Wild animals can take care of themselves．But __1__ need special care．You can loam much about animals __2__ taking care of a pet．Owning a pet is almost like __3__ a patient．You must think about __4__ your pet needs．You have to give it food and water and a safe home．You must teach your pet and love your pet．__5_ You do all these things well，you will have a healthy pet．

Some people like dogs best．They give them food and water and a __6__ to sleep in．Dogs love to take walks．Most dogs can learn tricks（戏法），like fetching a ball or rolling over and so on．

Most children like cats best．They __7__ playing with them．Cats like __8__ very much，so they spend most of me time on sleep．Since people regard them as pets，they hardly have to look __9__ anything to eat，__10__ some of them are frightened of mice．

1．A．animals                  B．pets                     C．humans                  D．plants

2．A．by                         B．with                    C．in                         D．on

3．A．doing                 B．making                  C．having                   D．playing

4．A．when                    B．where                  C．what                      D．why

5．A．If                       B．But                      C．Though                  D．Since

6．A．floor                       B．sofa                     C．desk                      D．place

7．A．want                       B．enjoy                   C．wish                      D．mind

8．A．meat                     B．walking                 C．look                       D．sleeping

9．A．up                      B．for                        C．after                             D．over

10．A．and                     B．but                      C．so                         D．even

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_______ 1. Many people like animals and take them as their pets. Nowadays pet hospitals are very busy. Kind persons who love animals are needed to work in busy animal hospitals.

 _______2. Scientists think that pets will probably be much smaller because people in the future will be living in much smaller places. Scientists are already working on making very small farm animals. The same things might be done to make smaller cats and dogs.

_______3.It’s said that some day you might own a panther as a pet. Scientists might have to start turning wild animals into pets. This might be the only way to save them from dying out.

_______4. What about a robot for a pet? This may sound silly, but it could become true. Robot dogs have been made to bark like real dogs. These “pets” might become more and more popular in the future. After all, robots don’t lose hair or chew on things the way real pets do.

_______5. Lots of people miss their pets while they are on holiday. One hotel in Minnesota has solved this problem. They lend cats to their guests. Many experts believe this idea will become more and more popular. It is very possible that in the future you will be able to order a pet, as well as room service, at a hotel.

A. Pet hotels

B. Smaller pets

C. Robots for pets

D. A panther for pet

E. Pet restaurants

F. Assistant needed in pet hospitals

In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they don’t mean   1  person. Instead they are talking about a lovely animal: a dog! These words show the friendship between people and   2 . Dogs and other pets can give   3  to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. And some even leave all their money to their   4  when they die!

Animals can help people, too. Dogs can become the “  5  ” for a blind （瞎的）person or ears for a deaf（聋的）person. Pets can help people live   6 ! They make people  7 , too.

Americans hold “Be   8  to Animals Week”, the first week of May. There are pet shows during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you, too, can do this. How? If you have a pet, spend   9  time this week playing with it. Remember to give it good   10 .

If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to   11  them. As people, we must learn to treat animals as our   12  !

1.                A．a              B．the            C．other D．others

2.                A．persons        B．people         C．children  D．animals

3.                A．sad            B．joy            C．ideas D．information

4.                A．family          B．pets           C．children  D．parents

5.                A．eyes           B．ears           C．hands    D．feet

6.                A．alone          B．together        C．shorter   D．longer

7.                A．cooler         B．angry          C．happier   D．sad

8.                A．Bad            B．Kind           C．Nice D．Sad

9.                A．less            B．more           C．no   D．some

10.               A．food           B．rice           C．drink D．milk

11.               A．help           B．ask            C．play with  D．stop

12.               A．classmates      B．friends         C．enemies   D．hunters

All living things on the earth need other living things to live. Nothing lives alone. Most animals must live in a group, and even a plant grows close together with others of the same kind. Sometimes one living thing kills another, one eats and the other is eaten. Each kind of life eats another kind of life in order to live, and together they create a food chain (链条). Some food chains are simple, while others are not. But all food chains begin with the sun, and all food chains become broken up if one of the links (链接) disappears.
All life needs sunlight to live on. But only plants can use sunlight directly. Plants are ‘factories’. They make food from sunlight, water and things in the soil (土壤) and air. Plants feed all other living things. Animals can only use the sun’s energy after it has been changed into food by plants. Some animals feed directly on plants, others eat smaller animals. Meat-eating animals are only eating plants indirectly.
What about humans? We are members of many food chains. We eat rice, vegetables, and fruits and so on. We also eat meat and drink milk. But we often break up the food chains. We kill wild animals and also make rivers, lakes and seas polluted. When these rivers, lakes and seas are polluted, the fish in them can not be eaten. If we eat the fish, we will get strange illnesses.
Each form of life is linked (关联的) to all others. Breaking the links puts all life in danger.
【小题1】Which living things can use the sun’s energy directly?