The koala

Size: 70—90cm Weight: 5—14kg

The koala with thick hair looks cute but it has very sharp (锋利的) teeth and claws (爪子).The male koala is larger than the female one.

Food: The koala eats eucalyptus leaves (桉树叶). Each koala eats about 500 grams of leaves per day.

Habit: The koala sleeps for up to 16—18 hours. It prefers to move around in the evening.

Baby fact: A healthy female koala can have one child each year. A baby koala is very small when it is born—only a quarter of an inch. It has no hair and it can’t see either. It lives in its mother’s pouch (育儿袋) for half a year. During this time, it only drinks its mother’s milk.

Danger: The number of koalas in Australia is getting smaller every year, mainly because of people. People cut down a lot of trees, so many koalas have no places to live in and they don’t have enough leaves to eat. There are fewer than 100,000 koalas in the world. Some scientists say if people don’t protect them, we won’t have any koalas within 30 years

1.When does the koala often move around during a day?

A.In the morning. B.In the evening. C.In the afternoon. D.At weekends.

2.If someone sees a newly born koala, he will find that ___________________.

A.it can see everything B.it is really small

C.it has thick hair D.it is very big

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The female koala is smaller than the male one. B.An adult koala often weighs more than 16kg.

C.The koala doesn’t have sharp paws or teeth. D.The koala often sleeps for more than 20 hours.

A man walked into a restaurant. The restaurant advised it had the _________ menu in the world. The manager was very proud of being able to provide any dish, no matter how _________ it was.

At the bottom of the _________, there was a notice that said, “If you do not see the dish you need on this menu, please tell us and we will add it to the menu right away.”

The man __________ the menu and decided to make sure if it was true. He would order _______ that was very unusual.

When a waiter came up to take his order, he said, “You say you can serve any dish, even it’s not on your longest menu in the world.”

“That is correct, sir. We are able to meet everyone’s requirements.”

“Well, ” the man said, “bring me a sandwich with two elephant ears. __________, not African. ” The waiter wrote down in his paper: Two Indian elephant ears on toast.

“Very good, sir, ” he said, “That shouldn’t ________ long. ”

The waiter walked away quickly. The man was very surprised and rather disappointed. Then he smiled ____________ the waiter returned with a very unhappy look on his face.

“Ah!” the man said, “You can’t _________ it to me, can you?” The waiter made an apology. “I’m very sorry, sir, and this is the ___________embarrassing, ”he said, “but I’m afraid we can’t because we’ve run out of bread.”

1.A.biggest B.thickest C.heaviest D.longest

2.A.unfair B.unusual C.beautiful D.important

3.A.menu B.dish C.restaurant D.table

4.A.looked for B.took out C.looked at D.picked up

5.A.anything B.nothing C.everything D.something

6.A.American B.Indian C.Canadian D.Australian

7.A.pay B.cost C.take D.spend

8.A.as B.and C.so D.though

9.A.catch B.take C.make D.bring

10.A.least B.most C.best D.worst

An old man lived in a nice house with a large garden. His flowers _______ and fertilized(施肥)from time to lime.

One day a young man went by the garden. He looked at the beautiful flowers, imaging how happy he would be if he lived in such a beautiful place. Then, suddenly he _______ the old gardener was blind. He was very surprised at this and asked," You can't see these flowers. Why are you busy taking care of them every day?" _______ old man smiled and said, "I can tell you four reasons, First, I was a gardener _______ I was young, and I like this job. Second, although I can't see these flowers, I can touch them. _______,I can smell the sweetness of them. As to the last one, that's you."

"Me? But you don't know me" said the young man.

"Yeah, it's true that I don't know you. But I know_______ flowers are angels. We enjoy the happiness these flowers have brought us.

The blind _______ words opened our eyes and pleased our hearts, which also made his life happier. It was just like Beethoven. He became deaf in his _______ life and wrote many great musical works. Beethoven _______ could not hear his wonderful music, but his music encouraged millions of people to face their ________ bravely. Isn't it one kind of happiness?

1.A.water B.were watered C.watered D.are watered

2.A.will find B.finds C.has found D.found

3.A.A B.An C.The D./

4.A.until B.unless C.when D.before

5.A.Fourth B.The fourth C.Third D.The third

6.A.that B.if C.why D.how

7.A.man B.men C.men's D.man's

8.A.earlier B.earliest C.later D.latest

9.A.he B.himself C.him D.his

10.A.businesses B.business C.difficulties D.difficulty

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