题目内容
The cheetah(猎豹)is best known for being the world’s fastest land animal, reaching speeds of just over 110kph for short period of time. However, many people know little else about this wonderful animal. The word cheetah probably comes from a Hindi word spotted animal. It is very similar to other cats but also has some obvious differences. Its body is much leaner than most cats and it has much longer legs.
People sometimes make a cheetah a leopard(美洲豹)because they both have spots, but in fact they are very different. A leopard is far heavier and more powerful, but also much slower. The cheetah’s spots cover most of its body except for its stomach and throat. The cheetah’s tail has spots and these become rings at the end of the tail.
An adult cheetah weighs between 35-65 kilograms and is about 80 centimeters high at the shoulder. The cheetah’s head is quite small and the eyes are quite high up. A black line runs from each eye down to its mouth and makes it look a little sad. It has high shoulders that help it to walk so gracefully.
Cheetahs are very fast but they are not very strong. They are not good fighters and will run away rather than fight another animal to protect their food. If they make a kill, it is sometimes taken away from them by stronger animals such as lions and leopard. These animals will kill their young if they get the chance. The cheetah is not a threat to humans at all. It will not attack humans and prefers to stay away from occupied areas.
【小题1】Many people know that the cheetah________
A.is a fast runner |
B.runs faster than any other animal on land |
C.runs as fast as it can |
D.is very fast for periods of time |
A.has spots all over its body including its tail |
B.has spots on its stomach and throat |
C.does not have spots on its stomach and throat |
D.has spots everywhere except for its stomach and throat |
A.they can quickly run away |
B.they are very fast runners |
C.They want to protect their young |
D.They are poor fighters |
【小题1】B
【小题2】D
【小题3】D
解析
Have you seen Jurassic Park? In this film, scientists use DNA kept for tens of millions of years to clone dinosaurs. They find trouble, however, when they realize that the cloned creatures are smarter and more dangerous than expected. That’s nothing more than a fiction.
But could we really clone endangered animals?
To date, the most successful attempt to do so was the cloning of a gaur, a rare ox-like animal from southeast Asia. Scientists used a cow to bring the cloned baby gaur, named Noah. Two days after birth, however, Noah died from a common bacterial infection. Other endangered species that may be cloned include the African bongo antelope (羚羊), the Sumatran tiger, the cheetah (猎豹), and the giant panda.
Next, could we really clone extinct animals?
In theory? Yes. To do this, you need a well-kept source of DNA from the extinct animals such as wool mammoth (毛象), Tasmanian tiger, or even dinosaur, and a closely related species, still living, which could serve as a surrogate mother.
In reality? Probably not. On the one hand, it’s not likely that extinct animals’ DNA could survive undamaged for such a long time. Cloning such extinct animals as wool mammoth, Tasmanian tiger, or dinosaur is much more difficult due to the lack of properly well-preserved DNA. On the other hand, for example, a gaur can have a cow as a surrogate mother, definitely not a monkey. But what about an extinct animal as unique as the panda? What species could possibly serve as a surrogate mother?
Cloning presents many exciting possibilities. However, even if extinct animals were brought back, they could not survive in today’s world. Not only do most extinct animals have no habitat to love in, but the other plants and animals they depended on for food may also be gone as well.
【小题1】 It can be learned from the text that ________.
A.the gaur is an extinct species |
B.the gaur lives in Asia and is endangered |
C.scientists have cloned the African bongo antelope |
D.both the cheetah and the giant panda live in Asia |
A.gives birth to a baby of its own | B.cannot give birth to a baby |
C.gives birth to a baby for another female | D.provides DNA |
A.both the well-preserved DNA and a surrogate mother |
B.both the habitat to live in and the well-preserved DNA |
C.both the well-preserved DNA and plants to live on |
D.both the habitat to live in and plants to live on |
A.all the extinct species may be cloned |
B.extinct species may be cloned and easily survive |
C.a gaur can have a monkey as a surrogate mother |
D.some extinct species may be cloned, but not survive |
The cheetah(猎豹)is best known for being the world’s fastest land animal, reaching speeds of just over 110kph for short period of time. However, many people know little else about this wonderful animal. The word cheetah probably comes from a Hindi word spotted animal. It is very similar to other cats but also has some obvious differences. Its body is much leaner than most cats and it has much longer legs.
People sometimes make a cheetah a leopard(美洲豹)because they both have spots, but in fact they are very different. A leopard is far heavier and more powerful, but also much slower. The cheetah’s spots cover most of its body except for its stomach and throat. The cheetah’s tail has spots and these become rings at the end of the tail.
An adult cheetah weighs between 35-65 kilograms and is about 80 centimeters high at the shoulder. The cheetah’s head is quite small and the eyes are quite high up. A black line runs from each eye down to its mouth and makes it look a little sad. It has high shoulders that help it to walk so gracefully.
Cheetahs are very fast but they are not very strong. They are not good fighters and will run away rather than fight another animal to protect their food. If they make a kill, it is sometimes taken away from them by stronger animals such as lions and leopard. These animals will kill their young if they get the chance. The cheetah is not a threat to humans at all. It will not attack humans and prefers to stay away from occupied areas.
1.Many people know that the cheetah________
A.is a fast runner |
B.runs faster than any other animal on land |
C.runs as fast as it can |
D.is very fast for periods of time |
2.The cheetah ________
A.has spots all over its body including its tail |
B.has spots on its stomach and throat |
C.does not have spots on its stomach and throat |
D.has spots everywhere except for its stomach and throat |
3.Cheetahs will not fight another animal to protect their food because _______
A.they can quickly run away |
B.they are very fast runners |
C.They want to protect their young |
D.They are poor fighters |