Koalas are pictured everywhere in Australia-on cleaning products, on “boxes of chocolate, on sports team shirts. Yet the animals live only in pockets along the east coast.
They once inhabited the entire coastline. The koala population dropped after farmers cut down many of the forests where koalas lived, and hunters killed the animals for their fur.
By the early 1900s, “koalas were basically shot out of south Australia,” says ecologist Bill Ellis, who studies the relationships among living things and their environments.
I recently joined Ellis and his team in a forest on St Bees Is land, 19 miles off the northeastern coast of Australia, with eight other volunteers. The island is a natural laboratory, yielding findings that may help protect koalas elsewhere on the continent.
The volunteers searched the island for koalas in the blue gum trees. When we found a koala, we gathered information about the trees in the area.
Blue gum is a species of the eucalyptus tree in which the funny leaf eaters spend most of their time. Eucalyptus trees are native to Australia, and their leaves are the main food source for koalas. Although koalas can walk on the ground, they are better suited for life in the canopy, the high cover of branches and leaves in a forest.
What has Ellis’s research told him so far? The population of St Bees seems to be healthy. Yet Ellis wonders whether the koalas might be heading for hard times. The island is overrun with wild goats, and Ellis thinks the goats are eating the small blue gum trees.
Without those trees, the koalas will run out of food in the future. Ellis hopes more research will help him understand how to protect the blue gum trees-and the koalas that depend on them. “I think that’s what everyone is trying to do-to make a difference.” Ellis says.
59. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that     .
A. koalas’ pictures can be found everywhere in the world
B. koalas in Australia like to eat chocolate
C. only in the east coast of Australia can you find koalas
D. you can buy the pictures of koalas only in the east coast of Australia
60. Which of the following is TRUE about koalas?
A. They usually hide in a cave.     B. They feed on the leaves of blue gum trees.
C. They prefer to walk on the ground.  D. They don’t adapt to the high cover of branches.
61. What will Ellis most probably start to do next?
A. To keep the population of St Bees healthy.
B. To kill all the goats on the island.
C. To find some new foods for goats.
D. To protect blue gum trees for koalas.
62. The purpose of writing this passage is to      .
A. expect people to concern about the life of koalas
B. record trip to Australia for watching koalas
C. present some basic knowledge of koalas’ life
D. introduce the ecosystem of wildlife in Australia

Koalas are pictured everywhere in Australia-on cleaning products, on “boxes of chocolate, on sports team shirts. Yet the animals live only in pockets along the east coast.

They once inhabited the entire coastline. The koala population dropped after farmers cut down many of the forests where koalas lived, and hunters killed the animals for their fur.

By the early 1900s, “koalas were basically shot out of south Australia,” says ecologist Bill Ellis, who studies the relationships among living things and their environments.

I recently joined Ellis and his team in a forest on St Bees Is land, 19 miles off the northeastern coast of Australia, with eight other volunteers. The island is a natural laboratory, yielding findings that may help protect koalas elsewhere on the continent.

The volunteers searched the island for koalas in the blue gum trees. When we found a koala, we gathered information about the trees in the area.

Blue gum is a species of the eucalyptus tree in which the funny leaf eaters spend most of their time. Eucalyptus trees are native to Australia, and their leaves are the main food source for koalas. Although koalas can walk on the ground, they are better suited for life in the canopy, the high cover of branches and leaves in a forest.

What has Ellis’s research told him so far? The population of St Bees seems to be healthy. Yet Ellis wonders whether the koalas might be heading for hard times. The island is overrun with wild goats, and Ellis thinks the goats are eating the small blue gum trees.

Without those trees, the koalas will run out of food in the future. Ellis hopes more research will help him understand how to protect the blue gum trees-and the koalas that depend on them. “I think that’s what everyone is trying to do-to make a difference.” Ellis says.

59. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that     .

