Luke almost always keeps his brown eyes on his owner Kathy. When she raises her right thumb (大拇指), Luke knows he’s been good. When Kathy holds her right hand in front of Luke, he sits. Kathy uses hand signals(手势) to train Luke because he cannot hear.

Training a deaf dog can take more time than teaching a hearing dog. An owner must use signs to give commands (命令). Some owners use American Sign Language, and others make up their own signs. Like hearing dogs, deaf dogs should first learn to sit, lie down, stay, come, and stop. Other commands can then be added one at a time. Luke is just one year old, and he knows 20 commands!

To get Luke’s attention in the house, Kathy stomps (跺) her foot. Outdoors, during daylight hours, Kathy waves at Luke until he notices her. If Luke is in the backyard at night, Kathy calls him by turning the porch light off and on. Luke also wears a bell so that Kathy can know where he is.

It’s also important to know how to wake up a deaf dog. To wake Luke, Kathy holds her hand in front of his nose. She lets her smell wake him up so that he won’t be frightened. If Luke is sleeping when people visit, Kathy asks them not to wake him.

Like most deaf dogs, Luke gets nervous if he doesn’t know where his owner is. He’ll walk with quiet steps from room to room, looking for Kathy. Before leaving a room, Kathy makes sure to get Luke’s attention. Sometimes Luke follows her, but other times he just sighs and goes back to sleep.

Kathy and Luke spend about 15 minutes every day working on old and new commands. With his tail wagging (摇摆) and nose wiggling, Luke looks as if he’s playing instead of working.

( 　 )71.　　　 This article is mainly about__________ .

　　　 　 A. how to use hand signals　　 　　　 B. training a deaf dog

　　　 　 C. how to look after deaf dogs　　　 　 D. American Sign Language

( 　)72. Kathy gives commands to Luke by__________.　　　

A. raising her right thumb B. speaking to him

　　　 　 C. holding her right hand　　　　　　　 D. using hand signals

( 　)73.　　　 Why does Kathy blink (使……忽闪忽灭) the porch light at night?

　　　 　 A. To see who is at the door.　　　　　　　　 B. To have fun with Luke.

　　　 　 C. To get Luke’s attention. 　 　　　　D. To call Luke for dinner. 　

( 　 )74. Kathy holds her hand in front of Luke’s nose to tell him “__________!”

　　　 　 A. Come here　 　　　　　　　　　　 B. Stay at home

　　　 　 C. Stop that　　　　　　 　 　　　　　　　D. Wake up

( 　 )75.　　　 From the underlined sentence, we can learn that__________.

A. Luke enjoys learning commands B. Luke doesn’t work very hard

C. Training Luke is not an easy job　　　　 D. Luke is a naughty(调皮的) dog

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On weekends, everyone is at home but each is doing their own thing. It’s time to get everyone together and do something as a family. As parents, what should we do? Here are some good ideas.

Take a walk

Let children  1. their bikes or just hang out in the open air. Get everyone to move and talk to be active. They are also great  2.  .

Play a game

Games should depend on the kids’ ages. For older kids, the father can play chess with them. If your kids are  3. , a game of memory is perfect. If you can’t play the games, you can always  4.  pictures on cards and make up your own game.

Go out for supper

Going out for supper not only  5. mom a break, but it offers a lot more time to6.about the past week together.

Make a photo album

Go through all those7. that are just lying around and get them into a book.  8. you have older kids, let each one do a page of their own. They can be as simple as sticking them in a book. 

Hope you enjoyed these ideas and will enjoy doing these activities with your family! 

1. The family planning policy（“计划生育”政策）was introduced in 1979 to solve the population problems. Most couples could have only one child except some special families and those in some special areas.

2. Usually, all around good student, which was called “thrice十分 good”, was given to the students who were virtuous(品德高尚的), talented and good at PE. It was firstly used in to 1950s by Mao to encourage young people to keep fit, study well and work hard.

