More than seven hundred years ago, the Prince of Wales had a very big and brave dog called Gelert．One day the Prince wanted to go hunt-ing with his men．He told his dog to stay at home and look after his baby son．The baby was in a wooden cradle, which was like a small bed．When the Prince came back from hunt-ing, Gelert ran out to meet his master．He wagged his tail and jumped up to put his paws on the Prince's chest．Then the Prince saw the blood on Gelert's jaws and head．
"What have you done?" the Prince said．He rushed into his house and looked for his baby son．The cradle was lying on its side on the floor．The clothes were torn and there was blood on them．
"So you have killed my son?" the Prince said angrily．"You unfaithful dog!" He took out his sword and killed the dog．Just as Gelert was dying, he managed to bark．Then the Prince heard a baby call to the dog．
The Prince ran out of the house and saw his son lying on the ground unhurt．Near him was a dead wolf．Then the Prince knew that Gelert had defended the baby and killed the wolf．
The Prince ran back into the house but he was too late．Gelert was dead．The Prince was very sad indeed．Tears ran down his face when he realized 'he had killed his faith-ful friend．The Prince carried the body of his brave dog to the top of a mountain and buried him there．After this, the Prince never smiled again．Every morning at dawn, he walked up the mountain and stood by the dog's grave for a few minutes．
If you go to Mount Snowdon in Wales, people will show you where Gelert is buried．There is a sign by his grave．It reminds peo-ple of a brave and faithful dog．
(1)
Gelert was the dog of the Prince of _________．
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A．
Scotland
B．
England
C．
Ireland
D．
Wales
(2)
The Prince told the dog to _________ when he was leaving．
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A．
watch the door
B．
take care of his baby at home
C．
welcome his friends
D．
stop the strangers
(3)
The dog was very _________ when his master came back from hunting．
We have met the enemy and he i s our s．We bought him at a pet shop．When monkey-pox, a di sea se u sually found in the African rain fore st suddenly turn s up in children in the American Midwe st, it' s hard not to wonder of the di sea se that come s from foreign animal s i s homing in on human being s．“Mo st of the infection s we think of a s human infection s started in other animal s, ” say s Stephen Mor se, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedne s s at Columbia Univer sity．
It' s not ju st that we're going to where the animal s are; we're al so bringing them clo ser to u s．Popular foreign pet s have brought a whole new di sea se to thi s country．A strange illne s s killed I sak sen' s pet s and she now think s that keeping foreign pet s i s a bad idea, “I don't think it' s fair to have them a s pet s when we have such alimited knowledge of them．” say s I sak sen．
“Law s allowing the se animal s to be brought in from deep fore st area s without stricter control need changing．” say s Peter Schantz．Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call．Re searcher s believe infected animal s may infect their owner s．We know very little about the se new di sea se s．A new bug(病毒)may be kind at fir st．But it may develop into something harmful．Monkey-pox doe sn't look a major infectiou s di sea se．But it i s not impo s sible to pa s s the di sea se from per son to per son．
(1)
We learn from Paragraph 1 that the pet sold at the shop may ________．
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A．
come from Columbia
B．
prevent u s from being infected
C．
enjoy being with children
D．
suffer from monkey-pox
(2)
Why did I sak sen advi se people not to have foreign pet s?
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A．
Becau se they attack human being s．
B．
Becau se we need to study native animal s．
C．
Becau se they can't live out of the rain fore st．
D．
Becau se we do not know much about them yet．
(3)
What doe s the phra se “the wake－up call” in Paragraph 3 mo st probably mean?
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