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Sugar gliders(蜜袋鼯)are small, cute, and unique little animals. Sugar gliders are a long-term commitment, living up to 14 years with good care, and require a special diet, lots of attention, and space. Baby sugar gliders start life off in their mother’s pocket, just like kangaroos.
All wild sugar gliders are from Australia, Indonesia, and New Guinea where they live in tree tops. Sugar gliders in the wild live in social family units called colonies. This social life is very important to all sugar gliders and they enjoy the companionship and communication from their own species.
Sugar gliders can make lovable, playful, and entertaining animals, but regular interaction with them is very important if you want the glider to be friendly, especially if having a colony of them. Sugar gliders will get along with other gliders that they live with. While these glider relationships are very important, you’ll still want to make sure your glider is also friendly with you if you want to handle them.
Sugar gliders are quick, love to climb, will glide from place to place if space allows it, and like to stay in a nest during the day to sleep. They cannot be potty (便盘) trained but they seldom bring owners cleaning trouble.
Sugar gliders can be very noisy. The noises that a sugar glider makes are usually to show that they are upset, frightened, hungry, or to express other feelings. “Crabbing” is the most often heard sound of an upset glider and this warning should be noticed or you may be in for an unkind bite. You will hear this sound if you wake a sleeping glider up during the day since they are nocturnal, you also might be at the risk of losing a good rest.
Pet sugar gliders have fairly strict dietary requirements. The perfect diet for a sugar glider is still a widely argued topic but more and more research has been done over the years to determine some of the best options.
1.Which of the flowing is required for keeping a pet sugar glider according to the text?
A. Long-time care B. Joyful toys
C. A special pocket D. Technical knowledge
2.What do you know about sugar gliders from the text?
A. They like to make noises B. They are normally quite clean
C. They are always very friendly D. They live in caves in the wild
3.Why do owners need regular interaction with sugar gliders?
A. To create harmony for sugar gliders
B. To lengthen sugar gliders’ life
C. To give sugar gliders a sense of security
D. To form a bond with sugar gliders
4.What does the underlined word “nocturnal” in paragraph 5 probably mean?
A. in high spirits B. in poor condition
C. active at night D. noisy during the day
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Floating on the surface of the seas of the world are billions of tons of small plants and animals called plankton. Most of these plants and animals are too small for the human eye to see. They move about lazily with the currents, providing a basic food for many larger animals. Plankton has been described as the equivalent (相等的东西) of the grasses that grow on dry land, and the comparison is an appropriate one. In potential food value, however, plankton far outweighs that of land grasses. One scientist has estimated that while grasses of the world produce about 49 billion tons of valuable carbohydrates(碳水化合物) each year, the sea’s plankton produces more than twice as much.
Despite its enormous food potential, little effort was made until recently to farm plankton as we farm grasses on land. Now scientists have at last begun to study this possibility, especially as the sea’s resources appear even more important as a means of feeding an expanding world population.
No one yet has seriously suggested that “planktonburgers” may soon become popular around the world. As a possible farmed supplementary food source, however, plankton is gaining considerable interest among scientists.
One type of plankton that seems to have great harvest possibilities is a tiny creature called krill(磷虾). Growing to two or three inches long, krill are a major food source for the giant blue whale, the largest animal ever to live on the Earth. Realizing that this whale may grow 100 feet and weigh about 150 tons, it is not surprising that each one swallows more than one ton of krill daily.
Krill swim about just below the surface in huge schools sometimes wide, mainly in the cold Antarctic. Because of their pink color, they often appear as an entire reddish mass when viewed from a ship or from the air. Krill are very high in food value. If krill can feed such huge creatures as whales, many scientists reason, they must certainly be competitors among possible new food sources for humans.
1.Which of the following correctly describes plankton?
A. It has a higher food value than grasses. B. It is food for most small sea animals.
C. It can grow on dry land as well. D. It grows up in the deep water.
2.Why does the author mention”planktonburgers” in Paragraph 3?
A. To show scientists’ interest in plankton.
B. To describe the appearance of plankton.
C. To question the food potential of plankton.
D. To suggest plankton as a possible food source.
3.According to Paragraph 4, the blue whale___________.
A. feeds mainly on krill. B. can grow up to 150 feet.
C. suffers from lack of food. D. was born two or three inches long.
4.Which of the following is TURE about krill?
