请先阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从方框中所给的10个词中选出最恰当的并用其适当形式填空。每个词限用一次。(每小题1分)
choose ; consider ; need; kind; keep; important; like; provide; time; human |
Do you know that pigs are the fourth most intelligent animal on the planet? They are the fourth on the list after 1. , primates(灵长类动物), dolphins and whales. Most of us can’t 2. a whale or a dolphin as a pet, so if intelligence(聪明的) is rated high on your choice of pet, you really should 3. pot-bellied(大腹便便的)pigs .
Before getting a pig , you need to consider if you can 4. it with a healthy environment. Of course, they are not a good 5. if you live in an apartment . If you do not have 6. to spend with your pig, it may develop a lot of troubles---pigs love rooting and digging. It’s 7. to provide it with time, attention and encouragement.
Being highly intelligent, pigs can be trained to do tricks just 8. dogs. They can even be house trained in the same way as a dog. You just 9. a little patience and time and before you know it. Your pig will know not to make a mess indoors. They respond to praise and 10. , so always praise your pig if it has done well.
How often do you exercise? A new study found that one third of the kids from 12 to 15 weren’t getting enough physical activity. The results were about 800 kids.
Doctors suggested an hour or more of physical activity every day. According to the , only 1 in 4 of the US kids exercised enough.
Few in the survey met the doctors’ ideas about physical activity that raises the heart rate and makes people become . However, most of those kids said they did less than an hour of exercise the week before. Overall, about 25% they got an hour of that kind of hard exercise every day. Kids reported they usually did most of the activities outside of school gym class---- for boys and running for girls.
The study found that teens were less active than normal-weight girls and boys. Overweight girls were kind of less active than normal-weight girls, levels were similar among overweight and usual-weight boys. The study also said that the obesity rate for children aged 2 to19 17%, or about 12.5 million kids.
“There’s always room for improvement,” said Tala Fakhouri, was the lead writer of the report. She also said the results provided useful information to fitness campaigns such as Let’s Move, which was started by the First Lady Michelle Obama in 2010. To encourage kids to eat right and get in shape, the First Lady schools and held exercise events. She also called on schools to offer regular classes.
Fakhouri suggested kids who got physical education at school may get grades. She said schools could do more to help by not cutting rest and giving kids more time for physical activity.
1.A. depended on B. kept on C. set up D. helped with
2.A. work B. study C. lesson D. subject
3.A. adults B. boys C. girls D. kids
4.A. thinner B. heavier C. stronger D. weaker
5.A. said B. told C. spoke D. talked
6.A. too B. also C. hardly D. either
7.A. chess B. painting C. basketball D. singing
8.A. overweight B. thin C. tall D. short
9.A. and B. so C. or D. but
10.A. were B. was C. had D. did
11.A. which B. what C. this D. who
12.A. ask for B. agree on C. help with D. talk about
13.A. built B. went C. visited D. travelled
14.A. English B. gym C. math D. physics
15.A. less B. lower C. better D. worse
John is preparing his tomorrow’s speech, for he has been chosen _________ a member of the English Speech Club.
A. as B. in C. on D. at
---So many problems! I’m tired.
---You should try to _________ them by yourself. You are not a child any longer.
A. get into B. get off
C. get over D. get on
You can’t move in right now. The house _________.
A. has painted B. is painted
C. is being painted D. is painting
---We have decided to go to Nanchang by bike next month. ______ you ____ the news?
--- Not yet. And I hope to go there with you together.
A. Do, hear of B. Have, heard of
C. Will, hear of D. Had, heard of