In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they don’t mean   1  person. Instead they are talking about a lovely animal: a dog! These words show the friendship between people and   2 . Dogs and other pets can give   3  to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. And some even leave all their money to their   4  when they die!

Animals can help people, too. Dogs can become the “  5  ” for a blind （瞎的）person or ears for a deaf（聋的）person. Pets can help people live   6 ! They make people  7 , too.

Americans hold “Be   8  to Animals Week”, the first week of May. There are pet shows during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you, too, can do this. How? If you have a pet, spend   9  time this week playing with it. Remember to give it good   10 .

If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to   11  them. As people, we must learn to treat animals as our   12  !

1.                A．a              B．the            C．other D．others

2.                A．persons        B．people         C．children  D．animals

3.                A．sad            B．joy            C．ideas D．information

4.                A．family          B．pets           C．children  D．parents

5.                A．eyes           B．ears           C．hands    D．feet

6.                A．alone          B．together        C．shorter   D．longer

7.                A．cooler         B．angry          C．happier   D．sad

8.                A．Bad            B．Kind           C．Nice D．Sad

9.                A．less            B．more           C．no   D．some

10.               A．food           B．rice           C．drink D．milk

11.               A．help           B．ask            C．play with  D．stop

12.               A．classmates      B．friends         C．enemies   D．hunters

Today it is found that school students hardly pay much attention to sports. Is it because they aren’t interested in sports? No. They often say they have other more important things to do.

What are these important things? Examinations! Students have to spend much time on all kinds of examinations at school. So many of them almost become bookworms (书呆子). Books stop them from doing sports. Because of the pressure from their parents and teachers, the students have to work harder and spend most of their time on books. As for (就……而言) the students, they want to get good results so that they can improve their studies. So it is necessary（必要） for them to give all of their free time to their studies and stop their school sports

In fact, education can’t go without physical (身体的) exercises, because a quick mind hardly goes along with a weak body. If you don’t have a strong body, you can never get anything, let alone (更不用说) a great success in your life.

1.        are the greatest problems, so the school students don’t pay much attention to sports now.

A. No interest      B. Exercises     C. Education     D. Examinations         

2. The underlined word “pressure” means “         ”.

A. happy feeling   B. good care  C. nervous (紧张) feeling  D. deep love

3. If you don’t have a         , you can never get anything.

A. good face      B. weak body   C. strong body      D. good father

4. The writer thinks the students should          .

A. work hard all day and all night

B have all kinds of sports after studying

C. do not have sports

D. spend the free time on the studies and give up (放弃)the sports.

5. which sentence is true?

A. If students want to get better results in studies, they must not do sports.

B. If students spend all their time on sports, they will improve studies.

C. If you have a weak body, you will have a hard mind.

D. If you want to be successful in your life, you must have a strong body.

In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they don’t mean   1  person. Instead they are talking about a lovely animal: a dog! These words show the friendship between people and   2 . Dogs and other pets can give   3  to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. And some even leave all their money to their   4  when they die!
Animals can help people, too. Dogs can become the “  5  ” for a blind （瞎的）person or ears for a deaf（聋的）person. Pets can help people live   6 ! They make people  7 , too.
Americans hold “Be   8  to Animals Week”, the first week of May. There are pet shows during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you, too, can do this. How? If you have a pet, spend   9  time this week playing with it. Remember to give it good   10 .
If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. If others around you do bad things to an animal, try to   11  them. As people, we must learn to treat animals as our   12  !