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Many kinds of animals are in danger now. Here are some examples.

Giant pandas live in the forests in China. Outside China, they are in zoos. They eat almost only one kind of food—bamboo. Keeping a giant panda in the zoo is difficult because it must have bamboo to eat.
Asian elephants have much smaller ears than African elephants. They live in the forests. There are only fewer thousand Ceylon elephants(a kind of Asian elephant) left in the world now.
Tigers belong to the cat family. They get animals like deer for food. The tigers are in danger because people cut down trees and hunt them. People hunt them for their beautiful fur. In 1939, there were about 30,000 tigers in India, but today there are fewer than 4,000.
The European otters(水獭) have soft brown fur. They are about 75 cm long. Their tails are half as long as their bodies. They have small and round ears. Today people still hunt the poor animals for their fur.
( )1. If you want to visit a giant panda in America, where should you go?
A. To the zoos. B. To the forests. C. To the parks. D. To the mountains.
( )2. Why do tigers become fewer and fewer?
A. Because they don’t have enough food to eat.
B. Because the weather is not as good as before.
C. Because they can’t have babies in the zoo.
D. Because people destroy their living places and hunt them for their fur.
( )3. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. It’s easy to keep giant pandas in the zoo.
B. Tigers can hunt big animals like lions for food.
C. An African elephant’s ears are much bigger than an Asian elephant’s.
D. The European otter has small and long ears.
( )4. What can we know from the material?
A. People begin to protect the European otters.
B. The number of the European otters is becoming smaller and smaller.
C. All the animals in danger need to live in zoos.
D. People begin to plant trees so the tigers will have enough places to live.
( )5. What’s the best title for the material?
A. Animals in danger B. Animals around the world
C. Large animals D. People and animals

阅读理解
[A] A D C B A
世界上有很多种动物处于危险之中。本文分别介绍了大熊猫、亚洲象、老虎和欧洲水獭这四种动物的生存现状。
1. A 推理判断题。根据“Outside China, they are in zoos.”可知，在美国我们可以在动物园里看到大熊猫。
2. D 细节理解题。根据“The tigers are in danger because people cut down trees and hunt them. People hunt them for their beautiful fur.”可知，老虎越来越少是因为人们破坏了它们的生存环境并猎杀它们来获取毛皮。
3. C 细节理解题。根据“Asian elephants have much smaller ears than African elephants.”可知，非洲象的耳朵要比亚洲象的耳朵大得多。
4. B 推理判断题。根据“Today people still hunt the poor animals for their fur.”可知，现在人们仍然猎杀欧洲水獭，因此它们的数量越来越少。
5. A 标题概括题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了四种处于危险中的动物。