Although most of Pakistanis live in the countryside, still many Pakistanis live in cities. Karachi has over 5 million people and Lahore has over 3 million people. Islamabad was built to be Pakistan’s capital. The rich city people live in large, air conditioned houses.

Pakistan has 121,000 miles of roads. Bus services and minibuses are available to the public. The trains are still the most common transport of long-distance travel for Pakistanis. Pakistan also has an airline that operates domestic and international flights.

It is difficult to identify (识别) Pakistani food because the country shares food traditions with its neighbour, India. The main difference between Pakistani and Indian food is that Pakistani food is less spicy (辛辣). Pakistani dishes are often made with yoghurt(酸奶), which reduces the effect of the hot spices used in cooking.

Wheat is the main food for most of the people. It is eaten in the form of bread named chapattis or roti, together with vegetables in season. Sweet tea, milk, or lassi, a drink made from yoghurt, makes the meal perfect. Those who can afford to buy it eat meat, although in the countryside these are usually festival foods. Goat meat is a favourite. Pakistanis will not eat pork by the way.

1.Which city is the capital of Pakistan?

A. Karachi.                  B. Lahore.          C. Islamabad.              D. Bangkok.

2.The Chinese meaning of the underlined word “domestic” in Paragraph 2 may be “          ”.

A. 家庭的                   B. 国际的                   C. 驯养的                   D. 国内的

3.The main food for most of the Pakistani people is         .

A. lassi                B. wheat             C. meat               D. pork

4.The most common transport of long-distance travel for Pakistanis is          .

A. trains             B. minibuses               C. buses             D. planes

Look closely at your hands. Are they clean? It doesn't matter how many times you wash your hands, tiny microbes (微生物) still stay on them. But don't worry. Most microbes don't harm you.

Now scientists say the microbes on our hands could be used in a surprising way; fighting crime, According to a recent survey microbes as well as fingerprints(指纹) could be used to indentify the criminal.

Everyone has his own set of microbes on the hands. That is to say, if you and your best friend were able to see and compare all the microbes on your hands, your hands probably would look different. Some microbes only show up on your hands while others live only on your friend's hands.

When you work on a computer you leave the microbes from your hands on the keyboard. The scientists can easily tell the owner of the keyboard by looking at the microbes on it. Even if you don't leave your fingerprints behind, your microbes may give you away.

Noah Fierer, a scientist, says. "You can only clean a fingerprint, but you can't sterilize (使无菌) a surface just by wiping(擦) it off," He says that scientists have a lot more work to do before the microbe is used as a useful tool.

1.According to the passage,_______ could be used to identify the criminal.

A. fingerprints    B. scientists' hands

C. microbes        D. fingerprints and microbes on people's hands

2.Paragraph 3 tells us that________.

A. our hands look similar             B. the microbes will make the keyboard dirty.

C. we should compare hands often     D. we have our own sets of microbes.

3.When you work on computer, the microbes________.

A. just stay on our hands B. also stay on the keyboard

C. will do harm to you D. will disappear

4.From Noah Fierer we know that________.

A. fingerprints are no longer useful in fighting crime

B. microbes can be found on everyone's hands.

C. unlike microbe fingerprints can be cleaned if people wipe them

D. the microbe is used as a useful tool

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

A. Microbes May Tell Who You Are               B. Scientists Say Everyone Has Microbes

C. Noah Fiercer Does Research Into Microbes    D. Fingerprints Help Catch Criminals

The elephant is the largest animal to walk on Earth. An elephant can carry a load of 1,200 pounds（磅）. They eat 300 pounds of food a day. An elephant baby can weigh 200 pounds at birth. Elephants can live up to 70 years.

Elephants can be trained to carry logs with their trunks（象鼻）, and have been used in the forestry industry in Asia for many years.

Elephants use their ears as a cooling system. Blood  flows through veins (静脉) in the ears and as the elephant flaps (拍击) his ears, the blood cools and flows through his body to cool off other parts.

There are two kinds of elephants: the African elephant and the Indian elephant. African elephants can be identified(识别) by the larger ears. The African elephant grows up to 10 feet tall and weighs as much as 12,000 pounds.

The Indian elephant grows up to 9 feet tall, and weighs up to 8,000 pounds. It’s easy to identify because of its smaller ears. Most circus (马戏团) elephants are Indian elephants. Another name for the Indian elephant is the Asian elephant.

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1.Elephants can live up to _______ years.

2.Elephants use their _______ as a cooling system.

3.There are two kinds of elephants: the African elephant and the ______ elephant.

4.The ________ of the African elephant is as much as 12,000 pounds.

5.It’s not ________to identify the Indian elephant from its smaller ears.

Look closely at your hands. Are they clean? It doesn't matter how many times you wash your hands, tiny microbes (微生物) still stay on them. But don't worry. Most microbes don't harm you.

Now scientists say the microbes on our hands could be used in a surprising way; fighting crime, According to a recent survey microbes as well as fingerprints(指纹) could be used to indentify the criminal.

Everyone has his own set of microbes on the hands. That is to say, if you and your best friend were able to see and compare all the microbes on your hands, your hands probably would look different. Some microbes only show up on your hands while others live only on your friend's hands.

When you work on a computer you leave the microbes from your hands on the keyboard. The scientists can easily tell the owner of the keyboard by looking at the microbes on it. Even if you don't leave your fingerprints behind, your microbes may give you away.

Noah Fierer, a scientist, says. "You can only clean a fingerprint, but you can't sterilize (使无菌) a surface just by wiping(擦) it off," He says that scientists have a lot more work to do before the microbe is used as a useful tool.

1.According to the passage,_______ could be used to identify the criminal.

A. fingerprints    B. scientists' hands

C. microbes        D. fingerprints and microbes on people's hands

2.Paragraph 3 tells us that________.

A. our hands look similar             B. the microbes will make the keyboard dirty.

C. we should compare hands often     D. we have our own sets of microbes.

3.When you work on computer, the microbes________.

A. just stay on our hands B. also stay on the keyboard

C. will do harm to you D. will disappear

4.From Noah Fierer we know that________.

A. fingerprints are no longer useful in fighting crime

B. microbes can be found on everyone's hands.

C. unlike microbe fingerprints can be cleaned if people wipe them

D. the microbe is used as a useful tool

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

A. Microbes May Tell Who You Are               B. Scientists Say Everyone Has Microbes

C. Noah Fiercer Does Research Into Microbes    D. Fingerprints Help Catch Criminals