【正文】 . They are clean and healthy. Cats don’t litter anywhere unlike dogs. Once you train them, they will use a litter box effectively. 18 They are cleanliness creatures, so you don’t have to worry about them dirtying your house. 3. They can look after themselves Cats are independent animals. They don’t require you to constantly run after them. They can easily take care of themselves and clean themselves up. You don’t even have to give them a bath everyday, they clean themselves really well. 4. 19 Cats are perfect for you if you are a laidback kind of a person. If you are a little lazy and don’t have the energy to run after your pet all the time, cats are perfect for you. 5. You can dress them up. If you like dressing up, you can dress up your cat as well. You can wash their fur and dress them up. It will just add to their attractions. 20 You will love having this new family member in your house. 第二部分 英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 45 分） 第一節(jié) 完形填空（共 20 小題；每題 分，滿分 30 分） 閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（ A, B, C 和 D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。s secrets. His wife Jan did not know exactly what he was doing until the first book was published. Some people tell Frank Warren of their secret desire to kill themselves. So he and the PostSecret munity have raised more than $1 million to help prevent suicides（自殺） . 5. How many secrets can Frank Warren get per year on average in the past 10 year? A. About 100 thousand secrets. B. About a million secrets. C. About a billion secrets. D. About 10 thousand secrets. 6. What can we do on the PostSecret website? A. We can get some help when we are in trouble. B. We can learn about some secrets of other people. C. We can express our views freely. D. We can put all our secrets on the website. 7. Why did Mr. Warren create PostSecret? A. To keep his own secrets. B. To find out more secrets of other people. C. To offer a good place to share secrets. D. To help other people get out of their trouble. 8. What can be inferred from the passage?[來源 :Z x x k .Co m] A. Mr. Warren probably once saved some people’s life. B. Mr. Warren’s wife helped him to create PostSecret. C. Mr. Warren makes many friends because of PostSecret. D. Mr. Warren is an open, easygoing and generous man. C My parents are amazing. I had the most wonderful childhood, and it’s not because I had everything I wanted or because I was a cool kid. I have learned a lot about parenting from what my parents did. Here are a few gems (珍寶 ) that I use now or plan to use in the future with my two boys. Here’s how a conversation often went when I was a kid. Usually it was around 4:30 . I said, “I’m hungry. Can I have a cookie?” My mom answered, “No. Have a banana.” “I don’t want a banana.” “Then you’re not hungry.” Sometimes I was angry about it, but I knew that was good for me. Thanks mom for not letting me eat junk food (垃圾食品 ). Now I agree with my mother and I have this same conversation with my threeyearold son. I hope it helps him form healthy diet habits. I know many of us heard this as children. “If everyone jumped off a bridge, would you do it, too?” If our kids asked for something just because everyone else had it or was doing it, we often got this response. It was the perfect response, and we soon learned not to ask for things because everyone else had it, but because it was something we wanted. I will always be thankful that my parents let us try the things that interested us, not the things they wanted to push us into. This helped me try swimming, dance, and the piano before second grade. I found a love — singing — and kept up with that through my college years. It drive