Happy-up Reading 19

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Go and watch the baby when he is asleep. See how his chest（胸）rises and falls, then rises and falls again. He does not know what he is doing, but he breathes as well as the oldest and cleverest man in the world. He began to breathe when he was born, and he will not stop until he dies; still he does it without thinking about it. See how long you can hold your breath.

In some places men dive in the sea for pearls（珍珠）. They pick up shells that hold the pearls, and the longer they stay under water the more pearls they can find. For the reason they hold their breath as long as they possibly can. Yet even these pearl divers can't go without breathing for a long time.

Watch to see how many times a man draws his breath every minute. Some men breathe fifteen times a minute. An elephant breathes only eight times. It was told that a mouse breathes a hundred and twenty times each minute. No one needs to tell us that what we breathe every minute of every day is air. It is around us everywhere, like wonderful sea that we can not see.

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1. When a baby is asleep,____.

A. he begins to breathe

B. his chest rises and falls again and again

C. he knows he is breathing

D. he stops his breath sometimes

2. Why do the divers stay as long as they can in the deep sea?____

A. Because they want to hold their breath.

B. Because they can stay in the deep sea for many years.

C. Because they want to get more pearls.

D. Because they think it is hard to breathe on land.

3. An elephant breathes 112 times____than a mouse every minute.

A. much

B. more

C. less

D. little

4. The word“It”in the last paragraph means____.

A. wonderful sea that we can not see

B. the elephant that doesn't need to breathe

C. air that is around us

D. the mouse that need to breathe most

5. Which is the best title for this passage?____

A. The mouse breathes most

B. All the living things need to breathe

C. A baby needs to breathe

D. Divers are breathing in the sea

Notes:

1. New words and expressions:

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2. Grammar points:

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3. Others（title; main idea; useful sentences; etc）

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