Are you an only-child in your family? Are you feeling alone at home? How are you dealing with it?

Zhang Luwen, 12, feels lucky to have a 4-year-old “brother”. “With him, I never feel lonely at home. He goes with me wherever I go,” said the girl of Sichuan Province. But it is not easy to be a sister. Zhang has to help her parents bath her “brother” every week. This is because he is hairy — he is a dog.

As the number of pet owners in China grows more and more, Chinese students have animal friends at home. Experts say that these small animals give these only-children lessons in love, care, teamwork and generosity.

This month, the first study on the influence of pets on the children came out. It is a survey of 402 Beijing primary school students. It shows that animal friends are good for children.

China had more than 90 million only-children by 2006, according to the government. “In families of three, most children feel lonely. They don’t have many chances to learn how to love and be responsible for others,” said Zhou Xia in the study group. “So having a pet can help with the problem.”

However, some students complain that their parents don’t allow them to have pets. “They are afraid a pet would stop me studying,” said Chen Qi, of Chongqing.

Perhaps he could learn from Qin Yixing, 13, of Beijing. “I don’t play with my dog until I have finished my homework. I made the promise to my mom and I must keep it,” said the girl.

1.According to the passage, experts think _______.

A．it is good for students to have animal friends at home

B．only-children families in China will be fewer and fewer

C．small animals at home are bad for students

D．parents should buy more pet animals for their children

2.What can we learn from the passage?

A．Zhang Luwen’s parents bath every week.

B．Zhou Xia thinks a pet animal can solve the problem that children feel lonely.

C．Chen Qi of Chongqing has got a pet animal.

D．Qin Yixing’s parents don’t want her to have a pet.

—Don’t play with the knife, ______ you’ll cut your hand. —Sorry, I ______ .

A. so; can’t        B. and; won’t       C. but; mustn’t      D. or; won’t

书面表达（15*）

假设你叫Tom,你的笔友Alice写信给你倾诉心中的烦恼。请根据她的来信内容给她写一份回信并提几条合理建议，帮助她摆脱烦恼。

要求：1.回信中不能写出你真实的姓名和班级

      2. 必须根据来信的内容提建议。

      3.字数60---80词左右。

Dear Tom,

  How is it going with you? I hope you had a happy winter holiday in your hometown.I heard that your Chinese children could have a lot of pocket money from your families in Spring festival. But things for us are quite different in America.Though I want to buy a computer game for a long time, I don’t have enough money. I can’t ask my parents for money. What should I do?

  Another thing which worries me most is that I am getting so heavy. I often stay up late to play computers so I always feel tired in the day and fall asleep in the class. Last week I failed my maths test. A lot of classmates laugh at me and they don’t play with me.I feel lonely and so sad.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

                                               Yours,

Alice

选适当的短语填空，使句子意思完整。(5’)

【小题1】These coats _______ wool and cotton.
【小题2】Can you _______ a better idea than this?
【小题3】 Be careful! Don’t play with the knife. You may__________.
【小题4】 Don’t worry. I______not________you, I will be all right soon.
【小题5】 I will leave for a few minutes, would you please ________ my baby?
1________2_________3________4_________5__________

选适当的短语填空，使句子意思完整。(5’)

1.These coats _______ wool and cotton.

2.Can you _______ a better idea than this?

3. Be careful! Don’t play with the knife. You may__________.

4. Don’t worry. I______not________you, I will be all right soon.

5. I will leave for a few minutes, would you please ________ my baby?

1________2_________3________4_________5__________