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The hippo(河马) is the most dangerous animal in Africa, but that hasn’t stopped a South African animal lover from making friends with one.
Marius Els is 40 years old. He ______ around 20 different kinds of animals on his ranch(饲养场),in South Africa. He has a real soft spot for Humphrey, a 6-year-old hippo that’s like a son to him. While all of his friends are too ____ to go near the animal, and his wife told him not to get too close, Marius climbs on Humphrey’s back as he swims ______ the lake.
Marius has kept the hippo_______ he was
just five months old. And over the years, the two have________ a special
relationship that people just don’t understand. Marius looks on Humphrey as a son,
although the 1,200 ton animal could ________ a person with
ease. Only sometimes the hippo can throw Marius off his _______ in the water.
Humphrey is very friendly to his owner, especially after Marius offers him a
dinner of his favorite ________, apples.
Humphrey feels very in his life. He had another good friend, a goat, but she got eaten by a jackal(豺), so now he’s all by . Marius says he’s been trying to get a female friend for Humphrey, but there’s no such thing in Africa right now.
1.A. kept B. swept
C.
bought D. stayed
2.A. worried B. tired C. scared D. excited
3.A. under B. across C. along D. into
4.A. since B. when C. after D. before
5.A. invented B. found C. appeared D. developed
6.A. come up B. get up C. eat up D. look up
7.A. head B. back C. front D. tail
8.A. juice 
B.
fish C. bread D.
food
9.A. lonely B. angry C. happy D. funny
10.A. her B. them C. himself D. us
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Ann likes fish and chips. What is your favorite meal at home? Have you eaten food from another
country? Here is some information about some kinds of foods you
might eat. Dumplings are eaten in different ways around the world. Chinese jaozi, Italian ravioli, Jewish
kreplach, and Polish pierogi are kinds of dumplings filled with meat, cheese, or vegetables.
Pizza an international favourite came from the city of Naples, Italy about 700 years ago. Pizza is the
Italian word for pie, so you don't need to say pizza pie.
Hamburger was
first called Hamburger steak. Later, people just called them hamburgers. Thehamburger was named after the city of Hamburg, Germany.
Frankfurters were named after the city of Frankfurt, Germany. About 1900, an American selling
cooked frankfurters called them hot dogs because they looked like a kind of small dog.
Ice-Cream Cones were first sold at the World's Fair in St. Louis Missouri, in the USA, in 1904.
A scoop of ice cream was put into a cone. You eat the ice cream; then you eat the cone－nothing left
to throw away.
Sandwiches were named after the Earl of Sandwich, a rich man in England in the 1700s. Wh
ile hewas playing cards, he asked a servant to bring him two pieces of bread with a piece of meat between
them.
This was the first sandwich.
( )2. Pizza is the Italian word for noodles.
( )3. In 1904, the first ice-cream cones were sold at the St. Louis World's Fair.
( )4. A sandwich has sand in it.
( )5. Another name for a frankfurter is hot dog.
( )6. The Earl of Sandwich lived in England in the 1700s.
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Ann likes fish and chips. What is your favourite meal at home? Have you eaten from another country? Here is some information about some kinds of foods you might eat.
Dumplings are eaten in different ways around the world. Chinese jaozi, Italian ravioli(菜卷) Jewish kreplach (犹太人的方形肉包) and Polish pierogi(馅饼) are kinds of dumplings filled with meat, cheese or vegetables.
Pizza, an international favourite came from the city of Naples, Italy about 700 years ago. Pizza is the Italian word for pie, so you don't need to say pizza pie.
Hamburger was first called Hamburg steak. Later, people just called them hamburgers. The hamburger was named after the city of Hamburg, Germany.
Frankfurters were named after the city of Frankfurt, Germany. About 1900, an American selling cooked frankfurters called them hot dogs because they looked like a kind of small dog.
Ice-cream cones were first sold at the World's Fair (博览会) in St. Louis Missouri, in the USA, in 1904. A scoop (圆勺) of ice cream was put into a cone(圆锥形之物). You eat the ice cream, then you eat the cone-nothing left to throw away.
Sandwiches were named after the Earl of Sandwich, a rich man in England in the 1705. While he was playing cards, he asked a servant(佣人) to bring him two piece of bread with a piece of meat between them. This was the first sandwich.
(1)What are often filled with in Dumplings?
___________________________________
(2)When and where did pizza come from?
___________________________________
(3)Why did people call Hamburg steak Hamberger?
___________________________________
(4)Why did the American call Frankfurters hot dogs?
___________________________________
(5)When and where were Ice-cream cones first sold? Is it right for you to eat the ice cream only and throw away the cone?
___________________________________
(6)How were Sandwiches named?
___________________________________
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had to live a simple life. Sometimes her children went to see her during their holidays, but they stayed with
her for only two or three days.
One winter morning the old woman got up early. She was going to buy some food in a shop. And when
she came out, she found there was much snow in the street. She had to sweep it away. And suddenly she
found a dying dog at the corner of the house. She picked it up and took it into the house quickly. She put it
near the fire and gave it some milk and bread. At first the poor dog ate nothing and that afternoon it drank
some milk and three days later it was all right. Now the old woman found it was a beautiful dog. And she
liked it very much and took it. everywhere she went. A week later she went shopping with her dog. At a bus
stop a young man was eating fish and chips. The little dog became very excited at the smell of the man's
lunch and began jumping up at him.
"Do you mind if I throw it a bit?" asked the young man.
"Not at all," answered Mrs. White.
Having heard this, he picked up the dog and threw it over the wall.
B. Paris
C. London
D. New York
B. she hoped to save money for her children
C. she had four children
D. her children hated her
B. to leave the bus stop soon
C. to bite the young man
D. to go home as soon as possible
B. her dog was hungry
C. she didn't like the dog any longer
D. she thought he would throw some food to her dog
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| They __2__ a lot about these lovely birds. They will often come close to you on the beach when they are eating something. If you __3__ a piece of bread to them, they will soon catch it. Seagulls swim well, but they don’t often dive for fish. They are also good at flying __4__ their large wings. When a seagull is flying, he puts his legs __5__ his body. Tom often watched them __6__ close to the ground because he liked the way they __7__ the air with their wings and brought down their feet before they __8__ the ground. Mary liked to see them sliding over the __9__ as they often did, without their __10__ moving. But she said she didn’t like the noise they made. | |||
| ( )1.A. watch ( )2.A. understood ( )3.A. throw ( )4.A. with ( )5.A. below ( )6.A. to come ( )7.A. help ( )8.A. hit ( )9.A. water ( )10. A. eyes |
B. to watch B. learned B. take B. to B. above B. came B. beat B. arrived B. land B. feet |
C. watching C. found C. send C. for C. on C. coming C. put C. got C. sky C. legs |
D. watched D. thought D. pull D. of D. in D. comes D. kept D. touched D. ground D. wings |