I have two cats named Mars and Venus．Get it? My niece，Beth，thought of the names. They are so cute．Mars is bigger and Venus has long curly, fur．

They are such great company! They are curious(好奇)about everything except for the cat window seat．My two furry friends have visited almost every place in the house.

Until I got Mars and Venus 1 was having terrible problems with insomnia．1 would go to bed at midnight and lie there until 4 or sometimes even 5 in the morning．I was walking around during the nighttime，and couldn′t seem to find a way to get to sleep．After one night of galloping from one end often house to the other, Mars and Venus moved in and when I go to bed，they do，too．

At midnight．I lie down in my warm bed, Mars finds his place on the pillow next to me and  then Venus curls up so that she is touching Mars．They sleep all through the night…and guess what．SO do I!I fall asleep almost immediately．

    Now with two little balls of fur next to me，I sleep beautifully．

任务一：下列4个单词在短文中是划线词，请选择与其意思相符的英文释义。

1．Company        2．Furry         3．Insomnia        4.pillow           

  A．covered with fur            B．something you put your head on when sleeping

  C．friend you spend time with  D．inability to sleep

任务二：根据短文内容回答问题。

5．Where don′t the cats like to go?

6．Why is the writer able to sleep well at night?

任务三：把下面句子译成汉语。

7．Until I got Mars and Venus 1 was having terrible problems with insomnia.

根据表中的内容，完成下面短文。（每空词数不限）。

   Students in Class 9 want to be volunteers to help others．Tim enjoys     ，so he can help  2  ．Gina loves green plants，she can  3   ．Ben likes  4   ，so he can paint   5  ．They are happy because they can help other people

You′d better get up        possible        you can catch the early bus．

A. as soon as，so that     B．so early as, so that

C. as soon as，in order    D．as early as, so that

--Dad．I′ve done all you told me．

--oh，good．        Have you bought some fruits yet?  

A．one more thing.    B．What’s more?    C．What else?    D．By the way．

Soft colors like pink and light blue make people       .

A．relaxing    B．relaxes    C．relaxed    D．relaxation

I haven′t        my pet yet．

A．feed    B．fed    C．feeded    D．feeding

He is sad because of  losing his wallet．Let’s to         ．

A．call him up         B．1ook for him

C．cheer him up        D．stay away from him

Stones can           building houses．

A．be used by    B．used to    C．be used for   D．used for

--When         the abacus        ?

--In the sixth century．

A．was：invented           B．were；invented

C．is；invented             D．has；been invented

When he——to school yesterday，we——our English class.

A．got：finished           B．got；had finished

C．had gotten；finished     D．had gotten；had finished