People sometimes like to read stories of dogs very much. They think that dogs are much cleverer than cats, sheep, cows or other animals in their homes. One of my close friends, Bob, has a very large police dog named Jack. Every Sunday afternoon, Bob and Jack have a walk in the park nearby. Jack likes these walks very much. One Sunday afternoon, I paid a visit to my friend. I stayed there for a longtime and my friend and I had much more talk with each other than ever before. Soon it was time for them to take a walk in the park. We forgot that. Jack became worried about it. He walked around the room several times and then sat down in front of me and looked at me. But I still paid no attention (注意) to him. I went on talking with my friend. At last, Jack could not wait any longer. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down in front of me again. But this time, he held my hat in his mouth. Suddenly, I understood what Jack meant and so did my friend.

31．How many people are there in this story?______.

A．One　 B．Two　 C．Three　 D．Four

32．Jack______.

A．is a close friend of mine　

B．enjoys long walks in the park every Sunday afternoon　

C．has many close friends　

D．enjoys talks in the room

33．Jack took my hat in his mouth to show that______.

A．I should leave the house at once　 　B．he liked my hat very much　

C．he was hungry and he tried to eat it　 D．he wanted to have a rest

34．Jack was worried because______.

A．he wanted to eat something　

B．it was Sunday afternoon again　

C．he was not feeling well

D．he wanted his master (主人) to take him for a walk

35．Which of the following is true?______.

A．When Jack and I were talking, my friend didn't pay any attention to us　

B．When I was talking to my friend, Jack didn't pay any attention to us　

C．When my friend and I were talking, we didn't pay any attention to Jack　 D．When my friend was talking to Jack, I paid attention to them

The United Nations says forty million people or so around the world went hungry in 2008，mainly because of higher food prices. Early estimates from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) show that 963 million people did not get enough to eat.

World food prices have dropped since early 2008．Prices of major crops have decreased by more than half from their height earlier last year. But they remain high compared to earlier years．

But FAO official Hafez Ghana says lower prices have failed to end the food crisis（危机）in many poor countries．"For millions in developing countries," he says, "getting enough food every day to live an active and healthy life is a distant dream.”

The FAO says food shortage is a threat to people's health．Today, two-thirds of the world's undernourished people live in just a few countries. These are India, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Pakistan, Ethiopia and so on.

A report on food insecurity warns that the current economic crisis could send even more people into hunger and poverty.

In sub-Saharan Africa, the percentage of the people who continually go hungry fell from 34% in 1997 to 30% in 2008．But the FAO says Ghana is the only country that has reached two sets of hunger reduction targets．These were set by the 1996 World Food Summit and the Millennium Development Goals．The main reason is the growth in agricultural production in Ghana.

The FAO says some countries in Southeast Asia like Thailand and Vietnam have made progress in hunger reduction goals．But South Asia and Central Asia haven't, and North Korea is still in hot water.

31. What FAO official Hafez Ghana says implies ＿．

A. it's easy but takes long to provide people with enough food

B. enough food can make people more active and healthier

C. there is difficulty solving the food shortage in a short time

D. people in developing countries will never get enough food

32. Ghana has reached the targets of hunger reduction mainly because of ＿．

A. the still high food prices                      

B. the donation of developed countries

C. the two targets of hunger reduction      

D. the growth in agricultural production

33. The underlined word "undernourished" in Para. 4 probably means ＿．

A. hungry and unhappy                       B. unhealthy for lack of food

C. not fat because of poverty               D. undeveloped and poor

34. Which country has not made progress in hunger reduction?

A. North Korea    B. Thailand      C. Vietnam     D. Ghana

35. What is the best title of this passage?

A. The food production of the world

B.    The hunger reduction target of the FAO

C.    The food shortage around the world

D.    The solution to the global food shortage

---Bob has gone to California.

   ---Oh, can you tell me when he ____?

     A. left       B. has left    C. is leaving     D. would leave

“It was all his own idea, ” says Pat Peters, the 38-year-old wife of Palo Alto, California high school football coach Bob Peters, 39. Bob had just drawn up a “motherhood contract” --a document stating that for 70 days this summer he would take over the care and feeding of the couple’s four children, plus all household chores. Although he didn’t even know how to make coffee when he signed, he was quite confident.(He thought the experience would make a nice book.)
After 40 of the 70 days, he was ready to give up. “I was beaten down, pletely humbled（挫败的）,”  admits Peters. Three weeks later he spoke to the local press, stating, “Not only is motherhood a difficult task, not only is it never-ending, it is an impossible job for any normal human being.”
Bob and Pat were high school sweethearts. After they were married in 1960, she worked as a secretary to help put him through university. Since then Bob has been the football and wrestling coach at Palo Alto’s Cubberley High while Pat raised the kids. Then two years ago Pat went back to work as a secretary at Cubberley. “I had been around children so much,” she sighs, “I couldn’t talk to a grown-up.” She continued to run the household, however----until Bob signed the contract, therefore, she decided to relax and enjoy it. 
Although Peters had consulted(咨询) with his school’s home economics teachers and the head of the cafeteria, his meals were sometimes a disaster. “I tried to slip the butter I’d forgotten under the eggs after they were frying, ” he says. For the last three weeks, the family ate out a lot—sometimes having Macdonald’s hamburgers for lunch and dinner.
As for housekeeping, a home economics teacher had told Bob that a room always looks clean if the bed is made. “I found an easier way-I shut the doors, ” he says. Soon the kids were wearing the same clothes for a week. “I made them wear their shirts inside out, and when we went to pick up Pat at work they turned them right side out so they would look clean.”
Now that Bob has publicly admitted he was wrong, he is routinely sharing the child-raising and household tasks with Pat. The tentative（暂时的） title of his book about the summer is taken from something he shouted at the kids one day.
【小题1】The couple signed the contract because _______.

—Hi,Robert,Bob has come back from abroad.Let’s have a get-together this weekend,shall we?

—___________.?

A.It’s my pleasure         B.Great idea?

C.It’s quite all right              D.It’s very kind of you?