Many animals have an excellent sense of smell, which they use in hunting. On the other hand, their eyesight may be poor. Dogs, for example, have poor eyesight and no color vision. They see only shades

第1题

Mike想知道Tom有多少本书他可以问（）

A.How many books can you see

B.How many animals do you know

C.How many books do you have

第2题

Color is very important to most animals for it helps them to get along in the world. Color

【B1】to make an animal difficult for its enemies to see. Many animals match their【B2】so well that as long as they do not move no one is【B3】to see them. You probably have often "jumped" a rabbit. If you【B4】, you know how the rabbit sits perfectly still【B5】you are just a few feet away. You【B6】see the rabbit till it runs for its【B7】matches very closely the place where it is【B8】Many times you may have walked past a rabbit【B9】didn't run and you never knew it was there at all.

One of the most usual color schemes that helps animals to keep【B10】being seen, is a dark back and light underpants, if an animal is the same color all over, there is always a dark shadow along the animal's belly(腹部). Even if an enemy couldn't see the animal he could see this dark shadow.

【B1】

A．helps

B．contributes

C．tries

D．manages

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第3题

Why do Westerners love their pets so much, almost as if they were their children? I su

Why do Westerners love their pets so much, almost as if they were their children？ I suppose one reason is that for more than one hundred years many children's books in England and in America were animal stories.By this we mean stories that gave the animals human names, human voices, human emotions, and even faces that look almost human.Many of these stories taught a moral lesson, like honesty or kindness or hard work.My mother read animal stories to me as a child, and my wife and I read some of the same animal stories to my boys when they were small, and now they read animal stories to their children.Some are the same stories about dogs and cats and rabbits and horses.So children in America grow up with good feelings toward animals. Many families would like to have a purebred dog or cat, that is an animal whose parents come from a single kind of animal.But purebred animals are expensive.And those that are registered with a special dog or cat club are even more expensive since there is a written record of their ancestors for many generations.What often happens is that a family's first pet will come from some friend whose pet has had babies.Or they may get a pet from an animal shelter.Every city and many smaller towns have a humane society which cares for animals that are found and for animals which people no longer want.They try to find the owner of lost pets and to find homes for the others.Over the years my wife and I and our children have gotten some very nice dogs for our family from animal shelters, usually at no cost.

But some families do not want a house dog or a house cat.They want an outside dog or cat.So the animal stays outsides the house most of the time.Special dog houses are made for such dogs to use, especially at night in the colder parts of North America.

1.Why do Western people love their pets so much？ ()

A.Because their children don't have many friends.

B.Because they have leisure time and enough money.

C.Because they are influenced by animal stories.

D.Because they regard pets as their children.

2.Since they have heard a lot of animal stories, American children tend to () .

A.love animals when they grow up

B.treat animals rudely

C.live with animals

D.dislike animals

3.A purebred dog refers to a dog()

A.which is brought up by one family

B.whose parents come from the same area

C.whose parents belong to the single kind of dog

D.which is bred in a pure house

4.How do most Americans get their first pet？ ()

A.They buy it from a pet shop

B.They pick up one from the street

C.They always get one from the animal shelter

D.They get it from their friends

5.Not all pets stay with their masters in the house all the time for().

A.it's good for them to stay outside

B.people think they are dirty

C.Some people don't want a house dog or a house cat

D.they don't like to stay in their masters' house

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第4题

完型填空What is museum？ A museum is a good place to keep old and beautiful things. A m

完型填空

What is museum？ A museum is a good place to keep old and beautiful things. A museum may be a place to learn about science. A museum can be a place {for; on; about} art of Indians or animals. What is inside a museum？ Some museums have old cars and airplanes. Many museums have pictures and statues (雕像). Others have rocks and old bones. One museum even has {the; a; an} coal mine inside! Many cities have museums. Some very small {towns; homes; countries} have museums, too. Indianapolis has a {child's; child; children's} museum. Children do not have to pay to get in. Children go to the museum often. They like to look at the dinosaur bones. They see a white bear ten feet tall. They go inside an old log cabin (小木屋). On Saturday, Indianapolis children can {listen; to hear; hear} talks about animals and trees. They see movies.

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第5题

Passage TwoQuestions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage. Certain animals and plan

Passage Two

Questions 26 to 30 are based on the following passage.

