Round eyes, round head, round ears, round body! What is this lovely little animal?
It looks like a bear. But it is not a bear. It’s a koala.
People in Australia love koalas and take care of them. They have set up places for them to live safely. No one can kill them for their pretty fur.
When a koala is born, it has no fur. And it is not as big as your little toe(脚趾)! The mother koala has a pouch(育儿袋) in the front of her body. The baby goes into this warm pouch. There it stays for about six months.
The koala could not live without a special kind of tree. The tree gives it both its home and its food. For most of the day the koala sleeps in the tree. At night the koala looks for food. It may go miles to find it. It likes the leaves of the tree. It eats more than two pounds each night!
How lovely the koalas really are!
【小题1】How big is a koala when it is born?| A．It’s as big as a cat. | B．It’s as big as a bear. |
| C．It’s bigger than your little toe. | D．It’s smaller than your little toe. |
| A．they have to keep cool under the tree | B．they eat the fruit on the tree |
| C．they stay in the tree all the time | D．they live in the tree and get food from it |
| A．How people in Australia protect koalas. | B．Lovely koalas in Australia. |
| C．A special kind of tree. | D．The way mother koalas take care of their babies. |
