根据下列句子及所给汉语注释,在句子右边的横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。

1.Our new teacher is an         woman---she never seems to get tired.(精力充沛)

                                                                                                      1.          

2.Silk from China found its way over land along the Silk Road to India and Middle East in

e         for spices.                                                            2.           

3.He worked hard and made a great contribution, so he was         (提升)to an important  position.                   3.          

4.Thanks to the measures taken by the government, the gap between the city and the country reduced         (逐渐)                                     4.          

5.More mad more people v         to work for the Olympic Games in Beijing. Would you like to join them?                5.          

6.Armed robberies are happening quite         (频繁) in this area. Measures must be taken about it.                      6.          

7.House repairs, holidays and other e         have reduced her bank balance to almost nothing.

                                                                                                      7.          

8.The football match will be b         live on TV this evening.       8.          

9.Saving money year after year, his parents         (积累)enough money to pay for his education abroad.               9.          

10.The wombat and the small bear come from the same family but d         in body shape and eating habits.                                                                                      10.          

Pets are no strangers to the White House. Many of American Presidents have been animal lovers. In recent times, White House pets have been tame dogs and cats. Long ago, however, presidential pets, like our nation itself, were wilder!

In 1806, President Thomas Jefferson lived in the White House. Passers-by often caught sight of his pet bears. Explorers had discovered these fierce bears, caught a pair of small ones, and sent them to Jefferson. While the President was excited about his bears, his enemies in Congress constantly laughed at his pets, calling the White House “The President’s Bear Garden”

By 1825, the bears were long gone from the White House scene. Now, the building was home to President John Quincy Adams and his crocodile. The green beast actually belonged to General Lafayette, a French hero who had helped the United States win the Revolutionary War. When Lafayette asked Adams to keep the crocodile for him, the President couldn’t refuse. While President Adams babysat the huge crocodile, First Lady Louisa Adams was busy raising thousands of silkworms. She used the silk from the silkworms to make cloth for her dresses.

When President Martin Van Buren moved into the White House in 1837, he brought his tigers with him. At first, Van Buren said the tigers were his. The Sultan of Oman had sent the tigers when Van Buren was elected, so Congress argued that the tigers belonged to the American people. A fight over the tigers continued for months. In the end, Congress sent someone to seize the tigers and put them in a zoo.

Twenty years later, President James Buchanan received another valuable gift when he was in his first year in the White House. This time, the King of Siam sent several elephants! Buchanan had no desire to share his building with the big creatures, so he sent them to the zoo. Buchanan did, however, keep another gift—a pair of birds. They were a fitting symbol of presidential power.

1.How did the Presidents mentioned get their unusual pets?

A.The pets were given to them by others.  B.They bought them at the market

       C.They got them in the forest.             D.Their family members offered them the pets

2.What similar political effect did Jefferson’s bears and Van Buren’s tigers have?

       A.The pets made them happy and gay.

       B.It took them too much time to look after them.

       C.It brought about dissatisfaction with them in Congress.

       D.It made people believe that they were animal lovers.

3.According to the passage, we can infer that ________.

       A.the pets the Presidents raised were all huge ones

       B.the pets the Presidents owned were all their favorite ones

       C.the Presidents kept the pets not only at home but in the zoo

       D.the Presidents’ pets were not only cared about by their families

4. The passage mainly tells us _______

       A.The president’s bear garden           B.Historical American presidents’ pets

       C.The White House as a zoo              D.American presidents’ favorites

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