Some animals in the world are very small．and the others are very big．Giraffes are one of the tallest and most interesting animals．Male giraffes are usually about six meters tall．Half of the giraffe’s height conies from its neck．which is longer than its legs．

      A giraffe has big brown eyes which are protected by very thick lashes （睫毛）．Since it lives in parts of Africa which are usually dry with a great deal of dust，the lashes are an important source of protection．It can also cover its nostrils（鼻孔） in order to protect its nose．It has brown spots on tan skin and this coloring helps protect the giraffe．The giraffe also has tⅥo short horns on its head．

    Like the camel．the giraffe can go a long way without drinking water．One source of water is the leaves which the giraffe eats from trees．Since it is so tail．the giraffe can reach the tender（嫩的）leaves at the top of a tree．

    Giraffes usually live in small herds and often feed with other animals．A baby giraffe is two meters tall at birth．It can stand up by itself within a few minutes and run well in about two days．

    Giraffes have two ways of serf-protection．If something frightens an adult giraffe，it can run away at about fifty kilometers per hour or stay to fight with its strong legs．

1．What animal does this passage talk about?

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      2．How long is a male giraffe’s neck?

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      3．Why are giraffes’ lashes an important source of protection?

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      4．How soon can a baby giraffe run well after its birth?

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      5．What can it do when something frightens an adult giraffe?

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The Nature of an Autumn Day
丰富多彩的秋日户外活动

Autumn is a good time for children to go outside and see the changing colors of nature. What outdoor activities do 【小题1】 like? What do children in other countries like to do in autumn? Follow Teens 【小题2】 let’s have a look.
The wind is cool, the days are 【小题3】 and the leaves are changing colors. Autumn is a great season for kids to 【小题4】 outside.
In China, students often have an autumn picnic held by their school 【小题5】, they will to an amusement park or to places that are 【小题6】 to nature.
What kinds of autumn activities are there for children in 【小题7】 countries?
Japanese students often go hiking. It is a perfect mountain climbing in such nice 【小题8】 to get exercise while enjoying the outdoors. Weather is also a good choice.(选择)
Children in the U.S. 【小题9】 to go for bike rides in autumn. Take a mountain bike ride and you can explore new trails(小路). Playing in a leaf pile is popular, too. Kids jump into the leaf pile to 【小题10】the colorful leaves fly all around. They also make leaf rain and leaf beds- all a lot of fun.
In the UK, school kids like to camp outside with their parents. They make snacks over the fire and tell ghost stories.

A mother planted many kinds of vegetables in her garden. One day, she said to her 31________, “Betty, come here. Look at all these little yellow marks on the 32________ of the cabbages. They are eggs of a kind of insect(虫子). They are very beautiful but very bad for cabbages. This afternoon you must 33________ all the eggs on the leaves and kill them. In this way, you will help us have 34________, greener and bigger cabbages.”

   Betty didn’t think she could do it 35________ and in the end she forgot all about it. The mother fell ill for a few days and 36________ work in her garden. When she was well, she took Betty with her to the garden to see the cabbages. To 37________ surprise, the insects had eaten every leaf. When Betty saw this, she began to 38________. Then her mother said to her, “We should never put off what we have to do today till 39________. And you must learn to deal with the bad things while they are small, 40________ it will turn into a big problem.

1. A son  B. mother   C daughter 

2.A tress   B. leaves   C. grass

3. A find   B. eat   C. fly

4. A worse   B better   C thinner

5.A at most   B at last   C at once

6.A must   B couldn’t   C need

7.A my   B their   C his

8. A cry   B wait   C run

9.A yesterday   B today   C tomorrow

10.A. but       B. or      C. and

Can plants eat people? Probably not, but there are many plants that eat meat. Some of them are big. And they can eat small animals. One famous meat-eating plant is the Venus flytrap.

The Venus flytrap is a very strange plant. It grows in dry parts of the United States. Its leaves are like the pages of a book. They can open and close very quickly. Inside the leaves, there are three small hairs. If a fly(蚊子) touches one of the hairs, the leaf close quickly. The fly cannot get out. In about half an hour, the leaf presses(挤压) the fly until it is dead. Then, the plant covers the fly. Slowly, the plant eats the fly.

How can that happen? Most plants get what they need from the sun, the air, and the ground. In some places, the ground is very poor. It doesn’t have all these important things, especially nitrogen(氮). Animal meat has a lot of nitrogen, so some plants eat meat to get what they need. Let’s hope that some of the bigger plants don’t get the same idea!

1.What kind of plant is the Venus flytrap?

A．It is the plant that can be eaten as vegetables

B．It is the plant that can eat people

C．It is the plant that can eat meat.

D．It is the plant that is poisonous(有毒的)

2.What are inside its leaves?

A．some small leaves                       B．some pages of books

C．some flowers                          D．some hairs

3.The Venus flytrap eats flies because__________.

A．It grows in dry parts                     B．It hates flies

C．It’ll be eaten by flies                    D．It needs air and water

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When you are about to do something brave, a cheerful wish of “Good luck!” from a friend can be helpful. But if you think you need lots of luck, what else might you do?

In the UK and US there are some strange traditions for bringing yourself a little more good luck. Some are hundreds of years old and some are much newer.

Have you heard the saying “When you wish upon a star”? If you are looking up at the sky on a clear night and you see a sudden flash of light, it is probably a shooting star! Seeing one doesn’t happen very often. The saying goes that if you see one you have been very lucky, and so if you make a wish, it will come true.

Maybe you have heard of the lucky rabbit’s foot. Some people believe that rabbits are lucky animals, so they carry a part of the rabbit, its foot, for good luck. There are all kinds of strange, unclear rules about which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest. It is said that this good luck tradition is the oldest one of all. However, as the funny saying goes, “Depend on the rabbit’s foot if you will, but remember it didn’t work for the rabbit!”

People in Britain love trees. If it is autumn and leaves are falling from the trees, some people try to catch the leaves as they fall because they think each leaf they catch will bring them a lucky month in the following year—they will need to catch 12 falling leaves to have a whole of good luck!

1.______ is mentioned in the oldest good luck tradition.

A. A rabbit’s foot

B. A falling leaf

C. A cheerful wish from friends

D. A shooting star

2.From Paragraph 3, we know that ______.

A. shooting stars can often be seen

B. people can see a shooting star on a rainy night

C. your wish may come true if you see a shooting star

D. people believe that it’s unlucky to see a shooting star

3.British people try to catch 12 falling leaves because ______.

A. the leaves fall in autumn

B. there are so many leaves to catch

C. the leaves can bring them a lucky month

D. they want to have a whole year of good luck

4.In Paragraph 5, the underlined word “them” refers to（指）______.

A. trees            B. people               C. leaves               D. years

5.The passage is mainly about ______.

A. how to wish upon a star

B. things that bring good luck 

C. British people love leaves

D. which of the rabbit’s feet is the luckiest