A.You should let your cat inside.

B. Going outside is bad for cats, too.

C. Keeping a cat is good for you.

D. The birds are fewer and fewer in America.

E. Cats can bring illness.

F. Cats kill many birds and small animals every year.

{#blank#}1{#/blank#}Many kinds of birds live in the United States，but the number of the birds is becoming smaller every year. One of the leading reasons is the growing number of pet cats. By keeping your pet cats in your home，you can help give birds a better possible chance to live.

{#blank#}2{#/blank#}Of the 90 million pet cats in this country，about two­thirds are allowed to go outside. It is said that these cats kill hundreds of millions of birds each year as well as billions of small animals such as rabbits and field mice.

{#blank#}3{#/blank#}They can also bring illness to the animals that live in people's yard(院子)，and further weakening(变弱)the health of the natural populations.

{#blank#}4{#/blank#}Allowing pet cats to go outside is not just bad for birds and wildlife(野生动物). It is bad for the cats themselves, too. Outdoor cats can get sick very easily. They may be in danger from traffic and attacks(攻击)from other animals. In fact，outdoor cats usually don't pass the age of five, while indoor cats often live to be 17 or older.

{#blank#}5{#/blank#}Keep your pet cat inside！If you raise a young cat, it's your duty to let it play inside.

    Do you get angry when your friends sing loudly while you are trying to work or when your best friend does not wait for you after school?

    {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Getting angry with others can cause you to lose friends.

    Gary Egeberg, an American high school teacher, has written My Feelings Are Like Wild Animals to help you control your feelings. It tells how to stay cool when bad things happen.

    The book says that getting angry only makes problems worse. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} "Getting angry is not a natural way to act," the book says, "It's just a bad habit, like smoking."

    The book says you can control your anger easily—all you have to do is to tell yourself not to be angry.

    The book gives many tips to help you if you get angry easily. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}

    Keep a record. When you get angry, write down why you are angry. Look at it later and you will see you get angry too easily.

    Ask your friends to stop talking to you when you get angry. This will teach you not to be angry.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#} When you get angry, walk away from the problem and go somewhere else. Try to laugh.

    Hello, my name is Bill. I'm an English boy. My last name is Green. My phone number is 222-7854.This is Grace. Her last name is Miller. Her telephone number is 235-9076. Look! This is her jacket. It's yellow. My jacket is green.

    Don't be too surprised if you see a car going down the road without a driver in Beijing these days. {#blank#}1{#/blank#}Last month, Baidu began to test its self-driving cars on open roads in Beijing.

    {#blank#}2{#/blank#}Since then, companies like Tesla, Uber and Baidu have been working to produce and test their own self—driving cars.

    Self-driving cars are safer than regular cars. {#blank#}3{#/blank#}They can remove the stress of driving and allow disabled or blind people to get around more easily.

    {#blank#}4{#/blank#}In one test, researchers pointed a laser pointer (激光棒) at the car's sensors (传感器) while it was moving. The car mistakenly thought that the laser beam was in its way and slowed down or changed the direction.

    The software that is used to direct the cars may not be safe enough. {#blank#}5{#/blank#}When we use our computers or smartphones, they sometimes crash (崩溃) without any reason. But if this happened to a self-driving car, the result could be deadly. Improvements to the software could be a solution to this problem.