Wild animals are our friends, but many of them are getting fewer and fewer. We should try to protect them. The four animals below are now in danger.

Tibetan Antelopes

Tibetan antelopes (藏羚羊) are medium-sized animals. They mainly feed on grass. They are usually found in groups of about 20. They are killed for their wool, which is warm, soft and fine and can be made into expensive clothes. Although people can get the wool without killing the animals, people simply kill them before taking the wool. The number of them is dropping year by year. There are less than 75,000 Tibetan antelopes left in the world, down from a million 50 years ago.

Golden Monkeys

     Golden monkeys are mainly found in Sichuan, Gansu, Shanxi provinces and Shengnongjia mountainous area of Hubei Province. Golden monkeys have golden-orange fur. They move around in the daytime, usually in groups of as many as 100 to 200 heads, or 20 to 30 heads. They feed on fruits and young leaves of bamboos. But people are destroying the environment where they live. Trees and bamboos are disappearing, so golden monkeys have less and less to eat.

Elephants

Elephants are very big and strong. They are bigger than any other animals on land. They are grey and have long trunks and tusks. They have poor eyesight, but very good hearing and smell. They can lift heavy things and break down branches with their trunks. Elephants are very friendly towards each other and towards their neighbours. Normally, they live in a group for many years. Young male elephants do not leave the group until they are about 12 years old. Now, there are very few elephants in the world. The number of them is becoming smaller and smaller because their living areas are used for farming. Also, people hunt them for their tusks.

Wolves

Wolves are not very big. They have grey fur. Wolves have very good eyesight, hearing and smell. Wolves’ food is various. They eat animals, insects and snails. They are friendly to each other and never attack people. They do not kill for fun. Wolves are in danger, too. They are losing their living areas because people cut down forests. Soon they will have no home or food.

1.Tibetan antelopes usually live in groups of about _______.

   A. 20                B. 30           C. 100          D. 200

2.Which of the following animals are the biggest on land?

   A. Tibetan antelopes.                    B. Golden monkeys. 

C. Elephants.                       D. Wolves

3.Which of the following sentences is right?

   A. There are less than 7,500 Tibetan antelopes left in the world now.

   B. Golden monkeys usually move around during the night.

   C. Elephants have good eyesight, but very poor hearing and smell.

   D. Wolves are friendly to each other and they never attack people.

4.What can be the best title of the passage?

   A. Wild animals in danger           

B. How to hunt wild animals

   C. Animals in the zoo               

D. How to train the animals

　　　 Wild animals are our friends, but many of them are getting fewer and fewer.We should try to protect them. The four animals below are now in danger.

Tibetan Antelopes (藏羚羊)

　　　 Tibetan antelopes are medium?sized animals.They mainly feed on grass.They are usually found in groups of about 20.They are killed for their wool, which is warm, soft and fine and can be made into expensive clothes.The number of them is dropping year by year.There are less than 75,000 Tibetan antelopes left in the world, down from a million 50 years ago.

Golden Monkeys

Golden monkeys are mainly found in Sichuan, Gansu, Shanxi Provinces and Shennongjia mountainous area of Hubei Province.They move around in the daytime.Golden monkeys have golden?orange fur.They feed on fruits and young leaves of bamboo.But people are destroying the environment where they live.Trees and bamboos are disappearing, so golden monkeys have less and less to eat.

Elephants

　　　 Elephants are very big and strong.They are bigger than any other animals on land.They have poor eyesight, but very good hearing and smell.Now, there are very few elephants in the world.The number of them is becoming smaller and smaller because their living areas are used for farming.Also, people hunt them for their tusks.

Wolves

　　　 Wolves are not very big.They have grey fur.Wolves have very good eyesight, hearing and smell.They are friendly to each other and never attack people.They are losing their living areas because people cut down forests. Soon they will have no home or food.

(　　)6.Tibetan antelopes usually live in groups of about ________.

　 A.20　　　　 　　　　　 B.30　　　 　 C.100　　 　　　　　 D.200

(　　)7.Which of the following animals are the biggest on land?

　 A.Tibetan antelopes.　　　　　　　　　　 　 B.Golden monkeys.　　　

C.Elephants. D.Wolves.

