Cats don’t seem very friendly. Unlike dogs, cats don’t often play with people. However, a new study shows that cats like people just as much as dogs.
US researchers（研究者）invited 117 cat owners to take a six-minute test. They walked into a new room with their pets. After two minutes, they left the room. After another two minutes, they came back. About two-thirds of the cats came to greet their owners right away when they came back. The cats then went back to looking around the room, but still came back to their owners now and then.
The cats saw their owners as a source of security（安全的来源）in a new place. In the same test, 58 percent of dogs acted just like the cats.
| Fun facts about cats 1. Cats spend 70 percent of their day sleeping. This means that a 9-year-old cat is awake for only three years. When awake, a cat will spend more than 30 percent of its time grooming（梳毛）itself. 2. Cats have good night vision（视力）. They need just one-sixth of the amount（数量）of light that people need to see at night. 3. To cats, the colors red, orange and brown all look the same. |
2. The underlined word “they” refers to “
3. Why did researchers do the test?
4. What do cats do most of the time?
5. Please translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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【推荐1】Yesterday I visited a museum. There I learn about a lot of amazing facts about man and animals. What interested me most were a talk and some stories about animals.
Do you know how much TV you watch in your life? In yesterday’s talk, the scientist said that a man watched TV for over 70,000 hours in his life. It means you sit in front of a TV for 8 years. Do you know how long your hair can be if you don’t cut it? The scientist said that it could be as long as 9 metres! Another amazing thing was that you said about 4,200 words a day. That means more than 100 million in your life!
I didn’t like camels before. I thought they were dirty and slow. But now I know they have some amazing abilities (能力). Camels can run over 15 metres per second (秒). And it’s amazing that they can keep walking for days without any food or drinks. Camels can help people in many ways. They can carry things for people.
In the past, I disliked some animals and thought they were dirty and lazy. But now, I find them interesting. Man should be kind to them. It will be great to study animals and do something for them. Let’s work hard to make the world a better place for both man and animals.
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Amazing | Facts about | A person spends |
| A person’s hair can be 9 metres long. | ||
| A person says over 100 | ||
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The lesson I learnt | I | |
People in Britain talk a lot about the weather. The weather changes a lot in Britain.
People often think that Britain has got a wet climate（气候）. In fact, some parts of Britain are very dry and sunny. But some parts of Britain get a lot of rain. The west is the wettest part, because it is closer to the Atlantic Ocean（大西洋）. As clouds from the Atlantic Ocean move across the country, they drop most of their rain on the hills and mountains in the west.
In spring the weather starts to get warmer. The beginning of March is often very windy. April is famous for April showers. It rains, then it’s sunny and then it rains again.
The weather in summer is usually warm. The days are the longest in summer, and in the north of Scotland it never gets really dark.
Autumn usually starts with fine weather. Autumn is a very beautiful season, as the leaves turn yellow and red before they fall.
The weather in winter is usually cool and wet. It doesn’t snow a lot in Britain, so when it snows, it leads to travel problems. Roads, railways and airports are closed. Schools often close, too.
1题，2题完成句子；3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下全文的主题句；5题将文中画线句子译成汉语。
1. In Britain April is famous for
2. In Britain the days in summer are
3. Why is the west of Britain the wettest?
4.
5.
【推荐3】Have you touched a cute dog recently? If that dog touches you with its nose, you may find how wet and cold it is. If dogs are so warm and fluffy (毛茸茸的), then why are their noses so cold?
Before, people thought that dogs had cold noses to help them control their body temperature. But, a new study has shown some interesting findings about dogs’ noses. The study finds that when the air temperature is 30℃, the tip of a dog’s nose is about five degrees cooler than the air. But why is this?
The researchers believe that the tip of a dog’s nose has a special sensory function (探测功能). So, they do an experiment to test it. The study shows that dogs can find weak heat sources—like a small animal—with their noses from 1.5 meters away.
The research team studies three dogs named Charlie, Delfi and Kevin. For the experiment, the dogs have to tell the difference between two objects. The two objects are heated to different temperatures. Amazingly, all three dogs are able to sense the temperature difference between both objects.
The study also finds that the heat from the objects in the experiment is too weak to be felt by human hands, even at very short distances. The dogs are able to sense these heated objects from a distance, but humans are only able to feel the warmth of the object if they touch it.
To know more about it, the research team also studies the brain activity of 13 dogs. When a warm object is put near their noses, there is an increase in brain activity.
“From the two complementary (互补的) experiments, we can know that dogs are indeed able to sense heat from warm-blooded animals, and a special region of the brain is made to be active by such heat.” said Anna Balint, the leader of the study.
根据短文内容回答问题（每小题答案不超过10个单词）。
1. How many degrees is the tip of a dog’s nose when the air temperature is 30℃?
2. Which is the stronger to sense the temperature, the human hands or the dogs?
3. What’s the special sensory function in the tip of a dog’s nose?
4. How do the humans feel the heat of the objects?
5. What happens to the dogs when they sense heat from a warm object?
As we know, money is important. Most of the things in our daily life have to be bought with money. However, money is not all powerful. Money cannot buy many things such as time and true friendship.
