根据句意将将所缺单词补充完整。
We are beautiful red-crowned cranes（丹顶鹤）. We have red caps on top of our heads. You may think the caps are our f1.. In fact, they are combs(冠)。We are one of the largest birds in size in the w2.. We are the heaviest cranes（鹤）. An adult（成年）red-crowned crane can w3.up to 11 kilograms. We are good at dancing. I think we are the most beautiful dancers of all the birds. We are also good s4. We sing loudly and beautifully .We are good at flying as well, we fly to warm East Asia when s5. comes. We give birth to baby cranes there. We like to live together on wetlands in Southwest China and some o6. places. We feed on worms（虫子）and small fish. We like to live in long grasses. Water and grasses are i7. for us. But sometimes, life is harder these years. We are one of the most endangered（濒危）birds in the world now. People keep t8. our living areas to make farms and build houses.
We don’t have e9. space to live. And we don’t have enough food to feed our babies because many people go f10. and hunt too much. Can you help us!
任务性阅读。
Animals grow up in different ways. They have lots of lessons to learn.
Some animals are born weak but their mothers protect them. A newborn kangaroo is the s of a bee. She stays in her mother’s safe pouch（小袋）.（2）She doesn’t open her eyes for at least five months.
A newborn monkey cannot walk. His mother carries him. Other baby animals can walk soon after they’re born. They learn to run with their mother when danger is near. A baby zebra can run an hour after she is born.
Some baby animals are born in a place that is safe. Other baby animals are born in the open air. Baby wolves are born in large holes. A baby elephant is born on open, grassy land. Other elephants in the group make a circle (圈) to protect her.
Some animals drink their mothers’ milk. They are called mammals (哺乳动物). A mother bear’s milk is fatty and rich. Baby bears need lots of fat from the milk to keep warm in winter. They have milk for six months. Baby zebras drink milk for six months or more! As baby animals grow they need solid (固体的) food. Baby lions eat w their mother can catch.
1.在空白处填入适当的词使句意完整、上下文通顺：____________ ____________
2.将（2）句译成中文:_____________________________________________________________
3.根据课文内容，回答问题。
How many kinds of animals are mentioned(提及到) in the short passage?
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4.在文中画出与下列句子意思相近的句子: Other elephants in the group stay around the baby to protect her .
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5.找出文中最能表达该短文主题的句子:
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There are many wetlands（湿地）in China and some of them have become internationally（国际性的）important wetlands. The Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands are one example. They are in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. They are the ideal home for many different kinds of birds and animals. The world’s largest Milu Deer （麋鹿）Nature Reserve（保护区）is there. More than 700 milu deer live freely there. There are not many red-crowned cranes（丹顶鹤）in the world, but every winter you can see some in the Red-Crowned Cranes Nature Reserve in the Yellow Sea Wetlands.
The temperature in the wetlands is usually not too high or too low. There is a lot of rain and sunshine, too. They are really good places for wildlife（野生动物）. They offer food and home for some special kinds of animals and birds. It is not the only reason why we need to protect wetlands. Wetlands are important because they also prevent（阻止）floods（洪水）. But some people want to change the wetlands to make space for farms and buildings. This means there will be less and less space for wildlife.
Luckily, more and more people are beginning to realize（认识到）the importance of wetlands and wildlife. Every year on February 2nd, the World Wetlands Day, many activities are held to tell people more about wetlands.
1.Which of the following is the ideal home for birds and animals?
A. The Yellow River. B. The wetlands. C. North China. D. Cities in China.
2.What’s the weather like in the wetlands?
A. It’s very hot. B. It’s too cold. C. There’s a lot of snow. D. It rains a lot there.
3.Why are the wetlands good places for wildlife?
A. Wildlife can find food and home there. B. All wildlife can live freely there.
C. There’ re enough friends for them. D. There is enough room for them.
4.What’s the use of the wetlands?
A. To raise(饲养) more wildlife. B. To prevent floods.
C. To offer lots of food for human beings. D. A and B.
5.Which of the following is Not true?
