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Unit 5 Animal friends
一、阅读理解，本大题共5小题，每小题4分，共20分。阅读下列短文，根据短文内容选择最佳选项。
Three years ago, Mr. Brown retired （退休）. He returned to his hometown with his wife. Bad luck! The old woman died five months ago and now he had to live in the small town alone. His son Jack asked him to live with them in the city, but he refused. He hated the noisy life there. He had some new friends and thought he enjoyed himself. So the young man bought a nice vat （缸） with about fifty goldfish in it. They could never make any noise in the night and his father could have a good sleep.
Mr. Brown liked the goldfish and took good care of them. He bought some books and did all what’s said in them. He often told his friends about his goldfish and they went to visit them. He was very happy.
A few days later, the old man looked worried. A cat of his neighbour’s stole his goldfish at night. He tried to catch it, but he couldn’t. He had to sleep near the vat. It made him very tired. So the angry old man went to a shop and said, “Excuse me, sir. Where can I buy a shark, please ”
“Oh ” the man in the shop said in surprise.
“What do you have it for ”
“I want to teach the cat a lesson （教训）！”
1.Why did Mr. Brown return to his hometown after he retired
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2.Who bought the goldfish
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3.Did Mr. Brown like the goldfish
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4.What made Mr. Brown very tired
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5.What did Mr. Brown want a shark to do
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二、完形填空，本大题共15小题，每小题2分，共30分。根据短文内容，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
During the summer holiday, Linlin always goes to see her grandparents on a farm. There they 6 many kinds of animals such as cows, dogs, cats and chickens. Her grandparents 7 these animals well, so they are fat and strong. Linlin likes to play with the animals 8 , they are cute. They can make her 9 .
Linlin’s grandparents also keep a little 10 . It’s white all over. How amazing! The 11 sheep looks very nice. But unluckily, it has no mother. And it never plays with other animals. It 12 walks around alone（独自）. Linlin cares much about it and she often gives it 13 to eat.
Linlin often tells stories to the little sheep and she 14 it like her sister. Day by day, the little sheep becomes 15 . When it sees Linlin, it runs up to her happily. Sometimes it follows her to the 16 . There Linlin sits on the grass and reads a book, and the little sheep stands by 17 . And Linlin says it can 18 her a lot of happiness.
When Linlin’s grandfather asks her, " 19 does the sheep like you so much " "Oh, because I love it," Linlin answers.
Linlin 20 animals are our friends and that everyone should love them.
6.A. keep B. take C. use D. kill
7.A. look at B. look like C. look after D. look for
8.A. or B. so C. but D. because
9.A.cold B.happy C.sorry D.tired
10.A.fish B.sheep C.bird D.dog
11.A.white B.gray C.black D.brown
12.A.never B.either C.already D.always
13.A.music B.jackets C.food D.tables
14.A.treats B.chooses C.carries D.saves
15.A.tidy B.friendly C.dark D.boring
16.A.room B.sea C.grass D.car
17.A.her B.him C.us D.me
18.A.watch B.find C.stay D.bring
19.A.How B.What C.Where D.Why
20.A.starts B.buys C.thinks D.orders
三、七选五：根据上下文补全对话，20分。
21.There are about 200 kinds of chameleons（变色龙）in the world that scientists know about.42% of these kinds of chameleons live in Madagascar.
① _____________ Scientists used to think these animals do that to hide from danger. But now they know the main reason is to communicate with each other. Chameleons can change colours to draw other chameleons' attention or to warn them to go away. They can use their colours to show that they are angry or scared sometimes. ② _____________ It turns out that they stay safe by moving backward and forward in a strange way. By moving that way, the chameleon looks less like a moving animal.③ _____________
A chameleon's tongue is very long and moves very fast. To catch food, a chameleon hides in the trees until an insect walks by. ④ _____________ A chameleon can catch insects as far away as twice its body length. The end of its tongue is very sticky. When a chameleon catches an insect, the tongue shoots forward at great speed. And the insect is caught in a flash.
Chameleons are amazing animals. But like many other animals, they're in trouble. ⑤ _____________ This is because the forests and other areas where they live are disappearing or are being changed by people. And when the area is changed too much, it becomes difficult for chameleons to live there. Scientists are working to help the endangered chameleons by learning as much as they can about these colourful animals.
A. Many kinds of chameleons are endangered at present.
B. Chameleons are famous for their ability to change colours.
C. Then it shoots out its tongue to catch the insect all of a sudden.
D. Instead, that makes it look more like a leaf swinging in the wind.
E. So if colours are not for hiding from danger, how do chameleons stay safe
F. People don't know how to tell the differences between them.
G. Scientists haven't found out where they live or eat.
四、书面表达，30分。
22.动物与人类的生活息息相关。人类应该关爱所有动物，关注濒危动物。你最喜欢哪种动物呢？ 请根据思维导图的提示信息，以“My favourite animal”为题，用英语写一篇短文介绍你最喜欢的动物。
要求：
1. 内容须包含思维导图的所有信息，可适当拓展。
2. 不少于 60个词。
3. 不得出现真实个人信息。
My favourite animal
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参考答案
1.答案：Because he hated the noisy life in the city.
