Zhalong is a nature reserve in Heilongjiang in north-east China. It is one of the world’s most important wetlands. The reserve covers an area of 210,000 hectares. The area provides food and shelter for wildlife. It is an ideal home for different kinds of plants, fish and birds.

Many birds live comfortably in Zhalong Nature Reserve all year round, while some only stay there for a short time. There are many fish in the wetlands, and the birds can easily catch them for food. Zhalong has long been called “the home of the crane”. There are 15 crane species (物种) in the world. 8 of them are in China and there are 6 species in Zhalong area. It is an important living area for the rare red-crowned cranes. There are not many red-crowned cranes in the world. Every spring and summer, red-crowned cranes lay and hatch (孵化) their eggs in Zhalong.

Some people want to change the wetlands to make more space for farms and buildings. This means there will be less and less space for wildlife. More and more birds are in danger because they do not have enough living space. Many of them died. The Chinese government wants to protect these endangered birds, and they can be safe in Zhalong.

Every year, a lot of tourists go to Zhalong to watch birds. This year, members of our Bird-watching Club are going to study the different kinds of birds in Zhalong and the changes in their numbers. The study begins next month.

We _______ once a year. We are now inviting secondary school students to help. We need more people to help us count and do something to help the birds.

Many people do not understand the importance of the wetlands. We hope this information will help them understand and make them actively take action to protect wildlife.

1. What does the underlined word “ideal” mean?

   A. Perfect.          B. Dangerous.       C. Crowded.     D. Expensive.

2. What can we learn from the second paragraph?

   A. All birds stay in Zhalong Nature Reserve all year round.

   B. There are eight species of red-crowned cranes in Zhalong.

   C. The number of the world’s red-crowned cranes is small.

   D. Every winter red-crowned cranes hatch eggs in Zhalong.

3.Which of the following can we choose for the blank (空白) in the fifth paragraph?

   A. go birdwatching   B. do a bird count  C. go bird-hunting  D. hold a bird show

4.The purpose of the article is to _______.

   A. attract more visitors to pay a visit to Zhalong Nature Reserve

   B. ask people to take action to protect wetlands and wildlife

   C. prevent people from watching birds in Zhalong Nature Reserve

   D. make people around the world know the Birdwatchting Club

完成句子
【小题1】她很乐意与她的朋友分享她的东西。
She is willing to __________ her things ______ her friends.
【小题2】老虎的数量正在变得越来越少。
The _______ of the tigers _________ getting smaller and smaller.
【小题3】开车去上学花的时间比乘公共汽车少。
Driving to school ________ less time _________ taking the bus.
【小题4】消防员使我们镇定下来，因为我们都安全了。
The firemen ________ us ________ as we were all safe.
【小题5】扎龙是世界上最重要的湿地之一。
Zhalong is one of the world’s _________ ____________ wetlands.

Several years ago, a television reporter was talking to three of the most important people in America．One was a very rich banker, another owned one of the largest companies in the world, and the third owned many buildings in the center of New York．

    The reporter was talking to them about being important．

    “How do we know if someone is really important?”the reporter asked the banker．

    The banker thought for a few moments and then said,“I think anybody who is invited to the White House to meet the President of the United States is really important．”

    The reporter then turned to the owner of the very large company．“Do you agree with that?”she asked．

    The man shook his head,“No．I think the President invites a lot of people to the White House．You’d only be important if while you were visiting the President, there was a telephone call from the president of another country, and the President of the US said he was too busy to answer it．”

    The reporter turned to the third man．“Do you think so?”

    “No, I don’t,”he said．“I don’t think that makes the visitor important．That makes the

President important．”

    “Then what would make the visitor important?”the reporter and the other two men asked．

    “Oh, I think if the visitor to the White House was talking to the President and the phone rang, and the President picked up the receiver, listened and then said,‘It’s for you．’”

1.This story happened in_________．

    A．England         B．America         C．Japan         D．Australia

2.There are_________ in this passage．

    A．two men and two women               B．three men and one woman

    C．three women and one man              D．four women

3.The banker thought________．

    A．he was really important because he was a rich banker

    B．the visitor to the White House to meet the President of the U．S was really important

    C．the visitor who met the President of the US

    D．the reporter was really important

4.The owner of the very large company thought_________．

    A．she was really important because she owned one of the largest companies

    B．the banker was really important

    C．the owner of many buildings in the center of New York was really important

D．the visitor would be really important if while he was visiting the President．the President would not answer any telephone call

5.The owner of many buildings thought__________．

    A．he was really important because he owned many buildings in the center of New York

    B．the owner of the very large company was really important

    C．the visitor was really important if he was talking to the President and the President received a telephone call for the visitor

    D．the person who worked in the White House was really important