own in the desert (沙漠). They aren’t afraid of the hot and cold weather. They mainly eat grass, leaves and bushes. They can walk for more than 600 kilometers without drinking. They only need to drink water every six or eight days. But when there is water, they can drink up to 90 liters (升). Camels walk slowly. They don’t like running because it’s too hot. But if they need, they can run at 20 kilometers an hour.
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| Age | Most camels can live for about They usually stop |
| Kinds | They are Arabian camels and |
| Features | An Its legs are long and its The |
| They live They They only need to drink water every six or eight days. They can drink up to 90 liters every time. They walk not very |
