2) Ropen Tasmanian tiger
3) Yowie Orang pendek
4) open ( maybe the report in passage A )
5) open (maybe the report in passage C )
2.
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Tasmanian tiger |
Ropen |
Yowie |
Orang pendek |
body |
Stripes on its back, like a kangaroo |
Two leathery wings, a long tail, a long beak
filled with sharp teeth and claws |
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Little man of the jungle, short legs, broad
shoulders and hairy body |
head |
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hairy |
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size |
Bigger than cat |
a wing-span of up to two meters |
Giant, two and half meters tall |
Small, about a meter tall |
behavior |
Attack sheep |
Fly out of the jungle, diving into the sea |
Cross the garden |
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sightings |
Several unofficial sightings |
Several sightings |
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Many similar sightings |
home |
Tasmania, Australia |
Rambutyo Island of Papua New Guinea |
Australia |
Indonesia |
D
There has been another sighting of the mysterious orang pendek in a national park of Indonesia. A local policeman claimed to have seen two orang pendeks, which is also called the “little man of the jungle”. “It was a small creature, only about a meter tall with short legs, broad shoulders and a hairy body.” When shown photographs of other primates, the man said it looked a bit like a gorilla but, he said “Orang pendek is more handsome than this animal, and its face is more like a human’s.” There have been so many similar sightings that the park director believes it may be an unknown species.
1. Answer the questions.
1) What do the creatures in article A and D have in common?
2) Which creature do we know for certain existed in the past?
3) Which creature may rally exist?
4) Which eye-witness report is the most convincing?
5) Which is the least convincing?
2. Complete the chart.
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Tasmanian tiger |
Ropen |
Yowie |
Orang pendek |
body |
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head |
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size |
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behavior |
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sightings |
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home |
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3. Fill in the blanks.
1) 被…弄醒__________ 2)灭绝______
3)像动物的______ 像鸟的______
4)偏僻的_______ 5)在黄昏_______
6)翼展 _______ 7)被…捕猎_______
4. 1). It was the ugliest thing ___________(我所见过的).
2).A fisherman claims to ________(见过)a flying creature which he later ___________(确认)a Ropen or “demon-flyer”.
3).It flew out of the jungle, _________(潜入)the sea right by my boat.
4). It is reported ___________(有)two leathery wings, a long tail, a long beak _________(充满)sharp teeth and claws.
句型转换
It is reported _____________ two leathery wings, along tail, a long beak ________ sharp teeth and claws.
5). Experts think it might be a kind of pterodactyl, _____ (使得)it the only surviving dinosaur.
6). It was like a kangaroo’s, _________(又长又粗)near the body.
7). The thylacine, also ________ (做为。。。而出名)the Tasmanian tiger, was a marsupial which once lived in Tasmania, part of Australia.
8). It may not _____________ (消失)completely.
9). ______________(当给他看)photographs of other primates, the man said it looked a bit like a gorilla but, …
Keys:
ⅠReading
A.
1.back 2.in 3.jumped 4.look 5. claimed 6.sighting 7.moving 8.with 9.dived 10.appeared 11.beginning 12. taken 13.distant 14.sceptical 15.covers
B.
1.fierce 2.cause 3.quite 4.generous 5.unpredictiable ected 7.belief 8.dragon 9.reputation 10.should 11.due 12.snake 13.alligator 14.agriculture 15.bringer
ⅡVocabulary
1.frightened 2.positive 3.unpredictable 4.reoutation 5.hairy 6.indicates 7.disappeared 8.Fortunately 9.sharpening 10.extinct
ⅢA. Phrases
1. go close to 2.get angry
3.stick out 4. be back in the news
5.get a clear look at 6.look like
7. dive into the water 8.distant cousin 9.be unlikely to 10.cover an area of
11.tell the truth 12.adopt to
13. die out 14. make up a story
15. throw light on e into the point
17. almost overnight 18.go for
19.that’s quite something 20.accoding to 21.due to 22. grow out of
B.Sentences
1. The “Monster of Lake Tianchi”in the Changbai Mountains in Jilin province, northeast China, is back in the news after several recent sightings.
2. He claims to have seen a round black creature moving quickly through the water.
3. They also think that there might be similar creatures in other lakes around the world.
4. They say that the low- temperature lake is unlikely to be able to support such large living creatures.
5. There have been reports of monsters in Lake Tianchi since the beginning of the last century.
6. Mr Li Xiaohe said that he and his family were able to see the monster clearly because the weather was fine and the lake was calm.
7. Dragons can be friendly or fierce, they can bring good luck or cause death and destruction.
8. In Chinese culture, dragons are generous and wise, although they can be unpredictable.
9. According to popular belief, if you were born in the year of the dragon, you are intelligent, brave, and a nature leader.
10. Why should the dragon have a different character in different parts of the world? Some experts believe it is due to the animals the myths grow out of.