A. They mainly live in the Arcitc. B. They are of great value to humans.
C. They are the smallest sea animals. D. They come in many different colors.
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Mr .Smith is from Australia , which is to many unique animal species ,like kangaroos and koala bears .
A .family B .nation C . home D . area
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Mr .Smith is from Australia , which is ________to many unique animal species ,like kangaroos and koala bears .
A .family B .nation C . home D . area
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As a wise department manager, he possesses a unique way to ______ huge tasks into small and doable units.
A. break through B. break away C. break off D. break down
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Careers in zoology are extremely varied and unique, and can provide incredible learning and work opportunities for anyone devoted to animal studies and welfare. Zoology, or the study of animals, is a wide field with many specialties, including research, conservation, veterinary (兽医的) medicine, and the care of animals. For people with a love of animals and some training, dreams of careers in zoology may come true.
Some careers in zoology focus on research and scientific studies. These careers may allow those with a good theoretical science background to develop and run studies that improve human understanding of the animal world. Research in zoology can help create safer and more effective products for animals or can teach humans more about animal behavior in order to aid in conservation, breeding programs, and habitat preservation.
Careers in zoology that focus on conservation attach great importance to the continued survival and increased protection of animal species. Conservationists may work with political groups or governments to help make laws to protect and preserve animals, or may work in the field gathering information on potential threats to the health of global ecosystems. Some conservationists work in educational fields, trying to improve human efforts to save animals from extinction.
Animals are subject to illness and injury, and some careers in zoology help to create a safe, stable animal population. Veterinary medicine is an important specialty field, and may take several years of intensive training to qualify as a certified veterinarian. While many veterinarians focus on the small-animal practice of domestic pets, vets in rural areas often work with large farm animals and more adventurous veterinarians may work with exotic species in zoos and wildlife preserves. .
Humans love to observe animals, and modern-day zoos and wildlife preserves help meet that interest while providing facilities to assist with conservation programs. Zoology careers in zoos can range from overseeing breeding programs, to creating the proper diet for a deer, to cleaning the tiger’s cage. Many volunteer and entry-level jobs are available for people that love animals.
1.What is the purpose of researching on animals in zoology?
A. To help governments make laws.
B. To improve researchers’ scientific knowledge.
C. To create safe and effective products for humans.
D. To educate people to protect animals.
2.What can careers in zoology that focus on veterinary medicine help?
A. Better understand animals. B. Protect animals’ health.
C. Clean the animals’ cages. D. Increase the number of animals.
3.Which of the following shows the structure of the whole passage?
(P1=paragraph 1; P2= paragraph 2; P3= paragraph 3; P4= paragraph 1; P5= paragraph 5;)
A.
B. 
C.
D. 
4.What does the passage mainly present?
A. Volunteers’ passion for zoology.
B. A new idea of careers in zoology.
C. Different types of careers in zoology.
D. Effective measures of animal protection.
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1. What makes Gifts.com popular?
A. It gives people a good reason to celebrate
B. Its endless new gifts.
C. It is organized according to personal taste.
D. Its special gift ideas. .
2.What’s special about this year’s “Christmas Gifts for Parents”?
A. They are much cheaper.
B. They make a holiday brighter.
C. They list popular gifts in one place.
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3. Both “Holiday Gift Baskets” and “The Secret Santa Exchange”_______.
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The culture and customs of New Zealand are incredibly unique. You would never think that a country 1. (locate) in the corner of the world would be so multi-cultural, but you 2. (real) don’t realize how different, it is until you arrive. There are literally people from all over the world that live in New Zealand. Most of the island is inhabited by immigrants from 3. (Europe) countries, but the “minorities” on the island make 4. a majority of the population. The native Maori play a large role in society, and many of their customs 5. (combine) with modern ones.
There are many Asians and Africans who have also immigrated to the country over the years, 6. (make) it a melting pot of cultures. But it’s not like many other 7. (country) where there seems to be tension among the different cultures. People in New Zealand believe in a principe that they call “a fair go”. 8. something goes wrong, then people in New Zealand are more likely to give others 9. second chance so that they can prove 10. (them) or show that things can be done differently.
