If you have a pet, do you know how to take care of it? Actually, don’t worry. It’s not as difficult as most people think. You can do it if you follow these ideas.
Food
☆You need to be sure that you know when your new pet need food and what food is good for it.
☆Most animals need to be fed once or twice a day. Sometimes baby animals need to be fed more.
☆ Don’t give chocolate to your pet because it can make most animals sick.
Water
☆ Make sure that your pet has enough clean, fresh water. Make sure that you change the water twice a day.
☆ If your pet is a fish or a turtle, be sure to clean the tank (缸) at least once a week.
Exercise
☆ Pets, like dogs, need plenty of exercise. It helps them to keep healthy and happy. Don’t forget to take them for a walk. Play with your dog every day. The exercise is good for you, too.
1. How often should you clean the tank if you keep a fish?| A．Once a year. | B．At least once a week. |
| C．Once a month. | D．Less than once a week. |
| A．You need to exercise to look after a pet. | B．We needn’t take pet dogs out for a walk. |
| C．Clean and fresh water is important to pets. | D．Most people think it’s easy to look after a pet. |
| A．Right Food for Pets | B．The Importance of Water |
| C．Exercise and Health | D．How to Look After Pets |
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Everyone wants to have good feelings every day.
Feeling happy means forgetting. There are many unhappy things around us. They make us nervous, worried, angry or jealous (妒忌的).
Feeling happy means giving.
| A．What should we do then? |
| B．Let’s relax and enjoy ourselves. |
| C．Feeling happy also means doing. |
| D．But how can we keep happy? |
| E．Give a helping hand to anyone in trouble. |
| F．However, feeling happy isn’t just about playing. |
| G．There are many happy things in my life. |
【推荐2】Self-reflection (反省) means not only slowing down but also calming yourself.
First, choose the proper time to do it. School textbooks are divided into units of study. Look for time when you finish a unit of study. Sometimes you know the unit is over because there is some kind of test.
Then,
Finally,
| A．Use these natural breaks to stop and do self-reflection. |
| B．Successful students always know self-reflection is important. |
| C．Different people have different ways to self-reflect. |
| D．find a quiet place and take out your reflection diary. |
| E．think about things that you are not sure of. |
【推荐3】How to Look After a Computer?
Many young people use computers, but few of them know how to look after them. Remember the following when you use your computer.
Keep your computer in a cool, dry room.
Make sure that the keyboard and screen are the correct height for you.
Make sure the screen is the correct distance from your eyes. If you wear glasses, make sure these glasses are correct for using the computer.
根据材料内容，从下面五个选项中选出能填入文中空缺处的最佳选项，使短文意思通顺、内容完整。
| A．Some people use a different pair of glasses when they use a computer. |
| B．Too much or too little heat is bad for computers. |
| C．Don’t eat or drink when you are near your computer. |
| D．If they are not the correct height, you will get a backache. |
| E．Don’t let people smoke cigarettes near your computer. |
【推荐1】Almost half of all shoppers say they have bought pineapple when shopping for fresh fruit. Besides the great taste and juicy body, what makes this spiky (有尖刺的) fruit so popular?
First of all, it is very healthy. Each 100g of it has only about 50 calories. So this fat-free fruit has fewer calories than both apples and bananas. And don’t throw away that skin! You can use it to make a delicious and heart-healthy tea. All you need to do is boil the skin in some hot water, let it cool, and enjoy it.
Pineapple has an interesting history. It was first found in South America, where it has been planted for centuries. We call it “pineapple” because early travelers from Europe noticed that it looked a little like the pine cone (松果). Do you know it used to be one of the most expensive fruits in the world. In the 1600s, it cost so much money that kings and queens gave it to each other as gifts to show how rich and powerful they were.
This strange-looking fruit has one more surprise for us. It has a chemical (化学成分) called bromelain, which can digest (消化) the cells in your mouth. The light burning you feel on your tongue after eating too much pineapple is, in fact, that the fruit is eating you! So be careful, and remember to enjoy this amazing and healthy fruit properly.
