(D)1.Which of the following is true?
A.Some of the people around us look like graffies. 周围的一些人看起来像长颈鹿
B.Giraffes are the most beautiful animal in the word. 长颈鹿是世界上最漂亮的动物
C,"Giraffe" is a beautiful name for those who are ready to help other people.长颈鹿是对那些时刻准备着去帮助别人的那些人最美丽的称呼。
D.A "giraffe" is someone who can stick his neck out and see the future. 长颈鹿是那些能够伸长脖子看到未来的人
(B ) 2. “The Giraffe Project” is a group _____.
A. of police officers 警察
B. which appeared ten years ago 十年前就出现了
C. of ten -year-old children 一群十岁的孩子
D. which takes care of children 照顾小孩
(A ) 3. People call Claude and Louise “giraffes” because they _____.
A. do what is needed for a good work
B. are not afraid dangerous work 不怕危险的工作
C. help some homeless people 帮助无家可归的人
D. give money to other people 给别人钱
说说自己知道的'动物故事，让同学从你描述的故事中体会动物的情感，加深对动物的了解和认识。以下是动物英语故事，欢迎阅读。
动物英语故事1Today, the sky is high. Mother rabbit let small white rabbit and little grey rabbit go to the other side of the river to collect watermelons.
The two of them went out happily, but when they met a small river on the road, they stopped. The two of them thought and thought. There's no good way to think about it for a long time. After a while, a little squirrel came, and the little white rabbit and the rabbit hurried to ask the little squirrel for help. Say: "squirrel big brother, quick help us to think a way to cross a river!" The little squirrel thought to say: "have, have!" The little white rabbit and the little gray rabbit hurriedly ask: "what method did you come up with?" The little squirrel said, "each of you will find a stick, and you can cross the river with the stick." The two rabbits happily said, "great! Thank you, brother squirrel. The little squirrel said, "you're welcome." The little white rabbit and the rabbit crossed to the other side of the river. They came to the watermelon field and were busy, and soon they were finished. On the way home, I met the river again, and the little white rabbit came up with a solution. It said, "we cut the big watermelon in half and ate the insides inside, so we can sit inside and not be able to cross the river." "That's a good idea," said the little grey rabbit happily. That's how they got through.
I think little white rabbit and little grey rabbit are really clever!
动物英语故事2The horse was not convinced after the 12 zodiac signs, because the short rabbit had run a fourth, and he ran seventh! So he decided to compare it with the rabbit tomorrow.
The next morning the horse went to the rabbit. He walked east and west, and finally found the rabbit in the garden. "Rabbit!" cried the horse. The rabbit looked back and saw the horse. I was so bad yesterday that I came to see you today.
The rabbit agreed to the horse's request. The horse said, "let's take this as the starting point, and make your home as the destination, okay?" The rabbit agreed.
With a "start", the horse and rabbit race into the track. The horse took the lead at the beginning. He said to the rabbit, "I thought you were good. The original also is that two son!" The rabbit again say: "now lead does not mean you can achieve victory, later have you good-looking!" With that, he went at full speed ahead of the horse. The horse said, "it's not easy to catch up with me, but I want to beat me. You're far away! The sound had just fallen out of the roar of the wind. He looked back and saw no sign of the rabbit. He decided to take a break. But he had just sat down for less than five minutes when he saw a shadow pass by. What a surprise! The rabbit is catching up! The horse didn't even think about it, and ran away with his long legs, but he never caught up with him again.
At the end, the rabbit said, "big brother, I admit you run faster than me, but where did you lose this time?" The horse listened and bowed his head.
动物英语故事3once upon a time there was a beautiful cock, but it all day, but want to get the respect of people, so for someone and it than everywhere, and reference only after know beauty, appearance and other animals in the heart.
It was a beautiful cock with a colorful tail and a big comb on his head.
