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Giraffes are the tallest animals of all. They have long legs and long necks. And a mother giraffe can grow to nearly five meters tall.
Giraffe skin is blotched(皮肤上的斑 ) in patterns（样式） of browns and yellows. No two have the same pattern.
They live in parts of Africa. Their necks are long so they can reach high into trees to eat the leaves. Leaves give giraffes most of the water they need so that they do not often have to drink water. A giraffe only drinks about once a day, Giraffes' long legs mean they take big steps when they walk or run. One step can be about 5 meters long. They can run very fast, A giraffe heart is the biggest of any animal's. Although giraffes are peaceful animals, they will protect themselves from lions.
1. A mother giraffe can grow to about______ tall.
A. four meters B. five meters
C. five meters and a half D. six meters
2. Why does a giraffe only drink once a day? Because ______.
A. he can drink enough at a time
B. he doesn’t need much water
C. he has a stomach like a camel does
D. leaves give him the rest of water
3. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Giraffe skin pattern.
B. Protection (保护) of giraffes.
C. Some facts about giraffes.
D. Giraffes and lions.
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Humans are social animals. They live in groups all over the world. As these groups of people live apart from other groups, over the years and centuries they develop their own habits and ideas, which form different cultures. One important particular side of every culture is how its people deal with time.
Time is not very important in non industrial societies. The Nuer people of East Africa, for example, do not even have a word TIME that is in agreement with the abstract thing we call time. The daily lives of the people of such non industrial societies are likely to be patterned around their physical needs and natural events rather than around a time schedule (时间表) based on the clock. They cook and eat when they are hungry and sleep when the sun goes down. They plant crops during the growing seasons and harvest them when the crops are ripe. They measure time not by a clock or calendar(日历), but by saying that an event takes place before or after some other event. Frequently such a society measures day in terms of “sleeps” or longer periods in terms of “moons”. Some cultures, such as the Eakinos of Greenland measure seasons according to the migration of certain animals.
Some cultures which do not have a written language or keep written records have developed interesting ways of “telling time”. For example, when several Australian aborigines want to plan an event for a future time, one of them places a stone on a cliff or in a tree. Each day the angle of the sun changes slightly. In a few days, the rays of the sun strike the stone in a certain way. When this happens, the people see that the agreed - upon time has arrived and the event can take place.
In contrast (成对比), exactly correct measurement of time is very important in modern, in detribalized societies. This is because industrialized societies require the helpful efforts of many people in order to work. For a factory to work efficiently (well, quickly and without waste), for example , all of the workers must work at the same time, Therefore, they must know what time to start work in the morning and what time they may go home in the afternoon. Passengers must know the exact time that an airplane will arrive or depart. Students and teachers need to know when a class starts and ends. Stores must open on time in order to serve their customers. Complicated (复杂的) societies need clocks and calendars. Thus, we can see that if each person worked according to his or her own schedule, a complicated society could hardly work at all.
1.By saying “Humans are social animals”, the author means ________.
A.they live all over the world.
B.they are different from other animals
C.they live in one area as a whole
D.they are divided into many groups
2.Time is not very important in non industrial societies. This is because people in those societies ________.
A.don’t have the word TIME in their languages
B.don’t get used to using clocks and other timepieces
C.don’t measure time in their daily lives
D.don’t need to plan their daily lives around an exact time schedule
3.The Australian aborigines’ way of “telling time” is based on ________.
A.the change of the sun rays
B.the movement of the earth in relation to the sun
C.the position of the stone
D.the position of the tree or the cliff
4.Which of the following night be the best title for this passage?
A.Time and Culture
B.The Measurement of Time
C.Time schedule and Daily Life
D.Clock, Calendar and Society
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Tigers are big and strong. In the f1.(1), tigers are the kings of all the animals. Tigers have bright eyes, yellow fur and black s2.(2). They look so beautiful. They can m3.(3) very fast and they are good at swimming and hunting other animals. Tigers like to live as a family, but two or three years after baby tigers were b4.(4), they usually live alone. But now tigers f5.(5) a lot of serious problems. The n6.(6) of tigers is becoming smaller and smaller because the land where they live is used for farming. If people keep taking their land, tigers will have no place to live. Also, people h7.(7) them for their fur and bones. We must stop this. If we do not take any a8.(8), there will be no tigers left in the world. They will d9.(9) out soon. A feeling of s10.(10) came over us when we think of this. I think if we give tigers more land and if we stop buying their fur and bones, they will live happily.
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Do you know what are the World’s tallest animals? How do they sleep and drink?
You may think it's difficult for them to sleep, but they have no such problems because giraffes don’t often stop for a snooze(打盹). As they are so tall—males can grow up to 18 feet, giraffes actually have the shortest sleep requirement of all mamma1s哺乳动物), with an average(平均) of half an hour a day. When they sleep, they seldom lie down and sleep for minutes at a time, since it's difficult for them to get up again and it’s dangerous in the wild. But the giraffe in the zoo sleeps around 4.6 hours per day, mostly at night. It usually sleeps lying down.
Drinking Water may cause problems for the animals because their long necks are too short to reach the ground. To drink they must spread their legs in an uncomfortable position, which makes them easily hunted by other animals like Africa's big cats. As a result. thev get most of their water from the plants that they eat. They only need to drink water every few days.
1.How1ong do giraffes living in the wild sleep every day?
2.How does the giraffe in the zoo usua11y sleep?
3.What must giraffes do to drink water?
4.What's the main idea of the passage?
