英语阅读新视野（1）
Before you read 读前思考
Answer the following questions.
1. How can you tell male and female lions apart?
_____________________________________________________________ 2. How many animals does a lion kill for food in one year?
_____________________________________________________________ 3. Think of a movie with a lion. Is the lion friendly?
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Target Vocabulary 目标词汇
Match each word with the best meaning.
1.__________ bite a. material around the neck (e.g., on a shirt or dress) 2.__________ collar b.to cut with the teeth 3.__________ female c. boy or man
4.__________ male d.big and with a lot of power 5.__________ popular e. girl or woman
6.__________ strong f. well liked by many people
阅读文章
Lions have been called the kings of the animal world. These animals can be found wild in Africa and India. Lions in Africa can go without water for up to one month，so they have no trouble during dry times.
Without question, lions are also one of the most popular animals to see in zoos. Almost every zoo around the world has a few lions.
It is very easy for people to tell male and female lions apart. Lions are the only kind of cat that shows this big difference between males and females. A male lion has a mane, a large collar of hair around the lion’s face. Females do not have manes.
Male lions are also larger than females. A male lion usually weighs about 200 kilograms.
Both male and female lions have very strong mouths. They can break the backs of other animals with one bite. One lion will usually kill between ten and twenty large animals each year for food.
It is unusual for lions to kill people. However, in 1898 two lions killed and ate over one hundred people in Kenya before they were shot by a British colonel named P. J. Patterson. This story became the subject of a Hollywood movie called The Ghost and the Darkness.
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英语阅读新视野（1）
阅读理解
Circle the letter of the best answer. 1.The passage is about...
a.the difference between lions and cats c. lions in books and movies b.countries with lots of lions. d. male and female lions. 2.How are lions different from other cats?
a.Lions are from Africa. c. Males and females look very different.
b.Many zoos keep them. d. Lions are one of the most popular animals at zoos. 3.Male lions ...
a.are larger than females. c. weigh more than most people. b.have manes. d. All of the above. 4.Female lions ...
a.are larger than males. c. can break the back of an animal with one bite. b.have manes. d. need to drink water every day. 5.How many large animals does a lion usually kill for food in one year? a.Less than ten. c. Over one hundred. b.Between ten and twenty. d. About two hundred. 习语
Find each idiom in the story.
1.go without — be or live without some thing 没有...也行
? Tom tried to go without chocolate for one day, but he could not do it. ? How long can a person go without water?
2. without question — for sure, certainly 毫无疑问
? This pizza is, without question, the best pizza I have ever eaten. ? Without question, Fred was the right person for the job.
3.tell (things) apart — able to see the difference between two or more things or people 分辨，区别
? Lucy and Emily are twin sisters. No one can tell them apart. ? Male and female baby chickens are very difficult to tell apart.
Vocabulary Reinforcement 词汇强化... ..
A. Circle the letter of the word or phrase that best completes the sentence. 1.My brother is very___________. He can carry me on his back. a. popular b.male c.strong d.old 2.Without question; male and female fish are hard to tell___________. a. from b.with c.apart d.them 3.Her dress had a very high ___________. a. female b.collar c.mane d.bite 4.Be careful! That dog sometimes___________ people. a. bites b.weighs c. tells d.goes without
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英语阅读新视野（1）
5.Fast food restaurants are more______________with young people than with older people. a. popular b.poor c.female d.wild 6.I can never tell if a cat is ____________ or female. a. mane b.dry c.collar d.male .
Complete the passage with items from the box. One item is extra bite collar female go without strong zoo Lions are different from other cats because it is easy to tell if a lion is male or ( 1 )___________. The male lion has a ( 2 )___________ of hair around its face. Lions have (3)___________ mouths. They can break an animals back with one ( 4 ) ___________ . Lions can also (5 ) ___________ water for a long time, so they have no trouble in dry times.
Match the words and definitions strong tell part female collar popular bite 1.____________ well-liked by many people 2.____________ to cut with the teeth
3.____________something around the neck 4.____________: big and with a lot of power
5.____________ to see the difference between things
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