小学英语随堂阅读【37】Owls 猫头鹰

Owls

An owl is a bird with very big eyes. These eyes make the owl look clever. The owl can not move its eyes freely as we can. It can only look straight ahead. If it wants to look at both sides, it must turn its neck.

Owls see better at night than at day. All night they look for food. They eat mice and insects.

Owls make a strange noise. Because the owls sleep most of the day, they usually give out their cries at night. The cry sounds like “Whool! Whool!.” This strange sound sometimes frightens people at night.

owls n. 猫头鹰
freely adv. 自由地
as conj. 与…一样
straight adv. 直线地
both sides 两边
turn its neck 转动脖子
insect n. 昆虫
frighten v. 吓唬
a strange noise 奇怪的声音

根据上文填空完成下面各题。

1. An owl has very big ________.
2. The owl can not move its eyes ___________.
3. The owls eat ________ and insects.
4. The owls sleep most of the ________.
5. The writer thinks the owls are our _____________.

译文：

猫头鹰

猫头鹰是一种长着非常大的眼睛的鸟。这样的眼睛使猫头鹰看起来很聪明。猫头鹰不能像我们一样自由地转动它的眼睛，它只能直线地朝前看。如果想看两边，它必须转动脖子。

猫头鹰白天比晚上看得清楚。它们在晚上寻找食物，通常吃老鼠和昆虫。

猫头鹰会发出奇怪的声音。因为它们白天睡得多，所以通常在晚上发出叫声。

这种叫声听起来像“Whool! whool”。有进这种叫声在晚上会吓到人。

参考答案：

1. eyes 2. freely 3. mice 4. day 5. friends