海淀区九年级第二学期期中练习-20xx0507

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give him back after all! The cat kept meowing a lot. I knew I had to go to the store and get some cat food. LOST CATBlack and white, very friendly. If you find him, please call us at 61758463302. We are worried sick.On my way out, I saw a sign on the telephone pole: “Hmm,” I thought. “If you were so worried about your kitten, maybe you should have taken better care of him!” When I walked into the pet store, I saw a group of kids hanging up notices about this same cat there. “I can’t believe I lost my cat!” a little boy in a wheelchair cried to his parents. “I couldn’t get to the open door in time!”I looked at the notices on the wall. It was surely the cat I had back at home. Then the truth of the situation hit me: I had stolen a little boy’s cat! Now I realized there was a lot I didn’t understand. I tried to explain why I should keep the cat by convincing myself the owners deserved to lose him. Now I saw that it was all a big mistake. I walked to the little boy. “I have your cat,” I told him. “I’m sorry. I just found him and fed him. He’s at my house.” The little boy began to cry with laughter. He blew his nose and gave me a great big hug. “Thank you so much! I was just about to put a new collar on him when he ran out of the door. I couldn’t chase him! Because of my... you know... my legs.”“I’ll be right back,” I told him. I ran home to get the cat and reunite owner and pet. 44. What did the writer think of the cat’s owner at first? A. Lazy. B. Loving. C. Careless. D. Friendly.45. What did the writer see in the pet store?A. Kids hanging up notices about the cat. B. Pets walking around playing there. C. Boys looking for their pets there. D. Owners showing off their cats. 46. Why did the writer run home to get the cat? A. Because the boy asked her to give back his cat.B. Because she wanted to find the cat a better owner. C. Because the boy promised not to lose the cat again.D. Because she knew the boy loved and owned the cat. 47. What can we know from the story? A. Not all kids are lucky enough to own pets.B. Sometimes we make a judgement too soon. C. Too often we enjoy cats as good pany.D. Everyone should help people in trouble.CNeed to buy something? Why go to a store? Buy it on the Internet! Need it now? Why wait? Ask for nextday delivery! Each day, more and more people try online shopping. In fact, online sales have doubled in the last ten years. But not everyone is excited. Some scientists now say that online shopping is bad for the environment.People are surprised to hear this. “They think, ‘I don’t need to drive, and the business doesn’t need to build a store, so there will be less pollution,’” says Nuria Prost, an environmental scientist. “But it is not so simple. In fact, online shopping is wasteful. It also adds to air pollution.”In truth, the Internet is not always as good a friend to the environment as it seems. For example, most people thought that the Internet would help offices use less paper and other materials. But paper use increased by 33 percent between 1986 and 1997. “Online shopping could have similarly negative effects,” says Nevil Cohen, a professor of environmental science.Part of the problem is what people are buying these days. In the past, people bought things on the Internet that did not require much packing material, such as books and clothing. But now people also shop online for large, heavy products such as televisions, puters, and furniture. These products need to be packed in large amounts of plastic and paper. This creates a lot of waste.Another problem caused by online shopping is air pollution. When customers buy products and ask for nextday delivery, panies often have to send them by air. Airplanes use much more fuel than cars and produce more carbon dioxide (CO2). When people buy a lot of different things from different online businesses, this creates even more travel by airplane.Online product returns are also a problem. For example, an online shoe store may allow customers to return shoes without extra pay if they are the wrong size. This doubles the packing material and number of airplane trips required to sell one pair of shoes.“If people want to protect the environment, they need to think before they shop,” says Prost. “People need to ask themselves: Is this exactly what I want? Do I really need it tomorrow, or can I wait?” O。