There are 24 hours in a day. Sometimes when we are very happy, we wish that the happy time would last longer. But no matter what we do, or how much money we are willing to pay, money cannot make a day last longer than 24 hours. On the other hand, when we are unhappy, money cannot make the unhappy time pass away more quickly.
True love is another thing which money cannot buy. Suppose we have someone who really loves us very much. Once he dies, he can give us no more love. Can our money bring him back to life and make him love us as before?
Here we can see very clearly that money cannot buy us love? Money can buy us delicious food, beautiful clothes, but never time and love. So money, after all, is not all powerful. In other words, money is very important to us in our daily lives, but money is not everything.
1题完成句子；2，3题简略回答问题；4题找出并写下第三段的主题句；5题将画线句子译成汉语。
1. Money cannot buy many things like
2. What can’t money do·when we are unhappy?
3. What can we buy with money according to the text?
4.
5.
Protect the Earth
The Earth is a beautiful place.
There are forests and rivers, mountains and fields. Some places are very hot, and some are very cold. There are many different plants. Some are large. Some are small. All plants (A) ________ light and water. There are different animals on Earth (B) as well. Some live on the land. Some fly in the sky. Some live under the water. There are also many people (C) ________ you and me on Earth. (D) The Earth provides us with air, water and food. It is our home.
Today, there is (E) a lot of pollution. We burn things to make energy. This pollutes the air. We put our rubbish into the sea and under the ground. This pollutes the Earth and kills animals and plants. (F)我们必须停止做这些事情。It is important for us to protect the Earth for our future.
1. 在文中(A)和(C)的空白处填入适当的单词：2. 写出文中画线部分(B)和(E)的同义词或近义词：
3. 将文中画线部分(D)改写为：The Earth
4. 将文中画线部分(F)译成英语：
5. 从文中找出能说明本文主旨大意的词语：
【推荐3】Hello! My name is Jane. I'm 14 years old. I'm an English girl. I'm in Class Ten, Grade One. This is my pencil case. It's black. There is a pen and a ruler in it. The pen is green. And the ruler is blue. This is my hat. It's red. This is my backpack. It's red, too. Do you have a backpack?
根据文章填写下列物品的颜色。
| Pencil case | 81. |
| Pen | 82. |
| Hat | 83. |
| Backpack | 84. |
| Ruler | 85. |
What are you doing?
Li Hua, China
English writing is very useful now. One of my friends is good at it. He is from Australia. Now I am writing an email to him. I want to ask him some questions about it.
Mary, the UK
Now I’m using the computer. My family want to make family rules. My parents let me help them write the rules. Do you have family rules? What are they? Can you tell me?
Alice, Australia
Now I am working in the office (办公室). This afternoon, I want to go home early in my car, because my cat is at home and I have to look after (照看) it.
Molly, the USA
I’m writing emails to my friends, because they are so far from me. They’re in Shanghai, China and I’m in the USA. I’m living here. My parents are working here, too.
Lisa, Thailand
I have no work today and I’m at home. I need to relax. I’m listening to music and singing, too. My pet dog is next to me. He is dancing to music.
1. Where does Li Hua’s friend come from?2. Is Mary making family rules?
3. How does Alice go home this afternoon?
4. What is Molly doing?
5. Who has a pet?
【推荐2】Do you like animals? Do you want to keep animals? Yes, many people like animals and want to keep a lovely animal as a pet. It’s a pity that they don’t have a good place to keep them. However, keeping fish may be the best choice.
Why keep them?
People keep dogs and cats because they enjoy their friendship. Fish can not be friendly, but they have beautiful shapes and colors. It’s a pleasure to watch as they swim in their tank（水槽）.
What do they need?
First of all, the fish need a good tank, and you must fill the tank with some water. It is good for them to have a few water plants in the tank to keep the water clean. Putting a few snails（蜗牛）in the tank is also a good idea, because they will keep it clean.
What do they eat?
There are many kinds of fish food that you can get in the shops. Most are good for all kinds of fish. You should feed your fish only once a day. It is important not to give them too much food. Just give them as much as they can eat up in about 15 minutes. This will keep them healthy.
1. Do many people like animals and want to keep an animal as a pet?2. How many animals are mentioned（提到）in the passage?
3. Why is it a good idea to put a few snails in the tank?
4. Where can people get fish food?
Keeping pet dogs is a good idea. There are lots of (A) ______ for this.
First, dogs are really cute. It’s nice to hold them in our arms, and it’s wonderful to see them grow up.
Second, (B) we can learn responsibility from keeping dogs. We have to feed them, train them and play with them. According to my mum this helps us become more responsible people. Young people can learn (C) 如何照顾别人 by keeping dogs.
A dog will love you faithfully and bring you lots of happiness for many years.
(D) ______ I think it’s a good idea to keep pet dogs.
1. 在画线部分(A)和(D)的空白处各填入一个适当的单词。2. 将画线部分(B)改写为：keeping dogs can
3. 将画线部分(C)译成英语。
4. 在文中找出一个赞美狗狗的形容词。
5. 在文中找出说明文章大意的句子。