One day, the rooster came to the forest and saw the woodpecker. The rooster ran away and said, "miss wood is not as beautiful as we are." The woodpecker said: "rooster big brother I don't like you so beautiful but my heart is more beautiful than you." The cock said, "how can you be beautiful inside?" The woodpecker said, "it is the inner beauty that I am." The cock said, "I will not peck the tree." With that, I walked away, thinking about the inner beauty of the whole journey. Before I knew it, I came to the bullpen and bumped into the old cow and said, "how can the big brother do the inner beauty?" The old cow said, "what can you do?" The cock said, "my skill is to sound." The old cow said, "you can give people a ring." The cock says: thank you big brother." Then he went away
The rooster came to the blind old woman and whined. The cock fights once in the morning, once at noon, and once in the afternoon. Grandma saw the chicken very cute and gave a handful of rice to the chicken, but the rooster went away after a dozen.
Since then, the rooster has been respected by people.
动物英语故事4The goat has two friends, one is a small sparrow and the other is a red-crowned crane.
One day, the red-crowned crane accidentally stepped on the hunter's hunting jacket while taking a walk. The crane was very worried, like an ant in a hot pot. Then the goat passed by and saw that his friend was in trouble. "I should help the red-crowned crane." The goat thought. The goat then pricked the hunting clip with the horn on its head. The red-crowned crane was saved, the goat's horns were caught, and the goat said to the red-crowned crane, "I saved you just now. Now you should save me." The red-crowned crane said, "I don't have a powerful horn like you. I can't save you." Then he patted his wings and flew away.
The sparrows who were in the tree saw it and said to the goat, "I cannot save you, but I have a way. You close your eyes and put your hands and feet on the floor. When the hunter unlocks the trap, I call three and you run, okay? The goat nodded and said, "good attention!" . Then the hunter came to the goat and looked at him and said, "this goat is very nice. But it's dead." The hunter opened the trap, and the little sparrow chirped three times, and the goat heard it and ran away, saving a life.
动物英语故事5In autumn, the charming scenery is like wine. The industrious ants are not in the mood to play. They are storing up the food they need for the winter.
Two large ants saw off a large potato with a small saw. Many young ants carry, carry, pull, push and push.
See, the ant empress also personally to drag an apple, one pull a lameness, still really laborious!
At that moment, the grasshopper, with a heavy purse, hopped on to the flower, and then on to the flower, tasting the honey of the flower, and tasting the juice of the flower.
At that moment, the queen of the ants dragged the cart down the road. "Alas, the queen herself, great!" "Said the grasshopper, falsely. "Mr. Grasshopper, winter is coming. Why don't you store your food?" "Asked the queen. "I have money! The grasshopper patted the bag of money. "as the saying goes, money makes the mare go!" The queen shook her head and went away.
Winter is coming, snow and ice cover the whole earth. The grasshopper, with its purse, went away from house to house, and no one wanted to sell it to him.
The grasshopper came to the door of the ant and saw that it was a sea of joy: cheers, baked potatoes, honey... The grasshopper was not eager to knock on the door, but the ants ignored him. "only a laborer can live with our ant family," said the queen. "we don't need an admirer of money!"
The grasshopper had a strap, and went away shamefaced into the snow. Then it disappeared with the purse.
动物英语故事6In a forest, there are two beautiful swans. They live on the east side of the lake. One is called lingling, and the other is xuan xuan. Their feathers are like the white snow in the moonlight, pure and pure and mysterious, so they call them "snow swans".
Unfortunately, they thought they were the most beautiful swans in the forest and looked down on each other. But I am afraid that in some situation, if I meet the other side, I will lose face if I do not meet the other side. Therefore, on the occasion of lingling, she would not participate. And the occasion that xuan xuan attends, lingling also does not attend.
Unfortunately, lingling and xuan xuan met each other on the road today, and instead of saying hello, they all fell to each other. Lingling said, "well, I thought I was beautiful. It's ugly to wear such a big bow on your head. Xuan xuan said: "dare to call me ugly? Don't look at your ugly face first.
The more noise they made, the more animals in the forest came to watch. Then they got up and began to peck at each other's feathers, so that they could not pull it apart, so that everyone could not help but shake their heads and sigh.
In the end, the pair of "snow swans" got tired, and the feathers on their whole body were also pecked out. They are so competitive that they only end up being "both losers". It's not worth it to be a "hairless swan".
