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In many big cities, a lot of old people keep birds, cats, dogs and other animals in their houses. These animals are friendly to the old people and never leave them. So the old people love them and see them as their good friends or families.

It’s not difficult to keep these lovely animals at home. But you have to take them to animal hospitals to give them needles (注射), so they won’t get ill or they will make people ill. Now there are lots of animal food stores here and there. People can buy good animal food for their animals there. Old people can buy animal food on the phone or on the Internet. But it’s a little more expensive.

Sometimes it’s kind of dirty and dangerous to keep animals. They sometimes look dirty and smell terrible and can be dangerous. For example, an old woman in Shanghai lost her life on the street for her pet dog.

Maybe old people in big cities have many reasons to keep these nice and clever animals. They may feel lonely when their children leave. And these pets can be their great helpers. They are their good friends and help them in many things.

1.Old people love these animals because they are _________.

A. nice and lovely         B. can be great helpers

C. are not difficult to keep D. are friendly to them

2.If people don’t give the animals needles, the animals may ________.

A. be ill B. run away

C. not eat food  D. make people unhappy

3.What does the passage mainly talk about?

A. How to keep pets. B. Pet animals in big cities.

C. Old people and their pet animals. D. Friendly and nice pet animals.

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Mary is digging in the ground for a potato,when along comes John.Seeing that there is no one in sight, John starts to scream.John's angry mother rushes over and drives Mary away.Once his mum has gone,John helps himself to Mary's potato.

We've all experienced similar annoying tricks when we were young-the brother who stole your ball and then got you into trouble by telling your parents you had hit him.But Mary and John are not humans.They're African baboons(狒狒).1.

John's scream and his mother's attack on Mary could have been a matter of chance, but John was later seen playing the same tricks on others.2.

Studying behavior like this is complicated, but scientists discovered apes(猿)clearly showed that they intended to cheat and knew when they themselves had been cheated.3. An ape was annoying him, so he tricked her into going away by pretending he had seen something interesting.When she found nothing, she "walked back, hit me over the head with her hand and ignored me for the rest of the day."

Another way to decide whether an animal's behavior is deliberate is to look for actions that are not normal for that animal.A zoo worker describes how an ape dealt with an enemy."He slowly stole up behind the other ape, walking on tiptoe.When he got close to his enemy, he pushed him violently in the back, then ran indoors." Wild apes do not normally walk on tiptoe.4. But looking at the many cases of deliberate trickery in apes, it is impossible to explain them all as simple copying.

It seems that trickery does play an important part in ape societies.5. Studying the intelligence of our closest relative could be the way to understand the development of human intelligence.

A.In most cases the animal probably doesn't know it is cheating.

B.An amusing example of this comes from a psychologist working in Tanzania.

C.And playing tricks is as much a part of monkey behavior as it is of human behavior.

D.So the psychologists asked his colleagues if they had noticed this kind of trickery.

E.The ability of animals to cheat may be a better measure of their intelligence than their use

of tools.

F.This use of a third individual to achieve a goal is only one of the many tricks commonly

used by baboons.

G.Of course it's possible that it could have learnt from humans that such behavior works, without understanding why.

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At the age of 31,Dad married my mother who was a schoolteacher.In the following spring I came ________ into the world.Life became hard,so my mother felt ________.She told Dad that they must make a ________.

My mother had ________ of how some famous persons,especially Thomas Edison who was born in a poor family,fought against fate and achieved greatness and ________.And she ________ that I would some day become a great leader _____ men or cities and Dad should be a successful businessman.So she ________ Dad to give up his job as a farmhand,sell his horse and ________ a small business of his own.And I went to high school and college. She even sent me abroad for ________ education when I graduated from college.Under the drive of my mother’s hope,Dad and I ________ what we have today.Dad runs a big international ________ and I am a successful lawyer ________ great fame in my country,________ not a leader as my mother expected.

Dad said,without my mother,we wouldn’t be what we are today; at least,he would remain a farmhand.________ he got a lesson of life --- sometimes we really need drive from outside.

1.A. rode B. walked C. ran D. drove

2.A. conversations B. games C. relationships D. activities

3.A. cold B. crowded C. quiet D. dirty

4.A. horse B. entertainment C. life D. beer

5.A. often B. ever C. never D. sometimes

6.A. laughing B. singing C. sleeping D. crying

7.A. unimportant B. busy C. unsatisfied D. tired

8.A. living B. change C. decision D. house

9.A. dreamed B. heard C. thought D. spoken

10.A. honesty B. money C. fame D. energy

11.A. cared B. knew C. forgot D. hoped

12.A. training B. ruling C. helping D. protecting

13.A. warned B. wanted C. allowed D. persuaded

14.A. start B. find C. design D. sell

15.A. farther B. higher C. easier D. closer

16.A. showed B. kept C. lost D. achieved

17.A. company B. school C. farm D. cafe

18.A. suffering B. sharing C. enjoying D. following

19.A. though B. if C. and D. since

20.A. So B. However C. Or D. Because

Many visitors find the pace at which American people move very troubling. One’s first ______ is likely to be that everyone is in a rush. City people always ______ to be hurrying to get where they are going and are very impatient if they are delayed even for a brief moment.

____, this may seem unfriendly to you. But drivers will ______ you; storekeepers will be in a hurry as they ______ you; people will push you ______ they walk along the street. You will ______ smiles, brief conversations with people as you shop or dine away from home. Do not ______ that because Americans are in such a hurry they are ______. Often, life is much slower outside the big cities, as is true in other countries______.

Americans who live in cities such as New York, Chicago, or Los Angeles, often think that everyone is ______ in a hurry to get things done; they ______ others to “push back”, just as city people do in Tokyo, Singapore or Paris, for example. ______ when they discover that you are a stranger, most Americans become quite kind and will take great ______ to help you. Many of them first came to the city as ______ and they remember how frightening a new city can be. If you need help or want to ask a question, _______ a friendly-looking person and say, “I am a stranger here. Can you help me?”

Most people will stop, smile at you, and help you find your ______ or answer your questions. But you must let them know that you need help. Otherwise they are ______ to pass you by, not noticing that you are new to the city and in ______ of help. Occasionally, you may find someone too busy or perhaps too rushed to give you aid. If this happens, don’t be ______; just ask someone else. Most Americans enjoy helping a stranger.

1.A. mistake B. discovery C. experience D. impression

2.A. chance B. appear C. pause D. come

3.A. At times B. In the end C. At first D. Now and then

4.A. rush B. load C. remind D. send

5.A. drive B. persuade C. employ D. serve

6.A. because B. as C. although D. before

7.A. wear B. enjoy C. miss D. trust

8.A. think B. shock C. watch D. attract

9.A. unhappy B. unexpected C. uncertain D. unfriendly

10.A. as usual B. as well C. in need D. in reply

11.A. equally B. generally C. endlessly D. frequently

12.A. forbid B. limit C. expect D. choose

13.A. Even if B. So C. And D. But

14.A. temper B. care C. step D. energy

15.A. rebellers B. experts C. strangers D. patients

16.A. choose B. reject C. disturb D. avoid

17.A. hotel B. way C. necessity D. duty

18.A. likely B. unable C. nervous D. terrible

19.A. face B. charge C. front D. need

20.A. gentle B. tired C. discouraged D. surprised

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