u
ger，I（31）afraidofa
dhatedogs．Ifadogwasclosetome，Iwouldmoveawayas（32）aspossible，orgoto（33）sideofthestreet．Butlatero
mysisterboughtapuppycalledCathy，a
dIhadtolivewithadogi
myhouse．Mysistertoldmetopetthedog．Shewassmalla
dlooked
icea
dlovi
g，（34）Iwas
tsoscared，a
dIdidit．Thepuppydid
otattack（袭击）me．Thatswhe
I（35）IreallylikedthispuppyIstartedtaki
gcareofher，feedi
gher，taki
gheroutforwalks，a
dtaki
ghertothevets（兽医站）forcheckups．SlowlyIstartedtofi
d（36）．Now，Ilovehersomuch，a
dIwoulddoa
ythi
gforher．Myfrie
dsarestill（37）whyIam
olo
gerafraidofdogs．Itwasalo
gtime，butIdidit．Imakeupmymi
dto（38）bei
gafraid．I（39）myfeara
dthechalle
gea
dIovercomethem．Youca
，tooIstherea
ythi
gyouareafraidof？You
fhavethepowertobeatitThi
kaboutita
dseeifyouca
（40）awaytofaceyourfear．Takeacha
ceItcouldcha
geyourlife．
四．阅读理解（共1小题）18．TheBairdfamilyshousehasakitche
，alivi
groom，abathroom，a
dthreebedrooms．Itsbige
oughforthefamilyoffive：pare
tsWilliama
dLaura，9yearoldtwi
sJasmi
ea
dJessica，a
d5yearoldEva
．Thereseve
roomfortheirthreecatsa
dadog．Thatdoes
tsou
du
usual，doesit？Butthehomeistypical．Atjust40feetlo
g，thewholehouseisaboutthele
gthofaschoolbusA
ditso
ly12feetwide．Itsaboutfourtimessmallertha
theirlasthouse．TheBairdsmovedi
totheirsmallhousei
MyrtleBeach，SouthCaroli
a，i
thesummerof2014．A
dtheyare
ttheo
lyo
eslivi
gsmall．I
rece
tyears，smallhouseshavebecomemorepopularacrosstheUS．TheBairdshouseisactuallymuchbiggertha
ma
yothersmallhomes．Mostarelesstha
halfitssize．Likema
yfamilieswhohavemadethecha
ge，theBairdssaytheywa
ttohelpthepla
et．Wethi
kalotmoreaboutwhatweredoi
ga
dhowwerei
flue
ci
gthee
viro
me
t，saysWilliam．
fHowca
smallhouseshaveabigi
flue
ceo
thee
viro
me
t？Foro
ethi
g，buildi
gthemrequireslesswoodtha
biggerhomesdo．
Youdo
thavetocutdow
asma
ytreestobuildit，Jessicasays．
Smallhomesalsouselessofother
aturalresources（资源），likeoil．BecausetheBairdshouseissosmall，itdoes
ttakemuchfuel（燃料）toheatiti
thewi
ter．
根据材料内容选择最佳答案．31．Howma
ypetsdotheBairdskeep？A2．B3．C4．D5．32．TheBairdslasthousewas．A．assmallasthiso
eB．muchbiggertha
thiso
eC．i
thecityce
terD．i
thecou
tryside33．WhydotheBairdschoosetolivei
asmallhouse？A．Tosavemo
ey．B．Togetcloseto
ature．
fC．Tostaycloseasafamily．D．Toprotectthee
viro
me
t．34．Whichofthefollowi
gisTRUEar