【正文】 (非洲 ) _________ much smaller than before. A. is B. are C. has D. have ( ) 10. — My mobile phone dropped into the water when I was walking along the river bank. — _________！ A. Great B. What a pity C. Sounds good D. Lucky you ( ) 11. — When does a lion begin to eat meat? — I’m not sure. Maybe ____ a few months old. A. at B. for C. in D. on ( ) 12. — My mother is ill in hospital today. — ______________ A. Oh. Really? B. I can’t believe it! C. That sounds good. D. I’m sorry to hear that. ( ) 13. He stopped looking after the homeless animals ___ his bad health. A. instead of B. because of C. because D. instead ( ) 14. You must be very tired. Why not_________ a rest? A. stop taking B. stop to take C. to stop taking D. to stop to take ( ) 15. — _______ can a tiger weigh, do you know? — Yes, I know that a big one can weigh over 300 kilos. A. How many B. How heavy C. How much D. What III. 完形填空（共 10 小題； 每小題 1 分，滿分 10 分） The lion is called the king of all animals. Once it was also called as the king of the desert (沙漠 ). However, lions 1 live in any desert now. Their colour may 2 different from yellow to brown and males (雄性動(dòng)物 ) can be from blond to black. The male lions 3 up to 190 kg and are about metres tall while the females（雌性動(dòng)物） weigh nearly 130 kg and are 1 metre tall. They 4 beautiful fur, strong legs with sharp claws and a long tail. Panthera Leo (非洲獅 ) lives in subSaharan Africa and Asia. 5 it feeds on many kinds of animals. When it’s 6 its food, it can reach the speed of 60 km per hour and jump even 12 metres. The lion likes to eat its food at once, 7 sometimes it has to hide the food because of hyenas (土狼 ). Hyenas are the only animals which kill lions for food. The lion lives in small families 8 20 to 30 members. In each family there is usually one 9 male with two or three females with small baby lions. 10 , the lion population is in great danger mainly because of people’s hunting. ( ) 1. A. never B. always C. sometimes D. usually ( ) 2. A. is B. are C. am D. be ( ) 3. A. eat B. weigh C. grow D. hold ( ) 4. A. want B. need C. have D. like ( ) 5. A. Where B. Here C. There D. Which ( ) 6. A. chasing（追逐） B. watching C. enjoying D. thinking ( ) 7. A. so B. but C. and D. because ( ) 8. A. made from B. made of C. made up with D. made in ( ) 9. A. healthy B. beautiful C. young D. grown（成年的） ( ) 10. A. Luckily B. Suddenly C. Unluckily D. Cheerfully IV. 閱讀理解 （共 15 小題； A、 B 每小題 1 分， C 篇每小題 2 分，滿分 20 分） A The koala Appearance: Size: 70—90cm Weight: 5—14kg The koala with thick hair looks cute but it has very sharp teeth and claws (爪子 ). The male koala is larger than the female one. Food: The koala eats eucalyptus leaves (桉樹葉 ). Each koala eats about 500 grams of leaves per day. Habit: The koala sleeps for up to 16—18 hours. It prefers to move around in the evening. Baby fact: A healthy female koala can have one child each year. A baby koala is very small when it is born—only a quarter of an inch. It has no hair and it can’t see either. It lives in its mother’s pouch (育兒袋 ) for half a year. During this time, it only drinks its mother’s milk. Danger: The number of koalas in Australia is getting smaller every