How Many Kangaroos?
It's a sunny day. Lucy and Lily go to the zoo.
Lucy: Wow, so many animals!
Lily: Look! They are kangaroos! They can jump! Lucy: How many kangaroos do you see?
Lily: Let me count. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen.
Lucy: Oh, no. Look at that mother kangaroo. She has a baby in her pouch.
Lily: Let me count again. One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve, thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty. Twenty kangaroos.
Lucy: Haha, you're right.


Ⅰ. Read and choose. 读一读，选择正确的答案。
( ) 1. Twelve + three =___.
A. thirteen B. sixteen
C. fifteen D. seventeen ( ) 2. Twenty-four = ___.
A. fifteen B. seventeen
C. seventeen D. sixteen
二、II. Choose and fill in the blanks. 选出正确的单词填空。
jump zoo twenty sunny
It's a ___ day. Lucy and Lily go to the ___.
They see ___ kangaroos. The kangaroos can ___.

sunny day 晴天
pouch /pautʃ/ n. 育儿袋

Ⅰ. 1. C
2. D
Ⅱ. sunny; zoo; twenty; jump

Ⅰ. 1. 数字单词twelve表示12，three表示3，12+3=15，对应的英文单词是fifteen，所以选C。
2. 数字单词twenty表示20，four表示4，20-4=16，对应的英文单词是sixteen，所以选D。
Ⅱ. 根据短文内容，第一句"It's a sunny day. Lucy and Lily go to the zoo."可知前两个空分别填sunny和zoo；短文最后提到"Twenty kangaroos."，所以第三个空填twenty；文中"They can jump!"可知最后一个空填jump。