五、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文意思完整，每空限一词。
You say you plan to have a pet. I think it's a good i 1. In the USA, k 2 pets is very popular. More than half of the f 3 have their pets. They keep many different kinds of animals. Most of them keep dogs as their pets. There are about 65 m 4 pet dogs in the country. It means that at l 5 40% of the American families keep pet dogs.
People are always kind to their pets. They think pets are members of their family, and g 6 them the best food. Some pets are too fat. They need to l 7 weight! Isn't it interesting? And of course, there are also h 8 for pets. And being a vet(兽医) is many people's dream.
It is i 9 to have a pet. But you should be sure to love your pet when you get one. Pets are people's friends. They will b 10 you much fun if you love them.
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六、完形填空。(2025·江苏南通市直学校期末)
There was once a young painter named Zhou Xi. She loved to 1 every corner of her paintings with bright colours and detailed designs. It was 2 she thought more was better. One day, she 3 an old master painter. The master showed her a beautiful landscape painting. Zhou was 4 to see half of the paper was empty—only a few birds 5 in the clear sky, and a small boat floated on the calm water.
“Why did you leave so much space blank?” Zhou asked.
The master smiled and said, “Look again. Does the 6 part make you feel peaceful?” Zhou Xi looked at the painting carefully. The blank space did look like a wide 7. The birds were flying in it freely. Suddenly, she felt as if she could breathe more easily.
“Life is like this painting,” the master said. “If we try to fill every moment with work, study or plans, we'll feel 8. Leave some 'blank space'—time to rest and 9 so that we can enjoy quietness and let our hearts 'breathe'. Just as the empty sky in the painting makes the flying birds look freer, empty 10 in life make us more relaxed. ”
Zhou nodded. She began to know that leaving room for nothing was a good 11. So she started to paint with more “blank space” in her works. Sometimes she drew a lonely mountain with empty air around it; sometimes she left a corner of the paper empty. When people looked at her paintings, they felt 12 and thought a lot.
Just as a painter needs to leave blank space for 13, we need to leave time in life for rest and thinking. Don't fill every minute with busyness—14 ourselves to be “empty” sometimes. That's when we can truly see the beauty of peace and find happiness in the 15 moments. Let's have a try.
()1. A. feel
B. fix
C. fill
D. focus
()2. A. because
B. until
C. before
D. if
()3. A. remembered
B. visited
C. missed
D. watched
()4. A. sad
B. enjoyable
C. afraid
D. surprised
()5. A. flew
B. sang
C. jumped
D. walked
()6. A. full
B. beautiful
C. empty
D. narrow
()7. A. sky
B. street
C. bridge
D. road
()8. A. happy
B. tired
C. excited
D. relaxed
()9. A. play
B. think
C. dance
D. sing
()10. A. seats
B. books
C. moments
D. brains
()11. A. work
B. mould
C. part
D. idea
()12. A. worried
B. calm
C. nervous
D. bored
()13. A. time
B. money
C. space
D. beauty
()14. A. agree
B. allow
C. arrive
D. attract
()15. A. quiet
B. busy
C. hard
D. important