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1. 陆地上最大的食肉动物the largest carnivore on land
2. 违法break the law
3. 活到90岁live to be 90 years old
4. 仍然处于危险之中still in danger
5. 受伤get hurt
6. 请求你的帮助ask for your help
7. 占用土地供他们自己使用take land for their own use
8. 阻止人们猎杀动物stop people from hunting animals
9. 结果as a result
10. 对…很重要be important to
11. 确保make sure
12. 很有道理make sense

答案： 1. the largest carnivore on land
2. break the law
3. live to be 90 years old
4. still in danger
5. get hurt
6. ask for your help
7. take land for their own use
8. stop people from hunting animals
9. as a result
10. be important to
11. make sure
12. make sense

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Rhinos are really big animals. They live in Africa and Asia. They look very special. Their grey skin is super thick, just like a strong coat that (1)keeps them safe. They have big, stout bodies and short, strong legs. One of the first things you notice about rhinos is their horns. Some rhinos have one horn, while (2)others have two. These horns are made of the same stuff as our hair and nails. Rhinos use their horns to protect (3)themselves and sometimes to fight with other rhinos. Even though their eyesight isn't great, they have an (4)amazing sense of smell and hearing. This helps them find food and stay away from danger.
Rhinos only eat plants, like grass, leaves, and twigs. They spend a lot of time (5)eating because plants don't have many calories. When they are not busy eating, they love to wallow in mud. The mud keeps them cool in the hot sun and also keeps annoying bugs away.
However, rhinos are in big trouble. They are an endangered species. People hunt rhinos for their horns, even though it's (6)against the law. Rhino horns are very expensive on the black market because some people (7)wrongly think they can be used as medicine. This kind of hunting has made the number of rhinos (8)go down a lot. Also, as humans build more houses, farms, and roads, rhinos are losing their homes, like grasslands and forests.
To save rhinos, many people and groups are working hard. Governments have made strict laws (9)to stop rhino hunting. Scientists are studying rhinos to learn how to help them. Zoos around the world are also trying to help by breeding rhinos to make more of them. In short, rhinos are really cool animals that are very important to our planet. We all need to work together to protect them. We have to make (10)sure these amazing animals don't disappear from the Earth.

答案： 1. keeps 2. others 3. themselves 4. amazing 5. eating 6. against 7. wrongly 8. go 9. to stop 10. sure

Some wild animals are in danger.
Tigers like living alone. There are not many tigers left in the world because people hunt them for their fur, bones or other parts of their bodies.
Wolves can see, hear and smell things far away. They often work as a team. Sadly, they have less and less living space. Moreover, they are killed by people, because they are thought to be dangerous to humans.
It's time for us to take action to protect them.

答案： are in danger; living alone; hunt them for their fur, bones or other parts of their bodies
hear and smell things far away; work as a team; less and less ; be dangerous to humans
to take action to protect them

1. How do squirrels get ready for winter?They look for and store food.
2. Why do squirrels spend a lot of time in trees?Trees are like restaurants for them.
3. Where do some squirrels like staying for the winter?In underground tunnels.
4. What do squirrels like to eat when spring comes?New plant growth like shoots and leaves.
5. What is the passage mainly about?Squirrels' winter preparation and habits.

答案： 1. They look for and store food.
2. Trees are like restaurants for them.
3. In underground tunnels.
4. New plant growth like shoots and leaves.
5. Squirrels' winter preparation and habits.