What kind of pets do people have in your country? Dogs? Cats? How about a duck, hippo(河马) or lion? Here are two cases of animal owners with unusual pets.

Barrie Hayman has a pet duck called Star. Barrie adopted(领养) him after his brothers and sisters stayed away from him at birth. Barrie, a duck breeder, realized the little duck needed special attention. So he began taking Star with him everywhere he went. “I would put him in my pocket while I did my shopping,” said Barrie. Now, at five months, Star is too big for Barrie’s pocket, but the two are still inseparable. They watch sports, together and even share a drink together. Barrie said, “He is a fantastic duck. I’ve never known any like him.” Star even has his own Facebook page, with more than 2,000 Face book friends.

Then there is the case of Tonie and Shirley Joubert in South Africa. They live with their hippo, Jessica. Tonie saved Jessica from floodwaters when she was only a day old. Jessica lives outside their riverside house, but she knows how to open the kitchen door, and often goes there for a snack. Tonie recently said, “I don’t know whether Jessica sees me as a hippo or whether she sees herself as a human.” Shirley is more certain, “Jessica sees herself as our child and I see Jessica as my daughter. I can’t imagine my life without Jessica.” Jessica is free to leave, and often visits wild hippos that live nearby. But she always returns home at night. Jessica’s website notes that she has three hippo boyfriends, but one in particular,Fred, is her favorite. They often go grazing(吃青草) together and Fred has recently moved onto the Joubert’s house as well.

1.What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Some websites are set up to protect pets.

B. Some unusual pets are adopted by people

C. People should take good care of their pets

D. Pets sometimes can be very interesting

2.What does the underlined word “inseparable” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. Always together  B. Always separated

C. Always friendly   D. Always healthy

3.Barrie took Star everywhere he went because______.

A. he had never seen a duck like Star

B. he set up a Facebook page for Star

C. he wanted care more about Star

D. he needed Star to drink with him

4.We can learn from the passage that Jessica ______

A.came to Joubert’s home when she was 5 months old

B.loves eating in the Joubert’s kitchen

C. doesn’t see herself as a human being

D.has more than three boyfriends

Restaurants in Europe, the United States and Japan are testing technology to let diners order their food direct from a screen at their table instead of depending on a fellow human being to note their choice.
Besides cutting costs, companies that sell the “e-menus” argue the bytes-for-bites way has a new value that can attract younger customers, and various photographs of steaks and gooey desserts attract diners to order more. It also could extend the TV dinner. How about a computer game dinner?
“It's about impulse-buying,” said Adi Chitayat, Conceptic’s CEO. “If a person starts looking at pictures of chocolate cake, the chances are he'll order it.” Frame, a restaurant in Tel Aviv with the system, is said to have its sales on tables with the e-menu increased by about 11% . Customers often call ahead to reserve （预定）spots equipped with screens, manager Natalie Edry told Reporters.
At one of the e-menu tables, IT worker Gil Uriel and his young family were enthusiastic as they checked out pictures of the dishes on offer and squabbled（争吵）overdesserts. “It’s more visual,” says Uriel, as his children clicked away furiously on a games function between courses. “We can still choose, we can still argue —but it’s much easier when we can all see it.”
【小题1】The following are the advantages of “restaurants with” EXCEPT that         .

---How about a visit to Hongkong Disneyland?

---___________  I have been looking forward to it for a long time．

A．I agree it.                   B．That’s right. C．I don’t mind. D． Why not?

Some of the wheat came from Canada. How about ________ ?

1. A.
   another
2. B.
   the others
3. C.
   the other
4. D.
   the rest

—I’m fed up with these naughty boys!

—Maybe we can find a new direction for their _________ energies. How about a football game?

A. abundant                 B. abnormal            C. aggressive          D. alternative