Question

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)

1. What is this article mainly about?

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2.What does a giraffe feed on?

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3. What color is the tongue of a giraffe? Why?

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4. Give two examples of the use of the giraffe’s tongue.

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5.任务二：将文中划线的句子翻译成汉语。

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Answer

1.Giraffes’ long tongues. / The long tongues of giraffes. / Giraffes have long tongues.

2.Plants. / Leaves. / Leaves from trees.

3.It’s black. / Black.   To protect it from getting sunburnt.

4.Feeding. / Close its nose to keep out sand and dust. / Clean its ears]

/ Reach leaves and break off branches. / Eat leaves from some tall trees.

（评分要求：能写出其中任何两项即可得分，要求与参考答案的意思相近。）

5. 长颈鹿有一个长脖子和四条长腿，是地球上最高的陆地动物。

（评分要求：要求在准确、全面的基础上，翻译成较为通顺的汉语。）

【解析】 略