Wildlife Lessons
The elephants stood face to face. Their big ears fanned out. A group of school kids looked at the elephants from a_______ . They came from a village just outside Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, in Botswana, Africa. “Are the elephants fighting? Someone asked.
“No, it’s a_______,”another child said. “ They’re playing.”
Kolobetso, 13, was a bit nervous. “She’d grown up with a fear that elephants are _______.” Walona Sehularo told reporters. He was also in the truck. He works with Elephants for Africa(EFA).The group is trying to_______ elephants and help people live peacefully alongside them.
In parts of rural（农村）Africa, elephants_______ freely . They often connect with people. Many people fear them, and they regard them as animals that can cause_______. Fight between people and elephants is_______.EFA wants to change that. It hopes to encourage young people to become protection leaders. Threatened（威胁）by poaching（偷猎）in other parts of Africa, _______ have log found safety in Botswana. The country has about 130,000 elephants. That is more than any other country in Africa. Many can be_______along the Boteti River.
But elephants also hang out onto farms. Botswana’s elephants attract（吸引）tourists to Makgakdikgadi Pans.________few local children can afford to visit. By leading them on trips there, EFA wants to teach kids to love the park and its wildlife so that kids might be ________working as park officers, guides, or researchers in the future.
When Kolobetso and her classmates toured the________ , an elephant headed straight for the truck, protecting its group. Then it walked away. The kids were________ .” It was one of those moments you cannot explain,” Schularo says. “It ________ you with a great joy.”
Researchers say the threat of poaching in surrounding（周围的）countries has driven________elephants to Botswana. Much of the land is protected. For now, the country may be the safest place on Earth for elephants.
1.A.car B.bus C.truck D.train
2.A.game B.subject C.fight D.work
3.A.friendly B.comfortable C.dangerous D.careful
4.A.protect B.compare C.control D.change
5.A.turn out B.hang out C.make up D.take in
6.A.peace B.surprise C.trouble D.disease
7.A.common B.excellent C.famous D.important
8.A.lions B.tigers C.monkeys D.elephants
9.A.helped B.killed C.forgotten D.found
10.A.And B.But C.So D.Or
11.A.worried about B.interested in C.surprised at D.tired at
12.A.country B.city C.zoo D.park
13.A.amazed B.bored C.tired D.stressed
14.A.helps B.compares C.fills D.covers
15.A.little B.less C.fewer D.more
Taking out a billboard for Dad’s birthday
A father has accepted a very singular birthday gift from his two adult sons. Since Chris and Mike both live in Florida, they were sad that they could not _______ with their father in Linwood, New Jersey for his special day.
As kids, they would always celebrate their dad’s birthday by _______ out and telling the restaurant workers about the special time so they would make a _______ on their behalf（代表某人）. They could not continue their special_______, however, they decided to ask for some outside help.
Their father, Christopher Ferry, didn’t know about their plans, _______last week when he woke up to a text message from a phone number he did not recognize（认出）.
“On Thursday morning, I got a text that said ‘Happy Birthday’, and I said, ‘_______is this?’” Ferry told reporters . “‘Nick, ' ‘Nick who?’ ‘Ho, you don’t _______ me.’ ‘How do you know it’s my birthday?’ ‘I read it on a billboard（广告牌）.’”
Sure enough, Mike and Chris had taken out a full billboard reading “Wish My _______ a Happy Birthday Love, Your sons”. The billboard also _______Ferry’s name, face, and phone number.
At first, they________ expected their father to receive birthday wishes from his friends and family members who recognized his face, ________ with the billboard hanging at the entrance of the highway, their dad’s phone was ________ filled with messages and voicemail from strangers wishing him a happy birthday.
The billboard joke has made Ferry a local__________person, too. Ferry said, “The waitress knew me. She said, ‘Oh, you’re the billboard‘s dad’ — so that’s my new title（标题）. I’m the billboard’s dad. I love it. It’s really ________”.
It seems right to say that Chris and Mike have made up for their absence （缺席）on Ferry’s birthday, which is on March 16th. “We’re very excited to see my dad’s________ because he really deserves（值得） it,” said the brothers.
1.A.play B.travel C.stay D.meet
2.A.working B.throwing C.running D.eating
3.A.surprise B.mistake C.friend D.decision
4.A.sport B.tradition C.dream D.test
5.A.since B.after C.until D.when
6.A.Who B.What C.Which D.Where
7.A.help B.wonder C.know D.like
8.A.Brother B.Sister C.Mom D.Dad
9.A.showed B.told C.called D.asked
10.A.even B.also C.only D.almost
11.A.and B.but C.or D.so
12.A.quickly B.carefully C.happily D.clearly
13.A.kind B.famous C.rich D.serious
14.A.scary B.boring C.cold D.cool
15.A.speak B.smile C.about D.cry
“When it comes to Earth, there’s no time to waste,” the Earth Day Network says. And that is true. 1. (protect) our environment is very important. World Earth Day was created in 1970 to raise people’s e2. awareness.3. April 22, people around the world celebrate Earth Day.
Every year there is a special theme. The theme was “Trees for Earth” in 2016. Their goal is to 4. 7.8 billion trees by 2020.
That’s a big goal, and you might wonder5. trees are so important. Well for one, they can help stop climate change. Carbon dioxide (二氧化碳) is a chemical in our atmosphere, but humans make too much of it. Each person makes about 2.3 tons a year, which is b6. for the environment.
Well guess what! Trees take in carbon dioxide and improve air quality. Planting new trees is important because people cut down countless t7..
According to Time, the total number of trees in the world has been almost cut in half since human civilization (文明) 8. (begin). So we need to plant more to replenish (补充) the ones we’ve lost. One tree can take in 48 pounds (21.8kg) of carbon dioxide per year. And it’s still one of the9. (cheap) and best ways to get rid of carbon dioxide.
But don’t forget that you can also help the environment by cutting down on how much energy or w10. you use every day. Every little bit helps!
Li Lei’s mother was ________ him because he went out to play in the rain.
A.angry with B.pleased with C.sorry for D.kind to
In such ________weather, the flowers have to be watered more often in order to keep alive.
A.wet B.dry C.gentle D.pretty
Although the young man has failed many times, he is never ________ with himself.
A.satisfied B.disappointed C.moved D.pleased
