Tokyo-based Takara Co. Ltd（有限公司）says about 300,000 of the dog translating gadgets have been sold since it was on sale in Japan late last year. They think far bigger sales come to America in August. The United States is home to about 67 million dogs, more than six times the number in Japan.

　　Regarded as one of the coolest inventions（发明）of 2002 by Time magazine, the gadget translates each bark into six feelings. It can tell whether the dog is happy, sad, disappointed or angry etc.

　　“We know that the Americans love their dogs so much, so we don’t think they will mind spending $ 120 on this gadget,” the marketing manager said during an interview in America.

　　One thing that seems certain is that the market for animal translation gadgets will likely keep on a dog’s world since Takara has no plans to make a gadget for cats. “They are too changeable,” the marketing manager said.

　　1．This text mainly tells us that________.

　　A. the gadget is very expensive

　　B. Japanese made a new gadget

　　C. American dogs can tell their feelings

　　D. Japanese will sell the gadget in America

　　2．“They are too changeable.” means “________ are too changeable.”

　　A. Cats　　　　 B. Dogs　　　　　C. Stores　　　　 D. People

　　3．We can learn from the text that________.

　　A. people need to talk to dogs

　　B. there are more dogs in America than in Japan

　　C. Japanese people don’t like dogs

　　D. they will make a gadget for kids in the future

　　4．Takara Co. Ltd. is ________ the sale of its new gadget.

　　A. proud of　　　B. satisfied with　　 C. sure of　　　 D. worried about

Cloze test

Bill was an American. Last year he worked hard so his boss（老板）allowed him to have a traveling for several weeks.

　　Bill went to Canada. There he had some 1 . So Bill visited them. Two of them were Mr．and Mrs．Brown. They lived in the center of the city. Bill was 2 to live in their house. He lived there for about two weeks and felt very 3 .

　　On his last evening, when Bill was 4 TV with Mr．and Mrs．Brown, he said, “I am going back home tomorrow. I feel so happy here 5 I hope I can stay here for more days. But I have to 6 I hope I can visit you next time.” “What a pity（遗憾）!” said Mr．Brown． “We hope to see you soon. By the way, will you 7 plane or a train?” “By plane. I think it's faster. My plane leaves very early tomorrow morning. I'm going to 8 at 5 o'clock and make my breakfast. Please don't come down.” Then Bill said good-bye to his friends and went to sleep.

　　The next morning, Bill got up early and did some cooking for himself. When he was ready to have breakfast, he saw a picture of 9 . They were smiling to Bill in the picture. Bill laughed happily and said to himself, “That's great! I wouldn't like to eat breakfast 10 this morning.”

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从方框中选出能填入对话空白处的相应句子, 有两个多余选项。

A: Hi, Jack! Where did you go on vacation last weekend?

B: I went to Yichang with my parents．

A: Yichang? It’s a lot far from here．   1   

B: We went there by plane．

A: How was your trip?   2   

B: Of course I did．I visited the Great Dam．It is great．

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B: It was sunny．The sunshine was so beautiful．

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B: Oh, it was delicious．I liked it very much． 

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B: They were very friendly．They wear their national costumes（服装）．Their clothes are very beautiful．And many of them are good at singing．

B: Well, I hope to go there some day．