Unit 5 Save the endangered animals Writing
一、短文填空 阅读短文,然后用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。
Asian elephant fact file
Appearance
Asian elephants are huge and grey. They 1_____(weight) up to 5400 kilograms and are 3.2 2_____(metre) tall at the shoulder.
Home
Asian elephants live in the 3____(grassland) and forests of South-East 4 ____(Asian).
Food
Asian elephants usually eat grass, 5______(leaf) and fruit.
Behaviour
Asian elephants often move in large 6 ______(group).
Life
In the wild, Asian elephants may live for up to 60 years, but most do not live that 7_____(long).
Why in danger
People are 8 _____(cut) down forests. They are also killing them for their 9_____ (tooth). It is important for 10_____(we) to protect them.
答案:weigh, metres , grasslands, Asia, leaves,
groups, long, cutting, teeth, us.
二、回答问题 阅读短文,然后根据内容回答所提问题。
Asian elephant fact file
Appearance
Asian elephants are huge and grey. They weigh up to 5400 kilograms and are 3.2 metres tall at the shoulder.
Home
Asian elephants live in the grasslands and forests of South-East Asia.
Food
Asian elephants usually eat grass,leaves and fruit.
Behaviour
Asian elephants often move in large groups.
Life
In the wild,Asian elephants may live for up to 60 years,but most do not live that long.
Why in danger
People are cutting down forests.They are also killing them for their teeth.It is important for us to protect them.
1. What do Asian elephants look like?
2. Where do they live?
3. What's their menu?
4. Which way do they like to live, on their own or in large groups?
5. How long can they live?
6. Why are they in danger?
1.They are huge and grey.
2.They live in the grasslands and forests of South-East Asia.
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3.They usually eat grass,leaves and fruit.
4.They like to live in large groups.
5. They can live for up to 60 years.
6. Because people are cutting down forests and also killing them for their teeth.
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