Certain animals and plants develop characteristics(特性)that help them cope with their environment better than others of their kind. This natural biological process is called adaptation(适应性). Among the superior characteristics developed through adaptation are those that may help in getting food or shelter，in providing protection，and in producing and protecting the young. That results in the evolution of more and more organisms that are better fitted to their environments.

Each living thing is adapted to its way of life in a general way，but each is adapted especially to its own distinct class. A plant，for example，depends upon its roots to fix itself firmly and to absorb water and inorganic chemicals. It depends upon its green leaves for using the sun's energy to make food from inorganic chemicals. These are general adaptations，common to most plants. In addition，there are special adaptations that only certain kinds of plants have. Many animals have adaptations that help them escape from their enemies. Some insects are hidden by their body color or shape，and many look like a leaf or a little branch. The coats of deer are colored to mix with the surroundings. Many animals have the ability to remain completely still when an enemy is near.

Organisms have a great variety of ways for adapting. They may adapt in their structure，function，and genetics(遗传素质)；in their development and production of the young；and in other respects. An organism may create its own environment，as do warm-blooded mammals. which have the ability to adjust body heat exactly to maintain their ideal temperature despite changing weather. Usually adaptations are an advantage，but sometimes an organism is so well adapted to a particular environment that，if conditions Change，it finds it difficult or impossible to readapt to the new conditions.

Some plants and animals develop superior characteristics so that they may______.

A. help others of their kind get food，shelter and other things needed

B. get into the biological process of adaptation

C. become better adapted to the environments than others of their kind

D. lead to the evolution and production of more and more organisms

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第6题

Most people do not think of fishes and other sea animals as having voices, and of those wh

o are aware of the fact that many of them can "speak", few understand that these "conversations" have significance. Actually, their talk may be as meaningful as much of our own. For example, some sea animals use their "voices" to locate their food in the ocean expanses (广阔的区域); others use their "voices" to let their fellows know of their locations; and still others, as a means of obtaining mates. Sometimes, "speaking" may even mean the difference between life and death to a sea animal. It appears in some cases that when a predator (食肉动物) approaches, the prey (被捕的动物) depends on no more than the sounds it makes to escape.

Fish sounds are important to man, also. By listening to them, he can learn a great deal about the habits of creatures that make them, the size of the School they form, the patterns of their migrations, and the nature of the environments in which they live. He can also apply this information to the more effective utilization of the listening spots he has set up to detect enemy submarines (潜水艇). A knowledge of fish sounds can avoid confusion and unneeded effort when a "new" sound is picked up and the sound sentry (哨兵) must decide whether or not to call an alarm.

Among the people who know that many sea animals have voices, few ______.

A．know the meaning of their conversations

B．realize that they can communicate with each other

C．realize that they can make speeches

D．could understand their conversations

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第7题

There are different ideas about pets in different parts of the world.In most cultures,

animals are in a worse position than human beings.In some cases, however, people treat their pets like members of their families, or perhaps better.In the United States and Europe, there are special shops that sell clothing and food for cats and dogs.

In many countries of the world, there is special food for pets.It is common for big markets in many places to sell cat food and dog food.However, in a small town in France, there is a special restaurant for dogs.Dogs are the only customers.There is seating for twenty of them.The dogs choose from a variety of dishes on the menu.

Of course, in most parts of the world, pets don’t live in such wealth and comfort.P eople treat their pets in a more practical way.People own cats and dogs because they keep away mice and other unwanted animals.Owners have some loving feelings for their pets, but they do not see them as equal to family members.In most places in the world, there isn't any special clothing or fine food for animals.There aren’t any special restaurants for dogs.

Pets around the world live in a great variety of ways, just as people do.

21.According to the passage, in most countries _______________.

A.animals are in a worse position than human beings

B.people treat their pets like members of their families

C.there are special shops that sell clothing for dogs and cats

D.pets such as dogs and cats are very popular

22.According to the passage, there are _________________.

A.a few restaurants for dogs in every city in France

B.many owners of dogs and cats in the United States and Europe

C.no dogs or cats that wear clothing

D.some people who treat their pets far better than they treat their children

23.For many people, pets may have a more practical function because _______________.

A.pets are often useful companions for old people

B.cats and dogs can be used to keep away mice

C.pets can sometimes be sold to make money

D.some pets may show loving feelings for their owners

24.In your opinion, which of the following sentences is probably true？

A.Dogs and cats like to wear expensive clothing.

