牛津译林版英语八年级上册 Unit 6 Bird watching单元测试（二）

–It's great. It is        ideal home for wildlife.

— Yes, it's said that 80 per cent of fish in this river ________ live long.

- I'd love to, but I ____________ take care of my mother because she is ill.

— _______. Better times are waiting for you.

    One day, a boy found the cocoon(茧) of a butterfly and brought it home. A few days later, the boy saw a small 1 in the cocoon. He sat and watched for several hours as a butterfly struggled to make its body through that little hole. Suddenly it stopped.

    So the boy 2 to help the butterfly, thinking the butterfly might be 3. He took a pair of scissors and cut the hole 4. The butterfly came out of the cocoon but it 5 a little different. It had a weak body and thin 6. It was never able to fly. The butterfly didn't start to fly. In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling(爬行).

    The boy acted with 7 but he didn't understand why it could be like this. When a butterfly crawls out of the cocoon, it must struggle(挣扎). The hard work of 8 out of the cocoon makes the fluid(液体) from the butterfly's body into its wings. It helps the butterfly be 9 to fly. Sometimes struggles are what we need in our lives. If we lived our lives without any problems, we would never learn or grow. We would not be as strong as we could have been and we would never fly.

    In our lives, pain(疼痛) and suffering is the key to all windows, and sometimes even represents(象征, 代表) growth, without it , there's no way of life. We can't avoid(避免) 10 or problems. So, next time you are facing a problem or difficulty, remember the butterfly. Struggle a little — then fly!

King's College Summer School is an annual (年度的) training program for high school students at all levels who want to improve their English. Courses are given by the teachers of King's College and other colleges in New York. Trips to museums and culture centers are also organized. This year's summer school will be from July 25 to August 15. More information is as follows:

      In Barnes London Wetland Centre, you can enjoy a large number of wild birds and wild animals. Adults' fare is ￡7.95, and children's fare is ￡4.50. But if holding a London pass, you can have free admission(入场)。

London Wetland Centre is thought to be the European City's best place to contact wild animals. London Wetland Centre is the UK's most worthy of showing off, and the most exciting wildlife projects, including(包括) 43 hectares of grassland, as well as pools.

Barnes wetlands are located in the Thames. This award-winning centre always interest many scientists. There are many different kinds of animals, including the cormorant(鸬鹚), the kingfisher(翠鸟) and the endangered water vole(河鼠).

In London Wetland Centre there are a large number of different habitats. When visiting the centre, visitors can watch movies through the video to learn more about wetlands and the knowledge of biological species(物种).

      For children, London Wetland Centre is a good choice to learn a lot about the knowledge of nature.

      There are many other interesting places about wildlife. If you are interested in wildlife, Why not go to London Zoo, Regent Park or River Thames downstream to experience the world's most beautiful gardens? Holders of London Passes can visit them freely.

If you plan to take your pet on a trip, prepare ahead of time(提前). At least two weeks before you leave, take your pet to a vet. See if he or she is fit for travel and ask if he or she should have any medicine before leaving. The vet may suggest(建议) certain pills for sickness or for calming the pet.

      Some states or foreign countries have health laws that say animals must have certain injections(注射)before they can be allowed(允许) to enter. Your vet may have this information. You can also get help on the United States and Canadian laws from a book published by the Department of Agriculture which some libraries have. For information on foreign countries,  check with their consulates (领事馆).You can also ask the airlines on which you are travelling.

      Find out if the places where you plan to stay allow pets because many do not.

      If you are going by plane or train, ask if pets are allowed. If they are, ask where they will be kept and who will care for them. The big bus lines in this country do not allow pets.

      Choose your pet's box carefully. Plastic boxes are better than cardboard or wooden ones because they can't be chewed(嚼碎).

      If going by plane or train during warm weather, try to go in the cooler early morning or evening hours. Also try to avoid (避免)very cold winter weather because pets often suffer from cold. Even in your own car, be careful. Do not leave the animal inside with the windows closed because the car may become too hot or too cold.

Many birds live in Zhalong all year , while some go there for a short . Most birds are in the daytime, so you can easily watch there. There are not many cranes in the world, and 40 percent of them live in Zhalong.

Some people want to make the wetlands smaller in order to have more for farms and. This will to less and less space for wildlife. , fishermen keep fishing there. As a result, the birds do not have enough food to eat. Now the Chinese has made laws to prevent all these things in Zhalong.

      Learning English is not an easy job. Almost every student sometimes asks q like these: Can I really learn English well? Can I really learn it well e to talk with others?

      The answer is yes. From some studies we know that almost anyone can learn a foreign language well if he or she wants to. Some people might learn it f and some might learn it slower. But anyone can learn it well if he or she has the right w.

      Many students have their own special ways to learn English. Here are some e.

     Han Mei gets up early every morning and the first thing she does is to lto an English radio program(节目). This helps her a lot.

     Lin Tao often practises speaking English not only in c but also after class. At first he was very nervous. After trying several times, he found it was not as d as he thought. Now he speaks English b of all the students.

      Wang Bin likes to watch American m. If it is a good film, he will watch it many times. And he also likes to read English aloud. 

      A seabird named Lydia recently made a 26-day nonstop(不间断的)journey of about 2,500 mi­les, just to search for food for her baby. She is fitted with a satellite tracking device (卫星跟踪仪). Her trip started on Oct. 18 from Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean. The trip is known as the lon­gest nonstop journey by one of these endangered seabirds.

      Before that, this kind of birds was known only to fly a few hundred miles from where they live, staying away for just a few days at a time. They usually fly over the sea.

      The scientists feel it strange that Lydia made such a long, nonstop journey and flew overland. So the above facts raise some serious questions about efforts to stop the decline(减少)of the birds. The number of the birds has fallen by 10 percent over the past 20 years.

Besides, the scientists are surprised that she was away from her baby for such a long time. They wonder why she needed to go that far. Maybe it shows that fish resources (资源)around Christmas Island are not large enough now. That might explain the slow decline of the bird 一 sea pollution(污染) is serious.

①我想成为观鸟协会的一员。

②我是八年级的学生, 我对了解不同的种类的植物、动物和鸟类很感兴趣, 我最喜欢的科目是生物。

③我热爱鸟类, 热爱大自然。一些珍稀鸟类处于危险中……

④我认为……

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Dear Sir or madam,

……

Yours sincerely,

Sandy