Question

News A: Lots of people miss their pets（宠物） left in their homes when they are on holiday outside. They want to live with animals at all times. The workers of one hotel in America can solve this problem. They rent （租借）pets to visitors. Many people believe this way will become more and more popular.

News B: Many people like animals and begin to keep them as pets, so pet hospital are very busy. They need some people who love animals to work for them.

News C: It’s said that some day you might own a tiger as a pet. Scientists might have to change wild（野生） animals into pets, because this might be the only way to save them from dying out.

News D: What about keeping a robot（机器人） as a pet? It sounds impossible, but it may become possible one day. Robot dogs can carry things for people and bark like real dogs. People might like these unusual pets more, because robots don’t drop（掉落） their hair everywhere in the house or bite people like real animals.

News E: Scientists think that pets might become much smaller, because people in the future（将来） will live in smaller space.

News about pets
News A	The workers of a hotel in the _1. rent pets to the visitors. This can help the people who _2._ their pets at home when they are on holidays.
News B	Pet hospital are very 3._ because lots of people like 4._ and begin to keep them as pets.
News C	You might keep a _5. as a pet one day. _6._ wild animals as pets may be the only way to save them from dying out.
News D	It may be _7. to keep a robot as a pet one day. Robot dogs can carry things for people and bark like __8._ ones.
News E	Pets might be _9.__ smaller because people will live in smaller _10.__ in the future.

 

Answer 1

1.US/USA

2.leave

3.busy

4.animals

5.tiger

6.keeping/owning

7.possible

8.real

9.much

10.space

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文说的是:美国一家旅馆的工作人员租宠物给参观者；有一天你也许可以养老虎当宠物；饲养野生动物当宠物也许是避免他们灭绝的唯一方式等内容。

1.美国一家旅馆的工作人员租宠物给参观者。据The workers of one hotel in America can solve this problem. They rent （租借）pets to visitors.可知答案。

2.他们可以帮助度假时候把宠物留在家里的人们。据NewsA可知答案。

3.宠物医院非常忙碌。据so pet hospital are very busy.可知答案。

4.因为很多人喜欢动物。据Many people like animals and begin to keep them as pets,可知答案。

5.有一天你也许可以养老虎当宠物。据 It’s said that some day you might own a tiger as a pet.可知答案。

6.饲养野生动物当宠物也许是避免他们灭绝的唯一方式。据Scientists might have to change wild（野生） animals into pets, because this might be the only way to save them from dying out可知答案。

7.饲养机器人当宠物有一天也许是可能的。据It sounds impossible, but it may become possible one day.可知答案。

8.像真的狗一样叫。据Robot dogs can carry things for people and bark like real dogs.可知答案。

9.宠物可能会更小得多。据Scientists think that pets might become much smaller,可知答案。

10.因为将来人们会住在更小的空间里。据because people in the future（将来） will live in smaller space.可知答案。

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