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Many people like to keep dogs as their pets. But one dog named Piper is more than a pet. It works four days a week at an airport in Michigan, the US. Its job is to keep birds away from runways(飞机跑道). Even little birds can cause great danger to the pilots and flights. Last year, Piper drove away more than 2,400 birds. It is a star on the runways and online.

Piper catches people’s eye not only for its job, but also for its look at work. With a pair of ski glasses, ear muffs(耳罩) and boots(靴), the hard-working dog looks very cool. But Piper wears them not for fun. The glasses can protect its eyes, the ear muffs can protect its hearing and the boots can help protect its paws(爪).

Anyone who works hard is cool, so is the hard-working dog.

Judge the following sentences true(T) or false(F) according to the passage.

1.Piper works five days a week.

2.Piper’s job is to catch birds.

3.Piper’s job and its look at work catch people’s eye.

4.Piper wears a pair of ski glasses, ear muffs and boots for fun.

5.Piper is a hard-working dog.

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Many people like to keep pets. Dogs and cats are very 　 1.　 pets. Some people, however, keep birds or goldfish. They need less space and are easier to look after.

If you want to have a pet, you can buy one from a pet 　 2.　 but you must be careful not to buy a sick animal. It is best if you know something about the pet you want. This helps you choose a healthy pet. However, if you do not have much money and know very 3.　 about animals, you can visit the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals(皇家防止虐待动物协会).

The first RSPCA was established in England in 1821. It was set up to make sure that all animals are 　 4.　 with kindness. The RSPCA in Hong Kong carries out this aim. The RSPCA officers collect animals which have no 　 5. and are left in the street. They look after them 　 6. they are healthy again. People visiting the RSPCA may choose their pets from these animals and you can be sure that you will get a 　 7.　 pet. If later your pet becomes ill, you can 　 8.　 it to the doctors at the RSPCA for treatment.

When you have a pet, it is very 　 9. that you look after it properly. You must remember to feed it on time. You should also give it a 　 10.　 and comfortable place to rest. Your pet will be happy and healthy if you love it and care for it properly.

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Which do you think is cleverer, a dog or a pig? Do you like keeping a pig as a pet? Many people think that pigs are dirty and slow to learn things. But in fact they are wrong.

A report says that pigs are smarter than either your cat or dog, and they are the fourth cleverest animals on the earth. Yet few people know very much about these misunderstood(被误解的) animals. Do you agree? Here's a fact about this.

Matthew Bell is a young man from New Zealand. He likes sports and pets. When the weather gets warmer, he always goes surfing. But he is not alone. There is a pig playing with him. The pig is Zorro. He is only three months old. He has been surfing with his owner since he was just 3 weeks old. He likes playing with people. When people touch his body, hair or tail, he is always happy.

In March, 2013 there was a video about Zorro who is surfing on the Internet. Soon Pig Zorro became one of the most popular pigs in the world.

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- Why do you decide to keep a dog as your pet?

-Because dogs are 　　　　 people and they can be human's good friends.

A.famous for B.known as C.faithful to

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—Jim, how about keeping a dog as a pet?

—Good idea! But I prefer to have a cat. The dog is ______ to look after.

A. difficult　 B. more difficult

C. most difficult D. the most difficult

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－Jim, how about keeping a dog as a pet?

－Good idea! but I prefer to have a cat. The dog is _____ to look after.

A. difficult　　　　　　　 B. more difficult

C. most difficult　　　　 D. the most difficult

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Some people have no choice but　　 their dogs in small spaces.

A.keep B.keeping C.to keep D.kept

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Think Before Keeping Pets

More and more people like to keep pets. In their eyes keeping pets has many advantages. It can teach people a sense of responsibility. What’s more, it can drive away the loneliness. It can also reduce people’s stress. But I’d like to voice different opinions.

A recent survey in the United States showed that the common family spent more money on its pets than on its children. Although to some degree unbelievable, it should not surprise anyone who has seen the doggy parlors (客厅) where loved pets rest. Are Americans different from others in treating their little friends in this way? No, the English, too, pay more attention to their pets.

This can clearly be seen when we look at pet foods, which often provide more vitamins (维生素) than human food. They certainly cost much. Last year the British public spent two hundred million pounds on pet food alone, to say nothing of medical bills or animal furniture (家具). It is difficult to feel happy about this when considering what that money could do for the hungry and the poor, so it is not unusual for me to get hot under collar when I read an old man left all his money to his dog instead of his children.

There are some reasons why I find pet-raising worrying. They lead to physical problems. An example of this is New York where it is difficult to deal with the mess that dogs leave on the streets. Many people find this funny, but in a number of large cities it is a big problem. Animals can cause illness, too.

Another problem is the carelessness of pet owners. Most little children want a dog or a cat, and they continually push their mothers and fathers until they get one. It is only when the “sweet little thing” has been brought home that the parents realize how much time and money must be spent on “Rover” or “Bonzo”. Then they just leave the pets they keep. As a result, they are allowed to run free. English farmers lose hundreds of sheep a year, killed by someone’s pet and you must have read of children being hurt by some pets of their own.

So please have a second thought before you keep a pet.

1.According to the passage, keeping pets have many advantages except ______.

A.reducing the stress

B.driving away the loneliness

C.being good for the environment

D.teaching a sense of responsibility

2.The doggy parlors are mentioned in the 3rd paragraph to show ______.

A.how much money pet owners spend on pets

B.how much pets depend on their owners

C.why children love their pets so much

D.where Americans keep their pets

3.In the 4th paragraph “get hot under the collar” probably means ______.

A.staying cool

B.feeling very angry

C.becoming excited

D.getting quite satisfied

4.According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A.Pets can do harm to people’s health.

B.The writer thinks it is good to keep pets.

C.Pet owners can take good care of their pets all the time.

D.Americans spend more money on their children than on pets.

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I _______ keep dogs for protection, but now I keep them as pets.

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Nowadays, it’s common to keep dogs as pets. We can often see dogs’ owners taking them for a walk. But have you h 1.  of taking penguins for a walk? Here i 2.________ a piece of news from Japan. In Tokyo Zoo, penguins go out for a walk in line every day. It is said that this can make them happy and stop them from being homesick(想家的).The penguins in the zoo didn’t eat as

w 3.  as they did in South Pole(南极) and they were u 4.  to the keepers when they first got to the zoo, maybe they were not used to the life in the zoo. So the zoo keepers c 5.________ up with this good idea. They just let them walk as they did in South Pole. Now, all these penguins have become happy.

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