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The elephant is the largest animal to walk on Earth. An elephant can carry a load of 1,200 pounds（磅）. They eat 300 pounds of food a day. An elephant baby can weigh 200 pounds at birth. Elephants can live up to 70 years.

Elephants can be trained to carry logs with their trunks（象鼻）, and have been used in the forestry industry in Asia for many years.

Elephants use their ears as a cooling system. Blood  flows through veins (静脉) in the ears and as the elephant flaps (拍击) his ears, the blood cools and flows through his body to cool off other parts.

There are two kinds of elephants: the African elephant and the Indian elephant. African elephants can be identified(识别) by the larger ears. The African elephant grows up to 10 feet tall and weighs as much as 12,000 pounds.

The Indian elephant grows up to 9 feet tall, and weighs up to 8,000 pounds. It’s easy to identify because of its smaller ears. Most circus (马戏团) elephants are Indian elephants. Another name for the Indian elephant is the Asian elephant.

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1.Elephants can live up to _______ years.

2.Elephants use their _______ as a cooling system.

3.There are two kinds of elephants: the African elephant and the ______ elephant.

4.The ________ of the African elephant is as much as 12,000 pounds.

5.It’s not ________to identify the Indian elephant from its smaller ears.

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The largest animal ever to live on Earth is the blue whale（鲸鱼）. It weighs(重) about 80 tons-more than 24 big elephants. It is more than 30 metres long. A new baby whale weighs as much as a big elephant. Cats won't die if they fall off very high places because they can turn themselves up the right way so as to keep their bodies safe. One cat fell off 32 floors onto the street, but it was just hurt a little. A bear can run as fast as a horse.　 A new-born panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about 100 grams.　 Elephants are the most careful animals in their love. A male（雄性） elephant may show his lady love for up to three years until the female(雌性) elephant takes his love. They often show their love by touching each other's body. Usually, wolves do not hurt people. For years a Canadian newspaper says that they would give anyone a lot of money if he or she could show that a wolf could hurt a person. But nobody could do that. Wolves do not usually go together though（尽管） they may do this in winter and they only hurt people at an unusual time.

1.How much does a new-born blue whale weigh?

A. About 10 tons　　　　　     B. As much as a baby elephant　　　　　

C. About 80 tons　　　　　     D. About 3 tons

2.A bear can run_______people think they can.

A. faster than　　　　　     B. slower than　　　　 C. as fast as　　　　     D. as slowly as

3.How many kinds of animals are mentioned(提到) in this passage?

A. Five　　　　　     B. Six　　　　　     C. Seven　　　　　     D. Eight

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Elephants are the largest land animals alive today. African elephants live in family groups called herds (群). All of the elephants in the herd take care of each other. The leader of the herd is an old mother elephant. She is the matriarch (族长). A herd may have as few as eight or as many as 100 elephants. The other elephants follow (跟随) the matriarch because she knows how to keep them safe from coming danger.

Elephants learn by watching and copying other elephants, and also learn from life. Baby elephants stay with their mothers until they are fully grown at about ten years old. Elephants are smart animals with long memories (记忆力). In the dry season, a matriarch can remember where water was found in the past. The herd will follow her there. She can also remember the safest place for baby elephants to cross a fast-moving river.

Other animals don’t usually attack (攻击) elephants. However, a lion might try to attack a sick elephant or a baby. If this happens, the adult (成年的) elephants circle around the baby elephants. The adults make louder sounds and hit the ground with their trunks (象鼻). The matriarch puts herself between the lion and the herd. She beats her ears out to make herself look even larger. Then she leads her herd and attacks the enemy in a big cloud of dust (灰尘).

1.What do you know about the elephant herd?

A.There are not any father elephants in a herd.

B.A herd may have eight to 100 elephants.

C.Only the matriarch of the herd looks after baby elephants.

D.All the elephants in the herd take turns (轮流) to look for water.

2.Long memories help elephants to ________.

A.choose their matriarch B.fight against their enemies

C.communicate (交流) with each other D.find water and cross the river

3.Why do the adult elephants circle around their babies?

A.To keep their babies safe. B.To welcome their friends.

C.To attack their enemies. D.To help their babies to learn.

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There are lots of animals on the earth. What is the biggest animal of all? The whale (鲸) is. A blue whale weighs more than a hundred tons(吨). Whales live in the sea, but they are not fish. They are mammals(哺乳动物) and must have air to breathe(呼吸). The babies drink milk from the mother’s body. Every spring, groups of whales swim hundreds of kilometers to warm places.

Each group goes to the same place every year. The mothers take very good care of their babies. Whales are a gentle kind of giant(温顺的庞然大物). They always live together and help each other. They “talk” to each other in the water with high noise that sounds like singing.

