Question

   Keeping pets is nothing strange nowadays. Is it good for people to keep pets in their house? People have different 26

    Quite a number of people think that it’s good to keep pets in the house,especially for the old. The pets can keep them from being 27 as well as make them feel safe. If children keep pets,they will become more caring and 28

，because they need to look after their pets as 29 as they can to keep them healthy. So keeping pets is quite a good way for young parents to 30 their children. What’s more,your house can be 31 care of by pets when there’s no one at home.

    However,some people 32 with those pet owners. These people think keeping pets is not 33 ,because pets may have some viruses (病毒). Besides,carrying pets with you when taking public transportation (交通工具) is not so convenient,because   others might feel uncomfortable.

    As to me,if one keeps pets,he or she should treat them in the right way. For example,they should wash pets often to keep them 34 . And never forget to 35 some time with pets every clay.

   26.A. symbols    B. reasons     C. opinions   D. gestures

   27.A. lonely     B. happy      C. excited     D. surprised

   28.A. beautiful   B. responsible

     C. lovely     D. common

   29.A. slowly     B. separately

     C. quickly   D. carefully

   30.A. warn      B. organize   C. educate   D. describe

   31.A. taken     B. made       C. turned      D. looked

   32.A. disagree    B. agree     C. talk       D. communicate

   33.A. easy      B. simple     C. healthy     D. difficult

   34.A. funny     B. clean      C. special     D. similar

   35.A. spend     B. cost       C. take       D. pay

Answer 1

26.C   根据常识知，对于一个问题，不同的人会有不同的 “观点”(opinion) 。

27.A   根据常识知，除使老年人感到安全外，宠物还能使老人 不感到孤独寂寞，由此推知所缺词意思为“孤独的”，用lone?ly。

28.B   根据常识知，如果孩子们能细心地照顾宠物，这就会使 他们变得更具有同情心和责任心，由此知所缺词意思为“有 责任心的”，用responsible。

29.   D要使宠物保持健康，就需要饲养宠物的孩子尽量“细心 地”(carefully) 照料它们。

30.C   短文前面提到饲养宠物可以使孩子变得更具有同情心 和责任心,这正是年轻的父母要教育孩子的内容之一，由此 知所缺词意思为“教育”，用educate。

31.A   take care of是固定短语，意思为“照料;照顾”。

32.A   由语境和表示转折的副词however可推知所缺词意思为 “不赞同”，用disagree。

33.C   由“因为宠物也许带有一些病毒”可推知其前面句子的 意思为“这些人认为伺养宠物是不健康的”，表示“健康的”， 用healthy。

34.B   根据常识，人们清洗宠物的目的是使它们保持“干净” (clean) 〇

35.A  句意为“永远不要忘记每天花一些时间和宠物待在一 起”，表不“花时间”，人作主语，用动词spend。