Unit5 Presenting ideas+Reflection 同步习题检测 2025-2026学年外研版英语七年级上册

Unit5 Presenting ideas

◎ 能力拓展提升◎

 

一、阅读理解

 

阅读下面短文，然后从每小题 A、B、C、D 中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

 

When someone says extinct (灭绝的) animals, you may think about dinosaurs (恐龙). But now many other animals are becoming smaller and smaller in number. These animals might disappear from the earth very soon. Take a look at the following animals. They are all in danger.

 

The African Elephant

The African elephant is a kind of clever animal. It has a very good memory. But people kill it for its tusks (长牙). Half of the African elephants have disappeared.

 

The African Lion

The African lions have nowhere to live because of wars in Southern Africa. Besides, hunters and farmers often kill them.

 

The Tortoise

George is a tortoise. It is the last Pinta Island (平塔岛) giant tortoise. It was found in 1971. Now it lives in a research station. It can still live for another 200 years. But it is the last one of this species (物种) of tortoise.

 

The Tadpole Shrimp (蝌蚪虾)

Maybe you've never seen a tadpole shrimp. This is one of the oldest species on the earth. People have found them in fresh water pools on four continents (洲). A tadpole shrimp can only live for two months or less.

 

(   )1. People kill the African elephant for its ______.

A. fur

B. tusks

C. nose

D. ears

 

(   )2. According to the passage, we know that George ______.

A. is the name of a scientist

B. is 100 years old

C. is the last one of its species

D. was born in 1971

 

(   )3. The tadpole shrimp ______.

A. is in danger because of its special illness (疾病)

B. lives on four continents

C. lives in a research station now

D. is the second oldest species on the earth

 

(   )4. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. A tadpole shrimp can live for 100 years.

B. The number of some animals is becoming smaller and smaller.

C. All the animals in the world are in danger of extinction.

D. African elephants have nowhere to live.

 

二、词汇运用

 

用所给词的适当形式填空。

 

Have you ever 1. ______ (hear) of friendships among animals? At a zoo in Germany, an unusual friendship developed (发展) between a cat and a bear.

 

No one is quite sure how the friendship first 2. ______ (begin). One day, some workers in the zoo 3. ______ (see) a black cat was in the bear's cage (笼子), and the two animals were playing 4. ______ (peaceful) together. They were surprised how well the small cat seemed to get on with the large bear.

 

The bear keeper allowed the cat to 5. ______ (stay) with the bear. And later the pair and their 6. ______ (usual) friendship became a hot topic at the zoo.

 

After several years, a new cage was built for the bear. However, the cat was still in the same cage, so it 7. ______ (walk) around angrily and cried to be with the bear. The bear keeper finally took pity on it and let it stay with the bear. The cat and the bear got 8. ______ (close) than before. They often sat together and shared meals in the sun.

 

Sometimes it may be 9. ______ (nature) for animals to have their own ideas about who would make a good friend. These may 10. ______ (surprise) humans, who usually expect animals to form relationships with others of the same species.

 

Reflection → 回归教材

 

一、根据汉语提示，用单词的正确形式填空。

 

Day 1

We're studying birds for Bird Week at school. Some lucky kids got penguins. But I have to write about... pigeons!