Not many years ago,some farmers were worried because hawks were taking many of their chickens.The farmers didn’t know what to do.Finally they went to the country officials and asked for help.
“Kill the hawks,”the officials said.“We will even pay for them.”So the farmers began to think of ways to kill the hawks.
The farmers killed many hawks.They no longer had to worry about their chickens.But they now had a new worry.Field mice were eating up a lot of the farmers’grain.
How did this happen?
Hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice.They eat more field mice than chickens.But the farmers didn’t know this.When they killed a lot of hawks,they changed the balance.
When people move into a new place,they often destroy many wild plants.Often these plants are food for the animals.If the animals can’t find enough plants to eat,they will starve or have to leave the place.
In one part of the USA,for example,the deer there like to eat a certain kind of wild roses.The mountain lions there eat the deer.The number of deer,mountain lions and wild roses doesn’t change much if people leave things as they are.
But people killed many mountain lions in order to protect the deer.Soon there were so many deer that they ate up all the wild roses.Then the deer began to eat the green leaves of young trees.These trees were important to the farmers.So the farmers thought of ways to protect their trees.Now the deer had nothing to eat,and many of them died.This was another lesson from nature.
To keep the balance of nature is important for us to rememher.
根据短文内容,判断正(T)误(F)。
1.Finally the officials told the farmers to kill the hawks.( )
2.Field mice eat not only chickens but also the farmers’grain.( )
3.When the animals can’t find enough plants to eat in a place,they will starve or have to leave.( )
4.The number of animals changes much if people leave things as they are.( )
5.It is important for us to keep the balance of nature.( )
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Not many years ago,some farmers were worried because hawks were taking many of their chickens.The farmers didn’t know what to do.Finally they went to the country officials and asked for help.
“Kill the hawks,”the officials said.“We will even pay for them.”So the farmers began to think of ways to kill the hawks.
The farmers killed many hawks.They no longer had to worry about their chickens.But they now had a new worry.Field mice were eating up a lot of the farmers’grain.
How did this happen?
Hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice.They eat more field mice than chickens.But the farmers didn’t know this.When they killed a lot of hawks,they changed the balance.
When people move into a new place,they often destroy many wild plants.Often these plants are food for the animals.If the animals can’t find enough plants to eat,they will starve or have to leave the place.
In one part of the USA,for example,the deer there like to eat a certain kind of wild roses.The mountain lions there eat the deer.The number of deer,mountain lions and wild roses doesn’t change much if people leave things as they are.
But people killed many mountain lions in order to protect the deer.Soon there were so many deer that they ate up all the wild roses.Then the deer began to eat the green leaves of young trees.These trees were important to the farmers.So the farmers thought of ways to protect their trees.Now the deer had nothing to eat,and many of them died.This was another lesson from nature.
To keep the balance of nature is important for us to rememher.
根据短文内容,判断正(T)误(F)。
1.Finally the officials told the farmers to kill the hawks.( )
2.Field mice eat not only chickens but also the farmers’grain.( )
3.When the animals can’t find enough plants to eat in a place,they will starve or have to leave.( )
4.The number of animals changes much if people leave things as they are.( )
5.It is important for us to keep the balance of nature.( )
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Not long before, some farmers were worried because hawks (老鹰) were taking many of their chickens. They didn’t know what to do with it. Then they wanted to kill the hawks to protect their chickens. However, after killing many hawks, a new problem appeared. There were more field mice (田鼠). The mice ate up many of their crops (庄稼). The farmers didn’t know why. In fact, hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice. And they eat more field mice than chickens. When the farmers killed lots of hawks, they changed the balance of nature (生态平衡).
When people move into a new place, they often cut off many wild plants. ①Without enough plants, animals will die or leave the place. For example, in the USA, in order to protect the deer, people killed many tigers. As a result, The number of the deer was growing more and more. After the deer ate up the roses (玫瑰花), they ate the young trees. At last the deer had nothing to eat and many of them died.
