Different Animals不同的动物

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Different Animals

Read the passages and answer the questions about context. Remember, context is a way to learn new words by thinking about the other words used in a story.

I. The California condor is dying out. Only 27 of these large birds were still alive in 1987. Some people started raising condors in a zoo. They took eggs from condor nest. The eggs 1 . Then the baby birds lived in the zoo. It took 2 years for the condors to grow up. Then they were turned loose.

1. A. sang B. behaved C. locked D. hatched

2. A. several B. bad C. bent D. deep

II. Have you ever 3 a pill bug? These animals are not pills or bugs! They got the name pill because they can roll up into a ball. They got the name bug because of their small 4 . Pill bugs belong to the same family as crabs.

3. A. counted B. run C. cried D. observed

4. A. answers B. size C. day D. park

III. Turtles 5 to be very slow animals. But many turtles are really very 6 . Sea turtles can swim quickly. The green turtle can swim as fast as 20 miles per hour for a short time.

5. A. appear B. alarm C. nibble D. hide

6. A. young B. huge C. plain D. speedy

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不同的动物

阅读下面的文章并根据文意回答问题。记住，了解文意是通过思考文中的其他单词来学习新单词的方法。

I. 加州的秃鹰正濒临灭绝。在1987年时就只有27只大型秃鹰存活于世。有些人开始在动物园饲养秃鹰。他们从秃鹰巢中取出蛋。蛋 1 。然后小秃鹰就在动物园里生活。小秃鹰长大需要 2 年。长大后就会被放回大自然。

1. A. 唱 B. 行动 C. 锁上 D. 孵化

2. A. 一些 B. 坏的 C. 弯曲的 D. 深的

II. 你曾经 3 过球潮虫吗？这些潮虫既不是球也不是虫。它们之所以被称为“球”是因为它们能够滚成一个球形。它们被称为“虫”是因为它们的小 4 。球潮虫其实与螃蟹同属一科。

3. A. 计算 B. 跑 C. 哭 D. 观察

4. A. 答案 B. 身材 C. 天 D. 公园

III. 乌龟 5 是行动非常缓慢的动物。但许多乌龟实际上是非常 6 。海龟能够快速游泳。绿海龟能够在短时间内以每小时20英里（约32.18千米）的速度游泳。

5. A. 似乎 B. 警报 C. 小口小口地吃 D. 隐藏

6. A. 年轻的 B. 巨大的 C. 朴素的 D. 迅速的

答 案

1. D 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. D