河北省香河县第三中学高一下学期期中考试英语试题 流过多少汗，流下多少泪，只为高考这一天；付出多少时间，付出多少努力，只为高考这一刻；高考这条路就算布满荆棘也要披荆而过，请相信天道酬勤，请相信付出一定会有回报，对自己s B. parts of the earth became cold and dry C. the dead forests there could not supply them with enough food D. they couldn’t find enough go eat ( )7. One more reason why dinosaurs died out may be that _____. A. new kinds of animals came on the earth B. some fast and strong animals with big brains could kill them C. some dinosaurs were as small as chickens D. some big dinosaurs died in the fights ( )8. We can see from this passage _____. A. scientists are trying to make some dinosaurs B. dinosaurs are dangerous enough C. dinosaurs are worth studying D. scientists know nothing about dinosaurs C Today there are two kinds of elephants, the African elephant and the Indian elephant. The African elephant is the biggest of all land animals. It may be more than 12 feet tall and weigh over 6 tons. the Indian elephant is a foot or so shorter and weighs less, but it still huge. The African elephant has bigger ears, longer tusks and a flatter head. Like all other mammals, elephants have hair,but adults have very little. Young ones have much more. Most elephants are members of a herd(群). The herds wander about while hunting. All elephants are plant eaters. They gather grass and leaves with their trunks and dig up roots with their sharp tusks. An elephant needs several hundred pounds of food and over 30 gallons of water a day. It uses its trunk to put food and water into its mouth. Since its trunk is its nose, it also breathes through it. People have a number of mistaken ideas about elephants. One is that elephants never forget. Elephants have large brains and very intelligent, but they forget just as we mistaken idea is that elephants outlive people. Actually, few live more than 70. There are no elephant graveyards, places where elephants supposedly go when they die. And the so-called
