Snake meat is popular in restaurants．Some people think eating snakes is good for their health．But these people don't know that mice and bad worms are often in snakes' bodies．And we're sorry to see that some people are killing more snakes．

The English newspaper Shanghai Star says，“People in Shanghai eat about 1,000 tons of snakes every year．In Shenzhen，sometimes people serve 10 tons of snakes on dinner tables in a day．”

If we still do like this，there will be a vicious（恶性的）circle：If people eat more snakes，the snakes will disappear，but the mice will be more，there will be fewer crops．

This will make more people hungry（挨饿）．Who wants to see such a bad thing happen? So let's not eat snakes any more．To protect snakes is to protect ourselves．

任务（一）：给下列句子填上适当的单词。（词数不限）

1．Snakes eat lots of __________．

2．People in Shanghai eat __________ snakes than those in Shenzhen．

任务（二）：回答下列问题。

3．Are snakes good or bad for humans?

4．What will happen if there are no snakes'?

任务（三）：将文中画线的句子译成汉语。

5．

    Snake dishes have become popular in recent years．Snake meat is often seen in restaurants. It seems that eating snake is now in fashion and if you haven't eaten snake yet, you're considered “out of date。”

    But I wonder whether all of the trends(趋势)are worth following．

    Some people may defend(辩解)themselves by saying that eating snake is good for their health.But these people don’t find out that mice and worms are often in snakes' bodies，therefore,there are many parasites(寄生虫)found inside smkes．they may be bad for our health.

  Apart from this，we're sorry to see that more snakes are being killed by a butcher's(厨师的) knife.

    According to the English newspaper：Shanghai Star，about l000 tons of snakes are eaten every year in China．In Shenzhen of Guangdong Province，sometimes as many as 10 tons of snakes are served on dinner tables in a single day．

    If we still turn a blind eye to this，a vicious circle(恶性循环)will be created．if more snakes are eaten by people，the number of snakes will drop，but the number of mice will increase，which will result in a decrease(减少)crop output(产量)．

    This will make more people hungry．Who wants to see a tragedy(悲剧)happen?

    Therefore, let’s not eat snake any more．To protect the snakes is to protect  ourselves．

1．The writers thinks          ．

    A．eating snake meat is good for our health

    B．eating snake meat isn't bad for our health

    C．eating snake meat is expensive

    D．eating snake meat may do harm to our health

2．“Out of date” means         ．

    A．流行            B．赶时髦                C．迟到                   D．不合适宜

3．In Shenzhen，as many as 10 tons of snakes are        ．

    A．often eaten in a month                       B．eaten in a day sometimes

    C．eaten in a single Day                         D．never eaten in a single day

4．Nearly         tons of snakes are served on dinner tables in a year in China．

    A．ten               B．ten hundred          C．ten thousand          D．one million

5．Why does the writer say that to protect snakes is to protect ourselves?

    A．Because snake meat is good for our health．

    B．Because snake skin can used to make many beautiful shoes，bags and clothes．

    C．Because eating snake is now in fashion．

    D．Because a drop in the number of snakes will result in a decrease of crop output．

Snake meat is popular in restaurants．Some people think eating snakes is good for their health．But these people don’t know that mice and bad worms are often in snakes’ bodies．And we’re sorry to see that some people are killing more snakes．

    The English newspaper Shanghai Star says，”People in Shanghai eat about l，000 tons of snakes every year．In Shenzhen，sometimes people serve lo tons of snakes on dinner tables in a day．”

    If we still do like this，there will be a vicious（恶性的）circle：If people eat more．snakes，the snakes will disappear，but the mice will be more，there will be fewer crops．

    This will make more people hungry（挨饿）．Who wants to see such a bad thing happen? So let’s not eat snakes any more．To protect snakes is to protect ourselves．

    根据短文内容，完成下列任务。

任务一：给下列句子填上适当的单词。

1．Snakes eat lots of____________

2．People in Shanghai eat_________ snakes than those in Shenzhen．

任务二：回答下列问题。 

3．Are snakes good or bad for humans?______________________________________________

4．What will happen if there are no snakes?____________________________________________

任务三：将文中画线的句子译成汉语。

5．________________________________________________

The snake lives ________ grassland.