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Australia has a lot of lovely animals. You cannot find them anywhere else in the world. The most
famous ones are kangaroos and koalas (树袋熊).
The kangaroo is the symbol of Australia. They have large eyes and ears. They don't walk, they jump.
They use their strong back legs. They can jump at up to 74 kilometers per hour. They can go over nine
meters in one jump!
Kangaroo mothers have pouches (育儿袋) to carry their babies. The babies stay inside to get milk
and keep warm.
Kangaroos are everywhere in Australia. They are on TV, in books and in the shops. The government
even wants to put them on passports (护照).
But do you know that millions of kangaroos are killed every year? There are too many of them.
There are about 20 to 25 million kangaroos in Australia. That's more than the number of people in the
country!
Some kangaroos go hungry because there is not enough food to eat. They break into farms for food.
Farmers are very angry with them.
The koala is another famous Australian animal. They look like bears, and have small eyes and big
noses. They eat leaves from eucalyptus, where they spend most of their time.
Koalas have a special smell. They use it to mark their home — "This is my place, you can't come in!"
Like kangaroos, a koala baby lives in its mother's pouch.
But koalas have fewer places to live in. There are about 100,000 koalas in Australia. There is a law
to keep them safe.
1. Kangaroos and koalas are the most famous animals in Australia because _____.
A. there are not many of them
B. they can't live in other countries
C. we can't see them in any other country except Australia
D. they are lovely animals
2. Which of the following is WRONG about kangaroos?
A. They can run at up to seventy-eight kilometers per hour.
B. They have large eyes and ears.
C. Kangaroo mothers have pouches to carry their babies.
D. There are many of them in Australia.
3. Why does the Australian government kill some kangaroos each year?
A. They can make more money.
B. Kangaroos break into farms for food.
C. Kangaroos do not have enough food to eat.
D. There are more kangaroos than people.
4. What do koalas use to mark their home?
A Their footprint.
B. Their sound.
C. Their fur.
D. Their smell.
5. What is the similarity (相同之处) between a kangaroo and a koala?
A. There are too many of them in Australia.
B. They keep their babies in the mother's pouch.
C. They have a special smell.
D. They can jump very high.
