The largest animal ever to live on earth is the blue whale. It weighs about 80 tons—more than 24 elephants. It is more than 30 meters long. A new baby whale weighs as much as a big elephant. 

Cats won’t die if they fall off very high places because they can turn themselves up the right way so as to keep their bodies safe. One cat fell off 32 floors onto the street, but it was just hurt a little.

A bear can run as fast as a horse.

A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about100 grams.

    Elephants are the most careful animals in their love. A male elephant may show his lady love for up to three years until the lady elephant takes his love. They often show love by touching each other’s body.

    Usually wolves do not hurt people. For years a Canadian newspaper says that they would give anyone a lot of money if he or she show that a wolf hurts a person. But nobody could do that. Wolves do not usually go together though they may do this in winter.

    1. How much may a newborn blue whale weigh?

A. About 10 tons.      B. As much as a baby elephant.

C. About 80 tons.      D. About 3 tons

2. A bear can run        usual people think they are..

       A. faster than     B. slower than      C. as fast as     D. as slow as

3. A male elephant won’t stop following a lady elephant to        until the lady elephant takes his love.

   A. fight with the baby elephant      B. ask the baby elephant to help him

       C. shoe his love for a long time     D. find food together with him

    4. A wolf won’t hurt people except        .

A. in winter       B. at an unusual     

C. in group       D. that they are happy

　　I have a very cute hamster named Barter. Barter has a dark cream-colored body （米色的身体）, and a short tail. He has four tiny feet with sharp claws （尖尖的指甲）and tiny long teeth. He also has a “pocket”on each side of his mouth, for storing food.

　　Barter loves food. His favorite is corn （玉米）. If I give him a bowl of corn, he will eat every bit in a few hours.

　　Barter is quite lovely. He's just over six months old and loves to play. He plays in the hamster wheel every night. When he plays around, he runs here and there, his body looking like a ball of fur（绒毛）rolling about （滚动）. He gets very upset if someone bothers （打搅）him.

　　I like my little pet Barter very much. He's brought me so many laughs and joys.

A. 词语释义

（　）1. upset　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 A. more than

（　）2. name　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. some, but not many

（　）3. store　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  C. annoyed

（　）4. a few　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. call

（　）5. over　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   E. keep

B. 用所给的词的正确形式填空

over  name  store  a few  upset

1. That old man is walking so slowly. He must be ________ seventy years old.

2. Many, many years ago, people didn't have fridges in their homes. They could not ________ food.

3. When I asked Linda, my friend, not to copy my homework, she got very ________.

4. The students were having an English class when a boy ________ Thomas, ran into the room.

5. ________ seconds later, he looked up and said slowly,“Good morning, sir !”

C. 按每小题要求做

1. 从文中找出作者描写小仓鼠活泼可爱的两个词

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2. 从下面的方框中选出你认为能描述仓鼠的词汇和短语

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D. 从下面的方框中选出一种你愿意养的宠物并从四个方面说明你喜欢的原因（4分）

例如：

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E. 从原文中找出最能体现作者对仓鼠喜爱的一句话，抄在横线上

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