Unit 5 Save the endangered animals同步课文话题阅读时文精选AAs we all know, the giant panda is a symbol of China. And people all over the world like this cute animal. During these years, our government has taken action to protect it. Thanks to our governments efforts, the animal is growing in number and already not on the endangered species (物种)list. However, it doesn’t go far enough. Now the government is trying hard to help more giant pandas live in the wild. Not long ago, two giant pandas, Ba Xi and Ying Xue, caught many people's eyes because they became the eighth and ninth pandas to be sent back to the wild.Ba Xi and Ying Xue were both two years old. They were born at Wolong Hetaoping Wild Training Base and had got the back-to-nature training since they were born. Ba Xis mother, Xi Mei, taught him how to climb trees when he was just four months old. And Ying Xue's mother started bringing her to the forest to find food when she was little. After two years of training, they grew well and learnt basic survival (生存) skills. Experts all agreed to send them back to nature.On the day when the two pandas left, a ceremony (仪式)was held at Liziping Nature Reserve and many reporters were invited to experience the important moment together. Ba Xi and Ying Xue left their cages(笼子) and quickly ran into the bamboo forest. With the GPS put on them, experts said they would keep an eye on their activities and study how well the two pandas would get used to the wild life.1. How many pandas have been sent back to the wild so far?A. 8.B. 9.C.10.D.11.2. Who taught Ba Xi to climb trees?A. Ying Xue.B. Xi Mei.C. The experts.D. The trainers.3. According to the passage, the followings are the pandas’ survival skills EXCEPT __________.A. finding bamboosB. climbing treesC. living in forestsD. leaving the cages4. What is the purpose of putting the GPS on Ba Xi and Ying Xue?A. To help them live in the wild.B. To follow and protect them.C. To show us how they live in the wild.D. To bring them to the forest to find food.5. What can we learn from the passage?A. People all over the world pay attention to Ba Xi and Ying Xue.B. Ba Xi and Ying Xue have the same mother.C. Ba Xi and Ying Xue would get used to the wild life well.D. The gaint panda likes living in the wild better.答案：BBDCCBDuring the Ice Age, the mammoths(猛犸象) lived both in Asia and America. But by about 4,000 years ago, the large and hairy elephants had disappeared.Some scientists want to clone (克隆) a mammoth, and the first need is some mammoth DNA. Since 1900s, scientists have been digging up remains (残骸)of mammoths in the cold ground. Some still even have their skin and hair. Unluckily, even when it's frozen, DNA still can’t be kept very well. It starts to break apart soon after an animal dies. Scientists have found plenty of mammoth DNA-but it's all just short bits(零碎)and in a mess.Modern Asian elephants are cousins of the ancient mammoths. Their DNA is about 99% the same. Still, that adds up to 70 million differences. But if we could change the elephant s DNA in the places that are different could we make mammoth DNA? Some researchers at Harvard are giving it a try. They have got out 14 bits of DNA in elephant blood cells that help mammoths stand(抵御 )the cold. It seemed to work. But they're only working with groups of cells, not a whole animal. There is still a long way to go before cloning a mammoth.Even if scientists could clone a mammoth or other disappeared animals, would it be a good idea? It might be cool to see a real, living mammoth. But would such an animal be happy, with no other mammoths around? Who would teach it how to be a mammoth? There are important questions for trying to bring back any disappeared creature. Cloning is expensive and often fails. Would the money be better spent on saving endangered animals that are still alive?1. What happened to mammoth DNA?A. Stayed the same.B. Broke apart.C. Got longer.D. Disappeared.2. Which of the following is true about mammoths?A. They still lived on the Earth 400 years ago.B. They looked the same as todays elephants.C. They lived both in Africa and Asia.D. They were larger and stronger than today's Asian elephants.3. What can we learn from the third paragraph?A. There are lots of differences of DNA between mammoths and modern Asian elephants.B. The scientists at Harvard have already cloned a mammoth.C. It is not easy to clone a disappeared animal though their DNA is close to some animals.D. The scientists are going to put the DNA of standing cold in another animal.4. What is the writers opinion about cloning mammoths?A. It is a good idea to clone mammoths.B. The scientists should try to clone other disappeared animals instead of mammoths.C. We should prepare a better place for mammoths to live in the future.D. We should pay more attention to endangered animals.5. Where can we most probably read this passage?A. In a story magazine.B. In a cartoon newspaper.C. On a science website.D. In a fashion report.