Pets are popular. They’re good listeners, they encourage us to exercise, and they’re always on our side when we argue with others. They can bring people comfort and pleasure.

But it is important to keep in mind that pets can carry diseases that can make you sick. Washing your hands often — especially after you touch, feed, or clean up a pet — is the best way to keep yourself healthy and prevent the spread of disease. Be sure to clean your fingernails carefully every time you wash.

You also can protect your health by wearing gloves while cleaning animal cages or cat litter boxes. Avoid washing your pet in the bathtub(浴缸), but if you do, always disinfect(消毒) the tub immediately afterward.

Be sure to bring your pet to the hospital for examinations every two weeks or month and whenever your pet is sick or injured.

You can do a few other things to keep yourself and your pet healthy. Only give your pet food that has been planned ahead for them. It’s not a good idea to share your food with your pet. Human food (like chocolate) can make animals sick. Never feed your pet raw(生的) meat because it can carry germs(细菌) that cause serious illness.

And funny as it can be to see your dog or cat drinking from the toilet, don’t let pets do this. It’s bad for your pet’s health! Give them clean, fresh water to drink at all times.

Never give milk to cats. The only milk an animal should drink is from its mother. Cow’s milk is not for pets, especially for cats, as it makes them sick.

Finally, some animals aren’t pets. Don’t take in a wild or abandoned(被抛弃的) animal as a pet because it may have diseases that could make you or your family sick. Instead, turn to an animal rescue group that is trained in helping sick or abandoned animals.

66.　 The first paragraph mainly tells us that pets can ______.

A. be great friends　　　　　 　　 B. bring us pleasure

C. help us keep healthy　　　 　　 D. do harm to us

67. To keep healthy, the author may be against ______.

A. washing your fingernails after touching your pet

B. wearing gloves when cleaning your pet’s cage

C. washing your pet in the bathtub

D. bringing your pet for examinations regularly

68. The underlined word “it” in Para.7 refers to ______.

A. the cow　　　 B. the mother cat　 C. cow’s milk　 D. mother cat’s milk

69. Which is the RIGHT way to feed your pet?

A. Sharing your chocolate with your dog.

B. Letting your dog drink from the toilet.

C. Feeding your little cat with raw meat.

D. Giving your cat cooked fish.

70. According to the text, when you meet an abandoned dog, you should ______.

A. call an animal rescue group　　　 B. bring it back to your home

C. give it first aid（急救）in time　　 D. help to find its owner

　The market is a concept. If you are growing tomatoes in your backyard for sale you are producing for the market. You might sell some to your neighbor and some to the local manager of the supermarket. But in either case, you are producing for the market. Your efforts are being directed by the market. If people stop buying tomatoes, you will stop producing them.

　　If you take care of a sick person to earn money, you are producing for the market. If your father is a steel worker or a truck driver or a doctor or a grocer, he is producing goods or service for the market.

　　When you spend your income, you are buying things from the market. You may spend money in stores, supermarkets, gas stations and restaurants. Still you are buying from the market. When the local grocer hires you to drive the delivery truck, he is buying your labor in the labor market.

　　The market may be something abstract. But for each person or business who is making and selling something, it is very concrete（具体的）. If nobody buys your tomatoes, it won’t be long before you get the message. The market is telling you something. It is telling you that you are using energies and resources in doing something the market doesn’t want you to do.

63．Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?

       A. Selling and Buying.   

B. Everything you do is producing for the market.

       C. What the market can do for you  

D. What is the market?

64．All of the following acts are producing for the market except        .

       A. attending a night school    

B. working in a bank

C. printing a book            

D. growing beans for sale

65．You are buying from the market when you        .

       A. borrow a book from the library         

B. drive to the seaside for a holiday

       C. look after your children         

 D. eat at restaurants

66．In what way is the market very concrete for each person or business who is making and selling something?

       A. It helps you save money         

B. It provides you with everything you need

       C. It tells you how to grow tomatoes  

D. It tells you what to produce

A man once said how useless it was to put advertisements in the newspapers. "Last week," said he, "my umbrella was stolen from a London church. As it was a present, I spent twice its worth in advertising, but didn't get it back."

"How did you write your advertisement?" asked one of the listeners, a merchant.

"Here it is," said the man, taking out of his pocket a slip（纸条） cut from a newspaper. The other man took it and read, "Lost from the City Church last Sunday evening, a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who finds it will receive ten shillings（先令） on leaving it at No.10 Broad Street."

　　"Now," said the merchant, "I often advertise, and find that it pays me well. But the way in which an advertisement is expressed is of extreme importance. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if it fails, I'll buy you a new one."

　　The merchant then took a slip of paper out of his pocket and wrote: "If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the City Church last Sunday evening doesn't wish to get into trouble, he will return the umbrella to No. 10 Broad Street. He is well known."

　　This appeared in the paper, and on the following morning, the man was astonished when he opened the front door. In the doorway lay at least twelve umbrellas of all sizes and colours that had been thrown in, and his own was among the number. Many of them had notes fastened（系牢） to them saying that they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser not to say anything about the matter.

66. who would receive ten shillings according to the first advertisement ?