3. During the early 1990s, state owned company reforms(国有企业改革) were getting tough艰难. The workers were more than the jobs in most of the cities. Many workers were losing their jobs. “Jobless” was a hot topic at that time, so the leaders hoped the laid off下岗 workers could find new jobs or start up their own business.

4. One of Dengs工程学博士 clever ideas, “one country, two systems”, was first performed in 1997. It described Hong Kong and Macao’s situation after they returned to China. This policy政策 would also be suitable for Taiwan. There would be one China, but Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan could have their own economies经济 and political systems政策体系.

5. Lei Feng was a soldier who was happy to help others. He died in an accident in 1962. On March 5th,1963, Mao wrote a piece, “Learn from Comrade同志 Lei Feng”, to say the Chinese should help others when necessary. After that, March 5th became a Volunteer Day.

6 .The phrase “harmonious和谐 society” appeared in 2004, referring to a peaceful society where all people would work together to make the life better. This idea has become the main goal of the Chinese Communist Party中国共产党 now.

(    )69. The first paragraph is mainly talking about_______.

     A. the population of China       B. the only child in China

     C. the one child family          D. the family planning policy

(    )70. The underlined word “all around” (Line 1, Para.2) is closest in Chinese to “_______”.

     A. 与……相匹配的     B. 到处的     C. 向各个方向的     D. 有多方面才能的

(    )71. Do you know who mentioned “one country, two systems” according to the passage?

     A. Deng Xiaoping.     B. Hu Jintao.     C. Mao Zedong.     D. Jiang Zemin.

(    )72. Please rearrange the events above in the correct order according to the time.

     A. 2→1→4→3→5→6        B. 2→5→4→3→1→6

     C. 2→5→1→3→4→6        D. 2→1→5→3→6→4

My father had returned from his business visit to London when I came in, rather late, to supper. I could tell at once that he and my mother had been discussing something. In that half-playful, half-serious way I knew so well, he said, “How would you like to go to Eton?”

“You bet,” I cried quickly catching the joke. Everyone knew it was the most expensive, the most famous school. You had to be entered at birth, if not before. Besides, even at 12 or 13, I understood my father. He disliked any form of showing off. He always knew his proper position(位置)in life, which was in the middle of the middle class, our house was medium-sized; he avoided joining Royal Liverpool Golf Club and went to a smaller one instead; though once he had got a second-hand Rolls-Royce(劳斯莱斯) at a very low price, he felt embarrassed driving it, and quickly changed it for an Austin 1100.

This could only be his nice way of telling me that the whole boarding school idea was to the dropped. I should also have remembered that he had a liking for being different from everyone else, if it did not conflict(冲突) with his fear of drawing attention to himself.

It seemed that he happened to be talking to Graham Brown of the London office, a very nice man, and Graham had a friend who had just entered his boy at the school, he thought he might just as well phone them. I remember my hands shaking with the puzzlement of my feelings. There was excitement, at the heart of great sadness.

“Oh, he doesn’t want to go away,” said my mother. “You shouldn’t go on like this.” “It’s up to him,” said my father. “He can make up his own mind.”

(    )66. The house the writer’s family lived in was        .

A. the best they could afford               B. right for their social position

C. for showing off                             D. rather small

(    )67. His father sold his Roils-Royce because        .

A. it made him feel uneasy            B. it was too old to work well

C. it was too expensive                D. it was too cheap

(    )68. The writer’s father enjoyed being different as long as(只要)       .

A．it drew attention to him          B． it didn’t bring him trouble

C．it was understood as a joke     D．there was no danger of his showing off

(    )69. What was the writer’s reaction(反应) to the idea of going to Eton?

A. He was very unhappy.             B. He didn’t believe it.

C. He was happy.                        D. He had mixed feelings.

(    )70. We can know from the passage that       .

A. Children who can go to Eton are very famous

B. Children can go to Eton if they will

C. It is very difficult for a child to be allowed to go to Eton

D. Children don’t have the right to decide whether they will go to Eton