动物英语故事7once upon a time, there lived a cat, a rabbit and a sly fox in the forest.
One winter day, the cat came out to fish for the sick mother. It chiseled the ice out of the river and caught a big fish. When the fox saw it, his mouth watered. It used to say to the kitten: "Kitty, your good friend rabbit is sick, he is very hungry for fish now."
"No way, you want my fish?" Said the cat.
'you can't believe it! Said the fox. "Then you take me to see!" "Said the smart cat.
When they came to the rabbit's house, they saw that the rabbit had a good time. The cat knew that the fox had lied to him and tried to teach the sly fox a lesson. So the cat said to the fox, "if you put your long tail in the river, you will get a lot of fish!" The fox put his tail in the river. A cold wind blew, and the fox's tail was frozen!
The fox never dare to deceive others!
动物英语故事8The little cat, the little squirrel and the rabbit brother are going to play on the other side of the river. By the river they were in trouble. "How do you cross the river?" said the little cat. "We can call the elephants behind us and let the elephants carry us across the river." The little squirrel had a brainwave, and everyone said happily, "that's right! That's a good idea.
They came to the elephant and said to the elephant, "uncle elephant, we can't cross the river. Can you carry us back?" The elephant agreed.
The elephants carried them on their backs and carried them across the river. "Thank you," the animals said gratefully. Elephant uncle."
动物英语故事9Every day the little bird busied itself with its branches to build its own house.
A fly came up and sneered at him and said, "you are such a man who can't enjoy life and don't know how to be happy! Look at me, living in a lazy pig's house, the wind is not blowing, the rain is not in the rain, singing and dancing all day, enjoy life happily, how comfortable!"
The bird looked at the fly scornfully and continued to build the house.
The lazy pig was inspired by the birds and worked hard. He cleaned the room, put on a beautiful screen, and drove the flies out of the door.
When it rained, the homeless flies were caught in the rain and ran away. And the little bird sang happily in the house he had built.
The fly finally understood: it is the fruits of your hard work that make you truly happy.
Sister squirrel's love.
The sky was overcast as if it were going to rain. The little bird was playing with the little frog, the little bird sang, and the little frog danced. They had a good time. Soon it began to rain, and the little frog jumped into the river with his umbrella and the little bird flew under the tree to shelter from the rain. Then sister squirrel came to this place and saw the bird say to her, "sister bird, come to my house and shelter from the rain!" "Thank you, sister squirrel," said the bird. So they went back to the tree house together.
The rain stopped, and a beautiful rainbow appeared in the sky. Birds and squirrels came out of the hole to look at the beautiful rainbow. They looked at each other and smiled.
Squirrel sister's love is like a beautiful rainbow!
动物英语故事10once upon a time, there was a little rabbit who loved to take a nickname. Whenever he saw a man, he would immediately give someone a nickname.
One day, the rabbit went to play in the park, the cow uncle saw to say: "little rabbit, hello!" The rabbit looked at it and said, "long horn, hello!" The cow uncle listened angrily to walk, the side walk in the mouth to whisper: "this really is a not sensible child." Then the little rabbit saw the elephant mother again, the elephant mother say: "little rabbit, how are you?" The rabbit say: "I am very good, long nose strange." The elephant mother listened with tears in her eyes and walked away sadly. The little monkey that can't see go to come out to say: "red eye disease, hello!" The rabbit ran away crying. The little monkey smiled and said, "this is the way to deal with a person."
动物英语故事11In the morning, it was sunny and sunny, and a race was held in the animal kingdom. The lambs and the little monkeys joined in, and they heard the whistle, and they ran. They're scrambling to catch up with you.
The little lamb and the little monkey ran very fast, and saw that they were at the top of the line. Suddenly the monkey accidentally stepped on the foot of the lamb, and the lamb fell down. The little monkey stopped and said to the lamb, "I'm sorry." "That's all right," said the lamb. "I'll carry you." "The little monkey said to the lamb. The little monkey turned the lamb back to the end, and the little animals passed them, and the little monkey kept on carrying the lamb to the end.
They were the last to arrive, but the audience was moved by their actions, and the king gave them a spiritual prize.