(　　)8.What do golden monkeys feed on?

　 A.Grass.　 B.Meat.

C.Flowers. D.Fruits and young leaves of bamboo.

(　　)9.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

　 A.There are less than 7,500 Tibetan antelopes left in the world now.

B.Golden monkeys usually move around during the night.

C.Elephants have good eyesight, but very poor hearing and smell.

D.Wolves are friendly to each other and they never attack people.

(　　)10.What can be the best title of the passage?

　 A.Wild Animals in Danger　　　　　　　 B.How to Hunt Wild Animals

C.Animals in the Zoo　　　　　　　 　 D.How to Train the Animals

The panda is one of the animals most in danger. There are about 1,000 pandas living in nature reserves today. Zoos and research centres look after about 160 pandas. Scientists are studying how they live and more baby pandas are born in the zoo.

　 Pandas live in the forests and mountains of south-west China. They mainly live on bamboo, and each panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. The area of bamboo is becoming smaller and smaller for many different reasons, so pandas have less and less land to live on. Pandas don't have many babies, and baby pandas often die. The situation is becoming very serious.

　 Our government is working hard to save pandas. There are more than 30 nature reserves to protect pandas but these are not enough. The government has made a new plan to help pandas. The nature reserves will be bigger and bamboo will grow better. Then the pandas will have enough food to eat and enough places to live in Pandas born in the zoos may go back to live in the nature reserves.

　 Most people love pandas. The panda is one of the most famous animals in the world. It is the symbol(象征) for the World Wide Fund for Nature. The WWF works to protect all animals in danger, so the panda has become the symbol of all the animals in danger. There is still a long way to go to save the panda. Think of other animals in danger such as tigers. whales, turtles and elephants-we need to save the pandas, and we need to save

them, too.

(　 )51. Paragraph 2 is mainly about

　　　　 A. why pandas are in danger　　　　 B. why baby pandas often die

　　　　 C. how to protect all animals　　　　 D. how to plant more bamboo

(　 )52. The government is trying ______to help the pandas.

　　　　 A. to build more zoos　　　　　　 B. to send more scientists

　　　　 C. to make bigger nature reserves　 D. to ask the WWF to work in China

(　 )53. ______ is the symbol for the World Wide Fund for Nature.

A. The tiger　　　　　　　 　 B. The panda

C. The elephant　　　　　 　 D. The whale

(　 )54. The best title for this passage is ' ______'.

A. Wild animals　　　　　 B. What is WWF

C. Pandas in the world　　　 D. Pandas in danger

Tigers are strong and dangerous animals. But now they are in danger.

In the past, there were eight kinds of tigers in the world. But during the 20th century, only five were left. The number of Siberian tigers (东北虎) was about 300, but now it is less than 22. They’re in danger of dying out. If the government does nothing, we won’t be able to see them in ten to twenty years.

In order to stop people from hunting and killing wild tigers, and in order to make wild tigers more, the World Wildlife Fund (世界自然基金会) has started a program (项目) recently (最近). China and twelve other countries joined it.

However, it’s not enough. Remember that nature is a food chain (链). If we hurt and kill too many wild deer and pigs, wild tigers will die out because of hunger (饥饿). So the most important thing is to save the animals that tigers eat. In order to protect the wild tigers, we need call on (号召) more people to stop eating, hunting and killing wild animals.

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1.During the 20th century, _______ kinds of wild tigers died out.

A. 3????????????? ????????????? B. 5????????????? C. 8????????????? ????????????? D. 20

2.The number of the wild Siberian tigers reduced (减少) about _______.

A. 5%????????????? B. 22????????????? C. 93%????????????? ????????????? D. 30%

3.Wild tigers will be in danger of dying out without _______.

A. pigs????????????? B. deer????????????? C. people????????????? D. A and B

4.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. There are less than 22 wild Siberian tigers now.

B. There are twelve countries in the World Wildlife Fund.

C. Wild tigers mainly feed on pigs and deer.

D. It’s our duty to protect the wild tigers.

5.The passage mainly tells us _______.

A. why and how do we protect the wild tigers

B. The government does everything they could to protect the wild tigers

C. the wild tigers will die out in ten to twenty years

D. the most important thing is to save the animals that tigers eat