Unit 5 单元话题阅读理解练习-2023-2024学年八年级英语上册单元重难点易错题精练（牛津译林版）

Unit 5 Wild animals 单元话题阅读理解练习 （2022秋·江苏盐城·八年级统考期中） Leopards(豹) live in many parts of the world, from Siberia to Africa. They have a very beautiful yellow skin with large black spots. They live for about 15 years and eat small mammals such as zebras, monkeys, and antelopes(羚羊). They sleep for about 12 hours a day. Leopards are very solitary(独处的) animals. They don’t like to live with others. They spend most of their time by themselves in trees, where they wait until a small animal passes. They jump on the animal and then drag it up into the tree, where they eat it. Like many animals, leopards are disappearing because people hunt them. They kill them for their beautiful coats. The Sinai leopard, for example, from Egypt, is now probably extinct(绝种的). 1．How long does a leopard usually live? A．Fifty weeks. B．Fifteen months. C．Twelve days. D．Fifteen years. 2．Why do people hunt leopards? A．Because they kill leopards for their meat. B．Because leopards attack people all the time. C．Because leopards are dangerous. D．Because they kill leopards for their coats. 3．Which sentence is NOT TRUE? A．Leopards have beautiful fur. B．Leopards eat animals and plants. C．Leopards sleep 12 hours a day. D．The Sinai leopard is probably extinct. （2022秋·江苏扬州·八年级统考期末）The Australian Koala Foundation says Australia has lost about 30 percent of its koalas over the past three years. The number of koalas is getting so small because of the loss of living space, and being killed by cars, as well as dying from illness. The Foundation says droughts, wildfires and development projects also played a part in the drop in the koala population. They are calling on the government to do more to protect the environment. The group says the koala population has dropped to less than 58,000 this year from more than 80,000 in 2018. The state of New South Wales, where the numbers have dropped by 41 percent, lost more koalas than other places. Deborah Tabart, leader of the Australian Koala Foundation, said only one ar