Going to the zoo is very popular. Every year over 134 million visitors go to zoos to enjoy watching and learning about the animals. Zoos are the only places that most people will ever meet an elephant, a tiger or other animals that are in danger. ___【小题1】___. They help us to enjoy different kinds of animals as well as make us think more about nature(自然).

Zoos are also important to animals. In order to make more space(空间), food, and other things for ourselves, we leave less and less room for animals. ___【小题2】__. If there were no zoos, more animals in the world would have gone extinct(濒临灭绝). ____【小题3】__. Some people think that animals should not be kept by people for any reason(原因). If they become extinct, then that’s the way it should be. ___【小题4】_. We should do everything we can to protect them(保护它们).
【小题5】What’s the best title of this passage?

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Do you like to visit the zoo in our city? Zoo is a good place ___(16)____. There is a zoo ____(17)___a river and a small mountain. It’s very big and there are a lot of tall trees in it. We can see a lot of golden fish(金鱼) in it, they have all kinds of ____(18)_____ . Some are red, some are yellow, some are white and some are black. They are swimming in the water. And they are very _____(19)_____.

We can see a hill. About twenty ____(20)____ are playing on it. Some are asking people for ____(21)_____. The little monkeys are in their mothers’ arms. They are very interesting and children_____(22)_____ them very much. We can also see the elephants. They are very strong(强壮的). The ____(23)_____are very tall. The pandas’ house is next to the monkey hill. There are ____(24)___ pandas ---one is sitting in the trees and the other is sleeping on the grass. They look very shy and cute. What ___（25）___ animals do you like？

1. A has fun     B. have fun     C. have a fun      D. to have fun

2.A. across      B.next to       C.between        D.near

3..A. colors      B.ages         C.clothes          D.books

4..A. ugly       B.smart        C.beautiful        D.red

5.A. monkeys   B.monkeies     C.elephant        D.elephants

6..A. food       B.books        C.paper          D.belp

7..A.watch      B.like          C. read           D.play

8.A. penguins   B.lions         C.tigers          D. giraffes

9.A. one        B.two          C.three          D.four

10.A. other       B. the other     C.another        D.others

Chris Jones recently completed a very unusual journey. Our reporter Mary Owen met him at his home in the south of London and be told her all about the trip.

   Reporter: What gave you the idea to make a trip around India on an elephant, Chris?

   Chris: Well, it all started the idea two years ago when I was planning a trip to India. I visited a photo exhibition of elephants and I realized that the only enjoyable way to make a trip around India was on an elephant.

   Reporter: What did you do next?

   Chris: I flew to New Delhi and started looking for an elephant, I needed an elephant trained to carry people. I didn’t know anything about elephants, so I asked an expert(专家) for help. He taught me how to ride an elephant. He also helped me find an elephant.

   Reporter: How long did it take you to find a suitable elephant?

   Chris: Not too long. I bought a famale elephant called Tara for about 6.000 dollars.

   Reporter: Can you tell me about the journey?

   Chris: Tara and I set off from New Delhi a week later. We were going to Sonepur in northern India. There is a big elephant market there and I could sell Tara easily. And what a ride! Elephants can travel at about 6 miles an hour and Sonepur is more than 1,200 km away. It took us 64 days to complete the journey.

   Reporter: Did you have any problems on your journey?

   Chris: Yes, a few. But nothing serious. On the third day. Tara hurt her foot. But that got better quickly. Also, there was a lot of heavy rain during the first week and we got very wet!

   Reporter: What happened when you reached Sonepur?

   Chris: My plan was to sell Tara. But I was very fond of her. I couldn’t take her back to Britain and I didn’t want to sell her at the market. I happened to meet some people who wanted an elephant for their national park in southern India. I knew that Tara would be safe with them, so I gave her to them. I was very sad to say goodbye.

1.Chris got the idea to make a trip around India on an elephant from ______

A. a visit to a zoo

B. an elephant expert from India

C.the photos of elephant

D. an old friend who lived in India

2.The elephant expert told Chris ______

A. when to buy an elephant

B. how to feed an elephant

C.where to sell his elephant

D. how to ride an elephant

3.Chris decided to go to Sonepur because ________

A.it is a very interesting place

B. he would be able to sell Tara there easily

C.elephants cannot be sold anywhere else

D. it would take only a short time to get there

4.When Chris arrived at the market in Sonepur,__________

A.he realized that he did not really want to sell Tara

B.he visited some shopkeepers

C.he sold Tara to a national park

D.he decided to take Tara home with him.

In our town, there is a big zoo with a lot of animals in it. There are so beautiful tigers and two old lions. They eat a lot of meat every day.
There are also two big elephants and one baby elephant. The elephants are kind animals. They eat a lot every day. They like children. Children often give them bread and bananas. Elephants like bananas best.
In our zoo there are also brown bears, black bears and white bears. They stand on their hind legs, hold up their four legs and ask for food. They like cakes very much.
There's also a children's corner in our zoo. Children ride horses and donkeys and watch the monkeys there. The monkeys are very funny. They climb up ropes and jump down again and play with each other like small children.
【小题1】Which animal likes bananas best ?

Do you sometimes argue about what seems to you to be a simple fact? Do you argue whether it’s cold outdoors or whether the car in front of you is going faster than the speed limit (限速)?

If you get into such arguments, try to think about the story about the six blind men and the elephant. The first blind man who felt the elephant’s trunk (象鼻) said it was like a snake. The second who felt the elephant’s side said it was like a wall, while the third said it was like a spear( 矛 ) as he touched the animal’s tusk. The fourth, who took hold of the elephant’s tail, insisted that it was like a rope. The fifth man said it looked like a tree as he put his arms around one of the elephant’s legs. The last, who was tall and got hold of the elephant’s ears, said it was like a huge fan.

Each man’s idea of the animal came from his own experience. So if someone disagrees with you about a “simple fact”, it’s often because his experience in the matter is different from yours.

To see how hard it is for even one person to make up his mind about a “simple fact”, try this simple experiment. Get three large bowls. Put ice water in one. Put hot water in the second. Put lukewarm water (温水)in the third. Now put your left hand in the hot water. Put your right hand in the lukewarm water. Your right hand will tell you the water is cold. Your left hand will tell you it is hot.

1.There were _______ blind man who were trying to tell what an elephant was like in the story.

2.The man who touched the elephant’s ears must be very_______.

3.The underlined word “it” in the last line of the paragraph refers to ___.

4.What makes people think about simple facts differently?

5.It can be inferred from the passage that we should__________.