Do you know why different animals or pests (昆虫) have their special colors? Colors in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Some birds like eating locusts (蝗虫), but birds cannot easily catch them. Why? It is because locusts change their colors together with the change of the colors of crops(庄稼). When crops are green, locusts look green. But as the harvest time comes, locusts change to the same brown color as crops have. Some other pests with different colors from plants are easily found and eaten by others. So they have to hide themselves for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life, you’ll find the main use of coloring is to protect themselves. Bears, lions and other animals move quietly through forests. They cannot be easily seen by hunters (猎人). This is because they have the colors much like the trees.
Have you ever noticed an even stranger act? A kind of fish in the sea can send out a kind of very black liquid (液体)when it faces danger. While the liquid spreads over (散开), its enemies (敌人)cannot find it. And it immediately swims away. So it has lived up to now though it is not strong at all.From the passage we learn that locusts________.
| A．are small animals | B．are easily found by birds |
| C．are dangerous to their enemies | D．change their colors to protect themselves |
How can pests with different colors from plants keep out of danger?
| A．They run away quickly. | B．They have the colors much like their enemies. |
| C．They hide themselves by day and appear at night. | D．They have to move quietly. |
Bears and lions can keep safe because _________.
| A．they have the colors much like the trees | B．they move quietly |
| C．they like brown and gray colors | D．they live in forests |
Why can the kind of fish live up to now?
| A．Because it is very and strong. |
| B．Because the liquid it sends out can help it escape from its enemies. |
| C．Because the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies. |
| D．Because it swims faster than any other fish. |
Which is the best title for this passage?
| A．The Change of Colors for Animals and Pests | B．Colors of Different Animals and Pests |
| C．The Main Use of Colors for Animals and Pests | D．Some Animals and Pests |
There is a new park near Andy's home. It's fine today. Andy and his family are in the park now. On their left, there is a café(咖啡馆). On their right, there is a big lake. There are many flowers and trees around the lake. There's a small hill behind the lake. Near the lake, there are two signs. One says, "Don't swim in the lake!" The other says, "No fishing!" But you can go boating in the lake. There is a nice garden in the middle of the park. There is green grass and beautiful flowers in it. There are some small shops between the lake and the garden. The park is so beautiful. Andy and his family like it very much.The park near Andy's home is __________.
| A．new and beautiful |
| B．old and beautiful |
| C．clean and new |
| D．old and clean |
The café in the park is __________.
| A．on their right |
| B．in the lake |
| C．on their left |
| D．in the garden |
People can _______ in the lake.
| A．swim | B．fish | C．boat | D．dance |
The shops in the park are not_________.
| A．small | B．big | C．good | D．pretty |
Andy and his family____________.
| A．don’t like the lake |
| B．don’t like the park |
| C．like the park |
| D．are boating in it |
Nasreddin woke up in the middle of the night and saw something white in his garden. It seemed to be moving towards the house.
That is a thief(小偷)! He thought, and he took his gun and shot(开枪) at him. Then he went back to bed, because he was too frightened(害怕) to go out of the house in the dark.
The next morning Nasreddin went out and saw one of his white shirts hanging on the clothes-line in the garden, his wife had washed it the day before and hung it out to dry. Now it had a bullet- hole（子弹洞）right through middle of it.
My God, said Nasreddin, I was lucky last night. If I had been wearing that shirt, the bullet would have killed me! And he called his neighbours together and asked them to thank God for saving him.At midnight, Nasreddin saw in his garden.
| A．something strange | B．a thief |
| C．something white | D．a ghost |
Nasreddin was so frightened that he.
| A．cried out for help |
| B．dared(敢)not go out of the house. |
| C．dared not stay in his house |
| D．couldn’t say a word |
The next morning Nasreddin found.
| A．his wife in the garden |
| B．the clothes-line |
| C．the thief dead |
| D．a bullet-hole through the white shirt |
Nasreddin was a man.
| A．kind | B．cheerful | C．foolish | D．clever |
He called his neighbors together in order to .
| A．make a speech | B．tell the story |
| C．thank God | D．thank you |
House For Sale
Red Rose Garden, Pudong
3-story home, 509 sqm total (总的) land area, 428.8 sqm built-in, 312.2 sqm garden. Asking
RMB 13 million (USD 1.57 million).
