“Well, we’re in our new house. Let’s get a new pet to get along with it,” Mrs. Brown said to her husband.
“That sounds like a pretty good idea,” he answered. “Do you want to see the ads in the newspaper?”
“Let’s go to the animal shelter. Many pets there need homes. Since tomorrow is Saturday, we can both go,” she said.
The next morning the Browns met Mr. Snow at the animal shelter. “We want to be sure that the pets here go to good homes,” Mr. Snow said, “So I need to ask you some questions.”
After they talked for a while, the Browns decided to get a small dog. It wouldn’t need a big house or a big yard. A small dog would bark(吠) and warn them if someone tried to break into their house. After Mr. Snow gave the Browns a book on pet care, they chose one and wanted to take her home right away. But the animal doctor hadn’t checked her yet. So Mr. Snow told them to return on Sunday.
On Sunday afternoon the Browns went to the animal shelter again. The animal doctor said, “Shadow has had all of her shots(预防针). She will be healthy.” The Browns thanked the doctor and took Shadow home.
【小题1】From the reading we learn that _______.

根据句意，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空。（必要时加助动词或情态动词。）

1. Every year foreigners          (come) to China to learn English.

2.— why didn’t you come and open the door for me, dear?

   — Oh, sorry, I         (cook ) in the chicken. I didn’t hear you.

3. Some food         (taste) good, but it is usually bad for our health.

4. Look! It’s raining heavily. Why mot      (take) a raincoat with you?

5.Dear Erie, your room is too dirty, It should       (clean) right away.

6. The film       (begin) by the time I got to the cinema.

7.—Keep quiet, kids, Dad      (sleep) in the next room.

   — OK, Mum.

8.As teenagers, we’re old enough      (help) with housework We can help set

  the table, wash the dishes and clean our own rooms.

9.We know each other well because we      (be) friends since tea years ago,

10.David preferred      (sell) newspapers to doing housework when he was young.

Learning Chinese may seem difficult to foreigners outside China．  36  , Daisy Raffan, an   37  girl in Britain, hopes to bring the language to the young people．Daisy has   38  an online learning website(网站) to teach the language to as   39  people as possible all over the world．  40  China’s fast development in the world, Daisy thinks   41  important for people to learn the language sooner rather than later．Daisy has   42  Putonghua since the age of five．Two years ago, after she decided to pass on what she had learned, this teenager   43  the idea for the website, kids Chinese club．com．She said, “People are afraid to learn Putonghua．One of the main reasons is that they think it’s an   44  language to learn, but I have had fun   45  it．And I hope what have done is easy and fun．”Her   46  offers a series(系列)of lessons, which are videos of Daisy teaching a group of students on topics from greetings and numbers to Chinese culture．

Daisy’s website has   47  the support of several important persons—the teenager   48  she has received a letter praising(赞扬)her work from Gordon Brown, who is the British Prime Minister(首相)．

She said, “I wrote to him and told him what I was doing and got a letter   49 ．He said that what I was doing was a really good  50 ．I thought it was amazing．I was excited that someone so important was supporting what we’re doing．”

1.                A．Otherwise      B．Therefore       C．However  D．By the way

2.                A．5-year-old      B．18-year-old      C．8-year-old D．28-year-old

3.                A．invented        B．discovered      C．wrote    D．set up

4.                A．much          B．few            C．many D．little

5.                A．As             B．When          C．With D．But

6.                A．this            B．that            C．it    D．/

7.                A．taught          B．learnt          C．drew D．talked

8.                A．came out       B．came on        C．came over D．came up with

9.                A．impossible      B．interesting      C．excellent D．easy

10.               A．telling          B．learning        C．writing    D．speaking

11.               A．e-mail          B．magazine       C．essay D．website

12.               A．won           B．made          C．given D．beaten

13.               A．wonders        B．asks           C．doubts    D．says

14.               A．in             B．back           C．down D．up

15.               A．girl            B．design         C．idea  D．person

Learning Chinese may seem difficult to foreigners outside China. However, Daisy Raffan, an

36   girl in Britain, hopes to bring the   37   to the young people.

Daisy has   38   an online learning website to teach the language to as   39   people as possible, all over the world.

With China’s fast development in the world, Daisy thinks   40   important for people to learn the language sooner rather than later.

Daisy has been learning Putonghua   41   the age of five. Two years ago,   42   she decided to pass on what she had learned, she   43   the idea for the website, kidschineseclub.com.

She said: “People are afraid to learn Putonghua. One of the main reasons is that they think it’s an   44   language to learn, but I have had fun   45   it .And I hope what I have done is easy and fun.”

Her   46    offers a series of lessons, which are videos of Daisy teaching a group of students on topics from greetings and numbers to Chinese culture.

Daisy’s website has   47   the support of several important persons —the teenager says she has received a letter praising(赞扬) her work from Gordon Brown,   48   is the British Prime Minister(首相).

She said: “I wrote to him and told him what I was doing and got a letter   49  . He said that what I was doing was a really good idea. I thought it was amazing. I was excited that   50   was supporting what we’re doing.”