To help you decide what might make a good pet，we've put together a pet checklist．We've named some of the animals that are often kept as pets．We've shown some good points and bad points about each．And we hope it may help you make the best choice（选择）．
| Pick-a-Pet Checklist |
| Pets | Good Points | Bad Points |
 | Easy to keep
Enjoy being petted
Good to hold | Hard to house train
Drop lots of hair
Easily upset by high temperature |
 | Can be very interesting
Can be friendly when young | Against the law to keep in many states in the U．S．
Can get unkind when older |
 | Easy to feed & care for
Can live indoors or out
Fun to hold
Very friendly | Little pans can be messy
May kill birds
May make you sneeze |
 | Come in many sizes
Can live indoors or out
Fun to love & play with
Very friendly
Can give safety | Can be noisy
Need to be trained
May bite if angry
Need lots of attention |
76．It would be easier for you to keep a
as a pet if you're often too busy to take care of it．
A．rabbit or raccoon
B．rabbit or cat
C．raccoon or dog
D．dog or cat
77．If you feed birds at home，you should be very careful to choose a
as your another pet．
A．rabbit
B．raccoon
C．cat
D．dog
78．The dog may
you if you make it angry．
A．hurt
B．fix
C．train
D．smell
79．The writer tries to help us
with the checklist．
A．learn how to look after our pets
B．find which animal is our best choice as a pet
C．know what kind of animals can be kept as a pet
D．keep a pet in a easy way．