二、写作
以“The amazing animals around us”为题写一篇简短的英文说明报告，介绍海豚、蜜蜂、章鱼、蚂蚁这四种动物。内容包括：
1. 简单介绍这四种动物的特点；
2. 分别写出它们的特殊能力可以在哪些领域应用（如科技、医疗、环保、工程等）；
3. 总结动物对人类科技与生活的启发和重要意义。
课后跟踪练习

二、参考范文: There are many useful animals around us. Bees give us honey. Silkworms make silk for clothes. Dogs help guard homes and guide blind people. Cats catch mice. These animals help us in different ways. They are our friends. We should protect them.

一、用所给单词的正确形式填空
1. A pigeon (weigh) only about a few hundred grams.
2. People (use) pigeons to send news for thousands of years.
3. This kind of bird (appear) in many stories and poems.
4. Pigeons can (travel) far without getting lost.
5. Some (science) are studying how pigeons guide themselves.
6. The story (show) how useful pigeons were in history.
7. It's not easy (train) a pigeon to send messages.
8. Pigeons always (go) back to their home if they can.
9. A pigeon's wings help it (stay) in the air for a long time.
10. In old times, sending letters (be) much slower than today.

1. weighs
2. have used
3. appears
4. travel
5. scientists
6. shows
7. to train
8. go
9. (to) stay
10. was

二、从方框中选择合适的词块并用其正确形式填空
stand for, on the phone, treat her to, cut a piece of, the lion's head
1. Today is the Spring Festival, so I want to a Chinese dinner.
2. My whole family comes to help me .
3. I put the last dish on the table. It's “”.
4. Emilia cuts the meatball with her knife.
5. Its round shape family reunions.

1. treat her to
2. on the phone
3. the lion's head
4. a piece of
5. stands for

三、从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
Animals are our friends. Some animals are very smart and can help people. Pigeons are one of .
Long ago, life was very different. People had no easy ways to send . If they wanted to tell their family something far away, it was very . Then people found that pigeons could help.
Pigeons are good at . They can fly for a long time and never get lost. People took pigeons to other places and let them fly back letters.
Today, we live in a modern world. We can talk to anyone at any time. But we still remember pigeons did for us.
Many people love animals. Some keep pets at home. help the old or the sick. Some protect our homes. Every animal has its role in the world.
It is important for us to animals. We must not hurt them. We should give them safe places to live. When people and animals live in peace, the world becomes .
Next time you see pigeons in the park, stop and look. They are small, but they have a great in history.
()1. A. it B. them C. us
()2. A. messages B. food C. money
()3. A. easy B. difficult C. funny
()4. A. flying B. swimming C. running
()5. A. without B. with C. on
()6. A. how B. which C. what
()7. A. Others B. Another C. The other
()8. A. kill B. protect C. catch
()9. A. worse B. better C. colder
()10. A. story B. lesson C. game

1. B
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. C
7. A
8. B
9. B
10. A