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

　　“Jack, the headmaster wants you in his office.”

　　When he heard this, Jack began to (1) about it and suddenly everyone around (2) and shouted “April fool”（在愚人节受到愚弄的人）, for this was April 1, or April Fools' Day.

　　In Britain and in some other (3) , it is usual and ordinary to play a joke on people on that day. Children are (4) to play harmless jokes on their friends until twelve o'clock at night. (5) they try to play a joke on other children into (6) foolish （愚蠢的）things. Not only children but also grown-ups enjoy playing a joke on others. Even newspapers and radios (7) try to play a joke on the (8) with a clever April Fools' story.

　　Some time ago, (9) , a very serious BBC TV program did a ten-minute (10) about spaghetti（意大利细面条）trees in Italy. The reporter said that trees weren't (11) as much spaghetti as they did last year because of the bad weather. He also said that the (12) of spaghetti would (13) A lot of people who didn't know what spaghetti was made of 14 the story. Some housewives 15 to buy the food that was going to become in short supply（供应）.