In Canada you can find dogs, horses, etc., in almost every family. These are their pets. People love these pets and think they are their good friends. Before they keep them at their houses, they take them to animal hospital to give them injection (注射) so that they won’t catch disease(疾病). They have special animal food stores, though they can get animal food in almost every store. Some people spend around two hundred Canadian dollars a month on animal food. When you visit people’s homes, they would be very glad to show you their pets and they are very proud of them. You will also find almost every family has a bird feeder in their garden. All kinds of birds are welcomed to come and have a good meal. They are free to come and go and nobody can kill any animals in Canada. They have a law against killing wild animals. If you killed an animal, you would be punished(惩罚).
Old people in Canada have many reasons to like animals. One of them might be: their family tie is not as close as ours. When children grow up, they leave their parents and start their own career (事业), then the old will feel lonely. And pets can make them happy. They can be good friends and never leave them alone.
【小题1】 The passage mainly tells us people in Canada _________.
A.like to keep pets at homeB.spend a lot of money on pets
C.think killing pets is against the lawD.enjoy showing pets to their friends
【小题2】People give pets injection to make them not __________.
A.run awayB.hurt people
C.get illD.eat much
【小题3】The underlined word “feeder” refers to ________.
A.捕鸟器B.捕虫器C.投食器D.置水器
【小题4】Old people like to keep pets because __________.
A.pets spend less moneyB.pets are quiet and clean
C.pets are easy to take care ofD.pets can make good companies

Do animals have a culture? What do we mean by "culture"? Recently social scientists have begun to ask if culture is found just in humans, or if some animals have a culture too.  When we speak of culture, we mean a way of life that a group of people have in common. Culture is the forms of behavior (行为)hat help people to live together. It is also the forms of behavior that make one group of people different from another group.
Human beings use tools, cooperate with one another, and communicate with language.  But these aspects(方面) of human behavior, or "culture", can also be found in the lives of certain animals, Animals can make tools, for example. We used to think that the ability to use tools was the dividing line between human beings and other animals.  Lately, however, we have found that this is not the case. Chimpanzees(黑猩猩) can not only use tools but actually make tools themselves. Animals can also share knowledge with each other and use their own language to communicate. So it may be important for us to know that the line dividing us from animals is not as clear as we used to think.
【小题1】According to the article, "culture" means         
A. the languages we learn            
B. the good habits we' share with each other
C. the forms of behavior we have in common
【小题2】From the fact that chimpanzees can use and make tools,we know         
A. animals may have a culture like our own
B. animals can be as clever as human beings
C. animals have the ability to help human beings
【小题3】Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the article?
A. Chimpanzees never help each other.
B' Animals use their own language to communicate.
C. People from different places have the same culture.
【小题4】The traditional idea about dividing animals from human beings is that         
A. human beings can use tools       
B. human beings can depend on each other
C. human beings have the language to communicate
【小题5】The main idea of the article is that         
A. the animal culture is different from the human culture
B. knowledge and communication are no longer signs of only human behavior
C. the line dividing human culture from animal culture is not as clear as we might think

用所给动词的适当形式填空。(10分)

When Jane was a little girl, she liked 1.__ (keep) pets. She had many books about animals and there were many pictures and stamps on the walls of her bedroom. She often said that she ___2.__(work) in a zoo when she grew up.

Most of Jane’s pets were quite small— parrots, cats, dogs and so on. But one day she met something quite big.

That afternoon, Jane’s mother was surprised _3.___ (see) a big animal with long hair in the kitchen. He _4.____ (wear) a T-shirt and sitting on a chair, trying to put on a pair of glasses and making faces at her. In front of him, on the table, were a basket of fruits and a glass of wa­ter. “Jane, where are you?” the mother shouted. Then suddenly she __5.______(remember) that a few days before a young gorilla(大猩猩)_6.__ (call) Gor had run away from the zoo.

“I found him in the city square,” Jane said. “He seemed so lonely. I talked to him. We became friends at once and he followed me home.”

“Well, you know you can’t (keep) him,” her moth­er said. “He must _7.__(send) back to the zoo. You’d better_8.____ (phone) the police.”

Soon a policeman came and also a truck from the zoo. Nobody was angry with Jane when she told her story. The policeman knew Jane loved animals. And the zoo-keeper said, “Thank you for your kindness. I can see Gor _9.___ (like) you, but we need him back.” Jane agreed. She hugged Gor and said that she would go and see him at weekends. These days Jane _10.___(stop) collecting animals. But you can still find her with her friend Gor at the zoo on Saturdays and Sundays!

 

The population of the Earth is growing faster. It is important that we look after the Earth. We need it!

The Earth gives us a lot of things. We also give the Earth a lot, but some of the things are not good.

 

In nature, when something dies, other animals and plants get food from it. Every animal or plant gives food for other animals or plants. However, animals can’t get food from many of the things that we ‘give’ the Earth. Animals and plants can’t eat metal, plastic and glass. These things will stay in the ground for many, many years.

    Some rubbish is very dangerous for plants and animals. In some places, many animals live together. One animal makes food for many more animals. If we put rubbish and chemicals in the water, the plankton(浮游生物) can die. If there isn’t any plankton, many animals have nothing to eat.

    So what can we do? Don’t leave any rubbish in the countryside! Don’t make so much rubbish!

1. The Earth gives us ___________.

    A. food         B. rubbish              C. chemicals        D. pollution

2. When something dies in nature, _________.

    A. water and grass are polluted             B. plastic and wood become food

    C. other animals and plants get food        D. metal and glass stay in the ground

3. We must _______ to look after the Earth.

    A. put metal in the ground              B. use more wood

    C. keep frogs in the water              D. make less rubbish

 

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