B.Many people visit the dog restaurant in France.

C.In some cases, animals have better food and clothing than people.

D.People in every part of the world like to buy fine clothing for their pets.

25.The main idea of this reading passage is _______________.

A.Dogs enjoy fine restaurants

B.A rich cat can afford to go to any restaurant

C.It is stupid to have special food and clothing for animals

D.People treat pets in very different ways in different parts of the world

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第8题

Now which are the animals really to be pitied in captivity？ First, those clever beings who

se lively urge for activity can find no outlet behind the bars of the cage. This is most conspicuous, even for the uninitiated, in the case of animals which, when living in a free state, are accustomed to roaming about widely. Owing to this frustrated desire, foxes and wolves housed, in many old fashioned zoos, in cages which are far too small, are among the most pitiable of all caged animals.

Though pinioned swans generally seem happy, under proper care, by hatching and rearing their young without any trouble, at migration time things become different: they repeatedly swim to the lee side of the pond, in order to have the whole extent of its surface at their disposal, trying to take off. Again and again the grand preparations end in a pathetic flutter of their half wings; a truly sorry picture!

This, however, rarely awakens the pity of the zoo visitor, least of all when such an originally highly intelligent and mentally alert animal has deteriorated, in confinement, into a crazy idiot, a very caricature of its former self. Sentimental old ladies, the fanatical sponsors of the societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, have no compunction in keeping a grey parrot in a relatively small cage or even chained to a perch. Together with the large corvines, the parrots are probably the only birds which suffer from that state of mind, common to prisoners, namely, boredom.

What is an "outlet" in the context of this passage？

A．An opportunity for expression.

B．A place to let.

C．A chance of escape into a wood.

D．An exit for a marketer.

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第9题

根据以下内容回答题:Man has invented ways to keep walqTl，but how do animals defend themselv

es？They can not reason in the sense that a man can，but nature has taken care of the animal kingdom by providing animals with special instincts．One of these instincts is known as hibernation（冬眠）． “Sleeping like a dormouse”is not only a common saying but is a reality．When winter comes，the dormouse and other hibernating animals have reached a well-nourished state．They eat very well in warmer days laying downy fat in the tissues of their bodies and during hiberna- tion this keeps them alive．Safe in their nests，or burrows，they sleep soundly until the warmth of spring arrives． Bats，tortoises，snakes，frogs，even insects like butterflies，hibernate more or less eom-pletely．Some，like the squirrels，sleep during coldest weather but are roused by a waYnl spells．During hibernation，the temperature of an animal’S body drops drastically．Breathing and heart．beats almost cease． Another instinctive method of avoiding intense cold is to escape by means of migration．Wild swans，seagulls，swallows and cuckoos are a few of the very many kinds of birds which fly thousands of miles，twice a year，to avoid cold．Many animals，especially those of the Arctic regions，have summer and winter quarters．The Arctic deer of North America；as well as the reindeer of Europe，move southward towards the forests when winter approaches．They return to the northern area when the warmth of spring begins to be sensed． There are animals which do not attempt to leave at the first sign of winter cold．Their in—stinctive means of defence is to dig out a deep burrow，made soft and waYin by padding out with straw，1eaves，moss and fur．In it they have a“secret place”containing food which they hope will last the winter through!Animals which faU into this clhss include the Arctic fox，the rabbit ana the ermine，and the little field-mice．

How does the dormouse defend itself against cold in winter？

A.It moves about to keep warlTl．

B.It grows thicker fur．

C.It sleeps continuously．

D.It goes to warmer areas.

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第10题

John James Audubon was born in 1785 and died in 1851, but his name is still spoken every d

ay. Andubon was a scientist who loved nature. He wanted to show people the importance of nature in their lives. He was especially interested in birds, and painted many pictures of them.

In 1905, the National Audubon Society was formed by people who were also interested in birds and wanted to continue Audubon's nature studies. Even now, when people think of the Audubon Society, they usually think of birds. But the society does other things besides watching birds.

The members of the Society try to improve the environment as much as they can. They have helped pass many laws that protect birds and animals, and people, too. They taught young people how to protect their environment. They try to make their own communities cleaner, better places to live in.

John James Audubon knew that nature was important, He did not know how important his work would become.

Audubon ______.

A．was not famous 130 years ago

B．is still famous now

C．was famous 200 years ago

D．is not famous now

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