【正文】 ts. The cleverest relative is the American wild cat which still lives in Africa today. This is understandable because the first house cats came from Africa. Cats first started to live around people in Egypt about 6,000 ~ 7,000 years ago. From Egypt, cats started to move around the world. At about the same time, Egyptians began storing grain（谷物） in buildings. Scientists used to believe that people tamed cats to catch mice and protect the grain. However, cats don39。t like to be told what to do! Now, scientists believed that eats followed the mice and learned to accept people. Finally, some of the cats began to grow fortably around people. These were smaller cats that needed protection. As these cats and people got used to each other, they moved in together. Around 5,000 years ago, eats started to live with people. Soon cats were in Greece, then the Middle East and China. They moved along Egyptian business roads keeping away mice and keeping people around them. After the Romans came to Egypt, they also accepted the cats and brought them to Europe. These cats likely bred（繁殖） with other cats to form the many kinds of house cats we have today. Cats are relatively recent house animals. House cats still have a lot in mon with their wild relatives. Cats sleep a lot to save energy just like wild cats. They often get food at night as well. House cats are generally peaceful and friendly, but be careful! If a cat feels it is in danger, it will fight back—just like a wild cat.（1）Where did the first house cats e from? A.Asia.B.Africa.C.Europe.D.America.（2）When did cats start to live with people? A.About 4,000 years ago.B.About 5,000 years ago.C.About 6,000 years ago.D.About 7,000 years ago.（3）According to the text, which of the following is TRUE? A.Cats started to move around the world from China.B.Cats get food at night to save energy like wild cats.C.Cats have a little in mon with their wild cats.D.Cats were accepted and brought to Europe by Romans.（4）What does the underlined word tamed mean in Chinese? A.驅(qū)散B.捕捉C.馴化D.引進(jìn)13．閱讀理解 Well, we39。re in our new house. Let39。s get a new pet to get along with it, Mrs Brown said to her husband. That sounds like a pretty good idea, he answered. Do you want to see the ads in the newspaper? Let39。s go to the animal shelter. Many pets there need homes. Since tomorrow is Saturday, we both can go, she said. The next morning the Browns met Mr Snow at the animal shelter. We want to be sure that the pets here go to good homes, Mr Snow said, so I need to ask you some questions. After they talked for a while, the Browns decided to get a small dog. It wouldn39。t need a big house or a big yard. A small dog would bark and warn him if someone tried to break into their house. After Mr Snow gave the Browns a book on pet care, they chose one and wanted to take her home right away. But the animal doctor hadn39。t checked her yet. So Mr Snow told them to return on Sunday. On Sunday afternoon the Browns went to the animal shelter. The animal doctor said, Shadow has had all of her shots. She will be healthy. The Browns thanked the doctor and took Shadow home.（1）From the reading we learn that . A.the Browns never had a pet beforeB.the Browns knew about Shadow from the newspaperC.Shadow was a small and healthy dogD.Mr Brown didn39。t quite agree with his wife（2）The animal shelter in the reading means . A.a place to sell small dogsB.a place to keep homeless animalsC.a place to study animalsD.a place to sell books on pet care（3）Mr Snow asked the Browns some questions to . A.see if they had moved to a new houseB.find out how rich the Browns wereC.know where they39。d keep their new petD.make sure they39。d take care of pets（4）The Browns thought that a small dog . A.didn39。t need any room to keepB.could help them watch their houseC.ate less food than a bigger oneD.usually had a beautiful name14．閱讀理解 Wele to Share Ideas! I39。m Tony Brown. This is Professor Lira He is a scientist. He has many exciting ideas about life in the future. Let39。s listen to what he has to say! I think in the future, travelling will be much cleaner and safer. Most cars will run on solar energy（太陽能）. There will be less pollution. The cars will be driven by puters and there will be no accidents（事故）. All of the puters will work together with radio signals（信號）. I also think that people will be able to go back to the past through a time tunnel（隧道）. If they do something wrong, they will be able to go back and do it again and try not to make the same mistake. Housework will bee much easier because you39。ll just tell a robot to do it. In the future, people will be able to talk with each other on the phone more easily, and you39。ll be able to see the person you39。re talking to on the screen of the cellphone. What do you think life in the future will be like? Send us a letter. Our address: shareideas@. See you next time!（1）What are Professor Lin39。s ideas about? A.Travel in the future.B.TV programmes.C.Life in the future.D.Future telephones.（2）Professor Lin think