A. More than 700 milu deer live freely because of the wetlands.
B. We can’t see red-crowned cranes in the Yellow Sea Wetlands.
C. February 2nd is the World Wetlands Day.
D. People are beginning to realize the importance of wetlands.
The elephant is the largest of all animals that live on land．An elephant's trunk（象鼻）is rather like an arm and a hand．It is used to pick up and pull things in its mouth．It is also used to pull up trees when the elephant wants to make path（道路）through the forests．
The African elephant is usually larger than the Indian elephant．It often stands l 0 or 1l feet high, and weighs over 6 tons．Both males and females grow trunks．But only male Indian elephants have tusks．
The elephant lives mostly on grass，leaves and fruits．It has been easy for men to train elephants．They are used to carry heavy things．Elephants can live for about fifty years or more．
1.Elephants are______________ ．
A. not found in the forests B. only found in Africa
C. larger than any other animal on land D. the largest animal in the world
2.Elephants use their______________ ．
A. trunks to do things as men use their hands to
B. trunks to pull up trees only when they want to make paths through the woods
C. tusks to do what men use their hands to
D. tusks to eat tip trees
3.Which of the following is NOT right?
A. Female Indian elephants have tusks．
B. All African elephants have trunks．
C. The Indian elephant is usually smaller than the African elephant．
D. The African elephant usually weighs more than 6，000 kilograms．
4.The food for the elephant is______________ ．
A. grass B. 1eaves C. fruits D. all of the above
5.From the text we know______________ ．
A. all elephants are very clever and good friends of men's
B. we can hunt elephants as we like
C. we should not train the elephant
D. there are elephants everywhere in the world
On May 23, six pandas left an important panda base (基地) in Wolong, southwest China’s Sichuan Province(四川省), because of damaged (损坏的) shelters and food shortages（短缺）after the May 12 earthquake（地震）, The pandas took trucks(卡车) to Ya’an,a local official（官员） said.
Eight other pandas left the Chengdu Research Base on May 18. They will take China Southern Airlines (CSA) to Beijing. They will travel on a Boeing 747-700 plane with bamboo and water. and they will stay at the Beijing Zoo, said Wolong director Zhang Hemin.
“There is enough water now, but food is still a big problem. The pandas need bamboos and apples.” Zhang Hemin said.
After the earthquake, the center needed lots of bamboo shoots, apples, eggs, milk powder and medicine, she said.
There are about 1,590 pandas living in the wild in China, mostly in Sichuan and the northwestern provinces of Shanxi and Gansu.
1.How many pandas left for Ya’an?
A. 6 B. 8 C.14 D.1590
2.How will eight other pandas go to Beijing Zoo from the Chengdu Research Base?
A. By plane B. By train C. By truck D. By bus
3.In China,what place has the most giant pandas?
A. Beijing
B. Sichuan and the northwestern provinces
C. northeastern provinces
D. Jiangsu
4.Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Some pandas left an important panda base in Wolong after the earthquake.
B. Eight other pandas will stay at Beijing zoo.
C. Pandas eat bamboo shoots, apples, eggs, milk powder and so on.
D. Water is still a big problem for the pandas after the earthquake.
5.This passage is probably(很可能) from ________________.
A. a novel(小说) B. a storybook C. a newspaper D. a diary（日记）
Hong Kong has about forty public(公共的) beaches. Some of the beaches are among the best in the world. People can go there for a swim. You can go to most of them by bus. To go to some beaches you must take a boat. There are toilets, changing rooms and places to buy food and drink on most of the beaches.
You will swim there without danger if you remember these instructions(说明)：
1.Never swim alone.
2.Never swim after a meal or when you feel hungry or tired.
3.Do not stay in the water too long.
4.Never go out in a boat if you cannot swim.
Remember : A red flag means that it is dangerous for anybody to go into the water. A blue flag means that it is dangerous for children.
1.The passage（文章）suggests（建议）that _______.
A. the Hong Kong public beaches are the best in the world
B. Hong Kong has the most beaches in the world
C. Hong Kong has almost forty public beaches
D. some of the Hong Kong public beaches are separate(不相连的) from the main islands.
2.We can reach ______ by bus.
A. all the public beaches B. no public beach
C. only a few public beaches D. many of the public beaches
3.When you see a blue flag, you know that ______ there.
A. women should not swim B. children should not swim
C. nobody should swim D. anybody can swim
4.Which of the following is true according(根据) to this passage?
A. You can swim when you see where there is a red flag.
B. You should not swim with other people.
C. You should not swim after lunch.
D. You can’t swim for a short time.
5.The passage mainly(主要地) tells us ______ in Hong Kong.
A. the public beaches and swimming B. the danger of swimming
C. the best beaches D. the difficulties to go swimming
