Question

There is a very special wolf that lives in Africa. They are actually called, the African wild dog, of painted dogs.

These animals live in open woodlands, or in the plains of Africa. Today, however, most of the animals can be found in eastern or southern Africa. These animals are beautiful. They have rounded ears instead of pointed like most dogs, and they have four toes (脚趾) on each of their four feet, also a unique characteristic because other dogs have five. Their fine fur is always different from each other. The fur is usually a combination of black, brown, red, and white, and sometimes even yellow. No wonder they’re called the painted wolf.

The African wild dog is a very social animal. They live in groups and have numbers from five to about twenty. The members of a group are always very close to one another. They communicate in their own language or body language. When someone is very old or sick, the others will help, and they are willing to share the food with the elders and with those who are weak, which is what we should learn from.

The family does everything together, from raising young, to sleeping together, to hunting. When they hunt, they will work together suing team work to kill animals that are larger than them.

They sometimes hunt farm animals. This is unfortunate, because both poachers (偷猎者), and people who own farms shoot the painted dogs who are just trying to survive.

Before, there used to be many large groups throughout the land, but now the African wild god is very rare. They are also losing their population because of their own loss of habitat thanks to human’s farming and forest cutting.

1.From the text we learn that the African wild dog         .

A．lives in the north of Africa

B．has sixteen toes altogether

C．has pointed ears like most dogs

D．lives in forests in groups

2.Why do African wild dogs get the name “painted dogs”?

A．They all have colorful fur.

B．The dogs in the same group are of different colors.

C．Artists love to paint them in different colors.

D．None of them has the same color.

3.According to the author, what should we learn from African wild dogs?

A．They always do everything together.

B．They help the sick, the elderly and the weak.

C．They are always very close to one another.

D．They communicate in their own language.

4.Which of the following is NOT the reason why African wild dogs are becoming very rare?

A．Poachers kill some of them.

B．They are short of food sometimes.

C．They are losing their habitat.

D．Farmers shoot some of them.

5.Where could this passage probably be found?

A．The Travelers

B．Fashion Weekly

C．Animal World

D．Star Magazine

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.B

5.C

【解析】文章介绍了非洲猎狗的生活习性和特点。

1.计算题。根据第二段第三行they have four toes (脚趾) on each of their four feet可知：每只脚有4个脚趾，4只脚一共有16只脚趾。

2.细节题。根据第二段最后两行The fur is usually a combination of black, brown, red, and white, and sometimes even yellow. No wonder they’re called the painted wolf.

3.推理题。根据文章第三段内容可知这种非洲猎狗在任何情况下都是团队协作，而这正是我们应该向他们学习的东西。

4.细节题。根据文章倒数第二段both poachers (偷猎者), and people who own farms shoot the painted dogs who are just trying to survive.可知AD正确。根据文章最后一段第2行because of their own loss of habitat可知C正确。B项内容在文章中没有提及。

5.推理题。本文是关于非洲猎狗，那么应该是出现在关于动物的文章中，故C正确。