MP:13761973547 Tel: 021-58609228 Fax: 021-58609728
Job Wanted
Cherry, 24, a shining girl, good at oral English and Putonghua. Now I am working at an international trade (国际贸易) company in Guangzhou. I am kind-hearted, hard-working and healthy, and would like part-time weekend work offering Putonghua lessons to foreign friends. If you are interested, please email me at cherrylf@hotmail.com.
Beijing Snow World Ski Park
Price: 18 yuan (ticket), 50 yuan / hour on weekdays and 70 yuan / hour on weekends, 120 yuan/four hours on weekdays and 190 yuan/four hours on weekends.
Tel:010-69191617If an Australian student wants to learn Chinese, he or she can ______.
| A．call 021-58609228 |
| B．fax 021-58609728 |
| C．email cherrylf@hotmail.com |
| D．telephone 010-69191617 |
How many square meters is the garden of the house for sale?
| A．509 sqm. | B．428.8 sqm. |
| C．312.2 sqm. | D．80.2 sqm |
Where is Cherry working now?
| A．Shanghai. | B．Guangzhou. | C．Beijing. | D．Pudong |
If he goes skiing on ______ in Beijing Snow World Ski Park, Nick has to pay more money than on Tuesday.
| A．Sunday | B．Friday | C．Wednesday | D．Monday |
If you want to ski for four hours on weekdays, how much money will you pay at least?
| A．138 yuan. | B．200 yuan. | C．208 yuan. | D．280 yuan |
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There are eight kinds of tigers in the world. A tiger is usually two meters long and two hundreds kilos heavy. A mother tiger may have two to four babies each time. About three years later, the babies can grow as big as their mother. They can stay about twenty years. They like to sleep in the day-time and come out to find food at night. They won’t eat people if they are not too hungry. There were three kinds of tigers in China. One kind of it lives in the northeast. They are the biggest ones in the world, but the number of(数目) them is very small.How many kinds of tigers are there in the world?
How much does a tiger weigh?
Do tigers like to sleep at night?
将划线句子翻译成汉语。
Where do the biggest tigers live ?
If we find a bird nest(巢), we will have a good place of observing(观察) and knowing about birds.
Birds sit on eggs and take care of their baby birds from April to June. Because the baby birds are too young to leave the nest, mothers often leave and come back to the nest during the time to look for food. So it is good to observe birds. When we observe birds, we’d better hide ourselves in a close place to the nest, and it’s better to use binoculars(双筒望远镜).
But how to make a bird nest? It’s very easy. If you want to make one, please follow these:
Making a nest: A good nest must be very fine, strong, thick and easy.
a) Each nest must have six boards. Don’t make the boards too slippery.
b) Dig a small hole in the front of the nest as a door. The “door” is from 3cm to 5cm. So the bird can fly in or out easily.
c) Make sure the rainwater doesn’t go into the nest.
d) One piece of the boards should be easy to open.
e) Please don’t forget to color the nest.The most important thing in observing birds is to ______.
| A．look for a place near the nest |
| B．climb trees |
| C．write down notes every day |
| D．make a bird nest |
When we’re observing birds, we have to hide ourselves to ______.
| A．look after them |
| B．use the binoculars |
| C．make them do everything as usual |
| D．catch the birds at last |
We should leave a hole in the front of the nest so that ______.
| A．we can clean the nest |
| B．the birds can fly in or out |
| C．we can hang it easily |
| D．it’s easy to make |
What’s the title of this passage?
| A．Birds and men |
| B．Playing with the birds |
| C．Observing birds and making bird nests |
| D．Listening to the songs of birds |