《2025年初中英语听读空间七年级下册译林版加强版》

任务二　阅读理解
Animals are our friends. Sometimes they make trouble, but sometimes they can help us. And they hope to live a happy life too. Here are two real stories from our readers.
The first story is from Ray. “My cat, Tiger, hates it when I use my smartphone because it takes my attention away from him. One year, I had a fall at home and was on the floor for 16 hours. During this time, I was unable to move and couldn’t get to the phone to call for help. Tiger stayed by my side until he disappeared under my bed. ‘What’s he up to?’ I wondered. To my surprise, he started to push something towards me. It was my smartphone. It fell off the bed and onto the floor. He probably didn’t know what it was, but he knew that it made me happy. Thanks to Tiger, I was able to communicate with my friend Becky.”
The second story is from Colin. “Years ago, my friend Julius saved a bird—a wild ‘Mum’ cockatoo(凤头鹦鹉) from the side of the road and kept it as a pet in a big cage. It lost one of her wings, so she was unable to return to the wild. Soon, two wild cockatoos came visiting and one ‘Dad’ bird wanted to find his way into the cage. The ‘Mum’ cockatoo in the cage was soon expecting. But as she couldn’t fly, ‘Dad’ cockatoo built a home in the tree, keeping off everyone. ‘Baby’ cockatoo would spend his days flying off with his dad, leaving his mum behind. She would sit and wait until they returned home each afternoon. The family stayed together happily.”
After reading the stories, don’t you think we should get along well with animals? No matter they are our pets or animals living in the wild, they have their feelings. We should respect every life in the world.
( ) 1. ________ is the owner of the cat Tiger.
A. Becky B. Julius C. Colin D. Ray
( ) 2. The underlined word “it” in paragraph 2 refers to the ________.
A. phone B. cat C. smartphone D. bed
( ) 3. “Mum” cockatoo didn’t return to the wild because ________.
A. Julius caught her as a pet
B. she was badly hurt and couldn’t fly
C. she preferred the life in the cage
D. “Dad” cockatoo built a home in the tree
( ) 4. The main idea of the passage is that ________.
A. Ray, Becky and Colin are animal lovers
B. we shouldn’t use smartphones too much
C. friends should help each other
D. we should respect every life in the world
( ) 5. In which part of a newspaper would you probably read the passage?
A. Sports news. B. Travel.
C. Health. D. People and animals.

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