Fun Facts about animals

●After killing an animal, a cheetah waits half an hour to catch its breath.	●The biggest horses are the Shire horses. The tallest on record is 198cms from shoulder to leg.	●The only mammal that can fly is the bat. Bat’s wings are overgrown hands.
●Gorillas are actually very gentle animals although they have bad reputation (声誉). ●Gorillas build nests in tree tops to sleep in.	●The rhino has the thickest skin of any animal. Its skin is 2cms thick and covers their body like armor.	●An elephant’s trunk has no bones in it, only 100,000 muscles!!! ●Elephant babies take 22 months to develop inside their mothers before they are born.
●A kitten is born blind and helpless and stays close to its mother for protection. In just nine weeks, it can grow big enough to leave its mother and look after itself.	●A camel’s hump is actually used to store food. It is made of extra (多余的) fat. ●They have long legs to keep them as far away from the ground as possible	● Bears usually walk on 4 legs, but when they are frightened, they stand up and walk on two legs to make themselves appear bigger.

【小题1】After a cheetah kills an animal, it        .

A．waits thirty minutes to catch its breath

B．waits half an hour for the animal to catch its breath

C．eats the food immediately

D．doesn’t eat the food until its friend comes.

【小题2】It takes     22 months to develop inside their mothers before they are born.

A．Baby gorillas	B．Baby bears
C．Kittens	D．Baby elephants

【小题3】Which statement is NOT true according to the reading material?

A．The tallest Shire horse on record is 198cms from shoulder to leg.

B．Bat’s wings are overgrown legs.

C．The rhino’s skin is 2cms thick and covers their body like armor.

D．The camel has long legs to keep them cool in the desert.

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Fun Facts about animals

●After killing an animal, a cheetah waits half an hour to catch its breath.	●The biggest horses are the Shire horses. The tallest on record is 198cms from shoulder to leg.	●The only mammal that can fly is the bat. Bat’s wings are overgrown hands.
●Gorillas are actually very gentle animals although they have bad reputation (声誉). ●Gorillas build nests in tree tops to sleep in.	●The rhino has the thickest skin of any animal. Its skin is 2cms thick and covers their body like armor.	●An elephant’s trunk has no bones in it, only 100,000 muscles!!! ●Elephant babies take 22 months to develop inside their mothers before they are born.
●A kitten is born blind and helpless and stays close to its mother for protection. In just nine weeks, it can grow big enough to leave its mother and look after itself.	●A camel’s hump is actually used to store food. It is made of extra (多余的) fat. ●They have long legs to keep them as far away from the ground as possible	● Bears usually walk on 4 legs, but when they are frightened, they stand up and walk on two legs to make themselves appear bigger.

1.After a cheetah kills an animal, it         .

A. waits thirty minutes to catch its breath

B. waits half an hour for the animal to catch its breath

C. eats the food immediately

D. doesn’t eat the food until its friend comes.

2.It takes      22 months to develop inside their mothers before they are born.

A. Baby gorillas        B. Baby bears

C. Kittens          D. Baby elephants

3.Which statement is NOT true according to the reading material?

A. The tallest Shire horse on record is 198cms from shoulder to leg.

B. Bat’s wings are overgrown legs.

C. The rhino’s skin is 2cms thick and covers their body like armor.

D. The camel has long legs to keep them cool in the desert.

 

Fun Facts about animals

●After killing an animal, a cheetah waits half an hour to catch its breath.	●The biggest horses are the Shire horses. The tallest on record is 198cms from shoulder to leg.	●The only mammal that can fly is the bat. Bat’s wings are overgrown hands.
●Gorillas are actually very gentle animals although they have bad reputation (声誉). ●Gorillas build nests in tree tops to sleep in.	●The rhino has the thickest skin of any animal. Its skin is 2cms thick and covers their body like armor.	●An elephant’s trunk has no bones in it, only 100,000 muscles!!! ●Elephant babies take 22 months to develop inside their mothers before they are born.
●A kitten is born blind and helpless and stays close to its mother for protection. In just nine weeks, it can grow big enough to leave its mother and look after itself.	●A camel’s hump is actually used to store food. It is made of extra (多余的) fat. ●They have long legs to keep them as far away from the ground as possible	● Bears usually walk on 4 legs, but when they are frightened, they stand up and walk on two legs to make themselves appear bigger.

