Lions are big and strong.They have bright eyes, sharp teeth and black points on their brown bodies.So they look beautiful.
Lions can run fast.They are good at catching other animals.Lions like living as a family until baby lions are 2 years old.A lion lives alone during most of its life.
Now, many hunters hurt lions for their fur and meat.They sell their meat to people for meals.They use their fur to make clothes and bags.We must stop this.It is wrong for people to kill lions.We can write to newspapers about the danger the lions are facing.We should tell the government and people about the problems.If we do nothing, soon there will be no lions in the world any more!
【小题1】What are lions like?

It is not easy for people to sail (航海) around the world in quite small boats. Sometimes the weather gets bad. Accidents can happen easily and quickly.

One family once had an accident. A big fish swam under their boat and bit holes in it. Sea water came in and the boat soon went down. Luckily these people had another small boat——a lifeboat, so they all got into the lifeboat. They lived in the boat for many days. They ate and slept, and always hoped. At last people in a ship saved them.

How do people live in a very small lifeboat for a long time? They must be strong in every way, they must have a hope, and they must have a strong desire（愿望）to live. People cannot drink seawater. If they drink a lot of sea water, they will quickly die. They must catch rainwater and drink it. They must also catch fish and birds for food. Lifeboats do not often carry cookers. So people can not cook their food in the lifeboats. Raw (生的) fish and birds are not very nice but they are their only food. They must eat raw food, or they will die.

1.When the boat sank (下沉), the lifeboat gave the people _______.

A．food             B．beds             C．rainwater         D．hope

2.One family once had an accident at sea, because _______.

A．their boat met bad weather               B．their boat hit a big rock and it was broken

C．nobody knew how to sail                  D．a fish bit holes in their boat

3. People can catch _______ for food and drink at sea in a lifeboat.

A. fish and birds                    B rainwater

C. both sea water and rainwater        D. both A and B

4.From the article (文章) we can know that ______.

A．It’s not interesting to sail around the world.

B．Fish in the sea are so dangerous.

C．we must have a strong desire（愿望）to live when we are in danger.

D．Nobody knows when we will die.

In England, people often talk about the weather because they can experience (经历) four seasons in one day. In the morning the weather is warm just like in spring. An hour later black clouds come and then it rains hard. The weather gets a little cold. In the late afternoon the sky will be sunny, the sun will begin to shine, and it will be summer at this time of a day.
In England, people can also have summer in winter, or have winter in summer. So in winter they can swim sometimes, and in summer sometimes they should take warm clothes.
When you go to England, you will see that some English people usually take an umbrella (伞)or a raincoat with them in the sunny morning, but you should not laugh at them.
If you don't take an umbrella or a raincoat, you will regret (后悔) later in the day.
【小题1】Why do people in England often talk about the weather?

Tea is a popular drink in China. Many people can’t live if they don’t have it. Chinese tea has a long history going back more than 5,000 years. A famous person over 1000 years ago wrote a book about how to make tea. Its name is The Classic of Tea.
Today, China has different kinds of tea: white, yellow, green, oolong, black, and dark tea. People in different places have different tea drinking habits. People in Guangdong and Fujian love “Kung Fu Tea” in small tea cups. People in Beijing like flower green tea. In Lasha, people like to drink salty butter tea (酥油茶) to be healthy.
There are rules for making tea for friends. It’s not good to make the cup full(满的）, because the cup will be too hot for people to hold.
【小题1】Did we have tea around 5,000 years ago?
A. Yes, we did.            
B. No, we didn’t.             
C. I don’t know.
【小题2】How many kinds of tea are there in China now?
A. There are five.             
B. There are six.              
C.There are seven.
【小题3】 What kind of tea do people in Guangdong love?
A.Salty butter tea.            
B.Flower tea.                  
C. Kung Fu tea.
【小题4】 Why do the people in Lasha love salty butter tea?
A. To get thin.                
B. To keep warm.               
C. To keep healthy.
【小题5】 What is the rule of making tea for friends?
A. Make the cup full.          
B. Don’t make the cup too full.
C. Don’t make it too hot.