The giraffe is the tallest modern land animal. It can be over 5. 5 meters tall. Its neck alone may be 1. 9 meters long. Yet the giraffe has only seven bones in its neck, the same number as in the humans’. Even a small bird has many more bones in its neck than a tall giraffe. Each bone in a giraffe’s neck is very long, while the bones in a human’s neck are short. That makes the difference. A female giraffe gives birth to one baby at a time. The baby, called a calf, is about 1. 9 meters tall at birth. By the age of eight it is full-grown. The giraffe eats mostly leaves. Because it has a long neck, it can reach the leaves high up on the trees.

1.In this passage the underlined word “giraffe” means _______.

A．鲸鱼             B．长颈鹿           C．大象             D．河马

2.The bones in a bird’s neck are _______.

A．as big as in a human’s neck               B．as big as in a giraffe’s neck

C．many more than in a human’s neck         D．much smaller in a giraffe’s neck

3.Which of the following is TRUE?

A．A giraffe has only seven bones.

B．The giraffe is the largest animal on the land.

C．It takes eight years for a giraffe to grow up.

D．Most of the leaves on the trees are eaten up by giraffes.

4.When a giraffe is born, it is about _______.

A．5. 5 meters long                        B．5. 5 meters tall

C．1. 9 meters long                        D．1. 9 meters tall

5.We can guess when a giraffe sees a tiger _______.

A．it will run away as fast as possible

B．it will run to eat the tiger

C．it will make the tiger bring it something to eat

D．it will make one of the smallest animals bring the tiger something to eat

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Chime-Long Paradise (天堂) is a great theme park in Guangzhou. The park has 【小题1】m_____________ than 60 different facilities (设施). And many of them are among the best in Asia. So it is not a surprise that it received over two hundred 【小题2】t_____________ visitors in the first week after the opening.
Chime-Long Paradise has 6 zones (区) for 【小题3】d_____________ kinds of visitors: Happy Kingdom is good for young children; the Screaming Area is suitable for 【小题4】b_____________ young visitors; Storm Island is 【小题5】f_____________ for its mediaeval European (欧洲中世纪的) style; Happy Water World is about the theme of water, and it is very popular during summer and 【小题6】a_____________ time. The Central Performance Square has many interesting performances. White Tiger Streets is for you to buy souvenirs.
Inside Chime-Long Paradise, there are many theme【小题7】r_____________, too. You can enjoy food from all over the world.
Chime-Long Paradise is open all year 【小题8】r_____________, the opening time is 【小题9】f____________ 10.00 to 19.00.
In a word, Chime-Long Paradise is a place full of 【小题10】f______________. Come to visit it with your parents!

  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.

1.Which 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.

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

        A.王            B.汪            C. 主           D. 丰

3.Which 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.

4.How 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.

5.Why 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.

Rose is an American school girl. She is now in Beijing with her parents.

It’s Sunday morning. Rose gets up early in the morning. After breakfast her parents take her to the zoo. They go to see the pandas and other animals. The pandas live only in China. There are not any pandas in America. So they like the pandas best. Outside the zoo gate there is a picture. It’s a picture of a panda with “Welcome”. In the zoo, Rose sees not only pandas but also many other animals.

A panda is round and fat. It looks like a ball. It always moves slowly like a ball rolling (滚动). There are also elephants. The elephant is the biggest animal on land. There are many monkeys on the hill. Some of them are sitting in the trees. Some are picking nuts. And the others are running or climbing up the trees. Rose and her parents have a good time in the zoo.

1.Rose comes from __________.

2.They like pandas best because __________.

3. Which is the biggest animal on land?

4. Many monkeys are __________.

5. Rose and her parents are __________ that day.

Indian boy Piscine Patel is troubled by his first name. It sounds like a rude word, and his classmates laughed at him. He decides to change his name to “Pi”.
But Pi’s name problems are nothing compared to what is waiting for him.
Pi’s father owns a zoo. He decides to move to Canada. The family, together with all the zoo animals, set sail across the Pacific. One day, a huge storm hits the ship. The next morning, Pi finds his family has sunk with the ship. He is the only person still alive.
He finds himself on a lifeboat with several animals, one of which is a tiger called Richard Parker. Soon, all the animals are killed and Pi is left alone with the tiger.
As the tiger becomes hungrier, Pi starts to fish to feed him. Otherwise, he himself will become the food.
The boy and the tiger develop an amazing relationship on the sea. Although he feels hopeless, Pi never gives up. After 227 days, the lifeboat finally lands on a beach in Mexico, but Richard Parker runs away into the forest.
The ship company finds Pi and asks what happened. Pi tells them about Richard Parker but the company doesn’t believe him. Pi then tells another story in which there is no tiger, but some other shocking details(细节).
Is there really another story? If so, which one is the truth? Maybe you will have your own answer after watching The Life of Pi(《少年派的奇幻漂流》), the latest 3D movie from American Chinese director Ang Lee.
【小题1】What’s the first trouble of the Indian boy Piscine Patel?