--______.

A. Good luck.

B. No idea

C. That’s such a pity

D. It’s all right

A. Like, on B. As, on C. As, to

A. little B. a few C. few D. a little

More and more people like to keep pets. In their eyes keeping pets has many advantages. It can teach people a sense of responsibility. What’s more, it can drive away the loneliness. It can also reduce people’s stress. But I’d like to voice different opinions.

A recent survey in the United States showed that the common family spent more money on its pets than on its children. Although to some degree unbelievable, it should not surprise anyone who has seen the doggy parlors (客廳) where loved pets rest. Are Americans different from others in treating their little friends in this way? No, the English, too, pay more attention to their pets.

This can clearly be seen when we look at pet foods, which often provide more vitamins (維生素) than human food. They certainly cost much. Last year the British public spent two hundred million pounds on pet food alone, to say nothing of medical bills or animal furniture (家具). It is difficult to feel happy about this when considering what that money could do for the hungry and the poor, so it is not unusual for me to get hot under collar when I read an old man left all his money to his dog instead of his children.

There are some reasons why I find pet-raising worrying. They lead to physical problems. An example of this is New York where it is difficult to deal with the mess that dogs leave on the streets. Many people find this funny, but in a number of large cities it is a big problem. Animals can cause illness, too.

Another problem is the carelessness of pet owners. Most little children want a dog or a cat, and they continually push their mothers and fathers until they get one. It is only when the “sweet little thing” has been brought home that the parents realize how much time and money must be spent on “Rover” or “Bonzo”. Then they just leave the pets they keep. As a result, they are allowed to run free. English farmers lose hundreds of sheep a year, killed by someone’s pet and you must have read of children being hurt by some pets of their own.

So please have a second thought before you keep a pet.

【1】According to the passage, keeping pets have many advantages except ______.

A.reducing the stress

B.driving away the loneliness

C.being good for the environment

D.teaching a sense of responsibility

【2】The doggy parlors are mentioned in the 3rd paragraph to show ______.

A.how much money pet owners spend on pets

B.how much pets depend on their owners

C.why children love their pets so much

D.where Americans keep their pets

【3】In the 4th paragraph “get hot under the collar” probably means ______.

A.staying cool

B.feeling very angry

C.becoming excited

D.getting quite satisfied

【4】According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A.Pets can do harm to people’s health.

B.The writer thinks it is good to keep pets.

C.Pet owners can take good care of their pets all the time.

D.Americans spend more money on their children than on pets.

—____, though she was not feeling very well.

A. No，she didn’t B. Yes，she didn’t

C. No，she did D. Yes，she did

A. seeing the B. to see a

C. seeing a D. being seen the

A. The, the B．/, the C. The, /

—Once a mouth.

A. How often B. How far C. How long D. How much

For many years the United States and the other countries used gold and silver as money. Paper money was used to stand for the holdings(儲備)of both gold and silver. The value of silver was limited to that of gold. Fifteen ounces(盎司) of silver had the same value of one ounce of gold. These values did not change until after 1860 when mines(銀礦)in the west of the United States began to_______large amounts of silver. This extra amount of silver caused the price of silver to_______. Then fifteen ounces of silver would no longer buy one ounce of gold. In 1871 Germany declared(宣布)that it would not support its paper money with silver any more. Instead, it would use only gold. Other countries of Europe quickly_______the same. The United States passed a law in 1973 that prevented the government from using silver as money. Western silver producers protested(抗議)loudly and put much pressure on the_______makers. Five years later a new law was_______It said that the government must buy four and half million ounces of silver each month. The new law increased the amount of silver money. The country had two kinds of quite different views on the issue(發(fā)行)silver money. Businessmen, bankers and other rich men wanted to_______the use of silver money because it made the dollar less valuable. But farmers, laborers and the others who owned the money not only wanted silver money but also wanted an unlimited supply of it.

【1】A.produceB.findC.searchD.dig

2.

【2】A.riseB.liftC.fallD.set

3.

【3】A.didB.tookC.madeD.acted.

4.

【4】A.lawB.moneyC.goldD.silver

5.

【5】A.refusedB.acceptedC.plannedD.passed

6.

【6】A.endB.continueC.protectD.allow

—That__________ good.

A. plays; sound B. play; sounds

C. plays; sounds D. playing： sound