【小题1】After a cheetah kills an animal, it         .

A．waits thirty minutes to catch its breath

B．waits half an hour for the animal to catch its breath

C．eats the food immediately

D．doesn’t eat the food until its friend comes.

【小题2】It takes      22 months to develop inside their mothers before they are born.

A．Baby gorillas	B．Baby bears
C．Kittens	D．Baby elephants

【小题3】Which statement is NOT true according to the reading material?

A．The tallest Shire horse on record is 198cms from shoulder to leg.

B．Bat’s wings are overgrown legs.

C．The rhino’s skin is 2cms thick and covers their body like armor.

D．The camel has long legs to keep them cool in the desert.

　　The people of Mexico also built pyramids（金字塔）. They didn't build them for tombs（墓）. They built a pyramid and then built a temple（庙）on top of it. The pyramids of Mexico are not as high as the pyramids of Egypt, but they are big enough.

　　The biggest pyramid in Mexico is almost 2,000 years old. Scientists think it took 10,000 men more than ten years to build it. How were the people of Mexico able to build the pyramids thousands of years ago? How did they carry and lift the huge stones? Each stone fits so well and they didn't have our modern machines! Nobody can tell how they were built. 

Choose the best answer：

　

(1) The pyramids in Mexico were built by ________.

[　　]

A．the people of Mexico	B．the people of Egypt
C．the scientists	D．American people

(2) The pyramids of Mexico are ________ the pyramids of Egypt.

[　　]

A．higher than	B．as high as
C．lower than	D．as low as

(3) It took ________ years to build the biggest pyramid in Mexico.

[　　]

A．more than ten	B．ten
C．more than 2,000	D．almost 2,000

(4) ________ how the people of Mexico built their pyramids.

[　　]

A．Everybody knows	B．Some scientists can tell
C．Many of us can tell	D．Nobody knows

(5) The biggest pyramid of Mexico has a history of ________.

[　　]

A．one thousand years	B．about two thousand years
C．more than two thousand years	D．fifteen hundred years

Have you ever visited any wonders of the world? We may know the pyramids in Egypt, but most of us don't know that the ancient native（土著的）people of Mexico also built pyramids. They did not build the pyramids for tombs（坟墓）. They used to build a pyramid and then build a temple on the top of it .The pyramids in Mexico are not as high as the pyramids in Egypt , but they are big .Each pyramid has a wide stairway that goes from the bottom to the top .There is nothing inside the pyramids, only earth and stones .The biggest pyramid in Mexico is the pyramid of Teotihuacan. It is about 2,000years old .Scientists think it took 10,000 men and more than ten years to build it .People call it the pyramid of the Sun .Near it is another huge pyramid of the Moon.

     How did the people in ancient times build the pyramids? How did they carry and lift up the huge stones? The stones fitted in each other so well and they didn't have our modern machines! Scientists have studied the pyramids, but nobody can say how they did it.

（   ）1．This passage is about

      A．Egypt                                                  B．Mexico       

C．the pyramids in Egypt                                 D．the pyramids in Mexico

（   ）2．The ancient people of Mexico used to build ____

      A．a temple on the top of pyramid                 B．a temple near the pyramid

C．a tomb in the pyramid                        D． a garden outside the pyramid

（   ）3．The pyramid of the Sun is ________ the pyramid of the Moon.

      A．smaller than         B．bigger than            C．as big as             D．not so big as

（   ）4．The biggest pyramid in Mexico was built ____

A．200 years ago       B．about 2,000 years ago  C．last year           D．1,000 years ago

（   ）5．_____ knows how the ancient people built the pyramids.

      A．Everybody          B．The scientist         C．The teacher         D．Nobody