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　　More and more young people enjoy having pets,but they don't like to keep them.At present in Changchun,people prefer to rent pets and play with them during weekends,regarding this as a fashionablelifestyle.

　　Mr.Feng,from Jilin Province,likes pet dogs.Last weekend he rented a Scottish shepherd dog from a localpet shop.He bathed the dog,and went walking with it.He said he could not keep pets in his spare time because he was busy everday except weekends.To rent pets during weekends seemsto be the most practical and economical way to relax himself.

　　A manager from a pet shop says his customers(主顾) are all like Mr.Feng,usually too busy to keeppets,and some of them have never kept any pets before. But they hope torent pets and learn to keep pets so that they can know whether they can be good pet masters or not.

　　It's reported that all pets for rent need to beimmunized(免疫).Before they are rented out,pet shops will teach their customers the ABCs of pet keeping and preparing pet food based on each pet's taste.

　　Shop assistants will also provide(提供)different konds of services for pets like health checkup if their customers want to rent pets for a longer period.

　　Dogs for rent are often not ordinary ones,so their rent is high,usually 200 - 500 yuan(US＄ 25-63) per day.Sometimes,you have to leave thousands of yuan with the owner before you can take a dog away.

　　60.Mr.Feng rents pets instead of keeping them mainly because _______.

　　A.it's cheaper                  B.it is more fun

　　C.he has little spare time         D.he wants a new pet for each week

　　61.What do we know about those who rent pets?

　　A.None of them ever kept a pet before.

　　B.They'll become pet owners later.

　　C.They enjoy having pets.

　　D.They want to help protect animals.

　　62.The underlined phrase "the ABCs(of…)"in the 4th paragraph refers to "______(of…)".

　　A.the possible dangers           B.the basic knowledge

　　C.the communicative language    D.the rules set by the shops

　　63.The dogs' rent is high because___________.

　　A.the customers are rich           B.there are few dogs to rent

　　C.their owners hate to leave them    D.they are top - class dogs

Miss Gogers taught physics in a New York school. Last month she explained to one of her classes about sound, and she decided to test them to see how successful she had been in her explanation. She said to them,“Now I have a brother in Los Angeles. If I was calling him on the phone and at the same time you were 75 feet away, listening to me from across the street, which of you would hear what I said earlier, my brother or you and for what reason?”

　Tom at once answered,“Your brother. Because electricity travaels faster than sound waves.”“That’s every good,”Miss Gogers answered; but then one of the girls raised her hand, and Miss Gogers said.“Yes, Kate.”

　“I disagree,”Kate said.“Your brother would hear you earlier because when it’s 11 o’clock here it’s only 8 o’clock in Los Angeles.”

1.Miss Gogers was teaching her class_________.

A.how to telephone 　    B.about electricity 　 C.about time zone 　  D.about sound

2.Miss Gogers raised this question because she wanted to know whether______.

　A.it was easy to phone to Los Angeles

　B.her student could hear her from 75 feet away

　C.her students had a good command of her lesson about sound

　D.sound waves were slower than electricity

3.Tom thought that electricity was _________.

　A.slower than sound waves   　B.faster than sound waves

　C.not so fast as sound waves  　D.as fast as sound waves

4.Kate thought Tom was wrong because _______.

　A.clocks in Los Angeles showed a different time from those in New York

　B.electricity was slower than sound waves

　C.Tom was not good at physics at all

　D.Tom’s answer had nothing to do with sound waves

5.Whose answer do you think is correct according to the law of physics?

　A. Tom’s 　     　B. Kate’s 　　C. Bath A and B 　　D. Neither A nor B

--- I’m sorry I can’t go with you.

  　--- ______? Haven’t you agreed?

  　A. How’s that                B. What is it  

  　C. Why don’t you             D. What do you think

Miss Smith is a friend of________.

　 A. Mary’s mother’s 　 B. Mary’s mother

　 C. Mary mother’s 　  D. mother’s of Mary

　　 We have moved into a four-room flat so far. Our room is between _____.

　　A. Mary’s and Helen’s  B. Mary and Helen’s

　　C. Mary and Helen        D. Mary’s and Helen