【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 not swim after lunch. can’t swim for a short time. 八年級英語試卷 第 5 頁 共 10 頁 （ ） 60. The passage mainly(主要地 ) tells us ______ in Hong Kong. A. the public beaches and swimming B. the danger of swimming C. the best beaches D. the difficulties to go swimming (B) On May 23, six pandas left an important panda base (基地 ) in Wolong, southwest China’s Sichuan Province(四川省 ), because of damaged (損壞的 ) shelters and food shortages（短缺） after the May 12 earthquake（地震） , The pandas took trucks(卡車 ) to Ya’an, a local official（官員） said. Eight other pandas left for the Chengdu Research Base on May 18. They will take China Southern Airlines (CSA) to Beijing. They will travel on a Boeing 747700 plane with bamboo and water， and they will stay at the Beijing Zoo, said Wolong director Zhang Hemin. ‘ There is enough water now, but food is still a big problem. The pandas need bamboos and apples.’ Zhang Hemin said. ‘ After the earthquake, the center needed lots of bamboo shoots, apples, eggs, milk powder and medicine,’ she said. There are about 1,590 pandas living in the wild in China, mostly in Sichuan and the northwestern provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu. （ ） many pandas left for Ya’an? A. 6 B. 8 （ ） will eight other pandas go to Beijing Zoo from the Chengdu Research Base? A. By bus B. By train C. By truck D. By plane （ ） 63. In China,what place has the most giant pandas? A. Beijing B. Sichuan and the northwestern provinces C. northeastern provinces D. Jiangsu （ ） 64. Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage? A. Some pandas left an important panda base in Wolong after the earthquake. B. Eight other pandas will stay at Beijing zoo. C. Pandas eat bamboo shoots, apples, eggs, milk powder and so on. D. Water is still a big problem for the pandas after the earthquake. （ ） 65. This passage is probably(很可能 ) from ________________. A. a novel(小說 ) B. a storybook C. a newspaper D. a diary（日記） (C) The elephant is the largest of all animals that live on land. An elephant’s trunk(象鼻 ) is rather like an arm and a hand. It is used to pick up and pull things in its mouth .It is also used to pull up trees when the elephant wants to make path(道路 )through the forests. The African elephant is usually larger than the Indian elephant. It often stands 10 or 11 feet high, and weighs over 6 tons(噸 ). Both males and females grow trunks. But only male Indian elephants have tusks. The elephant lives mostly on grass , leaves and fruits . It has been easy for men to train elephants. They are used to carry heavy things. Elephants can live for about fifty years or more . （ ） 66. Elephants are ________. A. not found in the forests B. only found in Africa C. larger than any other animal on land D. the largest animal in the word 八年級英語試卷 第 6 頁 共 10 頁 （ ） 67. Elephants use their________. A. trunks to do things as men use their hands to B. trunks to pull up trees only when they want to make paths through the woods C. tusks to do what men use their hands to D. tusks to eat up trees （ ） 68. Which of the following is NOT right? A. Female Indian elephants have tusks. B. All African elephants have trunks. C. The Indian elephant is usually smaller than the African elephant. D. The African elephant usually weighs more than 6,000 kilograms. （ ） 69. The food for the elephant is ________. A. grass B. leaves C. fruits D. all of the above （ ） 70. From the text we know ________. A. an elephant is very clever and a good friend of men’s B. we can hunt elephants as we like C. we should not train the elephant D. there are elephants everywhere in the world. D There are many wetlands（濕地） in China and some of them have bee internationally（國際性的） important wetlands. The Chinese Yellow Sea Wetlands are one example. They are in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province. They are the ideal home for many different kinds of birds and animals. The world’s largest Milu Deer （麋鹿） Nature Reserv（保護(hù)區(qū)） is there. More than 700 milu deer live freely there. There are not many redcrowned cranes（丹頂鶴） in the world, but every winter you can see some in the RedCrowned Cranes Nature Reserve in the Yellow Sea Wetlands. The temperature in the wetlands is usually not too high or too low. There is a lot of rain and sunshine, too. They are really good places for wildlife（野生動物） . They offer food and home for some special kinds of animals and birds. It is not the only reason why we need to protect wetlands. Wetlands are important because they also prevent（阻止） floods（洪水） . But some people want to change the wetlands to make space for farms and buildings. This means there will be less and less space for wildlife. Luckily, more and more people are beginning to realize（認(rèn)識到） the importance of wetlands and wildlife. Every year on February 2nd, the World Wetlands Day, many acti