Sure, human dads can play games with their kids and help with homework, but can

Sure, human dads can play games with their kids and help withhomework, but can they give birth? Daddy sea horses can! This Father’s Day,while you’re praising your daddy, you may also remember that some of the bestdads in the world can be found in the animal kingdom:

Sea horses: The “Mr. Moms” in the sea, male sea horses, carry upto 2,000 fertilized eggs in small bags in their stomachs until they hatch.Even after the babies are born, they stay inside the bag until they are readyto live by themselves.

Darwin’s rheas: Thought your dad was overprotective? Darwin’srheas, also known as South American ostriches (鸵鸟), are so protective of their children thatthey have even been known to attack small airplanes on the ground if they gettoo close to their home!

Marmosets: These little monkeys do everything but give lectureson how to give birth! Devoted dads assist during their babies’ birth. They alsolet Mom get some rest by taking care of the kids when she’s not nursing them.

Sand grouse: These pigeon-like birds live in areas where wateris rare, so fathers fly as many as 50 miles to get water for their kids. Afterthey dip their breast feathers in the water, they fly home and let their chickssuck the water from their bodies.

Fathers in the animal kingdom are not that different from ourown beloved dads. This Father’s Day, when you are honoring your dad, honoranimal dads, too, by practicing kindness toward all animals.

1. Theunderlined “they” in paragraph 2 refers to      .

A. fertilized eggs   B. theirstomachs    C. male sea horses    D. baby seahorses

2. According tothe passage, which animal is the most protective?

A. A sea horse   B. A Darwin’srhea     C. A marmoset    D. A san grouse

3.The passagemainly tells readers       .

A.  how clever and brave animals are

B.  how to honor animal dads onFather’s Day

C.  animal dads are different fromhuman dads

D.  some interesting facts about maleanimals

试题答案

【答案】

ABD

【解析】略