《Wildlifeprotection》课件15（新人教必修2）.pptVIP

Reading: 1. When did the dinosaurs live? 1.When did the dinosaurs live? They lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long before humans came into being. 3. Why did the dinosaurs die out? 1). A large rock hit the earth, and put too much dust into the air. 2). The earth got too hot for the dinosaurs to live on it any more. 3). Nobody knows for sure. 1.Which is the best for describing the main idea of the story?___ A. The story is about how foolish the dodo was. B. The story is about why the dodo disappeared. C. This story is about how the dodo and man made friends. D. he story is about how the other birds and the monkeys tried to save the dodo. 2.The dodo is___. A. fierce B. unkind C. friendly D. foolish 3. He cannot escape from the island because____. A. he can not swim B. he is lazy C. he is too frightened to leave D. he can not fly 4. He wants to believe that the man tell the truth because____. A. man is friendly B. he thinks man is friendly C. he thinks the bears and the monkeys lie D. man is his best friend 5. He didn’t realize who killed many of his friends until____. A. man told him the truth B. the other birds told him C. he saw how his friend was being killed by man D. the monkeys told him Once upon a time I lived on earth too. I was called “dodo”. My home was an island called Mauritius. I was curious and kind-hearted and quite different from most of the other animals there. I liked to make friends with the other animals and never quarreled. I had no enemies. My best friends were the other birds, the monkeys and all the other dodos of course. There were many of us. We were birds too but we were large and only had small wings. My favourite activity was to wander along the beach and wait till the insects were ready to be eaten. One day a new animal came to my island. It was called man and a