Nowadays there's a general discussion on zoos among people. These two students write their different ideas on a newspaper.

Zoos Do a Good Job------ Maria Smith

I know a large number of people think it is not wise to keep animals in zoos. ___1__ , I believe that it is good to keep animals in zoos.

Firstly, zoos are places for people to see many different kinds or animals from all over the world. ___2____zoos, most people would never see a real bear or tiger.

Secondly, zoos ___3___the animals very well. The animals are given food and cleaned regularly. In the wild (野外) , it is not always easy for an animal to find food, so sometimes it goes___4____. But animals kept in zoos never suffer from hunger.

Thirdly, zoos protect the animals they take care of. They ___5___them safe places to live in. In the wild, some kinds of animals are in danger of' becoming extinct (灭绝) . But zoos give these animals a chance to live. There would be fewer kinds of animals in the world if there were no zoos.

Zoos Are Unnatural ------Philip Black

In my opinion, zoos are not good for animals; they are only good for people.

It is not natural and    6   to keep wild animals in cages. Most animals are kept in cages that are too small for them. In the wild, these animals would travel __7__. In zoos, they can't do this. This is why the bears and tigers always look so sad.

Most cages are not very clean, either. It is true that zoos give the animals food regularly, but this is not natural. Wild animals _  8    looking for their own food. We should treat animals in the same way that we treat other people----with respect.

Would anyone be happy if you don't let him go outside his home? Would Maria like to have lots of people standing outside her flat looking at her?  No, she wouldn’t. And animals don't like it, either.

An old friend was going to spend a few days with me．He called from the airport to tell me he had arrived．I was not able to  1  the office，but I had prepared for his arrival．After telling him my new  2   address，I told him that I had   3  the key under the doormat(门前的擦鞋鞋垫)．I knew it would be quite late  4  I could get back．He could make  5  at home and eat any food that was in the refrigerator．

    Two hours later he  6  me from the house．At the moment，he said he was listening to some of my  7   after having a nice meal．He had found the  8  and cooked some fish and had also helped himself  9  some juice．He hoped I would   10  him soon．I asked him if he had any difficulty in finding the house．He answered the  1  problem was that he couldn't find the key under the doormat，but  2  ，the living—room window by the apple tree was  3  and he had climbed in through the window．I listened to all this in great  4  ．There are no apple trees outside my windows，but there  5  only one by my neighbor’s house!

1．A．leave               B．close           C．keep               D．lock

2．A．office             B．house           C．work              D．e-mail

3．A．forgot           B．left               C．missed            D．shut

4．A．as                  B．while           C．before             D．if

5．A．him                B．myself          C．me                 D．himself

6．A．visited           B．asked           C．wanted           D．phoned

7．A．books             B．records         C．sound             D．calls

8．A．pan                B．sugar           C．fork               D．food

9．A．by                  B．for               C．at                   D．to

10．A．see               B．agree           C．join                 D．protect

11．A．terrible          B．only              C．most               D．one

12．A．1uckily         B．luck              C．badly              D．bad

13．A．awake          B．open             C．alone              D．tidy

14．A．interest         B．pleasure          C．safety             D．surprise

15．A．is                 B．are               C．was               D．were

    Some day small cars may take the place of today’s cars．If everyone  1  such a small car in the future，there will be less pollution(污染)in the air，there will be more parking space in cities，and the streets will be  2  crowded(拥挤的)．The space now for one car of the usual size can hold  3  one such a small car．

    The small cars will  4  much less to own and to drive．Driving will be  5  ，too，because the small cars go only 50 kilometers an hour．

    The cars of the future will be fine for going  6   the city，but they will not be useful for going far away．The small car needs only two batteries(电池)—one battery for the motor，and  7  for the horn and the lights．

    If we still  8  the big cars along with the small ones，we will need to  9  two kinds of roads．Some roads will be used  10  the big fast cars．and the other roads will be needed for the small，slower ones．

1．A．drives            B．sits             C．makes              D．sells

2．A．more            B．less             C．much               D．fewer

3．A．at least           B．no more        C．less than             D．more than

4．A．pay              B．spend          C．cost                 D．have

5．A．faster                   B．harder         C．safer                D．more dangerous

6．A．over             B．around         C．from               D．past

7．A．another           B．one            C．the other            D．others

8．A．think             B．use            C．park                D．lore

9．A．build             B．put            C．find                D．open

10．A．to              B．as            C．for                 D．in

An important question about eating out is who pays for the meal. If a friend of yours asks you to have lunch with him, you may say something like this, “I’m afraid it’ll have to be someplace cheap, as I have little money.” The other person may say, “Ok, I’ll meet you at McDonald’s.”

This means that the two agree to go Dutch, that is, each person pays for himself. He may also say, “Oh, no, I want to take you to lunch at Smith’s,” or “I want you to try the Chinese dumplings there. They are great.” This means the person wants to pay for both of you. If you feel friendly towards the person, you can go with him and you needn’t pay for the meal. You may just say, “Thank you. That would be very nice.”

American custom about who pays for dates (约会) are much the same as in other parts of the world. In the old days, American women wanted men to pay for all the meals. But, today, a university girl or a woman in business world will usually pay her way during the day. If a man asks her for a dance outside the working hours, it means “Come, as my guest.” So as you can see, it is a polite thing to make the question clear at the very beginning.

  (  ) 6. The passage tells us _______.

       A. how to eat out  B. where to eat out  C. what to eat out  D. who pays for the meal

  (  ) 7. If you have little money,_______.

        A. you’ll have a cheap meal           B. you’ll borrow some from others

        C. you’ll ask your friend to pay for your meal

        D. you will not want your friends to ask you to dinner

  (  ) 8. “Go Dutch” in this passage means ________.

        A. 去饭馆        B. 就餐        C. 订餐      D. 各自付款

  (  ) 9. Sometimes your friend takes you to lunch. It means _______.

        A. he’s going to lend you money to you    B. he’s going to pay for your meal

        C. he’ll be angry with you               D. he can’t understand you

  (  ) 10. In America, some girls and women _______now.

        A. ask men to pay for their meals          B. try to pay for the men’s meals

        C. try to pay for their own meals           D. never have anything outside

Johnny, a lizard (蜥蜴），lived between some rocks in the country, where he liked sunbathing every morning. One day, he felt so       that he didn’t notice some boys coming up behind him. The boys caught Johnny, and he could only escape from their hands by losing his       and running to hide.
The children watched his tail moving about, but they soon threw the tail away and left. Johnny came out to       his tail, but could find no       of it. Feeling so sad, he decided to       doing everything else in his life and spending all his time finding his tail. Days and months passed, and Johnny kept looking, asking everyone       they had seen his tail. However, there was      no news about it.
One day, he asked a boy and the boy       replied, “Why do you need two tails?” After hearing this, Johnny turned back and saw that he had grown a new, stronger tail. He suddenly realised how       it had been to waste so much time on a problem like it. Johnny headed for home.
    , he suddenly found his old tail on the roadside. Although it       terrible, Johnny was still excited to have it back. He picked it up and was about to       his journey. Just at that moment, an idea hit him that he shouldn’t look at the past and worry about it since it was not useful for      .
He then decided to       his old tail there, leaving with it all his past worries. As he continued his journey, all he took with him were thoughts of the present and the dreams of the       .
As we know, it’s not good to look at the past, unless it helps in the future. Let the past go with the wind.