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1、Let’spractice!Haveyouheardofdodos?Thedodowasakindofbirdthatwasverylarge.Youmightnotthinkitwasabirdatallbecausethedodocouldnotfly.Itwasamemberofthechickenfamily.Itlivedhappilyandsafelyuntilpeoplearrived.Europeansailors(水手)foundthosebirdsinthe16thcenturyonMauritiusIslandintheIndianOcean

2、.Whenthesailorsfoundthestrangebirdsthatcouldnotfly,theyweresurprised.TheEuropeansonMauritiusIslandandthepigstheybroughtwiththemfoundthebirdsverydelicious.Solargenumbersofdodoswerekilledandnolivingdodoswerefoundontheislandinthefollowingyears.Later,thesamples（标本）ofsomedodoswerebroughtto

3、Englandinthe17thcenturyforthefuturestudy.Infact,theextinction（灭绝）ofdodoswascausedbypeople.Thiswashowthephrase“asdeadasdodo”came.Itteachesusabiglesson.Ifwearenotabletogetonwithnature,wewilllosethethingsmorethanwewouldexpect.Andweshouldstoptheactivitiesthatwillbebadfortheenvironmentorot

4、heranimals.()1.WhendidtheEuropeansailorsfinddodos?A.Inthe15thcentury.B.Inthe16thcentury.C.Inthe17thcentury.D.Inthe18thcentury.()2.HowdidtheEuropeansailorsfeelwhentheysawthestrangebirds?A.Happy.B.Excited.C.SurprisedD.Terrible.()3.Whichofthefollowingistrueaboutdodosaccordingtothepassage

5、?A.TheywerebornonMauritiusIslandandcouldflywell.B.Theylivedahardlifeuntilpeoplearrivedintheisland.C.Therewerefewerdodosonlybecausepigsatethem.D.Youcouldfindthesamplesoftheminthe17thcenturyinEngland.()4.Whatdoesthewritermainlywanttotellus?A.Dodoscouldnotfly.B.Thedodowasachicken.C.Noliv

6、ingdodoswerefound.D.Weshouldprotectanimals.Carefulreading1.ReadParagraphs1-2andmatchthefollowingphrases.1.theChengdua.awakeandhungry2.alreadyb.withexcitement3.runovertothemc.ResearchBase4.walkintod.China5.wash,feedande.theirfriends6.asymboloff.playwiththem2.ReadParagraph3andmatchthefo

7、llowingphrases.1.liveina.everytwoyears2.onlyoneb.bambooforests3.diefromc.illness4.alotmored.zoosorresearchcenters5.startedtoe.toeat6.getf.causemoreproblems7.humanactivitiesg.smaller8.cannotfindenoughh.cutdowntheseforests3.ReadParagraph4andfillintheblankswiththewordsinthebox.teacheswil

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