解析：根据“His son Jack asked him to live with them in the city, but he refused. He hated the noisy life there”可知，布朗先生拒绝去城市而回到家乡，是因为讨厌城市里喧嚣的生活，故填Because he hated the noisy life in the city.
2.答案：Jack.Mr. Brown’s son.
解析：根据“His son Jack asked him to live with them in the city, but he refused...So the young man bought a nice vat （缸） with about fifty goldfish in it.”可知，老人的儿子Jack买了金鱼，故填Jack.Mr. Brown’s son.
3.答案：Yes.Yes, he did.
解析：根据“Mr. Brown liked the goldfish and took good care of them”可知，布朗先生喜欢金鱼，故填Yes.Yes, he did.
4.答案：He had to sleep near the vat.
解析：根据“He had to sleep near the vat. It made him very tired”可知，他睡在鱼缸旁守夜，这让他感到疲惫，故填He had to sleep near the vat.
5.答案：To teach the cat a lesson.
解析：根据布朗先生说的话“I want to teach the cat a lesson”可知，他想买鲨鱼是为了教训猫，故填To teach the cat a lesson.
6.答案：A
解析：动词辨析。A. keep（饲养）；B. take（带走）；C. use（使用）；D. kill（杀死）。根据“many kinds of animals”，可知祖父母在农场“饲养”动物，故选A。
7.答案：C
解析：动词短语辨析。A. look at（看）；B. look like（看起来像）；C. look after（照顾）；D. look for（寻找）。根据“so they are fat and strong”，可知动物被“照顾得好”，故选C。
8.答案：D
解析：连词辨析。A. or（或者）；B. so（所以）；C. but（但是）；D. because（因为）。“喜欢和动物玩”的原因是“它们可爱”，表原因用because，故选D。
9.答案：B
解析：形容词辨析。A. cold（冷的）；B. happy（开心的）；C. sorry（抱歉的）；D. tired（累的）。可爱的动物能让她“开心”，故选B。
10.答案：B
解析：名词辨析。A. fish（鱼）；B. sheep（羊）；C. bird（鸟）；D. dog（狗）。根据后文“The 6 sheep looks very nice”，可知是“小羊”，故选B。
11.答案：A
解析：形容词辨析。A. white（白色的）；B. gray（灰色的）；C. black（黑色的）；D. brown（棕色的）。根据前文“It's white all over”，可知是“白色的”羊，故选A。
12.答案：D
解析：副词辨析。A. never（从不）；B. either（也）；C. already（已经）；D. always（总是）。根据“it never plays with other animals”，可知它“总是独自走动”，故选D。
13.答案：C
解析：名词辨析。A. music（音乐）；B. jackets（夹克）；C. food（食物）；D. tables（桌子）。林林关心小羊，给它“食物”吃，故选C。
14.答案：A
解析：动词辨析。A. treats（对待）；B. chooses（选择）；C. carries（携带）；D. saves（拯救）。treat...like（把……当作），句意“她把小羊当作妹妹”，故选A。
15.答案：B
解析：形容词辨析。A. tidy（整洁的）；B. friendly（友好的）；C. dark（黑暗的）；D. boring（无聊的）。根据“runs up to her happily”，可知小羊变得“友好”，故选B。
16.答案：C
解析：名词辨析。A. room（房间）；B. sea（海）；C. grass（草地）；D. car（汽车）。根据“sits on the grass”，可知是去“草地”，故选C。
17.答案：A
解析：代词辨析。A. her（她）；B. him（他）；C. us（我们）；D. me（我）。指代Linlin，用her，句意“小羊站在她旁边”，故选A。
18.答案：D
解析：动词辨析。A. watch（观看）；B. find（找到）；C. stay（停留）；D. bring（带来）。小羊给她“带来”很多快乐，故选D。
19.答案：D
解析：疑问词辨析。A. How（怎样）；B. What（什么）；C. Where（哪里）；D. Why（为什么）。根据答句“because I love it”，可知询问“原因”，故选D。
20.答案：C
解析：动词辨析。A. starts（开始）；B. buys（买）；C. thinks（认为）；D. orders（命令）。句意“林林认为动物是我们的朋友”，故选C。
21.答案：B；E；D；C；A
解析：①下文提到了科学家对变色龙的变色能力的认知改变，所以此处与变色能力有关。选项B符合语境。
②此处引出下文变色龙保持安全的方式，选项E符合语境。
③根据前两句可知，此处是说变色龙看起来像什么，选项D符合语境。
④根据上下文可知，此处应是说变色龙捕食的情况，选项C符合语境。
⑤根据上一句可知，此处说的是变色龙面临的危机，选项A符合语境。
22.答案：My favourite animal
Of all the animals, I like pandas best.
Pandas mainly come from Sichuan and Gansu provinces in China. They are black and white. They have two big eyes. They look like bears. They are quiet and peaceful. They eat bamboo shoots and leaves.
I like pandas because they are friendly to people. We should cut down fewer trees and get on well with animals to protect endangered animals.

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