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  Do you know which is the strongest animal in the world? It is so strong that it can lift 50 times its own weight(重量).

  Perhaps you may say that it's a lion, or the elephant. But can any of them lift a thing as heavy as I mentioned? No!

  Then what animal can lift 50 times its own weight? It's the ANT.

  Can that be true? An ant may be as small as 1/16 of an inch or as long as two inches, but it can carry up to 50 times its own weight. Then you may think that it must have a very strong backbone(脊骨). You are wrong again. The surprising thing is that an ant doesn't have any bones. Then how can it be a good weight-lifter? It has very strong teeth, with them it carries leaves, seeds, wood and even parts of larger animals, including crocodiles, lions and so on.

  You may be surprised to know that if a 175-pound man had the same strength (力气) as an ant, he would be able to lift 4, 000 kilograms with his teeth!

1.Which is the strongest animal?

[  ]

A.The lion.
B.The crocodile.
C.The elephant.
D.The ant.

2.The size of an ant is ________.

[  ]

A.as small as a baby animal
B.as long as a fish
C.between 1/16 and 2 inches
D.1/50 of a lion

3.An ant has ________.

[  ]

A.a very strong backbone
B.very strong teeth
C.greater strength than a man
D.the greatest strength of all animals

4.How do ants carry things?

[  ]

A.On their back.
B.With their teeth.
C.In small baskets.
D.One by one.

5.The best title for this passage is ________.

[  ]

A.Animals
B.Ants
C.Strange Things
D.Weight-lifter

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English breakfast is a very big meal--eggs, tomatoes, tea, coffee...

  For many people lunch is a quick meal. In cities there are a lot of sandwich bars, where office workers can buy the kind of bread they want brown, white, or a roll-and then all kinds of salad and meat or fish to go in the sandwich. School children can have a hot meat at school, but many just take a sandwich, a drink and some fruit from home.

  Tea means two things. It is a drink and a meal! Some people have afternoon tea, with sandwich, cakes and a cup of tea.

  They usually have the evening meal quite early, between 6:00 and 8:00 and often all the family eats a tradition lunch. They have chicken, pork. with potatoes, vegetables.

  The Englishmen like food from other countries, too, especially French, Chinese, Italian and Indian. People often get takeaway meals. They buy the food outside and then bring it home to eat.

  (1)Many people in English have a ________ breakfast and a ________ lunch.

[  ]

  A. fast ; small
B. little ; slow
  C. big ; quick
D. slow ; big

  (2)The office workers can buy the ________.

[  ]

  A. white
B. black
C. red
D. orange

  (3)What don't they have when they have afternoon tea in this passage?

[  ]

  A. Sandwiches
B. Chickens
  C. Cakes
D. A cup of tea

  (4)How long do they have the evening meal?

[  ]

  A. Six or eight

  B. About two hours

  C. Half an hour

  D. We don't' know

  (5)When they get a take- away meals, they eat it ________.

[  ]

  A. at home
B. in the school
  C. outside
D. in the bars

  阅读理解

English breakfast is a very big meal--eggs, tomatoes, tea, coffee...

  For many people lunch is a quick meal. In cities there are a lot of sandwich bars, where office workers can buy the kind of bread they want brown, white, or a roll-and then all kinds of salad and meat or fish to go in the sandwich. School children can have a hot meat at school, but many just take a sandwich, a drink and some fruit from home.

  Tea means two things. It is a drink and a meal! Some people have afternoon tea, with sandwich, cakes and a cup of tea.

  They usually have the evening meal quite early, between 6:00 and 8:00 and often all the family eats a tradition lunch. They have chicken, pork. with potatoes, vegetables.

  The Englishmen like food from other countries, too, especially French, Chinese, Italian and Indian. People often get takeaway meals. They buy the food outside and then bring it home to eat.

  (1)Many people in English have a ________ breakfast and a ________ lunch.

[  ]

  A. fast ; small
B. little ; slow
  C. big ; quick
D. slow ; big

  (2)The office workers can buy the ________.

[  ]

  A. white
B. black
C. red
D. orange

  (3)What don't they have when they have afternoon tea in this passage?

[  ]

  A. Sandwiches
B. Chickens
  C. Cakes
D. A cup of tea

  (4)How long do they have the evening meal?

[  ]

  A. Six or eight

  B. About two hours

  C. Half an hour

  D. We don't' know

  (5)When they get a take- away meals, they eat it ________.

[  ]

  A. at home
B. in the school
  C. outside
D. in the bars

A fish that lives in America can live out. of water for months at a time, similar to how animals got used to land millions of years ago, a new study shows.
The Mangrove Rivulus, a kind of little fish, lives in small pools of water. When their living place dries up, they live. on the land, said Scott Taylor, a researcher in Florida.                        
The fish can grow as large as three inches. They group together and breathe air through their skin before they can find water again.
The new scientific discovery came during a trip.
"We were travelling for fun. and one day I kicked over a log (圆木) and the fish came out," Taylor told reporters by telephone. He said he would make his study on the fish known to the public in an American magazine early next year.
In lab tests, Taylor said he found the fish can live up to 66 days out of water without eating.
Some other fish can live out of water for a short period of time. The walking catfish found in Southeast Asia can stay on land for hours at a time, while lungfish(肺鱼) found in Australia, Africa and South America can live out of water, but only in a not active(活波的)way. But no other known fish can be out of water as long as the Mangrove Rivulus and keep active, according to Patricia Wright, a biologist at a Canadian University.
More studies of the fish may tell how animals changed over time.
"These animals live in conditions similar to those millions of years ago, when animals began to move from water onto land," Wright said

  1. 1.

    The Mangrove Rivulus is a type of fish that______.

    1. A.
      lives on land in Africa
    2. B.
      can stay alive for months out of water
    3. C.
      prefers living in dry places
    4. D.
      is the longest living fish on earth
  2. 2.

    Who will write a report on Mangrove Rivulus?

    1. A.
      , Scott Taylor
    2. B.
      Some reporters
    3. C.
      Patricia Wright
    4. D.
      Scientists from
    5. E.
      urope
  3. 3.

    According to the passage, lungfish can______.

    1. A.
      breathe through its skin
    2. B.
      be found in Asia
    3. C.
      keep alive out of water
    4. D.
      keep alive and walk on land
  4. 4.

    Which one of the sentences below is not true?

    1. A.
      The Mangrove Rivulus fish can live out of water as long as other animals if it has something to eat
    2. B.
      Millions of years ago, animals began to live onto land from water
    3. C.
      Lungfish found in Australia, Africa and South America can live out of water in a not active way
    4. D.
      The walking catfish found in Southeast Asia can stay on land for hours at a time
  5. 5.

    What can we say about the discovery of Mangrove Rivulus?

    1. A.
      ft was made by Scott Taylor, a researcher in New york
    2. B.
      It was helped by an American magazine
    3. C.
      It was helped by Patricia Wright
    4. D.
      It was made by a researcher while travelling

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