Are you curious about mysterious creatures? We are going to tell you about some here.
Okapi
If giraffes and zebras could produce a next generation, their babies would look like an okapi. This strange-looking creature has striped legs like a zebra and the face of a giraffe. Its neck is much shorter than a giraffe, but like its cousin, it has an extremely long tongue, which can be up to 12 inches long. The okapi can use its tongue to wash its own eyelids and ears. Before 1901, Okapis were known only to the people living in the Congo rainforest.
Loch Ness Monster
The locals near Loch Ness in northwestern Scotland refer to the mysterious creature as "Nessie". Nessie is said to be a large animal with a long neck that lived during the time of the dinosaurs. Similar creatures have been reported in other lakes around the world. But whether it is real remains unknown.
Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
By the mid-1990s, the ivory- billed woodpecker was widely believed to have died out due to deforestation( 砍伐森林 ) and hunting. It was rediscovered in 2004, when a bird lover reported seeing one alive in the woods of Arkansas, America. Researchers later got a video of the bird.
King Cheetah
Starting in 1926, people in Zimbabwe began to see a cheetah with unusual markings. This cheetah has large spots like a leopard( 美洲豹 ) and black stripes down its back. People called the creature "king cheetah". It is a leopard-cheetah hybrid ( 混合 ).
1 ． Which of the following is TRUE about the okapi?
A ． It is produced by a giraffe and a zebra.
B ． It was not widely known until the twentieth century.
C ． Its neck is much shorter than that of a zebra.
D ． It was first found in 1901.
2 ． What can we learn from the passage?
A ． People still don’t know why the king cheetah has strange markings.
B ． The giraffe has a short tongue.
C ． Nessie is a kind of dinosaur.
D ． The decrease in forests has had a great effect on the ivory-billed woodpecker.
3 ． Where can one most probably find this passage?
A ． In a nature magazine. B ． In a travel guide.
C ． In a book of fairy tales. D ． In an advertisement.
1 ． B
2 ． D
3 ． A
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一些神秘的生物。
1 ．
细节理解题。根据 Okapi 下的 “Before 1901, Okapis were known only to the people living in the Congo rainforest. （ 1901 年之前，只有生活在刚果雨林的人们才知道霍加狓。） ” 可知，霍加狓直到二十世纪才广为人知。故选 B 。
2 ．
细节理解题。根据 Ivory-Billed Woodpecker 下的 “By the mid-1990s, the ivory- billed woodpecker was widely believed to have died out due to deforestation( 砍伐森林 ) and hunting. （到 20 世纪 90 年代中期，人们普遍认为由于砍伐森林和捕猎，象牙喙啄木鸟已经灭绝。） ” 可知，森林的减少对象牙喙啄木鸟有很大的影响。故选 D 。
3 ．
推理判断题。根据第一段 “Are you curious about mysterious creatures? We are going to tell you about some here. （你对神秘的生物好奇吗 ? 我们将在这里告诉你一些。） ” 及全文可知，文章主要介绍了一些神秘的生物，所以本文最有可能出现在自然杂志上。故选 A 。
图表作文的概念：
就是用文字结合表格、数字或图画作为写作信息提示的一种写作形式。
图表作文的分类：
图表作文可细分为表格、曲线图、柱形图和圆形图。弄懂这四种图在写作方面的各自特点，我们才可以写好这种类型的作文：
1)表格形式要求考生对表格中所给出的大量数字进行比较分析，从中找出其变化规律。
2)曲线图形式要求考生认真观察坐标系所显示的数据信息，并且密切注意交汇在坐标横轴和纵轴上的数字及单位。
3)柱形图形式要求考生通过宽度相等的柱形的高度或长度差别来判断事物的动态发展趋势，因此考生应密切关注坐标线上的刻度单位及图表旁边的提示说明与文字。
4)圆形图形式旨在要求考生准确理解并阐述一个被分割成大小不等切片的圆形图所传达的信息。考生应清楚掌握部分与整体，部分与部分之间的相互关系，这种关系通常是以百分比的数字形式给出的。
图表类英语作文具备以下特点：
1、题材涉及广泛，如人物介绍、地点介绍、新闻报道、生活话题及社会热门话题，试题设计真实性高，符合学生的认知水平，其中学校生活类题材占比例最大。体裁多种多样，包括应用文(书信、日记、通知、发言稿、寻物及招领启事等)、说明文、记叙文、议论文等。
2、图表类作文提示点一目了然，需要表达的信息一览无余。答题时无须花过多的时间去揣摩写作内容，要点一般不会遗漏。
3、图表类作文中通常是以不完整的汉语句子(包括术语或概括性的短语)作为提示形式出现。这样既能够让考生获得命题人所要求的信息，又留给考生一定的发挥空间，因而要求考生具备很强的语言驾驭能力和语篇整合能力。
注意事项：
第一步：审题，确定体裁格式、主体时态、中心人称和内容要点，避免填表式或履历表式表达。
第二步：拟定提纲，创造良好的开端；叙述得体，布局谋篇；巧妙过渡，完美结尾。
第三步：遣词造句，套用句型，上下衔接，地道表达，行文成篇(注意“参考词汇”的提示作用)。
图表式作文的几种形式：
一、表格形式(table)：将统计的数据或被说明的事物直接用表格形式体现出来，即统计表。
二、图形形式：A、线形图(linegraph)：以曲线形式表示数据变化；
B、条形图(bargraph)：以条形方式表示数据的大小或数量之间的差异；
C、圆形图(piechart)：以圆内扇形的大小表示总体内部结构变化；
图表作文四个层次要求：
图表式作文是说明文的一种。一般可分四个层次来写：
第一、按照题目要求描述图表反映的总情况，即概括大意或总趋势。
第二、对数字进行仔细的比较，分析其差异、归纳其变化。
第三、找出产生的变化及原因。
第四、写出读图表后的评论、预测或结论。
图表作文典型句式：
1、描述总趋势（单增单减）
As the chart above shows,…
We can see from the graph that…
As is described in the chart…
From the table we can find out that…
As can be seen from the chart…
As is shown in the chart, the production for all products is higher/lower/rising/increasing/falling…
2、数据分析：
Comparedwith…,/Incomparisonwith…：
（1）the number of…is more than/over…
（2）the amount of…increases/grows/rises/goes up to…/by…
（3）the number of…is similar to/almost the same as/smaller than/below…
（4）the amount of…is quite different from…/decreases/falls/drops from…to…
3、原因分析：
（1）Several factors contribute to the changes./There are some reasons for the rise in the number of
（2）First of all, In addition/More over, Perhaps the main cause is.
（3）Due to all those reasons, there is no doubt that such great changes happened.
4、结论或预测：
From the figures/statistics above,
we can conclude/draw a conclusionthat…
we can estimate(估计）that the population/amount of…will 增减increase/dropsteadily 稳固地/gradually逐渐地/rapidly迅速地稳定：remainstable 波动：rebound/wave
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注意：
1、对所给提示，不要简单翻译，可适当增加细节，使行文连贯
2、词数150左右，开头已给出,不计入总词数。
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