Question

To those who love pets, it’s hard to imagine any other way of life. However, raising your first pet can be a rewarding    31   or a major disaster. Animals make extra work, cost money and require a sense of    32    . They are not for everyone.  

Pets such as dogs and cats bring in mud and    33   hairs on carpets and furniture. Young animals     34   training. Young dogs are    35   causing damage to things; they chew things and dig holes in the garden.

    Many parents    36   to get pets because children keep asking for them, but pets are not toys which can be    37    when novelty(新奇）has disappeared. It must be realized that the responsibility for the pet lies with the    38   —usually mother!

    Some parents expect their children to    39    their pets themselves, but such responsibility should never be placed upon young children. You’d better    40   them to help, but when daily tasks become a    41   , they will feel bored, and it is the pet that    42   .

    The best way for a child to learn about the    43    animals need is by example, but in order to set that    44    , parents themselves have to treat pets as part of their family and     45    caring for them.

    By    46    pets receiving love and care, children are learning a valuable lesson without realizing they are being     47    .

    So when it comes to making a     48    —to have or not to have a pet—

49    the person who will do most of the work and who must accept the responsibility for that pet is you. Think about it     50    .

31. A. theme        B. tradition

C. experience       D. requirement

32. A. achievement       B. responsibility        C. fairness       D. humour

33. A. leave       B. put        C. decrease       D. send

34. A. deserve       B. direct       C. gain             D. need

35. A. just       B. already        C. often         D. once

36. A. learn       B. happen        C. prove          D. decide

37. A. depended on     B. picked out     C. given away    D. cared about

38. A. parents       B. neighbours        C. friends          D. teachers

39. A. decide on      B. look after       C. leave out         D. calm down

40. A. force       B. encourage        C. admit         D. warn

41. A. must       B. mistake        C. hope        D. habit

42. A. works       B. adjusts        C. suffers       D. escapes

43. A. entertainment       B. freedom        C. shelter       D. care

44. A. limit       B. rule        C. example       D. test

45. A. enjoy       B. imagine        C. risk       D. mean

46. A. smelling       B. hearing        C. asking       D. observing

47. A. exposed       B. taught        C. supported       D. praised

48. A. decision       B. statement        C. comment       D. reference

49. A. inform       B. remember        C. wish       D. announce

50. A. fairly       B. highly        C. quickly       D. carefully

Answer 1

31.【解析】选C。你第一次养宠物的经历可能很有益，也可能会让你的生活变得一团糟。

32.【解析】选B。下文responsibility有提示，养宠物会给你带来额外的工作，也费钱，并且要求有责任感。

33. 【解析】选A。像狗和猫这样的宠物会给家里带来泥土，在地毯和家具上留下毛发。

34. 【解析】选D。年幼的宠物需要进行训练。

35. 【解析】选C。从下句“它们咬东西和在花园里挖洞”可知，小狗经常会破坏东西。

36.【解析】选D。很多父母决定养宠物是因为孩子的原因。

37. 【解析】选C。由when novelty has disappeared判断，当新鲜感过去之后，那些玩具就被舍弃了。

38. 【解析】选A。本空后的mother提示，往往是父母担负起了照顾宠物的责任。

39. 【解析】选B。从本空后的responsibility可知，有些父母希望孩子能亲自照顾宠物。

40.【解析】选B。根据上句可知，照顾宠物的责任千万不要放在小孩子身上，所以家长最好只是鼓励孩子们帮忙。

41. 【解析】选A。根据they will feel bored可知，当日常工作变成每天必须要做的事的时候，他们就开始厌烦了。

42. 【解析】选C。缺少了人们的照顾，宠物就要遭罪了。

43. 【解析】选D。下文的caring for them是个提示，此处是指动物所需要的关爱。

44.【解析】选C。本空前example有提示，为了给孩子树立榜样。

45.【解析】选A。父母自己也要把宠物看作家庭的一员，并且愿意照顾它们。

46.【解析】选D。当孩子们观察到宠物得到了关爱的时候，他们也会受到教育。

47.【解析】选B。从本空前lesson判断，他们在不知不觉中就受到了教育。

48.【解析】选A。从本空后的to have or not to have a pet可知，此处是指做决定。

49.【解析】选B。请记住，你要为所养的宠物做许多事情，并且要承担起照顾它的责任。

50.【解析】选D。所以，你在做是否养宠物这个决定时，要经过深思熟虑。