It’s sure that having a lovely pet can make people’s home life better—and in fact, it is of great importance in the pet owners’ career lives (职业生涯). In fact, according to a new survey, people with pets may be more successful in their careers and this is good news for those pet parents who want to be successful and powerful.

How could it be possible for those pet owners to have career success? The researchers surveyed 857 people in the United States with different kinds of jobs. Well, according to the research, some successful people said that their pets helped teach them many useful lessons, like being more responsible (有责任心的) and creative, showing love for others, and keeping rules. And all of these are so important in the business world.

What about people who grew up without pets, but have adopted (领养) pets when they are adults (成年人)? Luckily for those, the survey showed that having pets now can also help with their career success.

According to the research, 86 percent of pet parents said owning pets can help them keep a good order in their lives, plan their time better, and finish more work without wasting time or money. But even though you don’t think your pet has truly helped you, it will be greatly useful when your workmates get to know that you have a pet. In fact, 80 percent of people in the survey said they have a closer relationship with those workmates who have their own pets, and 79 percent of those believe that workmates with pets are more hard-working.

1.In which part of a newspaper can you read the passage?

A.News. B.Sports World. C.Letters. D.Life&Fun.

2.Having a pet helps people ________ according to the last paragraph.

A.run faster and exercise more B.better plan their time

C.have a healthy eating habit D.sleep easily and well

3.What is the main idea of the passage?

A.People with pets may be more successful.

B.People like dogs better than cats.

C.People with pets may be happier.

D.People without pets may be unlucky.

4.What will the writer talk about if there is another paragraph?

A.The places to get a pet. B.How to choose pets.

C.A successful example of a pet owner. D.Differences between dogs and cats.

阅读理解。

One year, a college in the Unites States announced that it would offer a lot of money for the pure white marigold(金盏花). The high reward attracted so many people, but in the nature, besides golden, the marigold is brown, and it is not easy to get the white one. So after they were excited for a time, many people had forgotten the announcement.

One normal day after 20 years, the college received a letter and 100 seeds of pure white marigold. It turned out to be an old woman of over 70 years old. Some experts in the college doubted it , but in order not to let her down, those seeds finally took root(根) in the earth. The miracle appeared after one year: the field was covered by pure white marigold. Therefore, the old woman who was always unknown to the public became a newfocus.

The old woman was a flower-lover. When she read the announcement 20 years ago, she got very excited like others. But her right children were totally against her decision. After all, a woman who never knew the seed genetics(遗传学) couldn’t complete what the experts could never do, so her thought was only a day dream.

Still, the old woman didn’t change her mind and went on working. She planted some of the most common seeds and took good care of them. A year later, when the marigold came out, she chose one faintest(最暗淡的) from those golden and brown flowers and get the best seed. The next year, she again grew them and chose…. Day after day, year after year, through many seasons, the old woman’s husband died, her children flew far and high, a lot of things happened in her life, but only the desire to grow the pure white marigold took root in her heart.

Finally, after 20 years on the day we all know, in the garden she saw a marigold which was not nearly white, but as white as sliver or snow.

A problem even experts couldn’t deal with was solved by an old woman who didn’t understand genetics. Wasn’t it a miracle?

To take root in the heart, even the most common seed can grow into a miracle!

1.According to the passage, ________ marigold is unusual.

A.white B.purple

C.brown D.golden

2.The underlined part “focus” is closets in meaning to “center of ________”.

A.energy B.activity

C.attention D.creativity

3.It can be learned from the passage that ________.

A.the children didn’t agree on their mother’s decision

B.the woman needed the great reward for her big family

C.the experts also succeeded in growing the white marigold

D.the woman took good care of the flowers instead of her family

4.The woman successfully grew the white marigold at last because she ________.

A.was luckier than experts

B.put her heart into flowers

C.got support from her family

D.studies the seed genetics well

5.The passage mainly talks about ________.

A.the difficulties

B.the possibility of going beyond experts

C.the unforgettable development of marigold

D.the importance of holding on to dreams

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