【题目】

Which animal do you think is "the king of the animals", the elephant, the lion or the tiger? They are all large and strong. But I think the tiger is "the king of the animals". If you watch carefully, you can find some black lines on the tiger's forehead(前额). The lines look like the Chinese word "WANG". The word means "the king of the world" in Chinese.

Most of the tigers come from China and India. Tigers are dangerous animals. They look scary(吓人的). They like eating meat. They have yellow fur with black lines. They usually weigh about 200 to 300kg. Tigers can run fast. They run at a speed of 20 meters per second.

Some people think they are dangerous. But they don't know tigers are in danger now. There are only 20 to 30 wild South China Tigers in China and less than 300 in the world. Lots of people kill them for their fur. We should take action to protect them.

1Which animal does the writer think is "the king of the animals" ?

A.The elephant.B.The lion.

C.The tiger.D.The lion and the tiger.

2Some black lines on the tiger's forehead look like ___________.

A.B.C.D.

3Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.Tigers like eating meat.

B.All of the tigers come from China.

C.Tigers usually weigh about 200 to 300 kg.

D.Tigers can run at a speed of 20 meters per second.

4How many wild South China Tigers are there in China?

A.There are less than 20.

B.There are only 20 to 30.

C.There are less than 200.

D.There are less than 300.

5Why do you think the tigers are in danger?

A.Because the tigers couldn't find enough food to eat.

B.Because lots of people kill them for their safety.

C.Because lots of people think they are dangerous.

D.Because lots of people kill them for their fur.

【题目】Can animals become online stars in one night? Look at the following animals. Some have funny faces. Some can do amazing things. Others travel around the world. And thanks to(多亏了) their owners, they all have many fans on the Internet. Let’s find out who they are.

Loki, US

Loki is a wolf dog . He likes to be in nature. So his owner Kelly Lund often takes him into the wild. The pair go camping and hiking around mountains and lakes. They also do sports like skiing and snowboarding (滑板滑雪). Lund has an Instagram (a kind of program like WeChat)page for Loki. And the dog has caught the hearts of about 976,000 fans.

Darcy, Japan

Meet Darcy, the world’s cutest hedgehog (刺猬). Darcy became famous in 2013. Her owner posts photos of her everyday life online. In those photos, Darcy poses in different places like shoes,plates, talks with Father Christmas and naps in her owner’s hand. These won her about 360,000 fans online.

Grumpy Cat, US

Grumpy Cat (“不爽猫”) became famous online in 2012. That’s because she has a funny, angry face. In fact, the cat was born with an illness. So she always looks grumpy. But many people like her. Her face is on different things like T-shirts, calendars and cups. She was on TV shows and played a role in her own film. She also “wrote” two books. So far, she has made 64 million pounds (about 610 million yuan)!

【1】What DOESN’T Loki often do?

A. campingB. hiking C. skatingD. snowboarding

2Darcy is a name of a .

A. dog B. cat C. hedgehog D. rabbit

3Why does Grumpy Cat have this funny, angry face?

A. Because she is angry all the time. B. Because she was ill when she was born.

C. Because she has made a lot of money. D. Because she likes telling funny jokes.

4Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Loki has more fans online than Darcy.

B. The cat has made money by playing a role in the film.

C. All these animals become online stars over years.

D. Darcy often poses in places like shoes, plates and so on.

【题目】Have you ever heard of the expression “birdbrain”? People use it to talk about someone who is stupid, but crows(乌鸦) show that this is unfair. Now it has been discovered that crows may understand analogies (类推法).

It was once thought that only humans could understand analogies, which help us to solve problems creatively.

To test this ability in animals, scientists do RMTS tests. If a pair was AA, for example, picking BB to match it would be correct. If the pair was CD, however, then EF would be correct.

Monkeys have learned RMTS, but scientists wanted to know if crows could do it, too. An international team led by Edward Wasserman from the US first trained two crows to match things by color, shape and number in what is called IMTS, then moved onto RMTS.

For the IMTS test, the birds were put in a cage with a plate that had three cards and two cups in it. The card in the middle was the sample (样本), while the other wasn’t. The cup with the card that matched the sample card had some food to eat.

In the second part of the experiment, the birds were tested with RMTS tests. A card with two same-sized circles, for example, meant they should pick the test card with two same-sized squares and not two different-sized circles (圆). The birds did well in the more difficult test and picked the correct card more than three quarters of the time, Science News reports.

Wasserman was surprised that crows were able to solve the problem without any training in RMTS. “What the crows have done is surprising,” he said.

So perhaps it’s time to stop saying “birdbrain” for good.

【1】In the opening paragraph, the writer used “birdbrain” to .

A. teach people how to use this expression

B. introduce a famous scientist Edward Wasserman

C. introduce recent findings about crows’ intelligence (智力)

D. get readers interested in the background of the expression

【2】The underlined phrase this ability in the 3rd paragraph refers to .

A. the ability to play cards

B. the ability to find food to eat

C. the ability to understand analogies

D. the ability to pick the test card

【3】In the RMTS test, if the birds were given the sample like this, which card should they pick?

A. B. C. D.

【4】Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A. Monkeys understand analogies.

B. Crows show how clever they are.

C. Crows did well in RMTS.

D. Monkeys are cleverer than crows.

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