One evening，Robert was on his way home from the railway station．When he turned round  a corner．he heard footsteps behind him and he thought someone was coming near．He began to walk faster．The footsteps became faster，too．He slowed down．The footsteps also slowed down．Now he was sure that someone must be going after him．He tried to hide．Still the steps followed him．He didn't know how to save himself, so he jumped over some tall grass and found himself in a cemetery(墓地)．He threw himself down on one of the tombs(坟墓)．

    The man behind came near．Robert could hear the man jump over the grass．Thoughts of thieves or murderers(凶手)filled his mind．Robert stood up and faced the man，“What do you want?”he asked．“Why are you coming after me?”

   “I say，”the stranger asked．”Do you always go home like this，or take some special exercise tonight? I want to go to Mr. Brown’s and don’t know the way．The station master told me to follow you as you live next door．Excuse me for asking，but is there much further to go before we get there?”

    1．One evening Robert went home from    ．

       A．the school               B．the hospital

       C．his factory               D．the railway station

    2．When he was walking，he found    ．

       A．a cemetery              B．some tall grass

       C．someone going after him   D．strange footsteps in front of him

    3．At last Robert hid himself    ．

       A．in some tall grass         B．in a cemetery

       C．in a comer              D．in an old house

    4．When the strange jumped over the grass，Robert       ．

       A．cried                            B．ran faster as soon as he can

       C．stood up and asked some questions    D．called his family

    5．Which of the following is TRUE? 

       A．Robert isn’t afraid of the strange．

       B．Robert planted some grass．

       C．Robert’s duty is to look after the cemetery．

       D．The station master knew Robert’s house．

In America, when people say ‘man’s best friend’, they don’t mean another person. Instead, they are talking about a lovely animal—a dog! These words show the friendship between people and animals. Dogs and other pets can give joy to people’s lives. Some people even leave all their money to their pets when they die!

Animals can help people, too. You can teach dogs to be the ‘eyes’ for blind (失明的) people or ‘ears’ for deaf (聋的) people. Scientists have found that pets help people live longer! They make people happier, too. Because of that, they bring animals into hospitals for ‘visits’.

Americans have ‘Be Kind to Animals Week’ in the first week of May. There are many pet shows during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you can also show your love to animals. How? First think about how animals make your life richer (更丰富). If you have a pet, take more time this week to play with it. Remember to give it nice food. If you don’t have a pet, be kind to

animals around you. For example, if you see a street dog, don’t kick it. Just leave it alone, or make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to animals, try to stop them. As people, we must protect (保护) animals because they can’t speak for themselves.???

1.From the sentence ‘Some people even leave all their money to their pets when they die!’, we know that _________.

A. pets also like to get money????

B. money can make pets happy

C. it's the best way to spend money

D. some pets are as important to their owners as their children

2.According to the passage, scientists bring the dogs to hospital because _________.

A. they are ill and they need to see the doctor????

B. they can make the sick happier

C. they can help the doctor find out the problems??

D. all the doctors like them

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Dogs can help people in many ways.??????????

B. Dogs can help people live happier.

C. Dogs can help people make everything.????????

D. Dogs can make people’s lives richer.

4.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Animals are man’s good friends.???????

B. Dogs are too noisy.

C. Pets are lovely and needn’t care and protection.??

D. We have done a lot of things for pets.