21. 选A。文章第一句指出"如果不对狗进行恰当的训练，它们的行为以如同其它野生动物一样"可见狗的行为问题是由其本性所决定的，故选A。
22. 选C。文章开始就说明了狗的兽性和在未训练前所具有的破坏性，对于这种情况最好的是驯服它，也正是答案C表述的。
23. 选C。文章第二段最后一句说：狗与主人我最有效的交流是让狗知道，你想让它去做什么，很明显这需要一个好的方法，即答案C正确。
24. 选D。见第三段最后一句。
25. 选A。见最后一段最后一句。
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篇一：
Pumas are large, cat-like animals which are found in America. When reports came into London Zoo that a wild puma had been spotted forty-five miles south of London, they were not taken seriously. However, as the evidence began to accumulate, experts from the Zoo felt obliged to investigate, for the descriptions given by people who claimed to have seen the puma were extraordinarily similar.
The hunt for the puma began in a *** all village where a woman picking blackberries saw 'a large cat' only five yards away from her. It immediately ran away when she saw it, and experts confirmed that a puma will not attack a human being unless it is corneredadj.被困得走投无路的. The search proved difficult, for the puma was often observed at one place in the morning and at another place twenty miles away in the evening. Wherever it went, it left behind it a trail of dead deer and *** all animals like rabbits. Paw prints were seen in a number of places and puma fur was found clinging to bushes. Several people plained of 'cat-like noises' at night and a busines *** an on a fishing trip saw the puma up a tree. The experts were now fully convinced that the animal was a puma, but where had it e from ? As no pumas had been reported missing from any zoo in the country, this one must have been in the possession of a private collector and somehow managed to escape. The hunt went on for several weeks, but the puma was not caught. It is disturbing to think that a dangerous wild animal is still at large in the quiet countryside.
美洲狮是一种体形似猫的大动物，产于美洲。当伦敦动物园接到报告说，在伦敦以南45英里处发现一只美洲狮时，这些报告并没有受到重视。可是，随着证据越来越多，动物园的专家们感到有必要进行一番调查，因为凡是声称见到过美洲狮的人们所描述的情况竟是出奇地相似。
搜寻美洲狮的工作是从一座小村庄开始的。那里的一位妇女在采摘黑莓时的看见"一只大猫"，离她仅5码远，她刚看见它，它就立刻逃走了。专家证实，美洲狮非被逼得走投无路，是决不会伤人的。事实上搜寻工作很困难，因为常常是早晨在甲地发现那只美洲狮，晚上却在20英里外的乙地发现它的踪迹。无论它走哪儿，一路上总会留下一串死鹿及死兔子之类的小动物，在许多地方看见爪印，灌木丛中发现了粘在上面的美洲狮毛。有人抱怨说夜里听见"像猫一样的叫声";一位商人去钓鱼，看见那只美洲狮在树上。专家们如今已经完全肯定那只动物就是美洲狮，但它是从哪儿来的呢?由于全国动物园没有一家报告丢了美洲狮，因此那只美洲狮一定是某位私人收藏豢养的，不知怎么设法逃出来了。搜寻工作进行了好几个星期，但始终未能逮住那只美洲狮。想到在宁静的乡村里有一头危险的野兽继续逍遥流窜，真令人担心。
篇二：
Our vicar is always raising money for one cause or another, but he has never managed to get enough money to have the church clock repaired. The big clock which used to strike the hours day and night was damaged many years ago and has been silent ever since.
' One night, however, our vicar woke up with a start: the clock was striking the hours! Looking at his watch, he saw that it was one o'clock, but the bell struck thirteen times before it stopped. Armed with a torch, the vicar went up into the clock tower to see what was going on. In the torchlight, he caught sight of a figure whom he immediately recognized as Bill Wilkins, our local grocer. 'Whatever are you doing up here Bill ?' asked the vicar in surprise.
' I'm trying to repair the bell,' answered Bill.' I've been ing up here night after night for weeks now. You see, I was hoping to give you a surprise.'
'You certainly did give me a surprise!' said the vicar. 'You've probably woken up everyone in the village as well. Still, I'm glad the bell is working again.'
