《2025年基础训练大象出版社八年级英语上册人教版》

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The Arctic fox (北极狐) is a kind of small fox. It lives in the Arctic. It grows 50 to 75 centimetres long (not including its tail) and weighs from 2.5 to 7.5 kilograms.
1. C The white ones are white in winter, but gray - brown in summer. The blue ones are blue - gray all year round. 2. B And the long fur covers their whole bodies to keep them warm in the low temperature in the Arctic.
The Arctic foxes feed mainly on birds, birds' eggs and other small animals. Teamwork is the way they look for food. 3. A
Baby Arctic foxes are very lovely. They don't open their eyes until a week after their birth. 4. E They begin to look for food on their own when they are about six months old. The next year they can live alone.
Now the number of the Arctic foxes is becoming smaller and smaller, because people kill them for their fur to make beautiful coats. 5. D Let's take action now!
A. They don't like to do that alone.
B. They have long and thick fur.
C. The Arctic foxes are white or blue in colour.
D. We must do something to protect the Arctic foxes.
E. For the first half of the year, their parents offer them food.

答案： 1. C
2. B
3. A
4. E
5. D

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With its black - white coat, the animal is one of the most precious (珍贵的) animals in the world. It is native to China, proudly called the "1. national treasure". 2. Its name is the panda. The panda now usually refers to the giant panda.
In China, 3. besides the Great Wall and the Terracotta Warriors, the giant panda also attracts the world - wide tourists.
As the most famous animal in China, the giant panda 4. appears in the logo (标志) of the World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF). It also has 5. more chances than other animals to be the mascot (吉祥物) of international games in China.
The giant panda is seen as the symbol of peace. In Japanese history records, the emperor in the Tang Dynasty once 6. sent a couple of bears and seventy pieces of fur as national gifts to Japan. The "two bears" were giant pandas.
A mother panda usually has 7. only one baby every year, and it is not easy for wild pandas to have twins. If you want to see pandas, you'd better go to Chengdu 8. because the main breeding (繁育) centres are around this area. Certainly, some city 9. zoos also have giant pandas, such as Beijing Zoo and Chongqing Zoo.
The giant pandas are so lovely that more and more people have become 10. fans of them.

答案： 1. national
2. Its
3. Besides
4. appears
5. more
6. sent
7. only
8. because
9. zoos
10. fans