1. Pineapple is considered as a kind of healthy fruit because of its ________.| A．low calories | B．strange look | C．high price | D．long history |
| A．It doesn’t taste good. | B．It is good for our heart. |
| C．It is difficult for us to make. | D．It must be drunk when it is hot. |
| A．show their healthy life | B．show their love for each other |
| C．show their high social position | D．show their influence on the world |
| A．pineapple is high in fat | B．pineapple is juicy and healthy |
| C．pineapple was first grown in South Africa | D．pineapple is still expensive for common people |
| A．Bromelain can hurt our body seriously. | B．Pineapple is in fact a kind of harmful fruit. |
| C．Pineapple is popular with people of all ages. | D．We’d better not eat too much pineapple at a time. |
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The most difficult thing for university student Ted Rogers is opening his classroom door. Ted can’t do this without help because he’s only six years old. He’s the youngest person ever to study at Rochester University in New York. Ted began reading at two, and by four, he had known a lot about many subjects from astronomy to physics. By the age of five, he had been able to talk to university professors about his ideas.
Ted has just completed his first book. It will come out in a few months, shortly after his seventh birthday “I love learning,” says Ted. “My hero is the scientist Albert Einstein because he never brushed his hair or wore socks.”
Psychologists (心理学家) have found it difficult to test Ted’s cleverness because they do not have high enough scores for him. Ted’s mother first knew her son was different when he kept crying at playschool because he was bored with the children’s games. She started teaching him at home after finding that local schools were not prepared for children who learned at Ted’s speed.
Now Ted is studying geography at Rochester University and using the Internet to complete his high school studies.
However, some psychologists warn that too much study can stop a child from growing up in a healthy way. “I don’t care how clever the kid is. Six-year-olds have to play with their friends,” says Dr. Brian Wood. Mrs. Rogers doesn’t agree that her son’s time is taken up completely by schoolwork. “He loves the violin and has many outdoor interests, such as camping, fishing and swimming, just like other boys of his age.”
1. Which book is related with the word “astronomy”?A． | B． | C． |
| A．He began reading when he was two. |
| B．He shared ideas with his professors at four. |
| C．His first book will come out after his seventh birthday. |
| A．We should care how clever the kids are. |
| B．Kids should spend too much time on schoolwork. |
| C．Healthy growing up is more important for kids. |
| A．Ted Rogers is an unusual boy |
| B．Dr. Brian Wood disagrees with Mrs. Rogers |
| C．Mrs. Rogers thinks his son should study hard |
【推荐3】In Chinese tradition, it is said that getting a haircut during the first lunar month would cause one’s mother’s brothers to die. Although this is not true, some people still choose not to cut their hair during this time. They wait until Dragon Head-Raising Day（龙抬头）, the second day of the second lunar month, to get a haircut.
Nobody knows why haircuts have anything to do with one’s uncles. One popular theory（理论）says the tradition might have started during the early years of the Qing Dynasty（清朝）. At the time, as new rulers, the Manchu people forced the Han people to cut their hair in the Manchu style. Many Han people refused to do it. They decided not to cut their hair during the first lunar month, saying it was to “remember the former dynasty”, or in Chinese, “思旧”. Since “思旧” sounds very similar to “dead uncle”, there may have been a misunderstanding and thus the “no haircut” tradition.
Ancient（古代的）Chinese people thought that the human body, including one’s skin and hair, was naturally given by one’s parents and should not be changed. Therefore, they cherished their hair very much and considered cutting hair to be a great insult（侮辱）to one’s parents.
But this doesn’t mean they never took care of their hair. They would wash, comb and trim（修整）their hair and beards regularly.
1. Some Chinese people refuse to cut their hair during the first lunar month.2. According to one popular theory, the “no haircut” tradition started in Qing Dynasty.
3. During the early years of the Qing Dynasty, Manchu and Han people had the same hair style.
4. Ancient Chinese people didn’t cut their hair regularly.
5. The writer mainly talks about how Dragon Head-Raising Day started in this passage.
【推荐1】Your beloved pet maybe hurting your sleep, new research finds.
Though pets can be helpful for health, pet owner was likely to have poorer sleep, according to a study.
The researchers corrected factors that could influence sleep, including race(种族) and income(收入), as well as age, gender(性别) and BMI, and focused on whether a person had a sleep disorder and whether a person had a cat or a dog.
The findings showed that having a dog was connected with a greater chance of having a sleep disorder and having trouble sleeping, while having a cat was connected with having a higher chance of leg jerks (抽搐) in the night. “The age of the pet has a big influence on whether or not they keep you up at night,” van Egmond said. “If you have many pets, they can egg each other on.”
