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(2024 镇江期末)Which animal do you think is the No.1 pet? Cats or dogs? Many people in China think it must be cats.
“My cats are very and understand things just like people do,” said Ma Li, owner of two cats aged 13 and 16 in Beijing. Once she was arguing(争吵) with her daughter, the cats went between them. They were trying to them arguing.
In big cities, people work hard and are great pressure(压力). Ma keeps a cat to have fun with it. Now, it seems that more people in China would like to keep cats more than dogs.
Liu Yin, head of the animal centre, says that dogs always bark loudly and sometimes people. Don't say that the visitors come, sometimes walks by the door, the dog also wants to bark for a long time. But the cat can feel the activities of people, if you are busy, it will be quiet around you.
“Dogs need walking every day. It is for many people, especially(尤其) for young and middle-aged people with a lot of work to do. cats have become more popular than dogs these years. They need less space and fewer showers,” said Liu.
Chen Haoxing is a cat lover. He has three cats and a dog. He believes that more and more people will keep cats because cats are easier to .
According to Petdata. cn, the number of pet cats in China was 69.8 million in 2023, but the number of pet dogs was 18.05 million in the same year.
() 1. A. smart B. shy C. lazy D. brave
() 2. A. why B. where C. what D. when
() 3. A. keep B. stop C. see D. hear
() 4. A. under B. from C. on D. to
() 5. A. feed B. hate C. hurt D. eat
() 6. A. everybody B. anybody C. somebody D. nobody
() 7. A. just B. only C. even D. really
() 8. A. easy B. difficult C. interesting D. amazing
() 9. A. And B. But C. So D. Or
()10. A. look at B. look after C. look out D. look for

【语篇导读】本文是一篇说明文。文章探讨了
在中国猫作为宠物比狗更受欢迎这一现象,并
解释了其原因所在。
1. A 提示:smart意为“聪明的”;shy意为“害羞
的”;lazy意为“懒惰的”;brave意为“勇敢的”。句
意:我的猫很聪明,能像人一样理解事物。
2. D 提示:句意:一次当她和她女儿争吵时,猫走到
她们中间。
3. B 提示:keep意为“保持”;stop意为“阻止”;see
意为“看见”;hear意为“听说”。句意:它们试图阻
止她们争吵。stop... from意为“阻止,阻拦”。
4. A 提示:句意:大城市里,人们工作辛苦,承受着巨大
的压力。under great pressure意为“承受巨大压力”。
5. C 提示:feed意为“喂养”;hate意为“讨厌”;hurt
意为“伤害”;eat意为“吃”。句意:动物中心负责
人刘音说,狗总是大声吠叫,有时还会伤害人。
6. B 提示:everybody意为“每个人”;anybody意为
“任何人”;somebody意为“某人,有人”;nobody意
为“没有人”。句意:不要说访客来了狗会叫,有时
不管什么人从门前经过,狗都会叫上好一阵子。
7. D 提示:just意为“仅仅”;only意为“只有”;even
意为“甚至”;really意为“真正地”。句意:但是猫
能感知人的活动,如果你真的很忙,它会安静地待
在你身边。
8. B 提示:easy意为“容易的”;difficult意为“困难
的”;interesting意为“有趣的”;amazing意为“令人
惊异的”。句意:这对于很多人,尤其是有很多工
作要做的年轻人和中年人来说,是困难的。
9. C 提示:句意:因此近年来,猫变得比狗更受欢迎。
10. B 提示:look at意为“看”;look after意为“照顾”;
look out意为“当心”;look for意为“寻找”。句意:他
认为越来越多的人会养猫,因为猫更容易照顾。