Yet people kill over a hundred whales a day. They kill them to make many things. The whale dies very slowly an in great pain(疼痛). Some ships kill every whale they can find, even mother whales and babies. If things go on like this, there will be no young whales growing up and no mother whales having more young whales (产下幼仔).

1.________ are the biggest animals on the earth.

A. Elephants　　 B. Lions　　 C. Whales　　 D. I don’t know

2.When whales “talk”, it sounds like ________.

A. crying　　 B. calling　　 C. shouting　　 D. singing

3.Some people kill ________.

A. the mother whales　　 B. the baby whales

C. the old whales　　 D. A, B and C

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Mary’s grandparents live on a farm.There is ______elephant and some other animals on the farm. Mary likes them and they make her______.

The elephant never plays_________other animals. It usually________around the farm. Mary likes it________she often gives food to it. So the elephant becomes________to Mary. When it sees Mary, it runs up to________like a little dog. Sometimes Mary________a book, and the elephant stands by Mary.

Mary’s grandfather asks her, “________does the elephant like you so much?” “Oh, because I love it, Grandpa,” answers Mary. Grandpa thinks Mary is________. Animals are our friends.

1.A.an B.a C.the D.不填

2.A.tired B.happy C.fat D.healthy

3.A.to B.on C.in D.with

4.A.jumps B.works C.walks D.draws

5.A.but B.and C.because D.or

6.A.friendly B.cold C.funny D.different

7.A.him B.he C.her D.she

8.A.watches B.sees C.looks D.reads

9.A.Which B.What C.Why D.How

10.A.special B.right C.strong D.afraid

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A man is walking by an elephant camp and finds that trainers (驯兽员) don’t _______ the elephants in cages or chain (囚禁) them. All that is a small piece of _______ —it is just around one of their legs.

When the man looks at the elephants, he doesn’t know why the elephants just don’t _________ the rope and run away? They can easily do so, but they don’t.

The man wants to know the answer, so he asks one of the trainers _________ it is so.

“When they are very _________ we use the small size of rope to chain them, and at that age, it is just right for them. When they grow up, they still think that they can’t run away. They think the rope can still chain them, so they never think of being _________, the trainer answers.

The man leaves away _________ but feels sorry that these animals can be free if they want, but it is just because over time, they think that they don’t have the _________.

How many of us live like the elephants—thinking we cannot do something just because we fail (失败) at it once or some times before?

Failure is part of _________. If we failed once or a few times, it doesn’t mean (意味) we can never make dreams come true. We should never give up (放弃) trying when we __________ failures in life.

1.A.let B.watch C.keep

2.A.rope B.cloth C.paper

3.A.turn off B.cut off C.show off

4.A.what B.why C.how

5.A.young B.old C.healthy

6.A.happy B.relaxed C.free

7.A.excitedly B.quietly C.luckily

8.A.time B.ability C.way

9.A.vacation B.teaching C.learning

10.A.make B.call C.meet

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The students are _______ to know that elephants can walk quietly on tiptoe.

A. surprising　      B. surprised　　

C. frightening　 　 D. frightened

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The elephant is the only animal__________a trunk- a special long nose.

A.For B.with C.to

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Peter，do you know who is the first man to walk on ________ moon?

A. a　　 B. an　　 C. the　　 D. /

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Some students from Thailand write an article on the website(网页). They ask us to save the elephants in Thailand. They tell us that the elephant is one of Thailand’s symbols. Their first flag had a white elephant on it. This is a symbol of good ______.

Elephants are ______ animals. They can play soccer or music. They can also draw very ______. People say that “ An elephant never forgets.” Elephants can walk for a long time and _______get lost. They can also remember places______food and water. This helps ______ to live.

But elephants are in great danger. Elephants are losing their homes ______ people cut down many trees. People also kill elephants for their ivory. Today there ______ only about 3,000 elephants (over 100,000 before). We must save the trees and not buy things made of ivory. Don't forget that Thai Elephant Day is ______March 13th . Let’s work together and ________the elephants!

1.A. message　　 B. luck　　 C. friend　　 D. story

2.A. lazy　　 B. terrible　　 C. bad　　 D. smart

3.A. good　　 B. nice　　 C. well　　 D. great

4.A. always　　 B. often　　 C. sometimes　　 D. never

5.A. with　　 B. in　　 C. of　　 D. from

6.A. they　　 B. their　　 C. them　　 D. themselves

7.A. so　　 B. because　　 C. and　　 D. but

8.A. has　　 B. have　　 C. is　　 D. are

9.A. at　　 B. on　　 C. in　　 D. for

10.A. saving　　 B. to save　　 C. saves　　 D. save

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