D

If you are in town in a western country, you will often see people walking with their dogs. It is still true that a dog is the most useful animal in the world, but the reason why one keeps a dog has changed. Once upon a time, a man met a dog and wanted it to help him in the fight against other animals,and he found that the dog listened to him and did what he told it to. Later people used dogs for the hunting of other animals, and the dogs didn't eat what they got until their masters agreed, so dogs were used for driving sheep and guarding chickens. But now the people in the towns and cities do not need dogs to hunt other animals. Of course they keep them to frighten thieves, but the most important reason is that people feel lonely in the city. For a child, a dog is his best friend when he has no friends to play with. For a young wife, a dog is her child when she doesn't have her own. For old people, a dog is also a child when their real children have grown up and left. Now people do not have to use a dog but they keep it as a friend, just like a member of the family.

49. In town in a western country, dogs are often seen to ________.

       A. walk with hunters               B. walk with their masters

       C. fight against other animals         D. play with other animals

50. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

       A. People used to keep dogs to protect their house birds.

       B. Dogs were used to hunt other animals.

       C. Dogs will eat what they've got.

       D. Dogs can perhaps drive thieves away.

51. The main reason why people in towns and cities raise dogs now is that ________.

       A. they want dogs to frighten thieves for them

       B. they use dogs for the hunting of other animals

       C. they train dogs to drive sheep

       D. they want to keep the dogs as friendly members of their families

52. The sentence "Now people do not have to use a dog" means ________.

       A. a dog is not as useful as it was before

       B. that it isn't necessary for people to use dogs to serve them

       C. it isn't necessary for people to keep dogs any longer

       D. people don't feel lonely now

第三部分  阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中,选出最佳选项。

A

Bamboo (竹子) is one of nature’s (自然) most surprising plants. Many people call this plant a tree, but it is a kind of grass.

Like other kinds of grass, a bamboo plant may be cut very low to the ground, but it will grow back very quickly. A Japanese scientist reported one bamboo plant which grew 1.5 metres (4 feet) in 24 hours! Bamboo grows almost everywhere in the world except Europe. There are more than 1, 000 kinds of bamboo.

Not all bamboo looks the same. Some bamboo plants are very thin. They may only grow to be a few centimeters wide while others may grow to more than 30 centimetres (1 foot) across. This plant also comes in different colors, from yellow to black to green.

Bamboo has been used to make many things such as hats and kitchen tools(厨房用具). Because it is strong, bamboo is also used to build buildings.

Many Asian countries have used bamboo for hundreds of years. They often use bamboo for buildings and supporting (支撑) new buildings and bridges while they are being built.

In Africa, poor farmers are taught how to find water using bamboo. These African countries need cheap way to find water because they have no money, and their fields often die from no rain and no water.Bamboo pipes (管子) help poor farmers bring water to their thirsty fields without spending a lot of money.

56. How is bamboo like grass?

   A. It grows quickly.        B. It’s wood.                       C. it is easy to cut        D.It is very thin

57. Though you can see bamboo everywhere, it doesn’t grow       .

A.in China                 B.in Europe                         C. on mountains                   D. in Africa

58. Why is bamboo used by African poor farmers? Because        .

A.it is cheap                                                         B.it has different colours    

C.it is strong                                                D.it has been used by Asians

59. Bamboo pipes can       .

   A. make money           B. be trees                         C. grow quickly           D. carry water

60. In Asia, bamboo has been used for      .

A.a short time                                             B.many thousands of years

   C. many hundreds of years                             D. about 100 years

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