题目内容
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Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew: 1.5 meters (4 feet) in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1,000 kinds of bamboo.
Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters (1 foot) across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.
Bamboo has been used to make many things such as hats and kitchen tools (厨房用具). Because it is strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings.
Many Asian countries have used bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for buildings and supporting (支撑) new buildings and bridges while they are being built.
In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap way to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. Bamboo pipes (管子) help poor farmers bring water to their thirsty fields without spending a lot of money.
1. How is bamboo like grass?
A. It grows quickly. B. It’s wood.
C. it is easy to cut. D. It is very thin.
2. Though you can see bamboo everywhere, it doesn’t grow ________.
A. in China B. in Europe C. on mountains D. in Africa
3. Why is bamboo used by African poor farmers? Because________.
A. it is cheap B. it has different colors
C. it is strong D. it has been used by Asians
4. Bamboo pipes can ________.
A. make money B. be trees C. grow quickly D. carry water
5. In Asia, bamboo has been used for ________.
A. a short time B. many thousands of years
C. many hundreds of years D. about 100 years
The panda is an animal only living in China. The northeast part of Sichuan Province and southern part of Gansu Province are its native home. Pandas like to climb trees. They live in the forests of high mountains, eating bamboo and drinking spring water(泉水).
1.The panda mainly lives in _________.
A. America B. London C. China
2._________ is like a cat’s.
A. The panda
B. The panda’s face
C. The panda’s body
3.Scientists call the panda _________.
A. an animal B. a bear cat C. a cat bear
4.Where is the panda’s native home?
A. Gansu and Sichuan
B. Guangdong and Gansu
C. Hubei and Sichuan
5.What’s the panda’s food?
A. Rice. B. Meat. C. Bamboo.
The panda is an animal 6 living in China. The northwestern Sichuan Province (省) and southern 7 of Gansu Province are its native (本土的) home. Pandas like most to 8 trees. They live in the forests of 9 mountains, 10 bamboo (竹子) and drinking spring water.
1. A.look B.looks C.are D.was
2. A.looks B.like C.are D.were
3. A. bear B.bears C.bears’ D.bear’s
4. A. is called B.calls C.call D.called
5. A. lovely B.love C.loved D.loves
6. A. and B.but C.only D.so
7. A. parts B.part C.part’s D.parts’
8. A. climb B.climbed C.climbs D.up
9. A. low B.hill C.high D.biggest
10. A. eat B.eating C.ate D.eaten
Suppose (假定)every person on Earth ate only one kind of food. And maybe one year that food couldn’t 1 . If that happened, man would soon 2 .
Luckily, man doesn’t 3 that problem. But another animal may. The animal is the giant (巨大的)panda, one of the world’s most-loved animals.
Dr Thomas Soderstrom, a scientist, has 4 for the first time that the bamboo(竹子)the giant pandas eat is dying. As a result, many of the pandas are also dying of being 5 . Scientists estimate (估计)that so far more than 140 giant pandas have died. This number may be 6 one-quarter of the world’s giant panda population. Between 400 and 1000 giant pandas are 7 to live in mountains.
Giant pandas were once more 8 all over many parts of Asia(亚洲). Now they are only in small parts of China.
Can the wild pandas be 9 ?
The scientists want to find out more about the animals’ food. They want to see whether the pandas are able to 10 their food while the bamboo is dying.
Chinese scientists are trying to raise(饲养)more pandas in zoos. The first baby panda was born in the Beijing Zoo in the fall of 1978.
( )1. A. found B. be found C. founded D. be founded
( )2. A. break B. live C. die D. lose
( )3. A. want B. work C. answer D. face
( )4. A. found B. invented C. known D. studied
( )5. A. cold B. tired C. hungry D. ill
( )6. A. almost B. already C. hardly D. really
( )7. A. thought B. believed C. seen D. said
( )8. A. big B. liked C. interesting D. common
( )9. A. kept B. saved C. made D. taken
( )10. A. have B. catch C. change D. get
Wild animals are our friends, but many of them are getting fewer and fewer.We should try to protect them. The four animals below are now in danger.
Tibetan Antelopes (藏羚羊)
Tibetan antelopes are medium?sized animals.They mainly feed on grass.They are usually found in groups of about 20.They are killed for their wool, which is warm, soft and fine and can be made into expensive clothes.The number of them is dropping year by year.There are less than 75,000 Tibetan antelopes left in the world, down from a million 50 years ago.
Golden Monkeys
Golden monkeys are mainly found in Sichuan, Gansu, Shanxi Provinces and Shennongjia mountainous area of Hubei Province.They move around in the daytime.Golden monkeys have golden?orange fur.They feed on fruits and young leaves of bamboo.But people are destroying the environment where they live.Trees and bamboos are disappearing, so golden monkeys have less and less to eat.
Elephants
Elephants are very big and strong.They are bigger than any other animals on land.They have poor eyesight, but very good hearing and smell.Now, there are very few elephants in the world.The number of them is becoming smaller and smaller because their living areas are used for farming.Also, people hunt them for their tusks.
Wolves
Wolves are not very big.They have grey fur.Wolves have very good eyesight, hearing and smell.They are friendly to each other and never attack people.They are losing their living areas because people cut down forests. Soon they will have no home or food.
( )6.Tibetan antelopes usually live in groups of about ________.
A.20 B.30 C.100 D.200
( )7.Which of the following animals are the biggest on land?
A.Tibetan antelopes. B.Golden monkeys.
C.Elephants. D.Wolves.
( )8.What do golden monkeys feed on?
A.Grass. B.Meat.
C.Flowers. D.Fruits and young leaves of bamboo.
( )9.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?
A.There are less than 7,500 Tibetan antelopes left in the world now.
B.Golden monkeys usually move around during the night.
C.Elephants have good eyesight, but very poor hearing and smell.
D.Wolves are friendly to each other and they never attack people.
( )10.What can be the best title of the passage?
A.Wild Animals in Danger B.How to Hunt Wild Animals
C.Animals in the Zoo D.How to Train the Animals