Rabbits（兔子） are easy to raise（养）. They are clean and quiet. They don’t need a lot of room. And it costs a small amount of money to feed them, but you get a big return.

You don’t have to be a farmer to raise rabbits. You can raise them in the city.

Rabbit houses are easy to make with wood and wire. They don’t have to be very big. But each rabbit must have its own little room in the house. This is very important. Each room should be about 75 centimeters wide, 60 centimeters high and one meter deep.

Fencing（围墙材料）is used for the sides and the floor of the rabbit house. The holes in the wire fencing should be about one centimeter square. Waste from the animals will drop through the holes. This keeps the rabbit house clean and dry.

Rabbits need a lot of fresh air and sunlight. Cover the sides of the rabbit house only to protect it from rain.

Rabbits eat mostly grass and leaves. Hang feeding containers on the outside of the house to let the rabbits eat whenever they want. They simply pull the grass and leaves through the holes in the fence.

Each room should have fresh water. The water containers should be heavy so the rabbits cannot turn them over. Or you can tie the containers to the fence.

Rabbits are valuable for their fur. It takes time, skill and money to prepare the fur and skin for use. Skill is also needed to remove the fur from the rabbit.

But rabbits do not have to be dead to be valuable(值钱的). Many people enjoy keeping rabbits as friendly pets. And rabbit waste makes an excellent fertilizer(肥料). It can be mixed directly into the soil to improve the growth of vegetables, trees and flowering plants.

67. What is important if you raise rabbits?

A. Holes are needed for waste to drop through.

B. Each rabbit must be given a separate room.

C. Each room must have clean water every day.

D. Feeding containers are hung on the fence.

68. Why should the holes in the wire fence be about one centimeter square?

  A. Because the holes let in sunlight.

  B. Because rabbits like these holes.

  C. Because rabbits get food from them.        

D. Because waste of rabbits drops through the holes.

69. We learn from the text that rabbits________.

  A. need enough fresh air and sunlight    B. produce a lot of waste every day

  C. feed on only fresh grass and leaves    D. make better pets than dogs and cats

70. What does the underlined sentence（划线的句子） in the last paragraph mean?

  A. You don’t have to kill rabbits to make more money.

  B. Rabbits cannot be sold to make money when they are alive.

  C. Rabbits are more valuable when they are alive.     

D. Rabbits have to be killed to be more valuable

I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare (兔子) and the tortoise (乌龟). At the end I said. “Son, remember: Slow and steady (稳固的) wins the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”

Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m participating in the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy and Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”

I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep on the way!”

“He must have wished that,” Sonny said. “Otherwise how could he be so stupid as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”

“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted, “He won the race by perseverance , by pushing on steadily.”

Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”

I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.

Sonny believed that the tortoise ________.

A.won the race by his own effort

B. took a risk by agreeing to race

C. was not given a fair chance in the race

D. in fact did not win the race

Billy, Tony and Sandy must be ________.

A. boys who were unknown to Sonny’s father

B. boys Sonny had run races with before

C. boys Sonny had never raced with before

D. boys Sonny did not expect to race with again

The writer thinks that his generation (代) ________.

A. were more clever than Sonny’s generation

B. had the same ideas about life as Sonny’s generation

C. were more hopeful than Sonny’s generation

D. had different ideas about life from Sonny’s generation

I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare (兔子) and the tortoise (乌龟). At the end I said, “ Son, remember: Be slow and steady (镇定的), and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”
Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”
I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”
“He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”
“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance (坚忍不拔的), by pushing on steadily.”
Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”
I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.
【小题1】The writer argued (辩论)with his son because ______________.

A．he liked tortoises while his son liked hares

B．they disagreed about whether the tortoise was foolish

C．he tried to teach his son a moral (品德) lesson but the son had totally different opinion

D．he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t.

【小题2】Sonny believed that the tortoise ______________.