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At night, bats fly through the air, catching hundreds of insects and other small animals. But during the day, they hardly move at all. Instead, bats pass the time hanging upside down from a secret spot.
There are a couple of reasons why bats rest this way. First of all, it puts them in a position for takeoff. Unlike birds, bats can’t fly into the air from the ground. Their wings don’t produce enough lift to take off from a dead stop, and their hind legs are so small and underdeveloped that they can’t run to build up the necessary takeoff speed. Instead, they use their front claws to climb to a high spot, and then fall into flight.
During the hours when most enemies are active, bats gather where few animals would think to look and most can’t reach. This allows them to disappear from the world until night comes again. There’s also little competition for these resting spots, as other flying animals don’t have the ability to hang upside down.
Bats have a unique physiological adaptation that lets them hang around this way without using any energy. For you to hold your fist around an object tight, you contract（紧缩）several muscles in your arm, which are connected to your fingers by tendons（腱）；as one muscle contracts, it pulls a tendon, which pulls one of your fingers closed. A bat’s talons（爪）close in the same way, except that their tendons are connected only to the upper body, not to a muscle. To hang upside down, a bat pulls its claws open with other muscles. To get the talons to take hold of the surface, the bat simply lets its body relax. The weight of the upper body pulls down on the tendons connected to the talons, causing them to hold tight. Therefore, the bat doesn’t have to do anything to hang upside down.
1.Bats hang upside down because________．
A. they haven’t developed a pair of strong claws B. they can’t start to fly from the ground directly
C. they have no hind legs to support their body D. they can’t find quiet places to stay during the day
2.The third paragraph tells us that bats’ hanging upside down_______.
A. is to save their energy for night movement B. is a way to fight against flying animals
C. is a great way to hide from danger D. is a skill to compete for the flying places
3.Why can bats hang upside down easily?
A. Because their upper body is light.
B. Because they have strong muscles.
C. Because their talons are linked to muscles tightly.
D. Because their tendons are linked to their upper body.
4. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The living habits of bats. B. How and why bats hang upside down.
C. The importance of bats’ hanging upside down. D. How bats use their energy at night.
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Pets provide an unconditional love that requires very little on the part of the human.
Animals are so special to those of us who love them. We miss them when they are no longer with us. We grieve (哀悼) for them in ways which are just the same as grieving for a human loved one.
Whether the end comes through old age, illness, or sudden death, the death of a pet can cause enormous feelings of sorrow, guilt, and loneliness for children and adults alike, as the animal was considered a family member, a child's favoured playmate, or an older person's loyal and faithful companion.
Some people don't want a pet because they do die! It's understandable to be unwilling to expose yourself to death but, at the same time, we become immeasurably more human because our animals die. When we live with animals we're more in step with the rhythms of the planet from day to night and from season to season because our companions make us more aware of the changes around us. Our companion animals teach us about the simple gifts of a beautiful day, a good meal and a gentle touch.
The death of a pet can make us struggle with our belief structure－a natural part of the grieving period. Whether grieving an animal or human, we question our beliefs and many people find their belief structure becomes stronger when they ask themselves hard questions. Others find a new way of acceptance.
And we learn from our animals. Animals aren't afraid to die; they show us that the end of life can be faced without fear. They can teach us to accept death as an opening for love and wonder.
Allow yourself to grieve in whatever way is appropriate for you. The loss of a pet is real grief and causes us to travel through the stages of grief－denial, anger, depression, guilt, and acceptance. These stages must be lived through for the mourning to allow full healing.
1. According to the passage, the reason why some people don’t want a pet may be that ________.
A. animals may change our belief structure
B. animals are so special for those who love them
C. pets can never escape from death which makes people sad
D. pets only provide people with love but never ask for return
2.The underlined sentence in paragraph 4 probably means ________.
A. the animals’ death is unacceptable for their owners
B. the animals’ death may arouse their true feelings inside
C. the animals’ death may expose people to the changes in life
D. the animals’ death is more understandable than human’s death
3.According to the passage, we can infer that ________.
A. pets can give us some gifts when they have a good meal
B. pets are so selfless and brave that all the people love them
C. people can never accept the death of pets or the one they love
D. people may go through several stages before they can accept the death of a pet
4.What’s the attitude of the author towards grieving a pet?
A. Neutral. B. Negative. C. Positive. D. Critical.
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