Goats are amazing animals. They can survive just about anywhere. Altogether there are nine species of goats in the world.

Goats have more uses than you could ever imagine. Goat’s meat can be eaten and goat’s milk is becoming popular as a healthy choice to drink milk. Goat’s milk is easier to take in than cow’s milk and it is called universal milk as it can be used to bottle-feed most animals. In nutrition, it is also good. Goat’s skins are still used today to make gloves and other items of clothing. The initial reasons for domesticating (驯化) goats were to get goat’s hair, meat and milk. Goat’s skins were used up until the Middle Ages for making bottles to hold water and wine for people who were traveling or camping.

Just like sheep, goats are considered to be the first domesticated animal. The domestication process began over 10,000 years ago in a North Iranian town. A lot of people keep goats as pets nowadays.

Goats are easily trained and you can teach them to pull carts and walk on ropes. Goats are also known for escaping their pens (圈). If you have unsecured fencing, your goats will be interested in it and test it out and soon you will know where the openings are. Goats are also widely known for their ability to climb trees, although the tree generally has to be at a slight angle (角度).

If goats are raised correctly and trained from an early age, they never develop any bad habits. Goats will attack each other. However, if they’re corrected from an early age they never attack humans or other animals.

The passage is written mainly       .

A. to tell people how to raise goats      B. to let people know more about goats

C. to explain how goats are domesticated    D. to describe goats of different uses

Why is goat’s milk called universal milk?

A. It is rich in nutrition and easy to take in.        B. It is good for our health.

C. It is suitable to feed most animals.   D. It is easy to get.

If you want to keep a goat as a pet, it is important       .

A. to get along well with it             B. to find a professional trainer

C. to develop its ability       D. to train it when young

Which of the following words can best describe goats?

A. Curious and clever.        B. Unfriendly and naughty.

C. Careful and lazy.            D. Stubborn and quiet.

Giving Back

Fair Way

The Westborough High School golf team had taken the official photos with the state prize. The other teams, disappointed, were on the bus heading home. And then Westborough instructor Greg Rota noticed something wrong on one of the score cards. A 9 had been recorded as a 7. They were not the state prize winner; Woburn High had won. “No one would have known.” said Woburn’s instructor, Bob Doran. For Rota, it wasn’t a difficult decision: “The prize wasn’t ours to take.”

Coin Stars

“College students are lazy, but they also want to help,” says University of Pennsylvania graduate Dana Hork. So she made it easy, placing cups in rooms where students could leave their spare coins, and handing out cups to first-year students to keep in their rooms. Her “Change for Change” effort has collected $ 40,000 for charities (慈善机构), which were decided upon by students.

Never Forgotten

A school in Massachusetts received a $ 9.5 million check (支票) from Jacques LeBermuth. But it took officials several days of digging to discover his connection to the school. Records showed the LeBermuth came from Belgium and studied in the school in the 1920s. When his family fell on hard times, he was offered free room and board. LeBermuth became a trader, owned shares of AT&T and lived off the earning until he died, at age 89.

What did Greg Rota probably do in the end?

A. Took photos of Doran.      B. Had a meeting with Doran.

C. Returned the prize to the organizer.  D. Apologized to Woburn High School.

Greg Rota’s decision shows that he was ________.

A. honest B. polite  C. careful       D. friendly

The underlined word “Change” in the second paragraph means ________.

A. Idea    B. Decision     C. Cups   D. Coins

What did the school officials do after receiving the check from Mr LeBermuth?

A. They tried to find out why he gave them the money.

B. They went to Belgium to pay their respects to him.

C. They dug out the records that were buried underground.

D. They decided to offer their students free room and board.

Jacques LeBermuth gave the money to the school because ________.

A. the school asked for it     

B. he had no need for that much money

C. the school had helped him in the past     

D. he wanted to be remembered by the students

 0  25453  25461  25467  25471  25477  25479  25483  25489  25491  25497  25503  25507  25509  25513  25519  25521  25527  25531  25533  25537  25539  25543  25545  25547  25548  25549  25551  25552  25553  25555  25557  25561  25563  25567  25569  25573  25579  25581  25587  25591  25593  25597  25603  25609  25611  25617  25621  25623  25629  25633  25639  25647  151629 

违法和不良信息举报电话:027-86699610 举报邮箱:58377363@163.com

精英家教网