1 . 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 bear and a monkey were good friends. One day, they took a walk together. The monkey said to the bear, “Look, here are some banana trees on the other side of the river but I can’t swim. Would you like to take me there on your back?” “Good, my friend,” said the bear.
Soon they got to the bank. The monkey climbed up a tree and began to eat bananas. He threw the skin (皮) of the bananas to the ground. The bear could not climb up the tree. He walked about and then lay down to sleep. When the monkey found the bear asleep, he shouted, “Stop, stop! Someone is eating bananas!” The owner came and he saw the bear and the skin of the bananas. The bear was beaten (被打) and he felt sad. When the bear took the monkey back, he asked, “Monkey, why did you shout?” The monkey said, “Oh, I have this habit and have to shout.” The bear understood and said, “I have a habit, too. I like to dance in the river.” With these words, ____________________________________.
1. How many animals are mentioned (提到) in the passage?2. How did the monkey go to the other side of the river?
3. What did the monkey throw to the ground?
4. Could the bear climb up the banana tree?
5. How was the bear when he was beaten by the owner?
6. Do you think the bear and the monkey were really good friends?
7. Complete the sentence in the last paragraph.
With these words,
4 . The elephant is the largest animal to walk on Earth. An elephant can carry a load of 1,200 pounds（磅）. They eat 300 pounds of food a day. An elephant baby can weigh 200 pounds at birth. Elephants can live up to 70 years.
Elephants can be trained to carry logs with their trunks（象鼻）, and have been used in the forestry industry in Asia for many years.
Elephants use their ears as a cooling system. Blood flows through veins（静脉）in the ears and as the elephant flaps（拍击）his ears, the blood cools and flows through his body to cool off other parts.
There are two kinds of elephants: the African elephant and the Indian elephant. African elephants can be identified（识别）by the larger ears. The African elephant grows up to 10 feet tall and weighs as much as 12,000 pounds.
The Indian elephant grows up to 9 feet tall, and weighs up to 8,000 pounds. It’s easy to identify because of its smaller ears. Most circus（马戏团）elephants are Indian elephants. Another name for the Indian elephant is the Asian elephant.
阅读短文，根据短文内容补全句子，每空一词。
1. Elephants, can live up to
2. Elephants use their
3. There are two kinds of elephants: the
4. The weight of the African elephant is as much as
5. It’s not
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?
6 . Tony and Mary go to the zoo. It is across from a park. They want to see the animals there. Mary likes to see the elephants, because their long noses are very interesting and they are quite intelligent. She wants to give them some leaves to eat; they like them very much. But Tony doesn’t like elephants; he thinks they are ugly. He likes pandas because they are kind of cute. He buys some leaves for them. Mary likes pandas, too. She thinks they are beautiful and shy. They are very happy at the zoo.
1题根据短文内容，补全句子；2和3题根据短文内容，回答下列问题；4题根据短文内容，判断正误，正确的为T，错误的为F；5题将划线句子译成汉语
1. The park is
2. Why does Mary like elephants?
3. How many kinds of animals are mentioned(提到) in the passage?
4. Both Tony and Mary like elephants.
5.
7 . 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：
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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