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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.
Kangaroos are the symbol of Australia. They have large eyes and ears. They don't walk but jump. They use their strong back legs. They can jump at up to 74 kilometres per hour. They can go over nine metres in one jump!
Mother kangaroos 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. Koalas look like bears, and have small eyes and big noses. They eat leaves from eucalyptus (桉树), 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 baby kangaroos, baby koalas live in their mothers' pouches.
But koalas have fewer places to live in. There are about 100,000 koalas in Australia. There is a law to keep them safe.
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( )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
D.they are lovely animals
( )2. Which of the following is WRONG about kangaroos?
A.They can run at up to seventy-eight kilometres per hour.
B.They have large eyes and ears.
C.Mother kangaroos 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.Kangaroos hurt a lot of farm animals.
B.Kangaroos break into farms for food.
C.Kangaroos do not have enough water to drink.
D.There are too many kangaroos.
（ ）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. The mothers keep their babies in the pouches.
C. They have a special smell.
D. They can jump very high.
