It is said that dogs will keep you（）for as long as you want when you are feeling lonely.

Why are sled dogs said to be physical wonders？

A．Because they are raised by wolves.

B．Because they can stand most severe weather.

C．Because they are fastest runner among Arctic animals.

D．Because they can bear goods like horses do.

Why are sled dogs said to be physical wonders？

A．Because they are raised by wolves.

B．Because they can stand most severe weather.

C．Because they are fastest runner among Arctic animals.

D．Because they can bear goods like horses do.

A.let sleeping dogs li

B.strike while the iron is hot.

C.put yourself in her shoes.

D.kill two birds with one ston

E.

Reading to dogs is an unusual way to help children improve their literacy skills(读写能力).With their shining brown eyes, wagging tails, and unconditional love, dogs can provide the nonjudgmental listeners needed for a beginning reader to gain confidence, according to Intermountain Therapy Animals (ITA) in Salt Lake City. The group says it is the first program in the country to use dogs to help develop literacy in children, with the introduction of Reading Education Association Dogs (READ).

The Salt Lake City Public Library is sold on the idea. "Literacy specialists admit that children who read below the level of their fellow pupils are often afraid of reading aloud in a group, often have lower self-respect, and regard reading as a headache, " said Lisa Myron, manager of the children's department.

Last November the two groups started "Dog Day Afternoon" in the children's department of the main library. About 25 children attended each of the four Saturday-afternoon classes, reading for half an hour. Those who attended three of the four classes received a "pawgraphed" book at the last class.

The program was so successful that the library plans to repeat it in April, according to Dana Thumpowsky, public relations manager.

What is mainly discussed in the text？

A．Children's reading difficulties.

B．Advantages of raising dogs.

C．Service in a public library.

D．A special" reading program.

D

Reading to dogs is an unusual way to help children improve their literacy skills (读写能力).With their shining brown eyes, wagging tails, and unconditional love, dogs can provide the nonjudg-

mental listeners needed for a beginning reader to gain confidence, according to Intermountain Thera - py Animals (ITA) in Salt Lake City. The group says it is the first program in the country to use dogs to help develop literacy in children, with the introduction of Reading Education Association Dogs (READ).

The Salt Lake City Public Library is sold on the idea. "Literacy specialists admit that children who read below the level of their fellow pupils are often afraid of reading aloud in a group, often have lower self-respect, and regard reading as a headache, " said Lisa Myron, manager of the children's department.

Last November the two groups started "Dog Day Afternoon" in the children's department of the main library. About 25 children attended each of the four Saturday-afternoon classes, reading for half an hour. Those who attended three of the four classes received a "pawgraphed” book at the last class.

The program was so successful that the library plans to repeat it in April, according to Dana Thumpowsky, public relations manager.

69. What is mainly discussed in the text？

[ A] Children's reading difficulties.

[ B ] Advantages of raising dogs.

[ C ] Service in a public library.

[ D] A special reading program.

right to keep any animals now. A police officer told a Brooklyn court (法庭) that he had found 15 dogs and 20 cats living in a small room which was just 10 feet by 12 feet. "There was not enough place for one animal, let alone 35," he said. "The room was very dirty."

"The animals are taken good care of," Ms. Blunsden told the court. "I take them all for walks in a shopping cart (购物车)." When the court asked Ms. Blunsden why she kept so many animals, she said, "Everybody loves animals and I do, too. You may think that my room is too small for so many animals, but I think it is just right."

The court ordered the animals to be taken to a place where they could be taken good care of. The court also ordered Ms. Blunsden to get help from Dr. Eugene Wilson, whose clinic (诊所) is well-known for taking care of such cases.

People are beginning to keep many animals, and Ms. Blunsden's case will not be the only one of its kind.

The court thought Ms. Blunsden could not keep animals because______.

A．her dogs and cats were kept together

B．she didn't take animals for walks

C．her room for animals was too small

hem to do the work for him. At lunch time he did not invite the boys to have lunch with his family. The boys had to sit by the door and have lunch on the ground. The landlord was afraid that other people would see the bad food for the boys. So with a smile on his face he said to them： “Boys， go and eat in the house. This is for your food. If you eat here by the door， the dogs will bite you.” The boys were surprised. But they said nothing and went to eat in the house. The landlord was quite pleased.

Supper time came and the boys went into the house again. When they walked past the landlord‘s room， they looked in through the window. What do you think they saw there？ They saw a big table with white bread and all kinds of good food on it. The landlord and his family were sitting around the table and eating their dinner. But the food for the boys was bad. The boys were very angry. They wanted to teach the landlord a lesson. So they decided to plant his garlic upside down. And that was what they did the next day.

A few days later the garlic was coming out everywhere but not in the landlord‘s fields. The landlord was very surprised and asked the boys why this was so. “The garlic is afraid that the dogs will bite it，” the boys answered.

The landlord asked the boys to come because ________.

A.he wanted them to plant garlic for him

B.he wanted to invite them to have lunch with his family

C.he wanted to tell them to sit by the door

D.he wanted them to plant vegetables for him

ravaged city still littered with corpses, as officials said the death toll from Tropical Storm Jeanne rose to more than 1,070 and could double again.

There was no funeral ceremony when the bodies were dumped into a 14 foot-deep hole at sunset Wednesday. Dozens of bystanders shrieked, held their noses against the stench and demanded officials collect bodies in nearby waterlogged fields.

The confirmed death toll rose to 1,072, with 1,013 bodies recovered in Gonaives alone, according m Dieufort Deslorges, spokesman for the government's civil protection agency.

He said the number of people missing in the floods rose to 1,250. Only a couple dozen bodies have been identified, and nobody was taking count at the site of the mass grave.

"We're demanding they come and take the bodies from our fields. Dogs are eating then," said bystander Jean Lebrun, listing demands made by residents in the neighborhood whose opposition to mass graves had delayed burials.

"We can only drink the water people died in," the 35-year-old farmer said, citing a lack of potable water in this city of 250,000, with parts still knee-deep in water five days after the storm's passage.

Hurricane experts said Wednesday that Jeanne--now over the open Atlantic as a hurricane--could loop around and head toward the Bahamas then threaten the storm-weary southeastern United States as early as this weekend.

Haiti has lost large numbers of people to a serious ______.

A．earthquake

B．hurricane

C．fire

D．terrorist attack

shoot seal in water now for they are hard to get".

Two hours passed, during which Bob had heard Oolak's rifle crack four or five times. Bob decided to look for his companion and rejoin him. He climbed an ice pinnacle to look. It was a peaceful scene that met Bob's gaze. White ice stretched before him with little streams flowing across its surface. The low hills and open plains of ice were all bathed in golden sunlight. He did not see Oolak, but he became aware that the dogs had been howling for some time. It dawned on him that the entire team was in an uproar.

When he glanced his way to see what the trouble was, his heart almost froze. Walking toward them was an immense whitish form, sleek head hanging low--a polar bear!

The bear smelled a freshly-killed seal which Oolak had dragged to the sled, and it was this that he was seeking. To the clamor of the dogs he paid no more attention than if it were the buzzing of a fly. In his entire life the huge beast had never known fear, for the. polar bear is the ruler of the ice. He knows no enemies.

According to the passage, it is not easy to get seal

A．in water.

B．on the ice.

C．in the polar region.

D．on the pinnacle.