To help you decide what might make a good pet,we’ve put together a pet checklist.We’ve named some of the animals that are often kept as pets.We’ve shown some good points and bad points about each.And we hope it may help you make the best choice(选择).

Pick-a-Pet Checklist

Pets

Good Points

Bad Points

Easy to keep

Enjoy being petted

Good to hold

Hard to house train

Drop lots of hair

Easily upset by high temperature

Can be very interesting

Can be friendly when young

Against the law to keep in many states in the U. S.

Can get unkind when older

Easy to feed & care for

Can live indoors or out

Fun to hold

Very friendly

Little pans can be messy

May kill birds

May make you sneeze

Come in many sizes

Can live indoors or out

Fun to love & play with

Very friendly

Can give safety

Can be noisy

Need to be trained

May bite if angry

Need lots of attention

1.You are ________ to keep a raccoon as a pet in many places of America.

A、suggested B、encouraged C、not allowed D、told

2.It would be easier for you to keep a ________ as a pet if you’re often too busy to take care of it.

A、rabbit or raccoon B、rabbit or cat

C、raccoon or dog D、dog or cat

3.If you feed birds at home,you should be very careful to choose a _______ as your another pet.

A、rabbit B、raccoon C、cat D、dog

4.The dog may ________ you if you make it angry.

A、hurt B、fix C.、train D、smell

5.The writer tries to help us ________ with the checklist.

A、learn how to look after our pets

B、find which animal is our best choice as a pet

C、know what kind of animals can be kept as a pet

D、keep a pet in a easy way

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World Sleep Day, on 21st March, was created to bring attention to the growing number of sleep problems. Sleep is a natural part of human life, but many people in the modern world don’t realize it’s very important. As a result, sleep problems are quite common.

In 2011, scientists at the University of Athens in Greece did a survey of over 35,000 people in 10 countries around the world, including China, Belgium and South Africa. Among the people, 24 percent said that they did not sleep well, 31.6 percent were diagnosed(诊断) with insomnia(失眠). In addition, 30.7 percent of them have visited doctors for help with sleep problems and 11.6 percent said that they felt very sleepy during the day.

The survey found that many people suffer the effects of poor quality sleep, some examples can’t fall asleep and often wake up in the middle of the night. The main reasons of the problems are pressure(压力) from school or work and a fast pace(节奏) of life, but noise pollution and light pollution also affect sleep and cause poor quality sleep. The survey also found that large numbers of people find it hard to sleep at night. The short term effects of this are tiredness and trouble concentrating(专心). If this happens for a long time, the risk of gaining weight and having a heart attack may increase.

There are many things you can do to improve the quality of your sleep. First, you should have regular sleep habits. Try to go to bed and wake up around the same time each day. You also need to make your bedroom a cool, dark, quiet place to sleep so that heat, light and noise do not disturb you. At night, you should also avoid things that contain caffeine, such as chocolate, coffee, tea and many soft drinks, as caffeine may keep you from sleeping.

Getting a good night's sleep is important for everyone. By following the advice above,you can rest better at night and work better during the day.

Have a good sleep

World Sleep Day

World Sleep Day was created to make people understand the__1.___of sleep.

A survey by scientists

Of 35 000 people in 10 countries in the world, 24 percent of the people didn’t have a__2._sleep.

31.6 percent were diagnosed with insomnia.

30.7 percent have ___3.__ to a doctor for sleep problems.

11.6 percent of the people feel __4.___ during the day .

___5.__of sleep problems

People feel the pressure from school or work .

A fast pace of life___6.___to sleep problems as well.

Noise and light pollution also cause poor quality sleep.

___7.__of sleep problems

Some people aren’t able to fall asleep and often wake up at night.

Feeling__8.___, people find it hard to concentrate.

It’s highly possible that sleepless people easily gain weight and have a heart attack.

Ways to___9.___sleep quality

Have regular sleep habits.

Make your bedroom cool, dark and quiet

Don’t drink anything___10.___ caffeine at bedtime.

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