Many kinds of animals are in danger now. Here are some examples.

Giant pandas live in the forests in China, Outside China, they are only in zoos. They eat only one kind of food-bamboo. Keeping a panda in the zoo is difficult because it must have bamboo to eat.

Asian elephants have much smaller ears than African elephants. They live in forests. There are only less than 3,000 Ceylon elephants (a kind of Asian elephant) in the world now.

Tigers belong to(属于) the cat family. They get small animals like deer for food. The tigers are in danger because people cut down the forests and hunt(打猎) them.

People hunt them for their beautiful fur(皮毛). In 1939, there were about 30,000 tigers in India, but today there are only 3,000.

The European otter(水獭) lives in Europe. It has soft, brown fur. It's about 75cm long. Its tail is half as long as its body. It has small and round ears. Today

people still hunt the poor(可怜的) animals for their fur.

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1.If you want to visit a giant panda in America, where should you go?

A.To the zoo. B.To the forest.

C. To the park. D.To the mountain, .

2.Why do tigers become fewer and fewer?

A. Because they don't have enough food to eat.

B.Because the weather is not as good as before.

C.Because they can't have babies in the zoo.

D.Because people destroy their living places and hunt them.

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A. It's easy to keep giant pandas in the zoo.

B. Tigers can hunt big animals like lions for food.

C. An African elephant's ears are much bigger than an Asian elephant's.

D. The European otter has small and long ears,

4.What can we learn from the passage?

A.People begin to protect the European otter.

B.The number of the European otters is smaller and smaller.

C. All the animals in danger need to live in zoos.

D. People begin to plant trees so that the tigers will have places to live.

5. What's the best title of the passage?

A. Animals in Danger B.Animals around the World

C. Large Animals D.People and Animals

When Mencius(孟子) was a little boy, his father died. Mencius and his mother were quite poor. One day Mencius returned home from school and found his mother making some cloth. It was very beautiful and expensive.

“How much of the book have you read today?” Mencius’ mother asked him. “I haven’t read any of it yet.” Mencius replied, “I played with some friends of mine in the fields.”

When his mother heard this, she picked up a pair of scissors and cut the cloth.

“Why did you cut your cloth?” Mencius asked, “It was beautiful but now you’ve wasted (浪费) it.” “You have wasted your time,” his mother said, “now I have wasted mine. Look what terrible things we have done.”

Mencius learnt a lot from this lesson. After that, he always studied hard.

1.When did this story happen?

A.Not long before liberation(解放).

B.More than 2000 years ago.

C.About 400 years ago.

D.In the 18th century.

2.What was Mencius doing while his mother was cutting the cloth?

A.He was reading his book.

B.He was playing in the fields.

C.He was trying to help her.

D.He was watching strangely.

3.The mother cut the cloth because _____.

A.she thought making cloth was wasting time

B.she wanted to give her son a lesson

C.she wanted to use more beautiful and expensive cloth

D.she wanted her son to do his lessons at once

4.Why Mencius and his mother were quite poor?

A.Because his father died when Mencius was a child.

B.Because his father was ill in bed.

C.Because his mother cut the cloth.

D.Because the cloth his mother made was very cheap.

5.How did Mencius’ mother feel when she knew Mencius haven’t read any book?

A.She felt very happy. B.She felt very sad.

C.She felt very excited. D.She felt very pleased.

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