Giraffes live in Africa．The giraffe is the tallest living animal on land．With a very long neck,a giraffe can be more than 18 feet tall．
A giraffe has four long,thin legs．The front legs are longer than the back legs．It can run about 50 kilometres each hour．A giraffe is probably famous for its long neck．It can reach the leaves at the top of the trees．
A giraffe can live for 20-25 years in the wild,and often longer at zoos．An adult(成年的)giraffe eats up to 140 pounds of food each day．A giraffe spends most of a day eating and it gets just a few leaves once．It eats leaves on tall trees,tall bushes and tall grass,too．But its favourite food is leaves on the acacia trees(刺槐)．Acacia leaves contain a lot of water,so a giraffe can go a long time without drinking．
(1)
What does a giraffe look like?
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A．
It is the tallest living animal on land．
B．
It has a long neck and four long,thin legs．
C．
It can live for 20-25 years in the wild．
D．
It can run about 50 kilometres each hour．
(2)
A giraffe is well-known because of ________．
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A．
its front legs
B．
its speed(速度)
C．
its neck
D．
its food
(3)
What food does a giraffe like eating best?
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A．
Leaves of the acacia trees．
B．
Green grass．
C．
Tall bushes．
D．
Little animals．
(4)
Why doesn't a giraffe drink water for a long time?
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A．
It's an animal of the desert．
B．
It lives on the grassland．
C．
It's an animal like a camel．
D．
Its food contains some water．
(5)
Which of the following statements is NOT true?
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A．
A giraffe is an animal from Europe．
B．
A giraffe's front legs are long．
C．
It takes a giraffe lots of time to eat food．
D．
A giraffe in the zoo can live for over 25 years．
阅读理解
Tickets(门票) for the NBA basketball game are going on sale(出售)．Lots of people like to go to watch basketball games．Most of them are going to cheer on their teams．However(然而),there are never enough(足够的) tickets for everyone．So some people come the day before and sleep in front of the ticket office．At night,when they are waiting,some people play music,others dance and sing,and still others talk about their favourite players．Sometimes they argue(争论) because they like different teams．After waiting all night to buy tickets,they will be too tired to enjoy the game．
(1)
Why do many people like to go to watch basketball games?
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A．
It's easy to buy tickets．
B．
They like to see their favourite teams play．
C．
They have free tickets．
D．
They live near the basketball court．
(2)
Why is it hard to buy tickets?
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A．
The ticket office is far away．
B．
The tickets are very expensive．
C．
There aren't enough tickets for everyone．
D．
There are too many tickets．
(3)
What do some people do to buy them?
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A．
Go to the ticket office right before the game．
B．
Ask a basketball player for help．
C．
Pay by credit card．
D．
Wait in front of the ticket office．
完成句子
1．The girl is kind and always ________(朝……微笑) everyone．
2．The naughty boy ________(跑过)his parents when they were taking photos．
3．Let's put the ball on the ________(地面)．
4．When we saw him,the boy ________(正坐在树上)．
5．She saw some children ________(swim)at this time yesterday．
阅读理解
A rich man was once riding along the road and saw an old man digging in his garden．On the ground lay a young tree,ready to be planted．The rich man called out to the old man,“What kind of tree are you planting there,my good man?”
“This is a fig(无花果) tree,sir,”he said．
“A fig tree?”the rich man was very surprised．“Why,how old are you?”
“I am ninety years old．”
“What!”cried the rich man．“You are ninety years old．You are planting a very young tree now and it'll take years to give fruit．You certainly don't hope to live long enough to get any fruit from this tree．”The old man looked around the garden．Then he said with a smile,“Tell me,sir．Did you eat figs when you were a boy?”“Sure．”The rich man didn't know why he asked this question．“Then tell me this,”he said．“Who planted the fig trees?”“I don't know．”“You see,sir,”went on the old man．“Our forefathers(祖先)planted trees for us to enjoy and I am doing the same for the people after me．”
The rich man was quiet and said,“You are right,my good man．We should do some good things for the people after us．Thank you very much．”Then he rode away．
根据短文内容,判断正(T)误(F)。
( )1．The rich man in the story was helping the old man plant a fig tree．
( )2．The rich man was surprised because the old man was ninety years old．
( )3．The rich man's father planted the fig trees so he could eat figs when he was a boy．
( )4．The old man planted a fig tree because he wanted the people after him to eat fruit．
( )5．This story tells us the rich man and the old man are clever．
( )
Eddie was sleeping ________ Millie was reading a magazine．
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A．
until
B．
while
C．
before
D．
after
句型转换。
I was working in the lab at that time．(对画线部分提问)
________ ________ you ________ in the lab at that time?
句型转换。
The twins did their homework at home yesterday evening．(改为否定句)
The twins ________ ________ their homework at home yesterday evening．
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