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　　Mark Shackleton's opinion on people who keep pets has received a lot of comments from our readers. Here are two of them.

　　Kungsbacka

　　Sweden

　　Dear Lucy,

　　In my opinion, animals like cats or dogs are good company for old and lonely people. But in the past dogs were good helpers for hunters, they watched the house, and so on. The cats who lived on the farms helped the farmers to kill rats and keep other small animals out of the farm. I agree with Mark about the danger of keeping animals in big cities and houses and giving them plastic bones and bad food, etc. I hope we can give them the old life back again so they can live in natural environment but also close to people.

Yours sincerely,

Hans Borjesson

　　Broager Central Skole

　　Denmark

　　Dear Lucy,

　　We are some pupils who don't like Mark's opinion about pets in the October issue of Modern English. We disagree with him because we think that children have a lot of fun with pets and they learn how to treat animals. Many old people usually live alone and they love to talk to pets, they depend on them.

　　And what would happen if you let the pets go free? Very soon there would be more cats and dogs in the world than people. Or the animals would die because they weren't able to manage on their own. Look at the alleycats nowadays! They weren't taken care of. Finally, we don't think that Mark has a pet himself or else he would have known better.

Yours sincerely,

Pupils from Broager Central Skole

　　注释：comment n．评论　　issue n．(报刊的)一期　　depend vi．依赖

根据短文内容选择最佳

1．________ agrees with Mark Shackleton's opinion on people who keep pets.

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A．Lucy

B．Hans Borjesson

C．Pupils from Broager Central Skole

D．No one

2．In Mark Shackleton's opinion, ________.

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A．it's not good to keep pets in big cities

B．it's necessary to keep all the animals in the zoo

C．it's good for the old to keep pets

D．it's possible to make the dogs watch the house and make the cats kill rats

3．According to the pupils from Denmark, ________.

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A．it's good to let the pets go free

B．children will learn how to be kind to their pets

C．children shouldn't take good care of alley-cats

D．there will be more cats and dogs than people one day

4．The Swedish thinks since most people like animals, they ________.

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A．should keep them in their house

B．should let them live a nature life

C．should keep them in the zoo

D．should be taken better care of

5．Modern English in this passage is a ________ for English learners abroad.

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BALTIMORE. MARYLAND—An old postcard changed the lives of an eleven-year-old boy and a very sick woman. The postcard had a picture of the steamship Titanic. The Titanic was the largest ocean ship in the world. It hit an iceberg（冰山）and sank on April 14. 1912. More than 1,500 of the 2,200 people on the ship were killed.
　　The postcard was passed from one person to another for more than 80 years. Then it appeared at a card show for people who liked to collect postcards. An eleven-year-old boy, Joey Russell, came to the show with his grandfather. His grandfather knew everything about the Titanic and its trip from England to New York. “Let’s buy that postcard.” he told Joey. “It will be important someday.”
　　Two years later, Joey’s grandfather took him on a special trip. They went on a trip to the North Atlantic ocean to watch as workers pulled the Titanic up from the bottom of the ocean. Joey put his special postcard in his bag for the trip. On the ship, Joey met Edith Haisman. This woman was on the Titanic when it sank. She was one of the people who were rescued. Joey pulled the postcard out of his pocket. “Please sign this, Mrs. Haisman.” he said. She was happy to write her name on the back of the postcard.
When Joey got home, he put the postcard away and forgot about it, Then Kate Shelley, one of Joey’s friends, told him that her mother was very sick. She needed an operation, but there was a problem. The operation was very expensive, and the family needed $80, 000 to pay for it. Friends and relatives tried to help. But where could they get so much money?
　　Then when Joey went to see the new movie “Titanic”, he had an idea. “Millions of people are seeing this movie and reading about the Titanic.” Joey thought. He remembered the old postcard with Edith Haisman’s signature on it. “Maybe I can sell it for some money. Then I can help Kate’s mom.”
　　Joey told his mother and father about his idea to help Mrs. Shelley. His parents helped him try to sell the postcard to the person who would pay the most money for it. Joey’s story was on television and in newspapers. Joey and Kate even went to New York to be on a national TV show. After the show, many people called in to offer money for the Titanic card. Someone bought it for $60. 000.
Joey’s kind heart and the old Titanic postcard worked together to save a woman’s life.
【小题1】Which of the following is NOT true about the old postcard?

A．The Titanic was the largest steamship in the world in 1912.

B．The steamship Titanic hit an iceberg and sank about a hundred years ago

C．Over two thousand passengers were killed in the ocean accident.

D．More than eighty years had passed before the postcard belonged to Joey.

【小题2】Joey Russell _________.

A．decided to buy the postcard at a shop

B．showed great interest in collecting postcards

C．took the postcard with him to see Mrs. Shelley

D．asked Mrs. Haisman to sign her name on his postcard

【小题3】What does the underlined word “rescued” mean in the sentence?

A．Be made safe from danger.

B．Be on an ocean trip.

C．Be working on board.

D．Be asked to sell the postcard.

【小题4】When did Joey Russell have the idea of selling his old postcard for money?

A．When Kate Shelley told him of her mother’s sickness.

B．When he went to see the new movie “Titanic”.

C．When he was reading the new book of Titanic.

D．When he remembered Mrs. Haisman’s signature on his card.

【小题5】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The Titanic arrived in New York at the end of April, 1912.

B．At the age of 13, Joey Russell got Mrs. Haisman’s signature.

C．Joey Russell sold out his postcards on a national TV show.

D．The Titanic card was sold to many people for $60, 000.

(按课文内容补全单词)

Bill Gates was born on October 28,1955. He was n___　1　___ William Henry after his father and grandfather. He was a very clever boy. At school, his favourite s___　2　___ were science and maths. When people asked him w___　3　___ he wanted to be in the future, he always said, “A s___　4___.”

When he was 13 years old, Bill started to play with computers. At that time, computer was a very large machine. Once he was i___　5　___ in a very old computer. He and some of his friends spent lots of time d___　6　___　unusual things with it. In the end, they worked out a software program (软件程序). Bill sold it for 4,200 dollars when he was only 17.

In 1973, Bill went to Harvard University. There he developed the BASIC language for the first microcomputer (微机). But he didn’t f___　7　___ his studies in Harvard. In his third year, he left Harvard to work for Microsoft (微软). Bill began this company in 1975 with his friend Paul Allen. They thought computer would be an i___　8　___ tool (工具) in every office and in every home, so they began d___　9 ___ software for personal computers. They made it much e___　10　___ for people to use computers than before.

Bill married Melinda French on January 1, 1994. They have two children: a daughter and a son. Bill enjoys reading very much. He also enjoys playing golf and bridge.