②important, the balance of nature, keep, us, for, it’s, to.
根据短文内容,完成任务。
任务一:判断正(T)误(F)。
1.Hawks only eat chickens.
2.Killing tigers is not a good way to protect the deer.
任务二:将文中①处画线句子翻译成中文。
3.___________________________________________________________________
任务三:将文中②处画线部分组成一个完整的句子。
4.___________________________________________________________________
任务四:回答问题。
5. The passage mainly tells us .
A. how to kill the hawks
B. the importance of keeping the balance of nature
C. why the farmers killed the tigers
D. people like chickens and deer better than hawks and tigers
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Farming in the USA today is very different from that 100 years ago. In those days, farmers did not have many machines(机器) to help them. They had animals. 1. __ This meant that farms were smaller than they are now. Farmers also worked in a different way in the past. In those clays, farmers grew fruits and vegetables and kept cows, pigs and chickens to feed their families. 2. __
Farmers have a very special life in many ways. First of all, they can't leave the job at the end of the day. They live on the farm and there is always work to do. Second, a lot of farm work is outdoors, so the weather is very important for farmers. 3. __ A lot of bad weather means farmers will lose money. Finally, farmers work with plants and animals. They understand nature better than other people do .
4. __ Spring is a time for planting. Farmers are busy getting the fields ready and then: Planting the seeds(种子). In summer, farmers must take good care of the plants. Some may need water. Other plants may have problems with insects or diseases(疾病). Then in fall, the fruits or plants are ready for picking. 5. __ Winter is a time for rest or for work on the farm machines.
把A---E五个选项填入文中空缺处,使短文完整正确。
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Hundreds of years ago many people thought birds were holy.They believed birds were messengers of God.Birds’ songs meant peace and joy.Birds’ bright and colourful feathers meant beauty and happiness to people.
In the eyes of Native American, birds’ feathers are a symbol of friendship.If a person shows kindness to another person, he may get a feather as a present from the other one.To them, the eagle feather is the best to show friendship.Native American people believe the eagle is the leader of all birds.It flies the highest and sees the furthest of all birds.If they give an eagle feather to someone, they mean their friendship is very precious.
Native Americans are good at making friendship feathers.They usually put beads and leather on feathers to make them more beautiful.A friendship feather is usually 27 centimetres long.
1.Hundreds of years ago, many people think ______ were messengers of God ?
A. a feather. B. eagles. C. friends. D. birds.
2.A person might get _______ as a present if he treated other people well.
A. an eagle B. a feather C. a bead D. leather
3.What’s the title of the passage?
A. A symbol of friendship B. Birds
C. Friendship feather D. Feather
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—There were lots of fish in the river years ago.
…Yes, but there are very now because of the pollution.
A. few B. fewer
C. little D. less
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My parents’lives were harder 10 years ago because them had a job.
A. neither of B. neither did
C. neither D. both of
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More than 200 years ago, some Englishmen reached Australia and they were surprised to see these unbelievable animals. Today, kangaroos(袋鼠)are still surprising us.
When a baby kangaroo is born, it is about the size of a bean! The little hairless baby climbs into the "pocket" on the front of the mother's body. The pocket, called a pouch(育儿袋),will be the baby's home for the next few months. The little baby kangaroo stays in the pouch, drinking milk and growing. You might think that the baby kangaroo would be in danger of falling out of the pouch, but this is not true. The mother kangaroo can close the pouch, making it warm and safe.
As the baby kangaroo grows up, it pokes(探出)the head out of the mother's pouch and looks around the world: Soon, the baby kangaroo is big enough to move around on its own. But any sign of danger will send the baby kangaroo back to the safety of the pouch. Most baby kangaroos spend at least part of their time inside the pouch before they are almost a year old. Even after a baby kangaroo is too large to fit in the pouch, it will stay with the mother for a few more months.
