Question

 Australia has a lot of lovely animals. You can?not find them anywhere else in the world.

  The most famous are kangaroos (袋鼠) and ko?alas (樹袋熊) .

  The kangaroo is the symbol of Australia. They have large eyes and ears. TViey don't walk. They jump. They use their strong back legs. They can jump at 74kilometres per hour.

  They can go over nine metres in one jump. Kangaroo mothers have pouches to carry their ba?bies. The babies stay inside to get milk and keep warm.

  Kangaroos are everywhere in Australia. They are on TV,in books and in the shops. But do you know that millions of kangaroos are killed every year? There are too many of them.

  There are about 20 to 25 million kangaroos in Australia. That's more than the number of people in the country. Some kangaroos go hungry because there is not enough food to eat.

  They break into farms for food. Farmers are very angry with them.

  The koala is another famous Australian animal. They look like bears,and have small eyes and big noses. They eat leaves from gum trees (按樹) .Ko?alas have a special smell. They use it to mark their home―"This is my place,you can't come in!" Like kangaroos? a koala baby lives in its mother's pouch _t too. 

(  ) 1. If we want to see kangaroos and koalas in natural forests,we can go to         .

   A. China   B. France

   C. Australia

(   ) 2. What does a kangaroo look like?

   A. It looks like a bear.

   B. It has big eyes and ears.

   C. It has small eyes and big noses.

(   ) 3. The word "pouch" means         .

   A. 育兒袋   B. 肌肉   C尾巴

(   ) 4. According to the passage,which of the following is NOT TRUE?

   A. The kangaroos can go over nine me?tres in one jump.

   B. Koalas like eating leaves from gum trees.

   C. Koalas use their voices to mark their homes.

(   ) 5. What's the best title of this passage?

   A. Kangaroos and koalas

   B. Beautitul Australia

   C. How to protect kangaroos and koalas

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