Have you ever seen a horse with toes(脚趾)？Millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were no bigger than the cats.These small horses lived in the forest. The toes helped the horses run on the soft, wet ground.

At first, it was very hot in the forest. But the weather changed. It became very cold. Many trees could not live in cold weather. The trees died and fell. Open fields took the place of forests. The sun made the ground dry and hard.

Horsed began to change, too. They began to get bigger. This took a long time. On the dry, hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running. Their middle toes became hard. After a long time, horses had only one hard toe on each foot. Now we call this hard toe a hoof.

1.How many toes did a horse have millions of years ago?

A．14               B．12               C．16               D．13

2.What does the underlined word “hoof” mean in Chinese?

A．尾巴             B．马鬃             C．腿               D．蹄子

3.What was the weather like in the forest at first?

A．Very warm         B．Very hot           C．Very cold          D．Very cool

4.Which is WRONG according to the passage?

A．The horses were much bigger than the cats millions of years ago.

B．The trees died and feel because the weather changed.

C．On the dry, hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running.

D．The horses have fewer toes than before.

5.The main idea of the passage is that_______________.

A．horses had three toes on each back foot.     B．horses lived in the hot forest

C．horses changed a lot over the years         D．horses didn’t like the cold weather

 

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The sun is shining and it’s very hot.  1  many people don’t want to go out after  2 . Mrs West has to(不得不)   3  her father at the airport. Her father doesn’t feel well, he wants to see a   4  in the city hospital.

Now she’s   5  in the street. There   6  no trees and she feels very   7 . But she’s too   8  and can’t walk fast(快). Suddenly she finds(发现) a   9  walking behind her. She gets angry and her face turns red. “Why are you walking   10  me, boy?” She asks strictly. “It’s cooler”. The boy answers.

1.                A．But            B．Because        C．So   D．Then

 

2.                A．breakfast       B．dinner          C．supper   D．lunch

 

3.                A．watch          B．meet           C．help D．ask

 

4.                A．nurse          B．waiter          C．policeman D．doctor

 

5.                A．walking         B．walks           C．walk D．to walk

 

6.                A．be            B．is              C．are  D．am

 

7.                A．cold           B．cool           C．relaxed   D．hot

 

8.                A．happy          B．fat             C．short D．tall

 

9.                A．boy            B．man           C．woman   D．dog

 

10.               A．on            B．in front of       C．behind    D．across from

 

 

Have you ever seen a horse with toes (脚趾)? Millions of years ago, horses had many toes.They had four toes on each front foot.They had three toes on each back foot.The horses were smaller than cats.

These small horses lived in the forest.Their many toes helped the horses run over the soft wet ground.

It was very hot in the forest.But the weather changed.It became cold.Many trees couldn’t live in cold weather.The trees died and fell.Forest became open field.The sun made the ground dry and hard (坚硬).Horses began to change too.They began to get bigger.This took a long time.On the dry hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running.At last their middle toes became hard.

1.Long ago, the horse had four toes on each of its __________.

A．back feet          B．front feet          C．right feet          D．left feet

2.The cats were __________ the horses at that time.

A．as big as          B．smaller than        C．bigger than        D．as small as

3.When the weather changed, __________.

A．many trees grew well in cold weather        B．animals began to change too

C．cats were older than the horses            D．horses were the same as they are

 

Have you ever seen a horse with toes(脚趾)？Millions of years ago, horses had many toes. They had four toes on each front foot. They had three toes on each back foot. The horses were no bigger than the cats.These small horses lived in the forest. The toes helped the horses run on the soft, wet ground.
At first, it was very hot in the forest. But the weather changed. It became very cold. Many trees could not live in cold weather. The trees died and fell. Open fields took the place of forests. The sun made the ground dry and hard.
Horsed began to change, too. They began to get bigger. This took a long time. On the dry, hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running. Their middle toes became hard. After a long time, horses had only one hard toe on each foot. Now we call this hard toe a hoof.
【小题1】How many toes did a horse have millions of years ago?

A．14

B．12

C．16

D．13

【小题2】What does the underlined word “hoof” mean in Chinese?

A．尾巴

B．马鬃

C．腿

D．蹄子

【小题3】What was the weather like in the forest at first?

A．Very warm

B．Very hot

C．Very cold

D．Very cool

【小题4】Which is WRONG according to the passage?

A．The horses were much bigger than the cats millions of years ago.

B．The trees died and feel because the weather changed.

C．On the dry, hard land, horses needed only their middle toes for running.

D．The horses have fewer toes than before.

【小题5】The main idea of the passage is that_______________.

A．horses had three toes on each back foot.	B．horses lived in the hot forest
C．horses changed a lot over the years	D．horses didn’t like the cold weather