Now lots of families keep* pets in their houses. Most pets are small animals.

Dogs are the favorite pets. The second favorite are cats and the third favorite are birds. These small animals are very cute and friendly. People usually have them as their family members. They give them nice names and let them wear beautiful clothes. They also give their pets nice food to eat. They buy food for their pets in pet shops.

Pets are all very happy. Many pets have their houses and beds. They often go out to relax and take a walk with people in the morning.

Some children like pets because they need a friend to play with at home. Many old people keep pets at home just because they often feel* lonely.  They have them as their children and they love them very much. So, pets are very important.*I think every family needs pets.

1.Most people like to keep ______ animals at home.

A．small             B．white             C．big               D．black

2.People give their pets _____and _________.

A．nice names, nice books                   B．pet shops, nice books

C．nice names， nice food                  D．pet shops, nice food

3.The pets often_________ with people in the morning.

A．take a shower      B．play soccer        C．take a walk        D．listen to music

4.The word “lonely” means(意思) _________ in Chinese.

A．孤独的           B．快乐的           C．紧张的           D．有趣的

5.The writer thinks__________ .

A．pets are dirty                          B．people don’t need pets at home

C．people don’t like animals                D．pets are very important.

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Now lots of families keep* pets in their houses. Most pets are small animals.
Dogs are the favorite pets. The second favorite are cats and the third favorite are birds. These small animals are very cute and friendly. People usually have them as their family members. They give them nice names and let them wear beautiful clothes. They also give their pets nice food to eat. They buy food for their pets in pet shops.
Pets are all very happy. Many pets have their houses and beds. They often go out to relax and take a walk with people in the morning.
Some children like pets because they need a friend to play with at home. Many old people keep pets at home just because they often feel* lonely.  They have them as their children and they love them very much. So, pets are very important.*I think every family needs pets.
【小题1】Most people like to keep ______ animals at home.

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　　Not many years ago, some farmers were worried because hawks(鹰) were taking many of their chickens. They didn't know what to do. Then they decided to kill the hawks.

　　They killed many hawks. Soon they didn't have to worry about their chickens. But they now had a new worry. Field mice(田鼠) were eating up many of their crops.

　　Why?

　　Hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice. They eat more field mice than chickens. But the farmers didn't know this. When they killed lots of hawks, they changed the balance of nature(生态平衡).

　　When people move into a new place, they often pull out many wild plants. Many of these plants are food for the animals. If the animals cannot find enough plants to eat, they will die or have to leave the place.

　　In the United States, for example, the deer there like to eat a kind of wild flower. The tigers there eat the deer. The number of deer, tigers and flowers doesn't change much if people do nothing to them.

　　But people killed many tigers because they wanted to protect(保护) the deer. Soon there were so many deer that they ate up all the flowers. Then the deer began to eat the leaves of young trees. These trees were important to the farmers. So they found out ways to protect their trees. Now the deer had nothing to eat, and many of them died.

　　It is important for us to keep the balance of nature.

根据短文内容正(T)误(F)。

1．The farmers were worried because many of their chickens were taken by hawks.

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2．The farmers didn't know hawks eat more chickens than field mice.

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3．The animals will die or have to leave the place without enough plants to eat.

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4．The number of deer, tigers and flowers will change much if people do nothing to them.

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5．Then there were not enough flowers for so many deer to eat.

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6．The deer never eat the leaves of young trees.

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7．It is very important for us to keep the balance of nature.

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