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To those who love pets, it’s hard to imagine any other way of life. However, raising your first pet can be a rewarding 31 or a major disaster. Animals make extra work, cost money and require a sense of 32 . They are not for everyone.

Pets such as dogs and cats bring in mud and 33 hairs on carpets and furniture. Young animals 34 training. Young dogs are 35 causing damage to things; they chew things and dig holes in the garden.

Many parents 36 to get pets because children keep asking for them, but pets are not toys which can be 37 when novelty(新奇）has disappeared. It must be realized that the responsibility for the pet lies with the 38 —usually mother!

Some parents expect their children to 39 their pets themselves, but such responsibility should never be placed upon young children. You’d better 40 them to help, but when daily tasks become a 41 , they will feel bored, and it is the pet that 42 .

The best way for a child to learn about the 43 animals need is by example, but in order to set that 44 , parents themselves have to treat pets as part of their family and 45 caring for them.

By 46 pets receiving love and care, children are learning a valuable lesson without realizing they are being 47 .

So when it comes to making a 48 —to have or not to have a pet—

49 the person who will do most of the work and who must accept the responsibility for that pet is you. Think about it 50 .

31. A. theme B. tradition

C. experience D. requirement

32. A. achievement B. responsibility C. fairness D. humour

33. A. leave B. put C. decrease D. send

34. A. deserve B. direct C. gain D. need

35. A. just B. already C. often D. once

36. A. learn B. happen C. prove D. decide

37. A. depended on B. picked out C. given away D. cared about

38. A. parents B. neighbours C. friends D. teachers