Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can't talk with words, but they talk with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school". They don't study but they travel together. Dolphins are mammals, not fish, but they swim together in a school.
Dolphins talk to other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say welcome when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.
They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People can't hear these sounds because they are very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them. Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium(水族馆). People watch the dolphins in a show.
Dolphins don't like to be away from their school. In the aquarium they are sad and lonely. There are many stories about dolphins. They can help people. Sometimes they save somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good but people don't like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.
1.Dolphins can talk with _________.
A. sounds B. words C. language D. action
2.Dolphins________ be in their school.
A. don't like to B. like to C. liking D. likes
3.Dolphins always bring ___________.
A. sadness B. wishes C. bad luck D. good luck
4.Dolphins make ___________ sounds above water.
A. more B. many . C. a few D. much
5.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Dolphin meat is good, so people like to kill them.
B. Sometimes dolphins save somebody's life.
C. Dolphins make a few sounds under water.
D. People can hear these sounds from under water.
Carol and Susan were great friends. They were in the same class at ______, and they often played together after school. When Carol was eight years ______, her mother had a baby. Carol was ______ to have a little sister. She always talked about her to ______. Susan had no brothers or sisters. At first Susan liked listening to her, ______ after a few days she didn’t liked her to talk about it. One morning when the two______ were on their way to school, Carol _____ Susan, “Do you know, Susan, my baby ______ got half a kilo in weight(重量) this week?’
“That’ not very much.” answered Susan. “I know a ______. It gets five kilos a day.”
“Oh, that can’t be true!” answered Carol. “______ baby is it?” “An elephant’s,” said Susan.
1.A. school B. home C. hospital D. factory
2.A. age B. old C. time D. long
3.A. sorry B. bad C. happy D. ill
4.A. Carol B. Carol’s sister C. Susan D. Susan’s sister
5.A. and B. so C. but D. or
6.A. girls B. boys C. men D. twins
7.A. answered B. said to C. meant D. looked for
8.A. brother B. sister C. daughter D. son
9.A. child B. baby C. woman D. worker
10.A. Whose B. How C. Where D. When
I think skiing is than climbing. That’s why I like it.
A. exciting B. more exciting
C. most exciting D. the most exciting
Goldilocks decided _________ for a walk in the forest.
A. go B. to go C. going D. goes
She expect ______ the film Tiny Times directed by Guo Jingming.
A. see B. to see C. seeing D. to seeing
I don’t mind _____ the window. .It’s too cold.
A. close B. closing C. to close D. closes
