广东省深圳市2022-2023学年七年级下学期英语期中模拟

Jamie lives on a farm. There is usually a lot of1for him to have fun. But today is not a fun day.

At noon, a car slows down on the road in front of Jamie's2. Suddenly（突然）, the car door opens. Someone throws（扔）a cat3on the road. Then, the car drives away.

Jamie is4. Who would do something like that? The cat has no one to take care of it. So Jamie5it home. He gives it some milk. Then he6his father about the cat.

"Oh, Jamie," says his dad. "The people in that car did something wrong. They may be7the city not far away. They did not want this cat,8they brought it to the countryside and threw it away."

Jamie feels very sad. He will take care of this unlucky cat. But he wants people to9something important: Pets are our friends. If you want to get a pet, be10to take care of it. It's the right thing to do!

David Green is an old man. He is rich but he is very kind. He has two big houses and a new car. He has no wife, but he is a father of four children. He has two sons and two daughters. One son is from England. His name is Bill. The other son is from America. His name is Mike. One of his daughters is from China. Her name is Lanlan. The other one is from Japan. Her name is Mikou. David Green is not the children's real father, but he loves them very much. The children love their father, too. David Green has many toys for the children. He gives different toys to different children.

The boys play with toy cars. The girls play with dolls and toy animals. David Green is the children's "father", and he is their good friend, too.

My friend has a big police dog named Kim. Police dogs are often very smart. Every Sunday afternoon my friend takes Kim for a long walk in the park. Kim likes walking very much. One Sunday afternoon a man visited my friend.

He talked to my friend for a long time. They talked and talked. It was time for my friend to take Kim for his walk, but the man still stayed. Kim became very worried about his walk in the park. He walked around the living room sometimes and at last sat down in front of the man and looked at him. But the man went on talking.

After thirty minutes, Kim could not stand(忍受）it. He went out of the room and came back a few minutes later. He sat down in front of the man again, but this time he held the man's hat in his mouth.

    The Year of the Tiger has gone and we haverabbit, dragon…pig year. What words can we think of for pigs?

    Some bad words may be silly, dirty, greedy(贪婪)…But are these true?

    When we see pigs, they are usually in dirtywater or behind dirty fences. But pigs also want to be clean if they can. Pigshave no sweat glands (汗腺), so they have to getcool in water when they feel hot.

    If people are greedy, we say they are "pigout". Yes, pigs love eating a lot. But they are useful to people. Peoplenot only eat their meat, but also use other parts of pigs. Pig skin is used forglue and shoes. The hair can be used to make brushes. Sometimes, pigs are evenused to make medicine.

    "He is as silly as a pig!" Thisexpression is wrong. Pigs are very smart animals. Among all animals, they arethe third cleverest一monkeys, dolphins andpigs. Scientists think the training of pigs is easier than the training of dogsand cats. Pigs have a very good sense of smell. They can find things nearby orfaraway. They can also help the police tosniff out drugs (毒品) at an airport or at a train station.

    NorthAmerican black bears are shy animals. They are fearful by nature, and willusually run away if they see or hear people. Because of this, it can bedifficult for scientists to learn about these animals.

    Inorder to study black bears, researchers from New Jersey, the USA, catch bearsand use drugs to help them go to sleep. Researchers then work out the size andthe weight of the bear, take blood to test for diseases, remove a toothand take it to the lab to find out its age. From these studies, researcherswant to find out how many bears live in New Jersey, how long they live, and howmany babies they produce.

    Butin Minnesota, the USA, researchers study bears that are completely awake. Thebears know the researchers' voices and they are not afraid of the researchteam. With the help of a few grapes to keep the bears busy, researchers cantouch them to check their hearts, look at their teeth, and do other jobs.Researchers can also walk or sit with bears for hours and make videos to learnabout their everyday lives.

    Inboth places, the main purpose is the same—to make sure there is a healthypopulation of black bears. But the research methods and the kinds ofinformation that researchers are able to collect are quite different.

    Hundreds of years ago, no dandelions (蒲公英) grew in North America. Then people came from Europe. The seeds fell from their clothes onto the ground. Since then, dandelions have spread all over.

    Most people believe that dandelions are weeds (杂草). They do not want them in their gardens. But some people think that dandelion flowers are pretty. They cook dandelion leaves or put them into a fresh salad. The leaves must be picked before the flowers come out or they will not taste good.

    Dandelions do not die easily. If the winter is not very cold, their leaves may stay green. When spring arrives, their flowers come out.When the sun shines the next day, they open up again. Dandelion flowers are very unusual. They do not have to get pollen (花粉) from another dandelion flower in order to form seeds. So after several days, the yellow flower turns white and soft. A tiny brown seed forms at the bottom of each white petal (花瓣). When the wind blows, the petals float away. Each white petal carries a seed away. New dandelions grow where the seeds land.

    Have you ever heard of friendships among animals? At a zoo in Germany, an unusual friendship has developed a cat and a bear.

    No one is quite sure how the friendship first began. One day, some (worker) in the zoo noticed a black cat was in the bear's cage (笼子), and the two animals were playing together peacefully. They were surprised how well the small cat seemed to get along with the large bear. The bear keeper allowed the cat (stay) with the bear. And later the pair and their unusual friendship (become) a hot topic at the zoo.

    After several years, a new cage was built for the bear. However, the cat was still in the old cage, so it walked around (angry) and cried to be with the bear. The bear keeper (final) took pity on the cat let it stay with the bear. The cat and the bear got (close) than before. They often (sit) together and shared meals in the sun.

    Sometimes it may be natural for animals (have) their own ideas about who they would make a good friend with. These may surprise humans, who usually expect animals to form relationships with others of the same species.

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Jimmy is one of my best friend.