The highest mountain in the world is Mount Everest. It is about 8.844 kilometers above sea level (水
平面). Many men have tried to climb this mountainbut without success. High winds, cold and little
oxygen (氧氣) have made this almost an impossible (不可能的) thing. It was not until 1953 that two
menstood on the top. One of the men,was Edmund Hillary from New Zealand. The other was Tenzing
Norgay of Nepal(尼泊爾). They were members of a British Expedition (探險隊). There were nearly
twenty people in the whole team. They spent about sixty days finishing the whole climbing. The last day,
May 29th, was fine, Hillary and Tenzing started climbing as the sun rose. At half past eleven theywere
on top of Mount Everest. They were very glad.They wanted to stay there for some time, but they couldn't. It was too cold and dangerous. They hadclimbed as high as anyone can climb.It were on the top of the
world.

1.When did people first climb up to the top of the world highest mountain?
A. Never.  
B. May 29, 1954.
C. One day in 1953.
D. Nearly 60 days after May 29,1953.
2. ______ can make climbing Mount Everest very difficult.
A. High winds,cold and little oxygen
B. No cars and planes
C. Few people
D. Winds,cold and oxygen
3. Who climbed up to the top of the world first?
A. British people.
B. An expedition.
C. A New Zealand person and a Nepal person.
D. None.
4. ______ wanted to climb the Mount Everest, though (盡管) it was so high.
A. Few people  
B. Alot of people
C. Only the men.
D. The British people
5. How high is the top of the world?
A. No one knows.  
B. 9.8 kilometers.
C. 8,844 meters.    
D. Above the sea level.

     The largest animal ever to live on Earth is the blue whale. It weighs about 80 tons more than 24
elephants. It's more than 30 meters long.A newborn baby whale weighs as much as a big elephant.
     Cats can survive (幸存) falls from a very highplace because they can turn themselves up the rightway
so as to keep bodies safe. One cat fell 32 floors on to the street,but was just hurt a little.
A bear can run as far 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 (雄性的) elephant may show his ladylove
for up to three years until the lady takes hislove.They often show their love by touching each other's body.
Usually wolves do not attack (攻擊) people. For years a Canadian newspaper says that they would give
anyone quite a lot of money if he could show that a wolf had attacked a person. But nobody could do
that. Wolves do not usually go together though they may do this in winter.

1. How many does a newborn blue whale weigh?
A. 10 tons.
B. As much as a small whale.
C. As much as 10 elephants.
D. As much as a big elephant.
2. Cats can survive falls because______in the fall.
A. they can keep themselves safe
B. they are small
C. they are light
D. they can put something under their bodies
3. Elephants show their love by______
A. looking at each other
B. touching each other
C. moving their bodies
D. all above
4. A male elephant______keep following a ladyelephant to show his love for a long time
 until thelady takes his love.
A. will  
B. won't  
C. shall  
D. doesn't
5.Wolve susually go ether ______
A. in summer
B. in winter
C. when they look for food
D. when.they have babies

     The elephant is the biggest four-legged animal in the world. It is also the gentlest, but not always!
      Elephants are like us in some ways.They can remember things very well. They never forget great
sadness or great happiness.lf a female elephant dies,her daughters and her grand daughters will be sad
for many days. They will carry a bit of it away with them.They will never forget a dead friend.
    Elephants are like us in some ways,but they are also different. They live in families-families of females.
There will be a few young males a few"babyboys". But the females will soon send them away. An
elephant family keeps only its great-grandmothers.
     The females live together for fifty, sixty or ahundred years. The older animals look after theyounger
ones.The mothers teach their daughters andset a good example to them.And what happens to the male
elcphants? Well,the young males stay with their mothers for some time.Then they must leave the family.
The females justsend them away. A male elephant does not often have a friend. He lives alone, away
from the family,and he doesn't like living with other male elephants,either.
     Sometimes the females call a male elephant. He can visit them then,and stay for some time. But soon
his"wives"and sisters send him away again. The females have a very happy family life. What does the
male elephant think about it? We don't  know.

根據短文內容回答問題。
l. Is the elephant the biggest animal in the world?
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2. Is the elephant's natural life much shorter than humans?
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根據短文內容，判斷下列句子正T誤F。
(     )3. A female elephant doesn't often have a friend.
(     )4. Elephants never forget great sadness or great happiness.
翻譯下面的句子。
5. A male elephant lives alone,away from the family, and he does't like living with other
    male elephants, either.
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     Did you see a  l, 000-pound pumpkin? Have you seen a big pumpkin like that? Howard Dill did.
He is a world famous pumpkin grower. Most pumpkins weigh from 15 t0 30 pounds, but Howard Dill
has bigger pumpkins and they weigh much more. Every year, he meets other pumpkin growers from
across North America. They have competitions to see who can grow the biggest pumpkin.
     People started to grow big pumpkins more than 100 years ago. About twenty years ago,Howard
Dill wanted to have a competition. He brought his biggest pumpkin to the competition.It weighed 438
pounds. Two years ago another pumpkin grower set a world record. His pumpkin weighed l,061
pounds!

(     )l. Howard Dill is a world famous pumpkin grower.
(     )2. Most of Howard Dill's pumpkins weigh from 15 to 30 pounds.
(     )3. People started to grow big pumpkins about more than eighty years earlier than Howard did.
(     )4. Howard Dill grew the biggest world pumpkin and held the world record.
(     )5. Another grower's pumpkin was much lighter than Howard's.

     The elephant is the largest animal walking on Earth. An elephant can carry a load of l, 200pounds.
_1_ Elephants can be trained to carry logs (圓木) with their trunks.   2    
     There are two kinds of elephants: the African elephant and the Indian elephant. African elephants
can be identified (識別) by the larger ears._3_  Another name for the Indian elephant is the Asian
elephant.
    The greatest threat (威脅) to elephants is theivory (象牙) trade. From 1979 to 1989 was a bad
time for African elephants.    4   In 1989 an international agreement limited (限制) the trade in ivory,
protecting elephants from being killed,but elephantsare still being killed for ivory.    5   Don't even buy
anything that looks like ivory!

A. They eat 300 pounds of food a day.
B. Please don't even buy anything made from ivory!
C. About 70,000 wild elephants were killed for ivory each year.
D. Indian elephants are easier to identify because of their smaller ears.
E. They also use their trunks for drinking water,bathing,eatingand communicating.
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