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    If you visit the animal shelter(收容所)in Salinas California, you'll see huge signs that have a picture of a dog and a cat on them. These signs are put in front of the shelter to catch people's   (1)   . The signs make people interested in the shelter and encourage  (2)  to visit it and maybe even take a cat or a dog into their homes.

    Each year, the Salinas shelter.   (3)   thousands of homeless dogs and cats. The animals are  (4)   lost ones or are left by people who can't take care of them any longer. Of all the animals, some of them are taken into  (5)  homes. Some others are moved to other shelters. And,  (6)   , some cannot be saved because they are too sick or are thought to be dangerous.

    Animal shelters  (7)  food, medicine, and safe places for animals.   (8)   they are not the best homes. The animals stay in small cages(笼子). The people  (9)   work at shelters do their best to care for the animals, but the animals do not always get the attention or exercise they need.

    To prevent (保护) animals from becoming homeless, pet owners should  (10)  their pets. Most pet doctors also suggest people make sure their pets have a special surgery (外科手术). It stops animals from having more babies. And that reduces (减少) the number of homeless animals.

完形填空：从每题的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可填入相应空白处的最佳答案。

Have you ever offered a helping hand to those who are in trouble?

    One day, two   (1)   were walking along the road to school when they saw an old woman carrying a large basket of pears. They thought the woman looked very  34 . They went up to her and said, “Are you going to town? If you are , we will help carry your basket.”

   “Thank you,” replied the woman, “You are very kind. You see I’m weak and ill.” Then she   (2)  them that she was now going to market to sell the pears which grew on the only tree in her little garden.

  “We are all going to the   (3)    ,”said the boys. “Let us have the basket.” And they took hold of it, one each side. They walked    (4)     with the heavy basket, but happily.

   The other day, I saw a little girl stop and   (5)  a piece of orange peel  (6)  皮), which she threw into the dustbin. “I wish   (7)   would throw that on the sidewalk,” said she. “Someone may step on it and fall.”

   Perhaps some may say that these are not great things. That is right. But such a little thing shows that you have a thoughtful mind and a feeling heart. We must not wait for the   (8)    to do great things. We must begin with little things to love.

During these days, people are talking about Chinese popular words.The____36____one is "Duang".This strange little word suddenly hit the Interact.You can now hear it____37____TV shows and in the streets.People use it jokingly____38____.Duang first appeared in Jackie Chan's interview____39____how he felt about a shampoo advisement.Now people use it____40____an adjective(形容词).For example:Duang,he fell down all of a sudden.

    Nowadays in China.a lot of sayings are used to express____41____tired or bored we feel.____42____the most popular one is "tired as a dog".This word____43____more or less like an adjective,and means "like a dog"(adjecfive + as a dog).So you____44____add anything you want in front,like"hot as a dog".It works just like"I'm almost boiling".I didn't find the____45____why people choose a dog and how this started.

In Kenya， parents should pay about $ 2，000 a year for a child to go to a private school. But most Kenyans   (1)   families on a few dollars a day.

Recently the Kenyan government has opened up public education to all   (2)   in the country. But parents have to   (3)   about 150 dollars for a child a year， which means most of the   (4)   can't afford it. So they find it   (5)   to carry out the policy.

Unlike the US， Kenyan parents   (6)   when asked to spend some money for public education. Some schools requested as little as 1 cent from each student to help pay for cleaning supplies，   (7)  parents didn't agree. These supplies were supposed to be   (8)  ， they said， and that asking them for money was unfair.

Most   (9)   have to make difficult choices such as buying cleaning supplies or textbooks. Still， the government keeps kind of   (10)   and says that it has a plan.

Margaret Thiongo is the head of Nairobi's public school system. “We don't have enough money， but we have too many   (11)   in the schools，” she says， “but we're not complaining. We knew there would be   (12)   in our education. We are working hard to   (13)   the problem and it is coming， but it will take time."

At the same time， the schools are looking for ways to make education more   (14)  . There are more and more teachers in school. Some schools are offering weekend   (15)   at $ 4 per month. They think children will have better future by having weekend classes.

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    World Book Day falls on April 23 every year. It ____  (1)  ____by UNESCO (联合国教科文组织) in 1955 to encourage people, especially teenagers, to discover the pleasure of ____  (2)  ____ ．

    Many countries celebrate World Book Day. On that day in the UK, ____  (3)  ____ of students can buy books of special price, much lower than usual in any bookstore. It has been done every year ____  (4)  ____ 1998. World Book Day is also celebrated in China.

Premier Wen Jiabao does lots of reading ____  (5)  ____ he's very busy. On World Book Day 2009, he called on people to do more reading. He suggested that young people should spend more time ____  (6)  ____. "Books can't change the world, but people can change the world by changing themselves through reading," he said.

    "Reading makes a full man." When we read, we may find many things ____  (7)  ____ are unfamiliar to us. We would have to use our brain ____  (8)  ____ about them or do more reading to find out the answers. The more we read, the more we know. The more we know, the ____  (9)  ____ we become. Reading is also one of ____  (10)  ____ ways to learn a foreign language like English. We all know that we can't learn everything at school, for example, the ways English people are speaking and writing today.

    Therefore, it is necessary for us to form the habit of reading every day.

“The grass looks greener on the other side of the fence.” That’s an old   (1)   in English. It means other places often look better, more   (2)   than the place where you live. Some people worry that young Chinese are beginning to feel that way. They see young Chinese ignoring Chinese culture and, instead, buying Japanese cartoon books,   (3)  Korean soap operas and even celebrating Western holidays.

Foreign books and soap operas are good, but Chinese   (4)  and actors are just as good. As for   (5)  , Christmas is nice, but it can never have the meaning for Chinese that Spring Festival has, and the   (6)   has nothing to compare with Mid­Autumn Festival. And let’s not   (7)   the part of Chinese culture I like best:   (8)   friendliness. Not all countries are as warm as China.

It’s good to enjoy other cultures and to learn   (9)   them, but they cannot replace your own culture. It’s good to look on the other side of the fence, but make sure you   (10)   a good long look. You will find that the grass isnˈt always greener on the other side of the fence.

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     Japanese students work very hard but many are unhappy. They feel heavy pressures from their parents. Most students are always told by their parents to study harder and better so that they can have a wonderful life in the future. Though this may be a good idea for those very bright students, it can have terrible results for those who are not gifted enough. Many of them have their parents lose hope. Such students feel that they are hated by everyone else they meet and they don’t want to go to school any longer. They become dropouts(辍学生).

     It is surprising that though most Japanese parents are worried about their children, they do not help them in any way. Many parents feel that they are not able to help their children and that it is the teacher’s work to help children. To make matters worse, a lot of parents send their children to those schools opening in the evenings and on weekends - they only help the students to pass the exams and never teach them any sense of the world.

     Many Japanese schools usually have rules about everything from the students’ hair to their clothes and things in their school bags. Child psychologists(心理学家) now think that such strict rules are harmful to the feelings of the students. Almost 40% of the students said that no one had taught them how to get on with others, how to tell right from wrong and how to show love and care for others, even for their parents.