The koala
Appearance:
Size: 70—90cm Weight: 5—14kg
The koala with thick hair looks cute but it has very sharp
teeth and claws (爪子).
The male koala is larger than the female one.
Food: The koala eats eucalyptus leaves (桉树叶). Each koala
eats about 500 grams of leaves per day.
Habit: The koala sleeps for up to 16—18 hours. It prefers to move around in the evening.
Baby fact: A healthy female koala can have one child each year. A baby koala is very small when it is born—only a quarter of an inch. It has no hair and it can’t see either. It lives in its mother’s pouch (育儿袋) for half a year. During this time, it only drinks its mother’s milk.
Danger: The number of koalas in Australia is getting smaller every year, mainly because of people. People cut down a lot of trees, so many koalas have no places to live in and they don’t have enough leaves to eat. There are fewer than 100,000 koalas in the world. Some scientists say if people don’t protect them, we won’t have any koalas within 30 years.
1.When does the koala often move around during a day?
A. In the morning. B. In the evening.
C. In the afternoon. D. At weekends.
2.If someone sees a newly born koala, he will find that ___________________.
A. it can see everything B. it is really small
C. it has thick hair D. it is very big
3.A baby koala can’t live without ____________________.
A. water B. grass C. milk D. meat
4.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. An adult koala often weighs more than 16kg.
B. The female koala is smaller than the male one.
C. The claws of the koala are sharp but their teeth are not.
D. The koala often sleeps more than 20 hours.
5.The koala is in danger now. The main reason is that __________________.
A. big animals eat them
B. people hunt them for their fur
C. people cut down many trees
D. They often kill each other
The lion is called the king of all animals. Once it was also called as the king of the desert (沙漠). However, lions _____ live in any desert now. Their colour may _____ different from yellow to brown and males (雄性动物) can be from blond to black. The male lions _____ up to 190 kg and are about 1.20 metres tall while the females（雌性动物）weigh nearly 130 kg and are 1 metre tall. They _____ beautiful fur, strong legs with sharp claws and a long tail.
Panthera Leo (非洲狮) lives in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. _____ it feeds on many kinds of animals. When it’s _____ its food, it can reach the speed of 60 km per hour and jump even 12 metres. The lion likes to eat its food at once, ________sometimes it has to hide the food because of hyenas (土狼). Hyenas are the only animals which kill lions for food.
The lion lives in small families_______20 to 30 members. In each family there is usually one _____ male with two or three females with small baby lions. ______, the lion population is in great danger mainly because of people’s hunting.
1.A. never B. always C. sometimes D. usually
2.A. is B. are C. am D. be
3.A. eat B. weigh C. grow D. hold
4.A. want B. need C. have D. like
5.A. Where B. Here C. There D. Which
6.A. chasing（追逐） B. watching C. enjoying D. thinking
7.A. so B. but C. and D. because
8.A. made from B. made of C. made up with D. made in
9.A. healthy B. beautiful C. young D. grown（成年的）
10.A. Luckily B. Suddenly C. Unluckily D. Cheerfully
— _______ can a tiger weigh, do you know?
— Yes, I know that a big one can weigh over 300 kilos.
A. How many B. How heavy C. How much D. What
You must be very tired. Why not a rest?
A. stop taking B. stop to take
C. to stop taking D. to stop to take
He stopped looking after the homeless animals ___________ his bad health.
A. instead of B. because of C. because D. instead
—My mother is ill in hospital today.
—______________
A. Oh. Really? B. I can’t believe it!
C. That sounds good. D. I’m sorry to hear that.
