Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can’t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.

Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school.” They don’ t study, but they travel together. Dolphins are mammals, not fish, but they swim together in a school.

Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give messages. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say “Welcome” when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.

They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water, People cannot hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.

Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium(水族馆). People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely.

There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don’t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe in this.

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People kill. Animals kill. Animals and people kill for food, or they kill their enemies. People and animals can move around and find something to kill. They can run away from an enemy. They can sometimes kill it if it is necessary.

Many kinds of animals eat plants. The plants cannot run away from their enemies. Some plants make poison. If an animal eats part of the plant, it will get sick or die. Animals learn to stay away from these plants. There are many kinds of plants that make poison. Most of them grow in the desert or in the tropics.

Today farmers use many kinds of poison on their farms. Most of these poisons come from petroleum(石油), but petroleum is expensive. Scientists collect poisonous plants and study them. Maybe farmers can use cheap poison from plants instead of expensive poison from petroleum in the near future.

1.Why do animals and people kill? ______________________________

2.What can people and animals do when meeting an enemy?_______________

3.How will the animal be if it eats some of the poisonous plant?____________

4.Where do most plants that make poison grow? ___________________

5.What may farmers use on their farmers in the future? _______________

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The hippopotamus lives in a hot p1. of Africa. It is mammal. That is, its babies are born alive, and they drink milk f2. the mother’s body.

The hippopotamus is a large animal. It w3. four tons. Its s4. is seven meters long, but it eats only plants. It is a mammal, but it spends a lot of time in the water.

During the day it s5. beside a river or a lake. Sometimes it wakes up, then it goes under the water to get some plants for f6.. It can close its nose and stay under water for ten m7. . Its ears, eyes, and nose are high up on its head. It can stay with its body under the water. Then it can b8. the air.

At night the hippo walks on the land and looks for food. It never goes f9. from the water, because it loves water very much.

A baby hippo often rides on its m10. back. And the mother looks for food underwater. They live a happy and comfortable life.

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A. a; a B. an; a C. a; an D. an; an

— Did Jenny play the role _______ the princess in the play?

— Yes, she did. The prince saved her and fell in love _______ her.

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The number of the students in our school ________ very large and there ________ a

number of teachers.

A. is, are B. are, is C. is, is D. are, are

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