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Unit 5 Task
【课时衔接】
一、根据句意及首字母提示补全单词
1.C______ can live in very dry places.
2.Tom knows l______ Chinese because he has learned it for only a few weeks.
3.Don't go into others' room w______ knocking at the door.
4.Many people came to visit the house when they h______ of the news.
5.The girl is shy. She's a______ of speaking in front of people.
【基础通关】
二、用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空
6.The boy ate three ______ (sandwich) for lunch.
7.The boy ______ (call) Jack is my cousin.
8.I have a lovely cat. ______ (it) name is Mimi.
9.There are about 39.37 ______ (inch) in a meter.
10.In 1987, few ______ (family) had TV sets.
【素养提升】
三、阅读理解
The ostrich (鸵鸟) is a kind of bird living in the deserts of Africa.It is the largest of all birds.It is often 10 feet high.Sometimes the ostrich is called the “camel bird”.Like the camel, it lives in the desert and can live a long time without water.
The ostrich's legs are very long and strong, but its wings are small and it cannot fly.The ostrich can run very quickly—about 30 km an hour.The nest (巢) of the bird is a great hole in the sand.The ostrich lays (产) 10 to 12 large eggs a day. It watches its nest and leaves it only during the hottest part of the day.
People often hunt the ostrich, but it is not easy to catch it.The hunter must know that the ostrich runs only in zigzag (Z字形路线).
(______)11. , so people call it the “camel bird”.
A.The ostrich has a large body can live a long time without water
B.The ostrich can live a long time without water
C.The ostrich is a bird in the deserts of Africa
D.The ostrich can run about 30 km an hour
(______)12.If there is no water, the ostrich .
A.will die soon
B.can still stay alive for some time
C.will ask for it from people
D.may leave its nest without laying any eggs
(______)13.According to the passage above, we can see that the ostrich can have at most children a day.
A.30 B.24 C.20 D.12
(______)14.The ostrich watches its nest and leaves it only when .
A.its frien