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Draw a giraffe in your mind. How did you draw your giraffe? Does it have a long neck? Does it have long legs? Is it really tall? When people think of giraffes, they think of their long necks. A long neck and four long legs make the giraffe the tallest land animal on earth. A giraffe is 1.8m tall when it is born, and some giraffes get up to 6m tall when they are all grown up.
But did you know that giraffes also have long tongues? Have you seen the tongue of a giraffe before? A giraffe has a very long tongue which can hold and wrap (包) around objects. The tongue is designed for feeding, but it can be used in many different ways. For example, a giraffe can close its nose with its long tongue completely to keep out sand and dust. Also, a giraffe’s tongue is long enough to clean its owner’s ears as well!
The tongue is black in colour to protect it from getting sunburnt (晒伤). It is nearly 56cm long. Giraffe only eat plants, and a full grown giraffe can eat 33kg of leaves a day. When giraffes look for some tall trees to eat, they sometimes fight with elephants for food. Giraffes use their tongue to eat leaves from some tall trees. The giraffe’s tongue is a helpful tool for reaching leaves and breaking off branches.
任务一:根据短文内容回答下列问题。(注意:每题答案不超过10个单词)
【小题1】 What is this article mainly about?
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【小题2】What does a giraffe feed on?
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【小题3】 What color is the tongue of a giraffe? Why?
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【小题4】Give two examples of the use of the giraffe’s tongue.
(1) ___________________________________ (2) __________________________________
【小题5】任务二:将文中划线的句子翻译成汉语。
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The widespread number of food scandals(丑闻)in China is making many people pause before they put their chopsticks in their mouths.They are wondering if the food they are eating is clean,healthy and nutritious(营养) or does it contain(包含) something harmful that will cause disease?
Most of the food we eat today is processed food(加工食品).That means the foods we buy in stores and supermarkets,especially packaged foods,are prepared in factories.Chemicals are added to the foods in these factories to make them look better,taste better and last longer on the shelf.The chemicals are supposed to be harmless and there are laws that regulate(控制) which chemicals can and cannot be used.Unfortunately,some producers do not obey the laws.
A producer of steamed buns(馒头)in Zhejiang Province was recently discovered to be breaking the law.He was adding yellow dye and other banned chemicals to the buns.He was also taking old buns and using them to make new buns.Most of the buns were sold to schools and eaten by students…like you!
Why did he do it? Why did he break the law and endanger people’s health? The answer is simple:he wanted to make more money.It was a moral failing,and this is at the heart of the food scandals in China.Too many people focus on making money and not on the effects their actions can have on others.
【小题1】Chemicals are added to the foods in the factories because
| A.they want to make the foods look better,taste better and last longer | |
| B.they want to make the foods contain something harmful | |
| C.chemicals will cause disease | D.chemicals are harmless |
| A.Most of the food we eat today is prepared in factories. |
| B.There are laws that regulate which chemicals can and cannot be used. |
| C.The food scandals in China are making many people worry about the food safety. |
| D.Most of the buns were sold to schools and eaten by students in Zhejiang Province. |
| A.精神崩溃 | B.道德滑坡 | C.质量下降 | D.心理失衡 |
| A.Some products do not obey the laws. |
| B.The processed food is clean, healthy and nutritious. |
| C.Too many people pay attention to making money. |
| D.The chemicals are supposed to be harmless and can be used. |
| A.factories | B.schools | C.hospitals | D.companies |
Many students feel it is difficult to remember new words when they begin to study English. Now I will give you some advice.
Do not waste time in learning the word list. It is not a good way to remember new words. The best way to learn new words is through listening. You can find radio programmes or TV programmes. And listen to them carefully. When you listen to the conversations, you will learn the pronunciation easily. Of course, it is not enough; you have to remember their spellings.
Some people find that they can learn the names of everyday objects such as box, bottle, cup, desk and so on, in the following way. They write the names of things on paper, and then they read the words on the paper. Try this and see if this way works for you. If it does not work, then go on to practise listening to the conversations.
根据短文内容,判断正(T)误(F)。
【小题1】To remember new words is not easy for many students.
【小题2】Learning the word list is a good way to remember new words.
【小题3】The best way to learn new words is to listen to radio and TV programmes.
【小题4】Listening to radio and TV is enough.
【小题5】If you write the names of things on paper, it will help you learn new words.
We may laugh at home robot today, but some day they may see and hear better than humans do. We humans can only see certain wavelengths(波长) of light, and hear certain sounds. That’s because the abilities of our eyes and ears are limited. Robots, however, need not have the same limits as we have. Robot may also be equipped with devices that pick up information humans can’t. To understand what their sensing devices(传感器) pick up is a hard job. Remember, man—made brains handle(处理)information, including all kinds of data, as zeroes and ones. Imagine the difficulty in trying to explain to a robot what a football looks like—using only zeroes and ones.
【小题1】 From the passage, we can see that factory robots _________.
| A.help to improve other types of robots |
| B.are most active in industrial revolution |
| C.are playing a more important role than other types of robots |
| D.are the tallest type among robots |
| A.more widely used than factory robots |
| B.less common than factory robots |
| C.capable of doing any kind of housework |
| D.free from making mistakes while performing(执行) duties |
| A.They do not have so many limits as humans do. |
| B.They have man-made brains. |
| C.They may be equipped with a special kind of sensing device. |
| D.They handle information by using zeroes and ones. |
| A.science and technology are developing fast |
| B.people are interested in new inventions |
| C.machines are more capable than humans |
| D.robots can be very interesting |
| A.are better than human in seeing and hearing |
| B.are as capable as those in Star Wars |
| C.can pick up objects more quickly than humans |
| D.sometimes perform wrong actions |
Oriole’s Nest
Picky, Picky
Scientists have no idea exactly why birds choose certain objects to build their nests. But scientists know that the main reason birds build nests is to keep their babies safe, warm and healthy.
Baby birds grow faster and are healthier when they are warm. They also learn to fly and leave the nests sooner than birds without warm homes.
What A Yarn (纱)
Yarn is big on an oriole’s shopping list during nest building. Scientists are still trying to work out why so many birds choose white yarn over other colors for nest building.
Scientists think that the white objects remind birds of cotton fluff (绒毛) they find in the wild.
Do It Naturally
Even though birds can help us recycle some of our junk by using it to build nests, they also need to use lots of natural things. Long grass, dried sticks, spider’s silk and mud are some of the natural ingredients that are good for nests, too.
You can make a collection box of things to leave for birds so they can help themselves. Hang a small plastic box with holes on a tree branch. Fill the box freely with nest building goodies. Hang the box on a tree and watch birds climb on board to pick through the junk to find their treasures.
Warning: Don’t let the birds turn into a tasty treat. Keep your bird station away from places where cats hang out.
For The Birds!
Stop! Don’t throw all that garbage out! Give some to the birds. Look and see how your old junk can help beautify and warm a bird’s new home.
【小题1】The baby birds with warm homes are able to _____.
| A.choose right objects | B.leave the nests sooner |
| C.build good nests | D.learn to fly higher |
| A.Holes on the tree. | B.Food out of the rubbish. |
| C.A warning board. | D.A collection box of things. |
| A.Birds build nests to store things. |
| B.Birds regard white objects as cotton. |
| C. Birds and humans can help each other. |
| D.Birds and cats fight against each other. |