【正文】 60。D.By plane.（4）What is the main idea of the article? A.The panda39。s life in the United States.B.All pandas belong to China.C.A little panda es back home.D.Pandas play a big part in the world.13．閱讀理解 The largest animal ever to live on Earth is the blue whale. It weighs about 80 tonsmore than 24 big elephants. It is more than 30 metres long. A new baby whale weighs as much as a big elephant. Cats won39。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 about 100 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 female elephant takes his love. They often show their love by touching each other39。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 could show that a wolf could hurt a person. But nobody could do that. Wolves do not usually go together though they may do this in winter and they only hurt people at an unusual time.（1）How much does 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 people think it can. A.faster thanB.more slowly thanC.as fast asD.as slowly as（3）A male elephant won39。t stop following a female elephant to until the female elephant takes his love. A.fight with the baby elephantB.ask the lady elephant to help himC.show his love for a long timeD.find food together with her（4）A wolf won39。t hurt people except . A.in winterB.at an unusual timeC.in groupsD.that it is happy14．閱讀理解 We sometimes say the lion is the king of the jungle because it is stronger and more dangerous than the other animals. It can run faster than most other animals and it can hunt better. The lion is the highest animal in the land food chain. In the sea the shark is at the top of the food chain. It can swim faster than most other sea animals. It can also use its big teeth to catch other sea animals and eat them. What is at the top of the world39。s food chain? Humans are! We are not the biggest or fastest, but we are the cleverest. We could not run faster than most animals, so we invented cars and now we can move the fastest. We could not fight better than lions, so we invented guns. Now we can hunt the best. People39。s inventions are clever, but they can be dangerous too. For example, many years ago, in Inner Mongolia, people used guns to kill a lot of wild wolves. The wild wolves usually eat wild rabbits. But in recent years, the number of wild rabbits is being bigger and bigger because the a number of wild wolves is getting smaller and smaller. The wild rabbits peted for the grass with the sheep and cows. Much of the grassland became desert because it was seriously destroyed by the rabbits. Remember that we are a part of the food chain, so we are in danger too! If we protect animals, we are protecting ourselves.（1）The lion is the highest animal in the food chain. A.oceanB.landC.skyD.Earth（2）From the first paragraph, we can know that . A.in the land the shark is at the top of the food chainB.the shark can swim faster than most other sea animalsC.the shark can also use its big paws to catch other sea animals and eat themD.the shark can live for a long time（3）Many years ago, where did people use guns to kill a lot of wild wolves? A.In Inner Mongolia.B.In Paris.C.In Africa.D.In America.（4）Why are people at the top of the world39。s food chain? A.Because they can use guns.B.Because they are the biggest.C.Because they are the cleverest.D.Because they can drive cars.（5）The topic of the passage is . A.Protecting animals is just protecting ourselvesB.The king of the jungleC.At the top of the food chainD.The cleverest animals15．閱讀理解 A Faithful Dog More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert. One day the Prince wanted to go hunting（打獵） with his men. He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son. The baby was in a wooden cradle（搖籃）, which was like a small bed. When the Prince came back from hunting, Gelert ran out to meet his master. He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws（爪子） on the Prince39。s chest. Then the Prince saw the blood（血） on Gelert39。s jaws（下巴） and head. What have you done? the Prince said. He rushed into his house and looked for his baby son. The cradle was lying on its side on the floor. The clothes were torn and there was blood on them. So you have killed my son? the Prince said angrily. You unfaithful dog! He took out his sword（劍） and killed the dog. Just as Gelert was dying, he managed （ 設(shè)法 ） to bark. Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog. The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt （沒受傷）. Near him was a dead wolf. Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended（保衛(wèi)） the baby and killed the wolf. The Prince ran back into the house but it was too late. Gelert was dead. The Prince was very sad indeed. Tears ran down his face when he realized he had killed