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Top help you decide what might make a good pet ,we've put together a pet checklist .We've named some of the animals that are often kept as pets .We've shown some good points and bad points about each .And we hope it may help you make the best choice（选择）

Pick-a-Pet Checklist（清单）
Pets	Good Points	Bad points
Rabbit	Easy to keep Enjoy being petted Good to hold	Hard to house train Drop lots of hair Easily upset by high temperature
Raccoon	Can be very interesting Can be friendly when young	Against the law to keep in many states in the U.S. Can get unkind when older
Cat	Easy to feed & care for Can live indoors or out Fun to hold Very friendly	May scratch furniture Little pans can be messy May kill birds May make you sneeze
Dog	Come in many sizes Can live indoors or out Fun to love & play with Very friendly Can give safety	Can be smelly ,messy ,noisy Need to be licensed& trained May make you sneeze May bite(咬)if angry Need lots of attention

1.You are ______ to keep a raccoon as a pet in many places of America.

A. suggested  B. encouraged  C. not allowed

2.It would be easier for you to keep a ______ as a pet if you're often too busy to take care of it .

A. rabbit or raccoon  B. rabbit or cat  C. raccoon or dog

3.If you feed birds at home , you should be very careful to choose a ______ as your another pet.

A .rabbit  B. raccoon  C. cat

4.The dog may ______ you if you make it angry .

A. hurt  B. fix  C. train

5.The writer tries to help us______ with the checklist .

A. learn how to look after our pets

B. find which animal is our best choice as a pet

C. Know what kind of animals can be kept as a pet

 

词汇运用（本题共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
【小题1】The Yellow River is the __________（two）longest river in China.
【小题2】 He got a ___________ (bad) result in English this term than last term, he didn’t try his best.
【小题3】Do you know which animal has two _____________(stomach)?
【小题4】I would like to enjoy the ___________（beautiful）of the sunset.
【小题5】 Please ask him___________________(not watch) too much TV.
【小题6】When I saw this photo, I_____________(think)of my uncle.
【小题7】We didn’t enjoy ourselves at the _____________(begin) of the trip because of the heavy traffic .
【小题8】 Of us all, Kitty has _____________(little) money.
【小题9】___________ (join) the school football team, he practises hard even when it rains.
【小题10】Thank you for agreeing_______________(let) me go on the class trip, Mr Wu.

Long long ago, an old scientist made a few tests on different animals to find out which was the cleverest of all the animals.

   In one test the old scientist put a monkey in a room. In the room there were many boxes. Some boxes were inside other boxes. The smallest box had some food in it. The scientist wanted to watch the monkey and to find out how long it would take the monkey to find the food. The scientist left the room. He waited for a few minutes outside the door. Then he put his eye to the keyhole(钥匙孔). What did he see? To his surprise, he found himself looking into the eye of the monkey. The monkey was on the other side of the door and looked at the scientist through the keyhole.  

1.The scientist wanted to know ____.

   A. if the monkey came into the small box          B. if the monkey would sleep

   C. which animal was cleverer than other animals   D. if some boxes were inside other boxes

2.After the scientist left the room, the monkey _______.

A. looked at the scientist through the keyhole          B. began to look for food   

C. came into the boxes one after another               D. began to eat the food 

3.To the scientist's surprise, _____.

A. the monkey went out of the room  

B. the monkey looked at the scientist through the window

C. began to look for food 

D. put its eyes to the keyhole.

 

Long long ago, an old scientist made a few tests on different animals to find out which was the cleverest of all the animals.
In one test the old scientist put a monkey in a room. In the room there were many boxes. Some boxes were inside other boxes. The smallest box had some food in it. The scientist wanted to watch the monkey and to find out how long it would take the monkey to find the food. The scientist left the room. He waited for a few minutes outside the door. Then he put his eye to the keyhole(钥匙孔). What did he see? To his surprise, he found himself looking into the eye of the monkey. The monkey was on the other side of the door and looked at the scientist through the keyhole.  
【小题1】The scientist wanted to know ____.

A．if the monkey came into the small box	B．if the monkey would sleep
C．which animal was cleverer than other animals	D．if some boxes were inside other boxes

【小题2】After the scientist left the room, the monkey _______.

A．looked at the scientist through the keyhole	B．began to look for food
C．came into the boxes one after another	D．began to eat the food

【小题3】To the scientist’s surprise, _____.

A．the monkey went out of the room

B．the monkey looked at the scientist through the window

C．began to look for food

D．put its eyes to the keyhole.