Farmers,as we all know,have been having a hard time of it lately,and have turned

 to new ways of earning income from their land.This involves not only planting new kinds of crops,but some__55  ways of making money,the most unusual of which has got to be sheep racing.Yes,you heard me__56   !A farmer now holds sheep races on a regular basis,and during the past year over 100,000 people have __57   to watch the race.“I was passing the farm on my way to the sea for a holiday,"one punter (赛马经纪人)told me,“and I thought I'd have a look.I didn't believe it was serious to tell you the truth."According to a regular visitor,betting on sheep is more interesting than betting on horses.“At proper horse races everyone has already studied the form of the horse __58  ,and there are clear favourites. __59   nobody has heard anything about these _60  !Most people find it difficult to tell one from another in any

 case."I stayed to watch the races,and I must admit that I found it quite__61  . In

 a usual sheep race,half a dozen sheep race down hill over a course of about half a mile.Food is waiting for them at the other end of the__62   just to give them so

me encouragement,I ought to add!The sheep run surprisingly fast，__63  they have probably not eaten for a while.Anyway,the crowd around me were obviously enjoying

heir day out at the races, __64   by their happy faces and the sense of excitement.

55.A. common         B. strange            C. swift          D. illegal

56.A. honestly       B. surprisingly       C. completely     D. correctly

57.A. showed off     B. brought up         C. turned up      D. looked forward

58.A. behind time    B. in progress        C. in advance     D. in time 

59.A. But            B. Therefore          C. Moreover       D. Otherwise 

60.A.horses          B. sheep              C. races          D. stories

61.A.exciting        B. dangerous          C. boring         D. peculiar

62.A.race            B. hill               C. track          D. field

63.A.if              B. so                 C. yet            D. although

64.A.observing       B. judging            C. considering    D. inferring 

People always hate betting on football. __________ to our joy, our legal authority took action at length.

A．Ever　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．Little

C．Much　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．Even

28．People always hate betting on football. __________ to our joy, our legal authority took action at length.

A．Ever　 　 B．Little     C．Much　 　D．Even

Farmers, as we all know, have been having a hard time of it lately, and have turned to new ways of earning income from their land. This involves not only planting new kinds of crops, but some __1__ ways of making money, the most unusual of which has got to be sheep racing. Yes, you heard me __2__! A farmer now holds sheep races on a regular basis, and during the past year over 100 000 people have __3__ to watch the race. “I was passing the farm on my way to the sea for a holiday,” one punter (赛马经纪人) told me, “and I thought I’d have a look. I didn’t believe it was serious, to tell you the truth.” According to a regular visitor, betting on sheep is more interesting than betting on horses. “At proper horse races everyone has already studied the form of the horse __4__, and there are clear favourites. __5__   nobody has heard anything about these __6__! Most people find it difficult to tell one from another in any case.” I stayed to watch the races, and I must admit that I found it quite __7__. In a usual sheep race, half a dozen sheep race down hill over a course of about half a mile. Food is waiting for them at the other end of the __8__ just to give them some encouragement, I ought to add! The sheep run surprisingly fast. __9__ they have probably not eaten for a while. Anyway, the crowd around me were obviously enjoying their day out at the races, __10__ by their happy faces and the sense of excitement. 

A. common  B. strange       C. swift   D. illegal

A. honestly  B. surprisingly       C. completely D. correctly

A. looked forward B. brought up       C. turned up   D. showed off

A. behind time    B. in progress C. in advance  D. in time

A. But  B. Therefore   C. Moreover   D. Otherwise

A. horses     B. sheep  C. races   D. stories

A. exciting   B. dangerous   C. boring D. peculiar

A. race B. hill     C. track   D. field

A. If     B. So      C. Yet     D. Although

A. observing      B. judging      C. considering       D. inferring

Many people consider their pets members of the family and are very sad when they die, but what if you could clone your dog, cat or bird?
A scientist in New Orleans, who has proved his ability to clone other animals, is now offering the possibility to pet owners here in Wisconsin．
Scientists have not been able to clone dogs, cats or other pets, but if and when the time comes, several companies will be ready and able to do the job．
The question is: Are you ready to clone your pet? Brett Reggio is betting on it．He is working on his Ph. D at Louisian State University. He's successfully cloned a goat five times and wants to try the process on family pets．  So he started a business called Lazaron． “What Lazaron provides is the first step in the cloning process． ”He said．“It’s for curing and storing the fiberglass cells that will be used for cloning．”
“Your first reaction is yeah! I think I’d like that．” said Donna Schacht, a pet owner．
“I don’t believe you can ever replace a special love,” pet owner Paulette Callattion said．
Most pet owners will tell you freezing your pet’s  DNA in hopes of one day cloning it is a personal decision．
Scientists say that cloning your own pet doesn’t mean that the offspring（后代） will have the same intelligence, temperament（性情） or other qualities that your pet has．
【小题1】From the passage we know that scientists have ______．