When I was a teenager growing up in France, I wanted to leave school and have my own life. The only way I could   1　 this was to work in the local paper factory in my town, or get married. I was very nervous when I told my  2　 I wanted to leave school. I thought he would say, “No! You are going to college.” I was very    3    when he said, “OK. Let’s go to the paper factory.”

Two days later, he took me to the factory. I imagined everyone to be friends,  4   together and having fun. I even imagined there would be music and singing. I 5   so because I had watched too many movies as a teenager.

When we arrived at the factory gate, my father spoke to the guard(门卫) and one minute later we were    6　. I walked around the factory looking at the building, the workers and listening to the noise. It was   7　. I ran back to my father and said, “I want to go home.”

He asked me, “What do you think of the factory?”

“Too bad,” I answered.

“And marriage is even   8　!” he said.

I went back to school the next day thinking about studying hard  9 I could get into a good college. I enjoyed studying English so I decided to major in(主修) languages at college.   

Thanks to my father and our   10   to the paper factory, I now work at the United Nations and my father is very proud of me. I married a very good man and my life is much better than it would have been working in the factory!

1  A. say                        B. do                C. receive            D. like

2  A. teacher                 B. friend                 C. father                   D. husband

3  A. angry                     B. tired                  C. nervous           D. surprised

4  A. working                 B. singing             C. playing           D. farming

5  A. guessed                     B. meant              C. said                  D. hoped

6  A. outside                 B. inside               C. back              D. away

7  A. terrible                B. wonderful        C. funny          D. special

8  A. better                     B. harder              C. worse            D. easier

9  A. but                     B. if                     C. so              D. although

10 A. way                        B. look                 C. plan                  D. visit

Now a lot of people like to keep dogs as their pets．But do you know dogs were wild(野生的)animals long，long ago?

    The  1  wild dogs were trained by   2   in Europe about 10，000 years ago．These first“dogs”were not like  3  we have now．They may have been small wolves．These dogs often came near humans to  4  some food．Some of the young dogs were adopted(收养)by people and grew-up with them．

Humans believed the  5  were a help to them in many ways．The dogs helped them to hunt(狩猎)．They could smell and hear danger  6  people could．They helped to keep people    7  on cold night．So it was  8  to raise the dogs.

Now，there are many different kinds of dogs  9  they may look quite different from each other．Dog trainers think there are more than 400 different kinds in the world．The number keeps increasing with new kinds．

    Since those early days，humans and dogs have always been together，We should   10   them from now on because they are really our friends．

   1．A．whole     B，late       C．1ast      D．first

   2．A．wolves    B．eats       C．humans   D．students

   3．A．where     B．what      C．when     D．which

   4．A．serve      B．waste     C．make     D．steal

   5．A．cats       B．foxes      C．wolves   D．dogs

   6．A．when      B．after      C．before    D．as soon as

   7．A．cool       B．warm     C．hot       D．cold

   8．A．useful      B．useless    C．easy     D．hard

   9．A．so         B．and       C．but      D．although

   10．A．protect      B．kill       C．hurt     D．see

　　Many people like to keep dogs as their pets. But do you know dogs were wild（野生的）animals long, long ago?

　　The (1) wild dogs were trained by (2) in Europe about 10,000 years ago. These first“dogs” were not like (3) we have now. They may have been small wolves. These dogs often came near humans to (4) some food. Some of the young dogs were adopted（收养）by people and grew up with them.

　　Humans believed the (5) were a help to them in many ways. The dogs helped them to hunt（守猪）. They could smell and hear danger (6) people could. They helped keep people (7) on cold nights. So it was (8) to raise the dogs.

　　Now, there are many different kinds of dogs (9) they may look quite different from each other. Dog trainers think there are more than 400 different kinds in the world. The number keeps increasing with new kinds.

　　Since those early days, humans and dogs have always been together. We should (10) them from now on because they are really our friends.

(1) A．first	B．late
C．last	D．whole
(2) A．wolves	B．cats
C．humans	D．students
(3) A．where	B．what
C．when	D．which
(4) A．steal	B．waste
C．make	D．serve
(5) A．steal	B．foxes
C．wolves	D．dogs
(6) A．when	B．after
C．before	D．as soon as
(7) A．cool	B．warm
C．bot	D．cold
(8) A．hard	B．useless
C．easy	D．useful
(9) A．so	B．and
C．but	D．although
(10) A．hurt	B．kill
C．protect	D．see