'That's the trouble, vicar,' answered Bill. 'It's working all right, but I'm afraid that at one o'clock it will strike thirteen times and there's nothing I can do about it.'
'We'll get used to that Bill,' said the vicar. 'Thirteen is not as good as one but it's better than nothing. Now let's go downstairs and have a cup of tea.'
我们教区的牧师总是为各种各样的事筹集资金。但始终未能筹足资金把教堂的钟修好。教堂的钟很大，以前不分昼夜打点报时，但很多年前遭到毁坏，从此便无声无息了。
一天夜里，我们的牧师突然被惊醒了，大钟又在"打点"报时了!他一看表，才1点钟，可是那钟一边敲了13下才停。牧师拿着一支电筒走上钟楼想去看看究竟发生了什么事情。藉著电筒光。他看见一个人，马上认出那是本地杂货店主经比尔.威尔金斯。
"你究竟在这上面干什么，比尔?"牧师惊讶地问。
"我想把这口钟修好，"比尔回答说。"好几个星期了，我天天夜里到钟楼上来。嗯，我是想让你大吃一惊。"
"你确实使我大吃了一惊!"牧师说，"也许同时你把村里所有的人都吵醒了。不过，钟又能报时了，我还是很高兴的。"
"问题就在这里，牧师，"比尔回答说。"不错，钟能报时了，但是，恐怕每到1点钟，它总要敲13下，对此我已无能为力了。"
"大家慢慢就习惯了，比尔，"牧师说。"13下是不如1下好，但总比1下也不敲强。来，咱们下楼去喝杯茶吧。"
篇三：
Some time ago，an interesting discovery was made by archaeologists on the Aegeanadj.爱琴海的;n.island of Kea.An American team explored a temple which stands in an ancient city on the promontory海角 of Ayia Irini.The city at one time must have been prosperous繁荣的，for it enjoyed a high level of civilization.Houses--often three storeys楼层 high--were built of stone.They had large rooms with beautifully decorated walls.The city was even equipped with a drainage system，for a great many clay pipes were found beneath the narrow streets.
The temple which the archaeologists explored was used as a place of worship礼拜 from the fifteenth century B.C. until Roman times. In the most sacred room of the temple, clay fragments碎片 of fifteen statues were found. Each of these represented a goddess and had, at one time, been painted. The body of one statue was found among remains dating from the fifteenth century B.C. Its missing head happened to be among remains of the fifth century B.C. This head must have been found in Classical times and carefully preserved. It was very old and precious even then即使在那时. When the archaeologists reconstructed the fragments, they were amazed to find that the goddess turned out to be a very modern-looking woman. She stood three feet high and her hands rested on her hip. She was wearing a full-length skirt which swept the ground. Despite her great age, she was very graceful indeed, but, so far, the archaeologists have been unable to discover her identity.
不久之前，在爱琴海的基亚岛上，考古工作者有一项有趣的发现。一个美国考古队在阿伊亚.依里尼海角的一座古城里考察了一座庙宇。这座古城肯定一度很繁荣，因为它曾享有高度的文明，房子一般有3层楼高，用石块修建。里面房间很大，墙壁装饰华丽。城里甚至还敷设了排水系统，因为在狭窄的街道底下发现了许许多多陶土制作的排水管道。
考古工作者考察的这座庙宇从公元前15世纪直到罗马时代一直是祭祀祈祷的场所。在庙中最神圣的一间殿堂里发现了15尊陶雕像的碎片。每一尊雕像代表一位女神，而且一度上过色。其中有一尊雕像，她的躯体是在公元前15世纪的历史文物中发现的，而她那身异处的脑袋却碰巧是在公元前5世纪的文物中找到的。她的脑袋一定是在古希腊罗马时代就为人所发现，并受到精心的保护。却使在当时，它也属历史悠久的珍奇之物。考古工作者把这些碎片重新拼装起来后，惊奇地发现那位女神原来是一位相貌十分摩登的女郎。她身高3英尺，双手叉腰。身穿一条拖地长裙，尽管上了年纪，但体态确实优美。不过，考古工作者至今未能确定这位女神的身份。
