Hello, boys and girls! My name is Dick. I’m a boy. I’m a robot (机器人). Please look here. These are my hands. My arms are long. I have no hair. This is my face. I have two big eyes , a long nose and a wide mouth. Here are my big ears. I have short legs and two big      (foot). I can walk(步行). I can speak Chinese, but I can’t speak English. I’m your good friend.

任务一：完成句子，每空一词。

56. Dick doesn’t have ____.

57. Dick can speak ____.

任务二：用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。

58. ____.

任务三：将画线的句子译成汉语。

59.                          

任务四：回答问题。

60. Does Dick have a nose?

                            

 

Fun Facts about animals

●After killing an animal, a cheetah waits half an hour to catch its breath.	●The biggest horses are the Shire horses. The tallest on record is 198cms from shoulder to leg.	●The only mammal that can fly is the bat. Bat’s wings are overgrown hands.
●Gorillas are actually very gentle animals although they have bad reputation (声誉). ●Gorillas build nests in tree tops to sleep in.	●The rhino has the thickest skin of any animal. Its skin is 2cms thick and covers their body like armor.	●An elephant’s trunk has no bones in it, only 100,000 muscles!!! ●Elephant babies take 22 months to develop inside their mothers before they are born.
●A kitten is born blind and helpless and stays close to its mother for protection. In just nine weeks, it can grow big enough to leave its mother and look after itself.	●A camel’s hump is actually used to store food. It is made of extra (多余的) fat. ●They have long legs to keep them as far away from the ground as possible	● Bears usually walk on 4 legs, but when they are frightened, they stand up and walk on two legs to make themselves appear bigger.

【小题1】After a cheetah kills an animal, it        .

A．waits thirty minutes to catch its breath

B．waits half an hour for the animal to catch its breath

C．eats the food immediately

D．doesn’t eat the food until its friend comes.

【小题2】It takes     22 months to develop inside their mothers before they are born.

A．Baby gorillas	B．Baby bears
C．Kittens	D．Baby elephants

【小题3】Which statement is NOT true according to the reading material?

A．The tallest Shire horse on record is 198cms from shoulder to leg.

B．Bat’s wings are overgrown legs.

C．The rhino’s skin is 2cms thick and covers their body like armor.

D．The camel has long legs to keep them cool in the desert.

阅读下面的短文，并完成短文后的任务。

Draw a giraffe in your mind. How did you draw your giraffe? Does it have a long neck? Does it have long legs? Is it really tall? When people think of giraffes, they think of their long necks. A long neck and four long legs make the giraffe the tallest land animal on earth. A giraffe is 1.8m tall when it is born, and some giraffes get up to 6m tall when they are all grown up.
But did you know that giraffes also have long tongues? Have you seen the tongue of a giraffe before? A giraffe has a very long tongue which can hold and wrap (包) around objects. The tongue is designed for feeding, but it can be used in many different ways. For example, a giraffe can close its nose with its long tongue completely to keep out sand and dust. Also, a giraffe’s tongue is long enough to clean its owner’s ears as well!
The tongue is black in colour to protect it from getting sunburnt (晒伤). It is nearly 56cm long. Giraffe only eat plants, and a full grown giraffe can eat 33kg of leaves a day. When giraffes look for some tall trees to eat, they sometimes fight with elephants for food. Giraffes use their tongue to eat leaves from some tall trees. The giraffe’s tongue is a helpful tool for reaching leaves and breaking off branches.
任务一：根据短文内容回答下列问题。(注意：每题答案不超过10个单词)
【小题1】 What is this article mainly about?
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【小题2】What does a giraffe feed on?
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【小题3】 What color is the tongue of a giraffe? Why?
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【小题4】Give two examples of the use of the giraffe’s tongue.
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【小题5】任务二：将文中划线的句子翻译成汉语。
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