A．won the race by his own hard working

B．took a risk (冒险) by agreeing to run a race

C．was not given a fair chance in the race

D．in fact did win the race luckily

【小题3】Billy, Tony and Sandy must be_______________.

A．boys who were unknown to Sonny’s father

B．boys who Sonny has run races with before

C．boys who Sonny has never raced with before

D．boys who Sonny did not expect to race with again

【小题4】The writer thinks that his generation (一代人) ______________.

A．are cleverer than Sonny’s generation

B．have the same ideas about life as Sonny’s generation

C．are more hopeful than Sonny’s generation

D．have different ideas about life from Sonny’s generation

【小题5】According to the passage, who do you think learnt a lesson?

A．The tortoise	B．Sonny
C．The hare	D．Sonny’s father

I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare (兔子) and the tortoise (乌龟). At the end I said, “ Son, remember: Be slow and steady (镇定的), and that will win the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”

Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m entering for the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy, Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”

I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep!”

“He must have wished that,” Sonny said, “Otherwise how could he be so foolish as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”

“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted. “He won the race by perseverance (坚忍不拔的), by pushing on steadily.”

Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”

I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.

1.The writer argued (辩论)with his son because ______________.

A．he liked tortoises while his son liked hares

B．they disagreed about whether the tortoise was foolish

C．he tried to teach his son a moral (品德) lesson but the son had totally different opinion

D．he liked the story of the hare and the tortoise while his son didn’t.

2.Sonny believed that the tortoise ______________.

A．won the race by his own hard working

B．took a risk (冒险) by agreeing to run a race

C．was not given a fair chance in the race

D．in fact did win the race luckily

3.Billy, Tony and Sandy must be_______________.

A．boys who were unknown to Sonny’s father

B．boys who Sonny has run races with before

C．boys who Sonny has never raced with before

D．boys who Sonny did not expect to race with again

4.The writer thinks that his generation (一代人) ______________.

A．are cleverer than Sonny’s generation

B．have the same ideas about life as Sonny’s generation

C．are more hopeful than Sonny’s generation

D．have different ideas about life from Sonny’s generation

5.According to the passage, who do you think learnt a lesson?

A．The tortoise                           B．Sonny

C．The hare                              D．Sonny’s father

 

 I was telling my boy Sonny the story of the hare (兔子) and the tortoise (乌龟). At the end I said. “Son, remember: Slow and steady (稳固的) wins the race. Don’t you think there’s something to learn from the tortoise?”

Sonny opened his eyes wide, “Do you mean next time when I’m participating in the 60-metre race I should wish that Billy and Tony and Sandy would all fall asleep halfway?”

I was shocked, “But the tortoise didn’t wish that the hare would fall asleep on the way!”

“He must have wished that,” Sonny said. “Otherwise how could he be so stupid as to race with the hare? He knew very well the hare ran a hundred times faster than he himself did.”

“He didn’t have such a wish,” I insisted, “He won the race by perseverance , by pushing on steadily.”

Sonny thought a while. “That’s a lie,” he said. “He won it because he was lucky. If the hare hadn’t happened to fall asleep, the tortoise would never have won the race. He could be as steady as you like, or a hundred times steadier, but he’d never have won the race. That’s for sure.”

I gave up. Today’s children are not like what we used to be. They’re just hopeless.

61.Sonny believed that the tortoise ________.

won the race by his own effort

B. took a risk by agreeing to race

C. was not given a fair chance in the race

D. in fact did not win the race

62.Billy, Tony and Sandy must be ________.

A. boys who were unknown to Sonny’s father

B. boys Sonny had run races with before

C. boys Sonny had never raced with before

D. boys Sonny did not expect to race with again

63.The writer thinks that his generation (代) ________.

A. were more clever than Sonny’s generation

B. had the same ideas about life as Sonny’s generation

C. were more hopeful than Sonny’s generation

D. had different ideas about life from Sonny’s generation