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I.

READING
THE KIWI

The kiwi lives only in New Zealand. It is a very strange bird


because it cannot fly. The kiwi is the same size as a chicken. It has
no wings or tail. It does not have any feathers like other birds. It
has hair on its body. Each foot has four toes. Its break (mouth) is
very long.
A kiwi likes a lot of trees around it. It sleeps during the day
because the sunlight hurts its eyes. It can smell things with its
nose. It is the only bird on the world that can smell things. The
kiwi’s eggs are very big.
There are only a few kiwis in New Zealand now. People never
see them. The government says that people cannot kill kiwis. New
Zealanders want their kiwis to live.
There is a picture of a kiwi on New Zealand money. People from
New Zealand are sometimes called kiwis.

a. Questions
1. Where does the kiwi live?
2. What is a kiwi?
3. How big is a kiwi?
4. Does a kiwi have feathers?
5. Does it have a tail and wings?
6. When does a kiwi sleep?
7. Why can’t people kill kiwis?
8. Why does New Zealand have a picture of a kiwi on its
money?

b. Comprehension: True or False


Write T if the sentence is true. Write F if it is not true.
1. Kiwis live in Australia and New Zealand
2. A kiwi has a tail but not wings
3. A kiwi has a big beak
4. It sleeps during the day because light hurts its eyes
5. The New Zealand government does not want all the kiwis
to die
6. A kiwi is like most other birds.

c. Vocabulary
During pictures kiwi only
Size smells wings hair
Hurts strange tail feathers
Tree fly beak government
1. The _____ and a few other birds cannot fly.
2. A bluebird has blue _____.
3. Some students have a scholarship from their _____.
4. An airplane can _____ because it has _____.
5. What are you cooking? It _____ good.
6. My leg _____. I can’t walk on it.
7. Most cats have a long _____.
8. A person has a mouth. A bird has a _____.
9. Some students are very _____.They want to learn English
but they don’t come to class.
10. I cannot buy this shirt. I have _____ three dollars.
11. What _____ shoes do you wear?
12. Most people work _____ the day and sleep at night.

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