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2013年中考英语精品复习资料 阅读理解篇（五）说明文（21） 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(法律) 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 May scratch furniture 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 smelly，messy，noisy Need to be licensed ＆ trained May make you sneeze May bite(咬) if angry Need lots of attention 61．You are ________ to keep a raccoon as a pet in many places of America. A．suggested B．encouraged C．not allowed 62．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 63．If you feed birds at home，you should be very careful to choose a ________ as your another pet． A．rabbit B．raccoon C．cat 64．The dog may ________ you if you make it angry． A．hurt B．fix C．train 65．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 （22） Every 30 seconds there is an earthquake．But don’t worry because most are so weak that they cannot be felt．Only a few big ones hurt people． Many earthquakes happened in China，such as the big one in Sichuan last month．Thousands of people died in it．So it’s important to know what to do when one hits．Here are some tips on how to st