A. Anyone who found the thief

B. Anyone who gave a message to the loser of the umbrella

C. Anyone who left the umbrella in the City Church                         

D. Anyone who left the umbrella at No. 10 Broad Street

67.What was the result of the first advertisement __________?

A. the man got his umbrella back        B. the man wasted some money advertising

C. nobody found the missing umbrella    D. the umbrella was found somewhere near the church

68.The businessman suggested that the man should______.

A. buy a new umbrella      B. go on looking for his umbrella

C. report to the police       D. write another advertisement

69. What did the businessman mean by saying “if it fails, I will buy you a new one.?” _________.

A. he was quite sure of his success         B. he was not sure if he could get the umbrella back     

C. he did not know what to do            D. he was rich enough to afford a new umbrella

70 The writer of this story mainly wants to tell us __________.

A. a useless advertisement               B. how the man lost and found his umbrella

C. how to make a helpful advertisement.    D. what the businessman did for the umbrella owner

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　　Just outside the northern Italian town of Bra, there rises a church tower with a clock that is a half hour slow. Though not far from the industrial city of Turin，Bra smells of roses，and leisure（悠闲）is the law. It is both the home of an international movement that promotes slow food and one of Italian cities that have joined the slow cities. In Bra, the population is 27，866. The town fathers have declared that all small food shops be closed every Thursday and Sunday. They forbid cars in the town square. All fruits and vegetables served in local schools must be organic（有机的）. And as the movement goes well，the slow concept gradually spreads across Europe.
　　The argument for a Slow Europe is not only that it is good，but also that it can work. The Slow City Movement, which started in 1999，has improved local economies（经济）by promoting local goods and tourism. Young Italians are moving from larger cities to Bra，where unemployment is only 5 percent，about half the nationwide rate. Slow food and wine festivals draw thousands of tourists every year. Shops are doing well，many with sales rising at a rate of 15% per year.“This is our answer to the world，”says Paolo Saturnini，the founder of Slow Cities.
　　France is in favor of slow economics. Most outsiders have long been doubtful of the French model：short hours and long vacations. Yet the French are more productive than those in the United States and Britain，and have been for years.
　　The mystery of French productivity has risen an Europe-wide debate about the advantages of working more slowly.
63．The church clock that is a half hour slow serves as a symbol of __________.
A．industrial development 　　　　　　　　  B．slow movement
C．global economy 　　　　　　　　　　　　D．city growth
64．The low unemployment in Bra proves that__________.
A．the population is not large
B．tourism brings great job chance
C．the Slow City Movement is successful
D．the slow concept works well only in its birthplace
65．It can be inferred from the passage that__________.
A．British workers work longer hours than the French
B．French workers work longer hours than the Italians
C．Italian workers are less productive than the Americans
D．American workers are more productive than the British
66．The increased French productivity tends to__________.
A．favor a fast life style
B．throw doubt on slow economics
C．encourage a slow economic growth
D．confirm advantages of slow economics

　　A train sped up through the countryside at 60 mph as a“traveller”relaxes with his newspaper. But this is no businessman taking it easy—the driver of the passenger express（快车）is doing the reading.

　　A Sunday Express reader caught this Virgin employee on film as the train sped through Derbyshire on its way to Plymouth from Newcastle.

　　Virgin，which has come under repeated criticism over their rail service, yesterday fired the driver after being shown the photograph. A spokesman said an inquiry（调查）was under way to make sure exactly what he was doing and why he appeared to have taken his eyes off the track ahead.

　　The picture comes in the week that the public inquiry into the Southall rail disaster, which claimed seven lives, heard that the driver at the centre of that case had earlier been spotted with his feet on the control button of his cab.

　　Larry Harrison，who worked for Great Western Trains，drove through two warning signals before crashing at 60 mph into a waiting train.

　　The reader who took this picture was standing on a bridge outside Chesterfield early one summer’s evening. He said，“I only realized what I’d got when I had the pictures developed. I couldn’t believe it.”

　　“As far as I could see，there was no one else in the cab with the drive，unless they were hiding, The person with the paper open was certainly sitting in the driver’s normal seat.”

　　The photographer works on the railways and does not want to be named，but he added，“I’ve seen many drivers with their feet on the control panel but I’ve never seen them reading papers like this. There is an automatic warning system and driver’s safety device which reminds him when he passes yellow and red signals. But you should never take your eyes off the track and rely only on sounds because you could have unexpected objects on the line or suddenly have speed limits given.”

63．Who is the“traveller”mentioned in the first paragraph？

A．A train driver. 　　　　　　B．A businessman.

C．A passenger. 　　　　　　　 D．A newspaper reader.

64．The train ______________when the picture was taken.

A．was driving to Plymouth

B．was ready for a picture

C．had seven people on it

D．crashed into another train

65．Who took the picture of the driver of the passenger express？

A．A professional photographer.

B．A newspaper reporter.

C．Another train driver.

D．A member of the railway staff.

66．According to what we have read，we may find this passage most probably______________.

A．at a train station

B．from a news report

C．from a driver’s safety guide

D．from the police inquiry