Kangaroos have very large back legs and feet. While they look cute and lovely, it is important to remember that kangaroos are wild animals. They often fight with each other, sometimes as a kind of social play. Australian Wildlife Centre tells people never to feed or get close to kangaroos.
The sheep farms cover much of the Australian countryside and are good homes for kangaroos. The kangaroos drink the water and eat the sweet grasses on the farms. Of course, the farmers are not always happy to share with the kangaroos.
1.Which of these tells about newborn kangaroos?
A. They are little and hairless.
B. They look like beans.
C. They are born in the mother's pouch.
D. They live alone soon after birth.
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. It is not surprising to see kangaroos at all now.
B. Kangaroos can be dangerous to people.
C. The baby kangaroo would fall out of the pouch sometimes.
D. Kangaroos have very small back legs and feet.
3.What can you learn from this passage?
A. Kangaroos fight with each other only for fun.
B. Baby kangaroos live in pouches for a few years.
C. Pouches are very important to baby kangaroos.
D. All the people like kangaroos because they are so cute.
4.What will the next paragraph most probably talk about?
A. People protect kangaroos around the world.
B. Kangaroos have many ways to protect their babies.
C. Kangaroos can jump high with the help of legs and tails.
D. The Australian government keeps kangaroos away from the sheep farms.
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_______ jeans were invented over 100 years ago, theyˈre still in fashion today.
A. Because B. If C. Although D. Since
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Many years ago, two friends, Mike and Jim, were walking through the desert. Somehow they began to quarrel (争吵 ) about small matters. Suddenly, Mike hit Jim in the face. Jim was hurt, but he said nothing. He just wrote in the sand: Today my best friend hit me in the face.
They kept on walking, and at last, they found a river. So they decided to take a bath. Suddenly, Jim got stuck in the mire (陷在泥里 ). At that moment, Mike saved him. After Jim felt better, he wrote on a stone: Today my best friend saved my life.
Mike saw this, and asked, “After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand. After I saved you, you wrote on a stone. Why?”
Jim answered, “When someone hurts us, we should write it down in sand. Thus winds of forgiveness (宽恕 ) can blow it away. But, when someone does something good for us, we must engrave (铭刻) it in stone, then no wind can ever blow it away.”
1.When did the story happen?
2.What did Mike and Jim quarrel about?
3.Did Jim say anything when he was hit?
4.Where did Jim write after Mike saved him?
5.Who do you think might be deeply moved at last?
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Today Newtown is a clean place, but many years ago there were millions of rats there. The rats even attacked (攻击 ) the cats and dogs. Sometimes many of them tried to bite men or women at night. The rats were very large in size and they harmed (伤害 ) many people.
The city office ordered every one to kill rats. However, most people were lazy, so they did not kill many rats. The city office could do nothing with the citizens and could do nothing with the rats, either. Some time later, they had to pay some money for each dead rat. That made the people very happy. They at once began to kill rats. They got as many dead rats as they could. And some of them even stopped their own work to kill rats because they could get more pay. Every day a city official(官员 ) put all the dead rats together. He was very busy doing that, because sometimes a man brought hundreds of them in one day. Two weeks later, there were not so many rats in the city as before, but people still brought many dead rats to the city office. The city officials felt surprised at this but at last they found out people were stealing the dead rats they had collected. So the city official had to order his men to dig a big hole and put the dead rats in it. Soon there were no more rats and the city did not have to pay any more money for that.
1.The rats in Newtown were once ______
A.as big as cats | B.as dangerous as dogs |
C.huge in size | D.run into cars there |
2.When the city office first ordered the citizens to kill rats, most people ______.
A.had to pay for each dead rat |
B.stole dead rats |
C.were too lazy to kill rats |
D.killed nearly all the rats very soon |
3.A big hole was dug so that ______.
A.the rats could come out to attack people at night |
B.people could take many rats |
C.the people loved dead rats |
D.people could not steal dead rats for money |
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