Question

任務型閱讀

閱讀下面的短文，并完成短文后的任務。

Draw a giraffe in your mind. How did you draw your giraffe? Does it have a long neck? Does it have long legs? Is it really tall? When people think of giraffes, they think of their long necks. A long neck and four long legs make the giraffe the tallest land animal on earth. A giraffe is 1.8m tall when it is born, and some giraffes get up to 6m tall when they are all grown up.

But did you know that giraffes also have long tongues? Have you seen the tongue of a giraffe before? A giraffe has a very long tongue which can hold and wrap (包) around objects. The tongue is designed for feeding, but it can be used in many different ways. For example, a giraffe can close its nose with its long tongue completely to keep out sand and dust. Also, a giraffe’s tongue is long enough to clean its owner’s ears as well!

The tongue is black in colour to protect it from getting sunburnt (曬傷). It is nearly 56cm long. Giraffe only eat plants, and a full grown giraffe can eat 33kg of leaves a day. When giraffes look for some tall trees to eat, they sometimes fight with elephants for food. Giraffes use their tongue to eat leaves from some tall trees. The giraffe’s tongue is a helpful tool for reaching leaves and breaking off branches.

任務一：根據短文內容回答下列問題。(注意：每題答案不超過10個單詞)

1. What is this article mainly about?

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2. What does a giraffe feed on?

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3. What color is the tongue of a giraffe? Why?

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4. Give two examples of the use of the giraffe’s tongue.

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任務二：將文中劃線的句子翻譯成漢語。

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Answer 1

1. Giraffes’ long tongues. / The long tongues of giraffes. / Giraffes have long tongues.

2. Plants. / Leaves. / Leaves from trees.

3. It’s black. / Black.   To protect it from getting sunburnt.

4. Feeding. / Close its nose to keep out sand and dust. / Clean its ears.

/ Reach leaves and break off branches. / Eat leaves from some tall trees.

5. 長頸鹿有一個長脖子和四條長腿，是地球上最高的陸地動物。