What do the following animals have in common? Pandas, tigers, whales, lions and camels (骆驼)? They are all in danger!

Animals are in danger for many reasons. Sadly, people’ s activities are some of them! Here are three reasons.

Excessive hunting (过度猎杀). For centuries, people have hunted elephants and tigers for money, and caught many other animals for their meat. So many wild animals leave the world at last.

Foreign animals. In 1505, Europeans found a beautiful island in the Indian Ocean named Mauritius. They brought dogs, pigs, monkeys, and mice with them. It was bad for dodo birds. Dodo birds did not have any natural enemies (敌人) before. They picked up fruit falling down from trees and built their houses on the ground. Shortly after people came, however, dodo birds were in big trouble—people caught them for their meat, and those animals broke their houses and ate their eggs. The number of dodo birds first became less. In the end, they all perished and the last dodo bird lost its life in 1681.

Loss of home. People cut down forests for farming. They cut down trees to build houses. They build pools to make sure that they have enough water to use. However, they don’ t pay attention to protecting the environment. When they are trying to make their lives comfortable, the land for animals to live on becomes less and less.

Animals are people’s good friends. People should learn to protect nature and get on well with animals.

【小题1】What do pandas, lions and camels have in common?

A．They are dangerous animals.	B．They are in danger.
C．They are useless animals.	D．They all live in forests.

【小题2】Where did do do birds live?

A．They lived in the Indian land.	B．They lived in Europe.
C．They lived in Mauritius.	D．They lived in the USA.

【小题3】What does the underlined word “perished” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A．cried.

B．jumped.

C．died.

D．arrived.

【小题4】Why were some animals in danger?

A．They had enemies from foreign places.	B．People caught them for fun.
C．They didn’ t know how to build houses.	D．People used too much water.

【小题5】Which can be the best title for the passage?

A．Protect Animals and Nature	B．Animals Live in Forests
C．Animals from Europe	D．Dodo Birds and Their Enemies