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There are many places to go on safari in Africa, but riding a horse through the flooded waters of Botswana's Okavango Delta must rank as one of the world's most exciting wildlife journeys. 
Several safari camps operate as the base for this adventure, providing unique rides twice a day to explore deep into the delta. The camps have excellent horses, professional guides and lots of support workers. They have a reputation for providing a great riding experience. 
The morning ride, when the guides take you to beautiful, shallow lakes full of water lilies, tends to be more active. It is unlike any other riding experience with rainbows forming in the splashing water around you and the sound of huge drops of water bouncing off your body and face. It is truly exciting. You are very likely to come across large wild animals, too. On horseback it is possible to get quite close to elephants, giraffes and many other animals. The sense of excitement and tension levels rise suddenly though, and so does your heart rate, as you move closer to them. 
In the evening, rides are usually at a more relaxed and unhurried pace, with golden light streaming across the grassy delta and the animals coming out to eat and drink. Sedate though they are, rides at this time of day are still very impressive. As the sun's rays pass through the dust kicked up by the horses, the romance of Africa comes to life. 
Back at the camp you can kick off your boots and enjoy excellent food and wine. Looking back on your day, you will find it hard to deny that a horseback safari is as close as you will ever come to answering the call of the wild.
4.What does the underlined word "safari" refer to?
A. flooded waters B. special camps for tourists
C. Wildlife journeys D. unique rides
5.What does the author find most exciting about a horse safari?
A. Seeing and feeling the real African life.
B. Enjoying good food and wine at the camp.
C. Hunting large animals just as our ancestors did.
D. Being part of the scene and getting close to animals.
6. What does the underlined word "Sedate" probably mean?
A. Wild and romantic B. Slow and peaceful
C. Hurry and thirsty D. Active and excited
7.The author introduced the riding experience in the OKavango Delta mainly by________.
A. following space order B. following time order
C. making classifications D. giving examples
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If you talk about a dog's life, go to Beijing to see the pampered (过分娇惯的) dogs. Dogs clipped, dressed up, washed and dried. Here, it's the owners who go to obedience (服从) school, and these people pay almost a thousand US dollars a month to learn how to properly care for their pets. Dogs are hot in Beijing, a symbol of a new middle-class family.
　　Dogs or pets can take the place of children, even husbands. Qin Lu, 23-year-old dog owner, certainly thinks her dog makes some more loyal partner. She's spending 1,300 yuan, that's almost 200 US dollars a month, sending her dog to the training school. Think about it, almost half her monthly salary as a secretary.
　　Personally, if I have a dog, I want to give it the very best of everything. Otherwise, I wouldn't have a dog.
　　Before we get too sentimental, though, other dogs in China have a far more grisly (可怕的) fate, many still destined for the dinner table, dog meat, a popular delicacy. But appetities are changing. What was once for the eating is now for the treating. Beijing alone is home to more than a million dogs. Owners spend an average 25 dollars a month on pets. Do the math. Dogs are big business. Ning Wei who runs this obedience school on the outskirts of Beijing said. "It has been open for almost three years. There are many dogs. And now we are opening another branch."
　　As their owners embrace everything western, so too, are the dogs. Ning Wei's specializing in producing a new breed of bilingual puppies. Yes, dogs that understand Chinese and now English. "I'm going to do a test now to see if it understands both English and Chinese. Effectively, if its Chinese is better than my English, and its English is better than my Chinese."
8.From the first paragraph we can know _______ in Beijing.
A. dogs are tired of the hot days
B. why people spend so much buying a dog
C. dogs are very expensive
D. many new middle-class families raise dogs
9. It can be inferred from the third paragraph that ________.
A. the author also loves dogs
B. dogs can take the place of children, even husbands or wives
C. no dogs, no life
D.people will live a happy life with a dog
10. What can we know about Ning Wei from the passage?
A. He is an English teacher in an obedience school.
B. He is a businessman who runs a school.
C. He is a dog-keeper who is learning how to properly care for his dog.
D. He is a researcher who is crazy for the bilingual puppies.
11. From the passage we can conclude that ______.
A. there are many different kinds of dogs from all over the world in Beijing
B. many Beijingers love dogs better than their own sons or daughters, even their husbands or wives
C. learning how to treat dogs is a hot business in Beijing now
D. so much money has been spent on treating every dog
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