5.请将划线句子翻译成汉语,,
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阅读下面短文，根据短文内容回答1～4题，并按要求完成第5题。
Do you know what are the world's tallest animals?
How do they sleep and drink?
You may think it's difficult for them to sleep, but they have no such problems because giraffes don't often stop for a snooze(打盹). As they are so tall-males can grow up to 18 feet, giraffes actually have the shortest sleep requirement of all mammals(哺乳动物) ,with an average(平均 ) of half an hour a day. When they sleep, they seldom lie down and sleep for minutes at a time, since it's difficult for them to get up again and it's dangerous in the wild. But the giraffe in the zoo sleeps around 4. 6 hours per day, mostly at night. It usually sleeps lying down
Drinking water may cause problems for the animals because their long necks are too short to reach the ground. To drink they must spread their legs in an uncomfortable position, which makes them easily hunted by other animals like Africa's big cats. As a result, they get most of their water from the plants that they eat. They only need to drink water every few days.
1.How long do giraffes living in the wild sleep every day?
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2.How does the giraffe in the zoo usually sleep?
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3.What must giraffes do to drink water?
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4.What's the main idea of the passage?
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5.请将画线句子翻译成汉语。
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We’ve all heard of mermaids. They are the beautiful half-human， half-fish creatures(生物). They have the head and body of a human and the tail of a fish. We also know that mermaids only exist in fairy tales. But where did all the stories about these creatures come from? If you have ever seen a manatee， then you might have an idea.
Manatees， which are also called sea cows， are mammals(哺乳动物) that live in the sea. Since they are mammals， they have to swim up to the surface to breathe air. Many people believe that the story of the mermaid began with the ancient sailors who saw the manatees putting their heads out of the water to breathe. Because manatees are upright when they do this， it looks like they are standing. If a sailor saw a manatee doing this from far away across the sea， it is possible that the sailor would mistake the manatee for a creature that is half-human， half-fish.
Mermaids are described as having very long hair. This is probably because manatees like to swim up to the surface of the water in areas where there is sea grass. Manatees eat all kinds of plants in the sea， including sea grass. The sea grass around the manatee’s head when they eat could create a picture of long hair.
Manatees also have powerful tails that are very similar to the fish-like tail of a mermaid. The sailors probably watched manatees come up for air and then swim back below the surface， using their paddle-shaped tails. This would explain why the sailors thought mermaids had fish-like tails.
1.What are mermaids?
2.Where do manatees live?
3.Do manatees need to breathe air out of water?
4.What do manatees eat?
5.Why did the ancient sailors mistake manatees for mermaids?
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Tom ______ long legs and they do not fit ______ the school desk.
A. have; under B. has; under C. has; above D. has; on
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- of Class 1 students is in the classroom.
-They are having a P.E. lesson on the playground.
A. All B. None C. Neither.
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The giraffe is the tallest modern land animal. 1. Its neck alone may be 1.9 metres long.2.the same number as in the human. Even a small bird has many more bones in its neck than in a tall giraffe. Each bone in a giraffe's neck is very long,3. That makes the difference. A female giraffe gives birth to one baby at a time. 4.By the age of eight it is full-grown. The giraffe eats mostly leaves. Because it has a long neck,5.
A.it can reach the leaves high up on the trees.
B.The baby, called a calf, is about 1.9 metres tall at birth.
C.Yet the giraffe has only seven bones in its neck,
D.It can be over 5.5 metres tall.
E.while the bones in a human neck are small.
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Dereck and Beverly are wildlife animal filmmakers（电影制片人）. They have made lots of films about animals and plants.
Their job is to keep and protect the big cats of Africa from damage（伤害）. Beverly also takes photos of the lions and her pictures have appeared in National Geographic magazines.
When they were kids, Dereck was quiet and healthy, he was good at math and science. Beverly had a twin brother. At that time, her brother and she often got their mother into trouble! Beverly was a dancer, an athlete, played the piano (not very well), and was a class leader. Her favourite subject was science and she always got excellent grades in her science exams.
When in the field, their work starts at around 4 am. After drinking a cup of tea, they drive out into a bush（灌木丛）to find their subjects. Sometimes that is a lion pride（群）. Lions are family animals, they usually live in groups of 15 or more. Sometimes that is a single leopard（花豹）. They follow the animals for the day, filming, researching, and collecting facts, information or pictures. They don’t stop working even when they have lunch. They are often back in camp by 8 pm.
When talking about the favourite places to explore, Dereck says, “We live in it!” Beverly thinks being in nature is her favourite. Dereck thinks running or taking a swim in the Okavango swamp（沼泽）-especially swimming close to crocodile（鳄鱼）is great fun, but Beverly says, “Swimming is fun but crazy in these waters.”
1.From the second paragraph, we can know when they were kids,______________.
A. Dereck was outgoing
B. Beverly was quiet and healthy
C. Beverly could play the piano very well
D. Dereck and Beverly were both good at science
2.When Dereck and Beverly are in the field, the right time order（时间顺序）is that they
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① drink a cup of tea ② follow the animals ③ drive out ④ find their subjects
A. ①②③④ B. ①④③② C. ①③④② D. ④①③②
3.How many hours do they usually work every day?
A. Eight. B. Ten. C. Twelve. D. Sixteen.
4.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. Animals and plants. B. The story of Dereck and Beverly.
C. National Geographic magazines . D. Dereck and Beverly’s childhood.
5.From the passage, we can infer（推断）that ________________.
A. Dereck and Beverly don’t love at all
B. Dereck and Beverly are famous film stars
C. it’s safe to take a swim in the Okavango swamp
D. their work is dangerous sometimes, but they like it