The lion is one of the most fierce (凶猛的) animals in the world. Lions can be 1 in Africa and India. Lions in Africa can live without water for about one month. Lions are also popular animals in the 2 . Almost every zoo around the world has a few lions.

    It is very 3 for people to tell male and female lions from each other. You can judge (判断) simply by their appearance. A male lion has mane while female lions do not have. Male lion 4 than female lions. A male lion usually weighs about 200 kilograms which is always heavier than a female lion. Both male and female lions have very 5 mouths. They can break the backs of other animals 6. Lions feed on other animals and one lion usually kills between ten and twenty large animals each year for 7 .

    It's unusual for lions to kill people. However, in 1898 two lions 8 and ate over one hundred people in Kenya before they were shot by a British man named P.J. Patterson. This 9 became the subject (主题) of a 1996 Hollywood movie called The Ghost and the Darkness. Now the Indian lions are endangered. It's really necessary for us to 10 the animals, or we won't see them again. Animals are our friends. It is our obligation to protect them.

    The Duanwu Festival in China, also called Dragon Boat Festival, is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month every year according to the Chinese lunar calendar. For thousands of years, this festival has been marked by people's eating Zongzi and racing dragon boats. (A) To hold the dragon boat races is in memory of Qu Yuan. He was one of the greatest poets in ancient China.

    Qu Yuan was born in Zigui of Hubei Province over 2,200 years ago. Qu Yuan was an honest minister (大臣) of the State of Chu during the Warring States Period (475—22l BC) . He was upright, patriotic (爱国的) and wise. (B) 屈原想给自己的祖国带来和平并让它变得更强大。But the country was in the hands of bad officials, he could do nothing to change it. (C) He was very discouraged. At last, Qu Yuan ended his life by throwing himself into the Miluo River. It is said that people tried to save him by jumping into the river. But it was too late and all their efforts were in vain. Also, they were so sad and they threw rice into the water to feed Qu Yuan's spirit.

    Now we read his poem Li Sao which is filled with deep love for his country. We can see the dragon boat races and have a kind of Chinese food named Zongzi to eat during the Dragon boat Festival.

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Hello, I am Jenny. I'm 13 years old. I live with my parents in a big city. I always study hard on weekdays. My grandparents live on a farm and I often visit them on weekends. On the farm are many kinds of animals, such as cows, sheep, pigs, dogs and chickens. I like to play with them because it can make me relaxed.

One day, I find a little duck on the farm. He has no family or friends, and he often walks alone. He is cute and I call him Tom. I decide to take care of him. After that, I often bring him some fresh fish and play with him. Little by little, the duck becomes friendly to me. Then, on Saturday mornings, when Tom sees me on the farm, he always runs up to me like a little dog. Sometimes he follows(跟着) me into the forest. We sit together and read books. We both feel relaxed. One Saturday evening, my grandfather asks me," Why does the little duck like you so much?"" Oh, because he can feel my love, grandpa."I answer happily.

Do you have an animal friend? If you don't, please try to get one!