People enjoy traveling around the world during their holidays．Before traveling to New York, you'd better know the following tips．
★Arriving in New York There are three airports in New York．When you arrive at one of them, you can take a bus or taxi to any place in New York．
★Public transport In New York there's a good bus and subway service．If you are planning to use the subway a lot, you should buy a subway ticket for ten journeys because it's cheaper．But you don't have to use public transport-there are lots of places you can go to on foot, such as the Empire State Building, 5th Avenue and Central Park．
★Hotels There are lots of good hotels in New York．
The best is the Plaza on 5th Avenue, but you don't have to pay a lot to stay in the city; there are lots of smaller hotels and the YMCA(基督教青年会) near Central Park is great for young people．
★Eating out There are many kinds of food in New York and you shouldn't eat at McDonald's every day．There are good restaurants in Little Italy and Chinatown, for example．
★Shopping Shopping in New York is fun．There are big shops on 5th Avenue．They are open seven days a week．But be careful when you look at the prices; you have to pay a special 8％ tax(税)on everything you buy in New York．
★Places to see Finally, there are a lot of places to see in New York-Times Square, the Statue of Liberty．And you shouldn't go home without climbing the Empire State Building to enjoy the scenery of the city．
The ostrich (能鸟)is a bird of the deserts of Africa．It is the largest of all birds．It is often 10 feet high．Sometimes the ostrich is called the “camel bird”．Like the camel it lives in the desert, and can live a long time without water．
The ostrich's legs are very long and strong, but its wings are small, and it cannot fly．The ostrich can run very quickly-about 30 km an hour．The nest of the bird is a great hole in the sand．There the ostrich lays (产, 生)10 or 12 large eggs．She watches her nest and leaves it only during the hottest part of the day．
People often hunt the ostrich, but it is not easy to catch it．The hunter must know that the ostrich runs only in a zigzag pattern (z 字形路线)．
(1)
The ostrich can run quickly so ________．
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A．
its legs become longer and stronger
B．
its wings become smaller and smaller
C．
it isn't easily caught
D．
people call it the “camel bird”
(2)
According to the passage above, we can see that a couple of (一对)ostriches can have at most ________ children．
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A．
30
B．
4
C．
10
D．
12
(3)
The ostrich watches her nest and seldom leaves it because ________．
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A．
her eggs are in it
B．
people often hunt her
C．
she wants to have a good rest after she has laid eggs
D．
she is afraid of the hottest hours of the day
(4)
________, so people call it the “camel bird”．
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A．
The ostrich has a larger body than any other bird in the desert
