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.
【小题1】According to the passage, experts think _______.

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Doctors and other scientists study the human mind and now they have proved that stress can have an influence on the health of your body.
Stress is    36   whenever there is a problem or change in your life. Of course, everybody has stress more or less and nobody’s life is    37  . In fact, stress is necessary. Without    38  , we would never learn anything or grow or change. We would    39   be bored to death. But too much stress can    40   you.
Today you have different kinds of stress. Problems like endless homework or troubles with your family are the kinds of things you can’t fight against    41   run away from.
42   can you do about stress? First, you can try to find ways to change things so you aren’t under so much stress. You can    43  a plan to finish homework, go to a doctor or try to work things out with your family or friends. But sometimes you can’t    44   a stressful situation. Sometimes you don’t even want to.
The link between your body and brain    45   in two ways. Your body can help your mind deal with stress. If you are    46   stress, you need to take especially good care of your body. It’s important to get enough sleep and have nutritious meals. Another thing that you can do is daily    47  . Anyone with a continuing physical problem should check with a doctor before starting any exercise programs.

Hi Jane,

    I hope you and your family are all well. I'm e-mailing you to tell you about my new hobby, surfing.

    My brother, Peter, is at home from college(大学)for the summer holiday. He is very good at surfing. We go to the beach every day and Peter teaches me to surf. I don't do well in it but it's fun. Most days we bring a picnic and stay on the beach all day. Surfing is a good exercise and an interesting way to get a suntan(晒黑)! All my friends think it's a great new hobby.

      Bye for now.

Love,

Rose

1.Who is the e-mail from?

A. Jane                     B. Rose                    C. Peter                   D. Love

2.What is Peter?

A. He is a middle school student.             B. He is a surfing teacher.

C. He is a college school student.            D. He is a surfing player.

3.What does Rose like now?

A. exercising          B. e-mailing             C. surfing       D. picnic  

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.