There are about 10 million different kinds of animal on earth and they come in all shapes and sizes． The book named Variety in the Animal Kingdom simply introduces the huge variety of the animal kingdom． It features some of the most unusual animals in the world and includes key data on each species（物种） and their habits in the wild．

Some of the strangest animals in the world live in Australia and New Zealand． There is the kakapo parrot． It is a bird but it cannot fly． It is a nocturnalanimal． It sleeps in the day and eats at night． There are only 131 kakapo parrots in the world．

The kiwi is another bird that cannot fly． Some birds are very beautiful， but the kiwi is not． It is one of the ugliest birds in the world． But the kiwi is the most romantic bird in the world． Male and female kiwis live together for 30 years．

Australia has many strange animals． The most surprising Australian animal is the platypus． It has the face and feet of a bird， the body of a rat and the tail of a beaver（河狸）． It is a mammal（哺乳动物） but it lays eggs．

The smallest mammal in the world lives in Asia． It is the bumblebee bat． It lives in Thailand． It is only 2．5 cm long and it weighs 3 g． There are only 2，000 bumblebee bats left in Thailand because people burn the forest where they live．

（1）The book named Variety in the Animal Kingdom mainly talks about 　　．

A．	special animals in the world
B．	birds in New Zealand
C．	animals in Australia

（2）The underlined word "nocturnal" in Paragraph 2 means " 　　" in Chinese．

A．	嗜睡的
B．	夜行的
C．	贪吃的

（3） 　　kinds of birds that cannot fly are mentioned in the passage．

A．	Two
B．	Three
C．	Four

（4）Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？ 　　

A．	A platypus has the body of a beaver．
B．	A kiwi is romantic though it is ugly．
C．	The number of kakapo parrot is larger than that of bumblebee bat．

（5）We can most probably read the passage from 　　．

A．	a history book
B．	a medical report
C．	a science magazine