答案：BDCDC完形填空A few years ago, my husband Dawn and I were in Key West for a long holiday with our two daughters who were three to four years old. As we 1 what to do next, our girls ran towards us and said , “We want to go to a museum of butterflies.”As we had __2__ been to a museum of butterflies dawn and I didn’t know where the museum was. Then we looked at the __3__ and were quite sure about where it was. We looked at each other and said, “Let’s go.”As soon as we walked into the main area thousands of beautiful butterflies immediately __4__ around us. I looked down at our girls. They were jumping and laughing __5__. I knew we had made the right __6__ to come to the museum.I asked our museum tour guide, “How long do butterflies __7__?”“About ten days. ” she said.I thought to myself, “Ten days. What can you do in ten days? So I asked her, What do butterflies do in ten d ays?”The guide stopped, looked at me, and said, “They make the world a more __8__ place.”“Wow,” I said, “I never thought about butterflies like that. Thank you.”She was__9__: We all have something to offer the world within the time we have. Like a butterfly, we all have our own __10__ to make the world a little better for everyone.1. A. understood B. wondered C. decided D. knew2. A. never B. always C. hardly D. already3. A. book B. road C. road D. station4. A. walked B. flew C. jumped D. ran5. A. suddenly B. quietly C. quickly D. happily6. A. choice B. direction C. difference D. reason7. A. live B. stay C. dance D. play8. A. helpful B. thankful C. beautiful D. useful9. A. true B. right C. clear D. wrong10. A. time B. courage C. way D. place答案：1-5 BACBD 6-10 AACBC阅读填空Koalas are lovely. Most of them live in Australia. Koalas have short front legs and long strong back legs. Their fur(皮毛) is brown and thick. __1_____________ A baby koala is very small when it is born. It is not bigger than your little toe. __2____________It lives in its mother’s pouch(育儿袋)for 5 to 7 months. When the baby koala leaves its mother's pouch, it has lots of fur. And it is as big as your shoe. __3__________Koalas sleep during the day and eat at night. They have leaves as their food __4____________ During the 1920s, however, people kept killing them for their fur and lots of koalas died. Later, laws were made to stop people from killing koalas and make the population of koalas increase Today, there were fewer than 100, 000 koalas in the country and they are still in danger of dying out. Life is still not easy for them. __5___________A. They have fewer and fewer places to live in and many of them die from diseases.B. As adults, koalas grow to be about 60cm tall and weigh from 9kg to 13kg.C. Once there were millions of koalas in Australia.D. It keeps them warm during the cold weather.E. It has no fur and cant see anything, either.答案：DEBCA阅读理解之词义猜测题点对点练习一What will the schoolbag be like in the future? Do you go on carrying your bag to school now? I think nobody wants one shoulder to be lower than the other. In India, most of us would view the reduction(减少)of textbooks as a way out. but in a country like America, there are always more options a company called Go Reader has created a “schoolbag” which is the size of a laptop computer, weighing about 2. 5 kg. The schoolbag has a color screen and can “hold” all the textbooks that a student may need, says a report in “The Asian Age” newspaper.What does the underlined word “options” mean?A. Challenges.B. Changes.C. Choices.D. Sizes.答案：C点对点练习二Vera Wang is called “the queen of red- carpet(红毯) dressing”. There' s hardly a Hollywood event or an A-list wedding where Wang’s name doesn't come up. Vera Wang didn’t choose the fashion business at first. She knew it needed so much hard work. But she felt very happy when she helped a woman look and feel the best.Vera Wang won the prize for lifetime achievement in 2013. When she won the prize, she said with tears, “ To all the women and men who have worn the clothes I designed, thanks for your trust..”What does the underlined word “it” refer to?A. The Hollywood event.B. The fashion business.C. The A-list wedding.D. The lifetime achievement.答案：B书面表达假如你是李华,你校英语报正在举办主题为“我最喜爱的动物”的征文活动,请你根据以下提示写一篇英语短文进行投稿,介绍你最喜爱的动物——狮子。
