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Reading for Fun and Improvement in Reading

作者:姜红伟 …   时间:2009-7-15    本文热度:    等级:★★★

  Passage 1
  
  在弱肉强食的动物世界里,一种动物能够生存下来是很不容易的。除了要时刻提防天敌的袭击,它们还要学会抵御自然界的严寒和酷热。不过,说起动物们过冬的本领来,却是各有各的高招,而且好像是无师自通。现在就让我们一起来看看文中这些动物都是用什么高招来越冬的吧!
  Animals live a hard life both in winter and in summer. In summer the hot sun burns their skin,and in winter they suffer from cold and hunger.
  In many places around the world,it is usually very cold in winter. How do the animals keep themselves warm?
  Moving from one place to another is a very good way. In autumn,we can see some birds fly a long way from the North to the South for the coming winter. They know when winter comes and where they should go to keep warm,just like man.
  Some animals can dig out deep holes in the earth,and then make themselves comfortable and warm with grass,leaves and fur. In the holes they also keep much food for the long winter.
  In the coldest places,for example,the Arctic Regions,the polar bear passes a long winter in a deep hole. He sleeps for many months until the weather becomes warmer. Of course,he sleeps in the hole covered with thick snow and ice. A polar bear usually eats as much as he can before his long winter sleep.
  Notes:
  1. leaf n. 树叶 2. fur n. 动物皮毛
  3. the Arctic Regions北极地区 4. polar bear北极熊
  用文中的介词或副词填空。
  1. Moving______ one place to another is one of the ways for animals to live through the winter.
  2. It is a long______ from my home to our school.
  3. The boy dug______ a deep hole in the earth.
  4. Some animals are clever enough to keep much food______ the long winter.
  5. In some cold northern areas,the ground is often covered______ snow.
  Key:1. from 2. way 3. out 4. for 5. with
  
  Passage 2
  
  勇猛、能干的牧羊犬似乎已成为遥远的过去,而饲养乖巧、可爱的宠物狗已逐渐成为当今都市的风尚。你也喜欢养狗吗?你想了解更多有关狗的故事吗?请看“The Friend of Man(人类的朋友)”。
  Once upon a time,a man met a dog and wanted it to help him in the fight against other animals. He took the dog home and kept it as a friend. Later people used dogs for the hunting of other animals. So dogs were used to drive sheep to some places and they were also used to look after chickens.
  But now people in towns and cities do not need dogs to fight against other animals. Of course people still keep them to frighten thieves,but the most important reason why people in cities keep dogs is that they feel lonely. They want to stay with a lovely animal as a friend.
  For a child,a dog is his best friend when he has no friend to play with. For a young wife,a dog is her child when she doesn’t have her own children. For old people a dog is also a child when their real children have grown up and left them. Now people do not have to use dogs but they keep them as friends,or as members of the family.
  Notes:
  1. hunt v. 打猎 2. frighten v. 威吓 3. lonely adj. 孤独的
  Comprehension questions:
  1. What is the earliest use of dogs in the past?
  A. To help people fight against other animals.
  B. To help people fight against

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