         A. koalas’ pictures can be found everywhere in the world

         B. koalas in Australia like to eat chocolate

         C. only in the east coast of Australia can you find koalas

         D. you can buy the pictures of koalas only in the east coast of Australia

60. Which of the following is TRUE about koalas?

         A. They usually hide in a cave.          B. They feed on the leaves of blue gum trees.

         C. They prefer to walk on the ground.     D. They don’t adapt to the high cover of branches.

61. What will Ellis most probably start to do next?

         A. To keep the population of St Bees healthy.

         B. To kill all the goats on the island.

         C. To find some new foods for goats.

         D. To protect blue gum trees for koalas.

62. The purpose of writing this passage is to      .

         A. expect people to concern about the life of koalas

         B. record trip to Australia for watching koalas

         C. present some basic knowledge of koalas’ life

         D. introduce the ecosystem of wildlife in Australia

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

       Mr. Whitson taught six-grade science. On the first day of class, he gave us a lecture about a creature called cattywampus, an animal that died out during the Ice Age. He showed us a skull(头盖骨) as he talked.We all took notes and later had a test. When he returned our paper, we found that everyone in the class had failed. Mr. Whitson explained that he had made up all those things about the cattywampus. There had never been such an animal. The information in our notes was incorrect. The skull he showed us was a cat's skull.He had described its surprising night vision, the color ofits fur and a number of other facts he couldn't have known. Nobody was doubtful but wrote down what the teacher said. Mr. Whitson said he hoped we would

Ieam something from this experience. Teachers and textbooks are not never wrong. He told us not to let our minds go to sleep, and to speak up if we ever thought he or the textbooks was wrong.

[写作要求]

1．以约30个词概括短文的要点。

2．以约120词讲述你自己“难忘的一堂英语（或物理）课”这个经历，内容包括：

  (1)时间、地点、简单过程

  (2)为何难忘

  (3)你从中学到了什么

[写作要求]

1．在作文中，可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；

[评分标准]

  概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

Koalas are pictured everywhere in Australia-on cleaning products, on “boxes of chocolate, on sports team shirts. Yet the animals live only in pockets along the east coast.

They once inhabited the entire coastline. The koala population dropped after farmers cut down many of the forests where koalas lived, and hunters killed the animals for their fur.

By the early 1900s, “koalas were basically shot out of south Australia,” says ecologist Bill Ellis, who studies the relationships among living things and their environments.

I recently joined Ellis and his team in a forest on St Bees Is land, 19 miles off the northeastern coast of Australia, with eight other volunteers. The island is a natural laboratory, yielding findings that may help protect koalas elsewhere on the continent.

The volunteers searched the island for koalas in the blue gum trees. When we found a koala, we gathered information about the trees in the area.

Blue gum is a species of the eucalyptus tree in which the funny leaf eaters spend most of their time. Eucalyptus trees are native to Australia, and their leaves are the main food source for koalas. Although koalas can walk on the ground, they are better suited for life in the canopy, the high cover of branches and leaves in a forest.

What has Ellis’s research told him so far? The population of St Bees seems to be healthy. Yet Ellis wonders whether the koalas might be heading for hard times. The island is overrun with wild goats, and Ellis thinks the goats are eating the small blue gum trees.

Without those trees, the koalas will run out of food in the future. Ellis hopes more research will help him understand how to protect the blue gum trees-and the koalas that depend on them. “I think that’s what everyone is trying to do-to make a difference.” Ellis says.

59. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that     .

       A. koalas’ pictures can be found everywhere in the world

       B. koalas in Australia like to eat chocolate

       C. only in the east coast of Australia can you find koalas

       D. you can buy the pictures of koalas only in the east coast of Australia

60. Which of the following is TRUE about koalas?

       A. They usually hide in a cave.     B. They feed on the leaves of blue gum trees.

       C. They prefer to walk on the ground.  D. They don’t adapt to the high cover of branches.

61. What will Ellis most probably start to do next?

       A. To keep the population of St Bees healthy.

       B. To kill all the goats on the island.

       C. To find some new foods for goats.

       D. To protect blue gum trees for koalas.

62. The purpose of writing this passage is to      .

       A. expect people to concern about the life of koalas

       B. record trip to Australia for watching koalas

       C. present some basic knowledge of koalas’ life

       D. introduce the ecosystem of wildlife in Australia