广东省肇庆第四中学高二英语上学期第二次月考试题（无答案）.doc

肇庆市第四中学2015-2016学年度高二第一学期 英语新课程模块二考试试题 第I卷 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分） 第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 (A) Owning pet birds is not just feeding them when necessary．You have to be very responsible if you have decided to keep birds as pets．If you really want to acquire a companion, think in advance whether you are able to handle it． Depending on what pet bird you are going to have and how big it is, the cost is different．For example, the cost of a comfortable cage, the cost for nutritional food and the money for some additional things should be taken into consideration．There are also some unexpected cost．For example, when your pet bird gets sick, you have to send for a vet （）． You may think that you do not have free time to have a dog so you’d better have a pet bird because it doesn’t require a lot of attention．You are wrong! Some people even do not have time for a short sleep．They will not have enough time for pets, either．For good bird health it is very important to handle them and play with them as much as you can． Also there are a lot of people who think that birds do not require a lot of space and they are wrong again．They also need to fly so if you do not have space for it, you’d better reconsider the things． But do not forget the great advantage of having a pet bird．In the animal kingdom, birds rank near the top when it comes to smarts．You can have a friend for life if you take good care of it．It’s a real character and can bring joy and colour in your home． 1．What is the text mainly about? ．Different types of pets for different people．．The advantages of keeping a pet bird． ．The reasons for keeping a pet bird． ．Things to consider if you want to keep a pet bird． 2．We can learn from the second paragraph that ． ．the cost of having a pet bird is unpredictable sometimes．you have to be very rich to keep a pet bird ．some cost of keeping a pet bird is unnecessary ．it is very easy to calcul