Adopting(领养) a pet can be a lot of work, but it is also great fun. Mollie Lesser, 18, of Chicago, US, recently adopted a little dog named Cookie. Cookie is not Mollie’s first dog. The family had another dog that passed away over the summer. They were very s __1.__, so they adopted Cookie last autumn. It was only six m__2.__ old. “My parents compare it to having a baby,” Mollie said. “It can take a lot of time.”

Cookie needs to be w__3.__ or let into the backyard several times a day. His trainer, Lisa Collins, says a young dog actually needs to be let outdoors every two hours.

Owning a dog is not just about playing with it. O__4.__ also want their dogs to do something helpful. Collins says that, t__5.__ proper training, animals can learn to listen to orders from b__6.__ adults and kids. Having a dog not only means providing it with fresh food and clean water every day, it also needs special care and a_7.__. And patience and training are also necessary. Mollie said her dog has already chewed(咀嚼) up a pair of leather shoes. Her parents have been working with Collins to stop its bad behaviour l__8.__ chewing or jumping on people. Having a pet takes a lot of time, but Mollie doesn’t m__9.__.

“Falling in love with a pet is easy, but adopting a pet is a big decision,” said Lesser. “Think it over b__10.__ you adopt a pet."

Read the passage and fill in the blanks with the proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)
A thousand years ago, Hong Kong was covered by a thick forest. As more and more people came to live in Hong Kong, these trees were cut down and burnt. Now there is no forest left, though there are still some small areas covered with trees. We call these “woods”.
Elephants, tigers and many o__1__ animals were living in the thick forest. When people came to live in Hong Kong, the animals began to die out. Early farmers grew rice and r__2__ pigs and chickens in the valleys. They cut down the trees and burnt them. They needed fire to keep t__3__ warm in winter, to cook their food and to drive away the dangerous animals. Elephants quickly d___4__because there was not enough food for them. So did most of the wolves and tigers.
You might think that there are no longer any animals in Hong Kong e__5__ in the zoos, but there are still about 36 different animals living there. One of the most lovely of Hong Kong’s animals is the barking deer. There are beautiful little animals w__6__ a rich brown coat and a white patch under the tail. They look like deer but they are much smaller. They are less than two feet high. They make a noise rather like a dog barking. In Hong Kong the barking deer has only one r__7__enemy- men. People hunt these little animals though it is illegal(犯法的). There are now not many barking deer left. So it is important for people to protect these wild animals.

I didn’t think I had a passion(激情). I would sit in front of the TV all day, thinking about nothing but the next show.

It was not long ago that I first learned how important having a passion is to life.

On that day I went with my mum to drive my sister to the gym. I was bored. Then, as my mum stopped at a red light, s 1. on the side of the road caught my eye. It was a man dressed in rags (衣衫褴褛). He was homeless. That didn’t interest me, for I had seen many like him b2. .

But in some ways he was d 3. . This man was not sitting down with a sad expression. He had a radio in his hand and was dancing h 4. to the music. The radio seemed to be the most precious(珍贵)thing he had.

“ Mum, why does that man have A、radio even thought he’s homeless?” I asked.

“He bought it,” she replied.

“But if he’s homeless, why doesn’t he use the money to buy food or clothes? He w 5. it on something he doesn’t need.”

“Well, Sarah, sometimes food and clothes aren’t the most important things. We need happiness, too.”

That man must c 6. enough music to buy a radio instead of food or clothes. I soon realized that happiness is the k 7. to life.

Without it, there’s nothing to look forward to. A passion gives a person the happiness they need to keep going.

缺词填空 根据短文内容及首字母提示补全单词（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）
UNICEF works all over the world.
UNICEF helps make the world a better place for c____【小题1】____. We provide clean water, enough food and e____【小题2】____ for poor children in many countries.
We want children to be healthy so we try to p__【小题3】____ illness. When they’re sick, we pay for them to go to a doctor.
We also think it’s i____【小题4】___ that children go to school. Many children in p___【小题5】__ countries have to work to earn m____【小题6】____ for their families so they can’t go to school.
UNICEF raises money by s____【小题7】____ Christmas cards and organizing other fund-raising a____【小题8】___.
There are many w__【小题9】___ you can help UNICEF. You can send a donation or do some v___【小题10】__ work.