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必修第二册Unit3阅读理解题组——练速度

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ThereisaveryspecialwolfthatlivesinAfrica.TheyareactuallycalledtheAfricanwilddogs,or

painteddogs.

Theseanimalsliveinopenwoodlands,orintheplainsofAfrica.Today,however,mostoftheanimals

canbefoundintheeasternorsouthernAfrica.Theseanimalsarebeautiful.Theyhaveroundedearsinstead

ofpointedlikemostdogs,andtheyhavefourtoesoneachoftheirfourfeet,alsoauniquecharacteristic

becauseotherdogshavefive.Theirfurisalwaysdifferentfromeachother.Thefurisusuallyacombination

ofblack,brown,redandwhite,andsometimesevenyellow.Nowondertheyrecalledpainteddogs.

TheAfricanwilddogisaverysocialanimal.Theyliveingroupsandhavenumbersfromfivetoabout

twenty.Themembersofagrouparealwaysveryclosetooneanother.Theycommunicateintheirown

languageorbodylanguage.Whensomeoneisveryoldorsick,theotherswillhelp,andtheyarewillingto

sharethefoodwiththeeldersandwiththosewhoareweak,whichiswhatweshouldlearnfrom.

Thefamilydoeseverythingtogether,fromraisingyoungandsleepingtogether,tohunting.Whenthey

hunt,theywillworktogetherusingteamworktokillanimalsthatarelargerthanthem.

Theysometimeshuntfarmanimals.Thisisunfortunate,becausebothpoachers,andpeoplewhoown

farmsshootthepainteddogswhoarejusttryingtosurvive.

Before,thereusedtobemanylargegroupsthroughouttheland,butnowtheAfricanwilddogisvery

rare.Theyarealsolosingtheirpopulationbecauseoftheirownlossofhabitat.

1.FromthepassagewelearnthattheAfricanwilddog.

A.livesinthenorthofAfrica

B.hassixteentoesaltogether

C.haspointedearslikemostdogs

D.livesinforestsingr