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The largest animal ever to live on earth is the blue whale. It weighs about 80 tons—more than 24 elephants. It is more than 30 meters long. A new baby whale weighs as much as a big elephant. 

Cats won’t die if they fall off very high places because they can turn themselves up the right way so as to keep their bodies safe. One cat fell off 32 floors onto the street, but it was just hurt a little.

A bear can run as fast as a horse.

A newborn panda is smaller than a mouse and weighs about100 grams.

    Elephants are the most careful animals in their love. A male elephant may show his lady love for up to three years until the lady elephant takes his love. They often show love by touching each other’s body.

    Usually wolves do not hurt people. For years a Canadian newspaper says that they would give anyone a lot of money if he or she show that a wolf hurts a person. But nobody could do that. Wolves do not usually go together though they may do this in winter.

    1. How much may a newborn blue whale weigh?

A. About 10 tons.      B. As much as a baby elephant.

C. About 80 tons.      D. About 3 tons

2. A bear can run        usual people think they are..

       A. faster than     B. slower than      C. as fast as     D. as slow as

3. A male elephant won’t stop following a lady elephant to        until the lady elephant takes his love.

   A. fight with the baby elephant      B. ask the baby elephant to help him

       C. shoe his love for a long time     D. find food together with him

    4. A wolf won’t hurt people except        .

A. in winter       B. at an unusual     

C. in group       D. that they are happy

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Bamboo is one of the nature’s most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.

Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo may be cut very low to the ground, which grew 1.5 meters ( 4 feet ) in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1,000 kinds of bamboo.

Not all the bamboos look the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimeters (1 foot) across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.

Bamboo has been used to make many things such as hats and kitchen tools. Because it is strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings. Many Asian countries have used bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for buildings or supporting new buildings and bridges while they are been built.

In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using. These African countries need cheap way to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water. Bamboo pipes help poor farmers bring water to their thirsty fields without spending a lot of money.

1. How is the bamboo like grass?

   A. It grows quickly.   B. It’s wood.     C. It is easy to cut.  D. It’s very thin.

2. Though you can see bamboo in many places, it doesn’t grow           .

   A. in China         B. in Europe      C. on mountains    D. in Africa

3. Why is bamboo used by African poor farmers?   Because           .

   A. it is cheap              B. it has different colors

 C. it is strong             D. it has been used by Asians

4. Bamboo pipes can        .

       A. make money      B. be trees       C. grow quickly   D. carry water

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Sociologists（社会学家）, working in western countries, have found that a large number of women wished they had been born men. The number is said to be as high as 60% in Germany.

“Women often wish they had the same chances as men have, and think it is still men’s world,” said Dr James Helen, one of the sociologists who had done the study.

Many men say that they have more duties than women. A man has to make money to support his family and to make the important decision, so it is right for men to be paid more. Some are even against their wives at all. When wives go out to work, the home and children can't be taken good care of. If women take full-time jobs, they won’t be able to do what they are best at doing: making a nice room and bringing up the children. 

Some women didn’t agree. They say they want to go out of their rooms and to have freedom to choose between work and home life. Women have the right of equal pay and equal chances.

Ann Harper has a very good job, she also believe in “Women’ Liberation”. “I don’t wish I were a man,” she says, “and I don’t think women do. But I do wish people stop treating us like second-class people. At work, for example, we usually do the work that men do but get paid less. There are still a lot of jobs only to men –usually they are the best ones. If you are a man, you have a much better chance of living a wonderful life. How many women is scientist, or engineers?

1. Many men think          .

      A. women can’t do what men can 

B. men have to work much harder than women

C. men can make money more easily than women

D. women’s duty is mainly to do housework at home

2. Anne Harper didn’t wish to be a man        .

A. Because she believed in women’s liberation

B. but she wished to get the same job as men

C. but she wished to be treated the same as a man

D. because she had a good job

3. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. There are more men scientists, engineers than women ones.

B. Women are second-class people, so they shouldn’t live a better life.

C. Women do the same job as men, but get paid less than men.

D. There are some best jobs that women have few chances to take.

18、I saw Tom in the office a moment ago. He        here now.

A. may be       B. must be      C. can’t be    D. mustn’t be

17、Don’t tell anybody        it. Keep it        you and me.

A. about, in   B. about, between       C. of, in   D. of, with

16、His work is better than        in the class.

A. anyone else        B. anyone’s else    

C. anyone else’s     D. anyone’s else’s

15、There are some dangerous fishes in the river, and I’ve earned Jack        here.

A. not to swim B. to not swim C. swim not to      D. to swim not

14、Linda has read many novels by English writers. Now she should like to read novels by writers from        countries.

A. some, other  B. other, some      C. some, any        D. some, another

13、She always eats        food. So she is        fat.

A. too many, too much       B. too much, too many             

C. too much, much too       D. much too, too much