—A small number of students ______ to school by subway.

—The number of the students ______ 13.

Are you an only-child in your family? Are you feeling alone at home? How are you dealing with it?

Zhang Luwen, 12, feels lucky to have a 4-year-old “brother”. “With him, I never feel lonely at home. He goes with me wherever I go,” said the girl of Sichuan Province. But it is not easy to be a sister. Zhang has to help her parents bath her “brother” every week. This is because he is hairy — he is a dog.

As the number of pet owners in China grows more and more, Chinese students have animal friends at home. Experts say that these small animals give these only-children lessons in love, care, teamwork and generosity.

This month, the first study on the influence of pets on the children came out. It is a survey of 402 Beijing primary school students. It shows that animal friends are good for children.

China had more than 90 million only-children by 2006, according to the government. “In families of three, most children feel lonely. They don’t have many chances to learn how to love and be responsible for others,” said Zhou Xia in the study group. “So having a pet can help with the problem.”

However, some students complain that their parents don’t allow them to have pets. “They are afraid a pet would stop me studying,” said Chen Qi, of Chongqing.

Perhaps he could learn from Qin Yixing, 13, of Beijing. “I don’t play with my dog until I have finished my homework. I made the promise to my mom and I must keep it,” said the girl.

1.According to the passage, experts think _______.

A．it is good for students to have animal friends at home

B．only-children families in China will be fewer and fewer

C．small animals at home are bad for students

D．parents should buy more pet animals for their children

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A．Zhang Luwen’s parents bath every week.

B．Zhou Xia thinks a pet animal can solve the problem that children feel lonely.

C．Chen Qi of Chongqing has got a pet animal.

D．Qin Yixing’s parents don’t want her to have a pet.

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Most people love animals. We think that animals are good 1. f_________ of humans. But, in fact，a 1arge number of animals，especially wild ones，are in 2.d_________ now mainly because of humans. If we do not 3.t_________ action now，we will have no animals soon.

People are destroying animals’ natural habitat by cutting 4. d________ trees or building houses. At the same time, many of the animals’ living5.a_________ are becoming farmland as we have to feed a 1arger population of the world. Besides，people hunt animals for their fur or other useful things. As a result of the pollution that humans have caused, some animals cannot6. l_________ a normal life any more.

We must try our best to 7.p_________ animals right now. Remember that it is everyone’s 8.d_________ to do so. We should write to newspapers and magazines and 9. t_________ everyone about these problems. We should also immediately 10. d__________ something to help the endangered animals.

The number of the students _______ 1200. A number of students _______absent （缺席）yesterday.

1.President Hu Jintao flew to Yushu, Qinghai _________, 2010.

A. on May 1             B. on June 11     C. on April 18   D. on July 12

2. President Hu Jintao comforted(安慰) _________ at a field hospital.

A. a middle school student          B. a soldier   

C. a farmer of Yushu                D. a doctor

3. The 2010 World Expo in Shanghai will end on _________.

   A. September 30         B. October 31     C. November 30   D. December 31

4.The theme of Expo 2010 is “_________”

A. Better City, Bright future.          B. Better City, Good Environment.

C. Better City, Better Life.            D. Better City, Best Investment(投资).

5. There will be _________ teams taking part in the 19^th FIFA World Cup.

    A. 10               B. 12               C. 13               D. 32