With dogs, it depends a lot on the kind and the activity level it needs. Making sure a pet gets plenty of physical activities and mental stimulation(刺激) during the day can help animals—and their owners—get better rest.
Unlike dogs, cats are more active at night and it is easier to use up their energy. If you play with your cat before it is ready for bed, you would make it hard for cats to fall asleep. If you feed your cat after playing with it, your cat would feel that it has successfully hunted its food and is rewarded with a nice meal in return. Then it goes to sleep quickly.
The new study shows that pets can influence your sleep, but we have to really think about that pets are much more than a pet in our family.
1. What can make a great difference to your sleep?| A．Food. | B．Pets. | C．Work. | D．Noise. |
| A．playing with it | B．study | C．getting more money | D．sleeping |
| A．Encourage each other to fight or quarrel. | B．Have a talk with each other. |
| C．Help each other. | D．Learn from each other. |
| A．We should see the pets as our family. |
| B．Cats are very active in the daytime. |
| C．All the dogs can influence your sleep. |
| D．No matter how much a cat eats, it is always full of energy. |
| A．Travel. | B．Animals. | C．Culture. | D．Health. |
【推荐2】To help you decide what might make a good pet, we have put together a pet checklist.
We have named some of the animals that are often kept as pets. We’ve shown some good points and bad points about each. And we’ve told you which are OK or not OK to keep.
Which pet is for you?
Pick-a-pet Checklist | |||
Pets | Good Points | Bad Points | OK to Keep |
Rabbits | Easy to keep Enjoy being petted Good to hold | Hard to house-train Drop lots of hair Easily upset by high temperature | Yes |
Raccoons (小浣熊) | Can be very interesting Can be friendly when young | Against the law to keep in many states Can get unkind when old | No |
Cats | Easy to feed & care for Can live indoors or out Fun to hold Very friendly | May scratch furniture Little pets can be messy May kill birds May make you sneeze | Yes |
Dogs | Come in many sizes Can live indoors or out Fun to love & play with Very friendly Can give safety | Can be smelly, messy, noisy Need to be licensed & trained May make you sneeze May bite if angry Need lots of attention | Yes |
| A．Rabbits & raccoons | B．Raccoons & cats | C．Cats & dogs | D．Dogs & rabbits |
| A．cold | B．cool | C．warm | D．hot |
| A．dogs | B．cats | C．raccoons | D．rabbits |
| A．To help pick the best pet for you. | B．To tell how to take care of your pet. |
| C．To list the best pets. | D．To list the worst pets. |
【推荐3】The friendship between humans and dogs possibly began 14, 000 years ago. Here are four examples of “a dog’s life” in the human world today.
 | ① Tiffy is one of these dogs. Her owner, Nancy, treats her like a queen. She prepares Tiffy’s meals, cooking the meat, fish and chicken. She also gives her different kinds of fresh vegetables. Tiffy also eats yoghurt and biscuits after dinner. Nancy has time and money to treat Tiffy very well, and she truly enjoys doing it. “I want to give her the healthiest, most wonderful life as long as possible.” she says. |
 | ② Bobbie works at international airports. His job is to smell and find illegal (不合法的) fruits, vegetables and other foods in bags and mails. If he smells something suspicious (可疑的), he usually sits down. And then, Bobbie’s human partner checks for it. Dogs like Bobbie are friendly and cute, so they don’t scare people as they sniff (嗅) through the crowds. |
 | ③ Jessie visits very sick children in hospital. She shows them her love and makes them happy when they feel down. Jessie and her friends also help patients to become strong during their stay in hospital. They are called “service dogs”. Guide dogs are one kind of them. They can also learn to open and close the doors, pick up the objects and even pull wheelchairs. |
 | ④ Doggie and his friends have amazing noses. They live in the Search-and-Rescue (SAR) centers and help police to find people. They can smell and help find out tiny clues (线索) that people leave wherever they go. These include bacteria (细菌), small pieces of hairs. They may find missing people and search through rocks after earthquakes and other disasters. |
| A．Tiffy. | B．Jessie. | C．Bobbie. | D．Doggie. |
| A．Help patients do exercise. | B．Smell bags and mails. |
| C．Look for missing children. | D．Follow people here and there. |
a. Sniffer Dogs b. SAR Dogs c. Queen Dogs d. Animal Carers
| A．c-b-a-d | B．c-a-d-b | C．c-d-a-b | D．d-a-c-b |
