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Koala bear
![](https://img.ixiawen.com/uploadfile/2017/0406/20170406063804762.gif)
Appearance: A little short and fat animal, looking like a toy bear.
Place: Australia.
Food: Eucalyptus leaves(桉树叶)-2.5 pounds of leaves per day for an adult koala,and I pound of leaves and
some mother's milk per day for a baby koala.
Habit: Sleep all day and eat at night.
Interesting things: A baby koala is very small when it is born.It has no hair, and it can't see either. It lives in
its mother's pouch (育儿袋) for 5~7months.
kangaroo
Appearance: Short front legs, long and strong back legs. Looking like a big mouse.
Place: Australia.
![](https://img.ixiawen.com/uploadfile/2017/0406/20170406063804224.gif)
Food: Grass.
Interesting things: It is the national symbol (象征) of Australia. There are more kangaroos than people in this
country.
1.If someone sees a newly born koala bear, he will be surprised because it's very ______. [ ]
A.weak
B.small
C.short
D.black
2.A baby koala can't live without ______. [ ]
A.its father
B.grass
C.its mother
D.people
3.the kangaroo is the national symbol of ______. [ ]
A.Canada
B.Australia
C.America
D.Britain
4.There are more ______ than people in Australia. [ ]
A.kangaroos
B.koala bears
C.monkeys
D.elephants
5.We can guess that koala bears and kangaroos are ______ animals in Australia. [ ]
A.beautiful
B.playful
C.endangered
D.popular