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Why do 33% of the households in the USA have cats? And how do you explain why there are 16 million more pet cats than dogs? Yes, kittens are adorable .Yes, they can grow up to be good mousers and are very entertaining to watch.And yes, cats are independent and don't require as much care as dogs.But research shows cats can also be caretakers for us and our families, improve our health and teach us and our children to be kinder, gentler souls.

Theodora Wesselman is 94 and has lived the past two years with her elderly cat, Cleo, at TigerPlace, a retirement community in Columbia, Mo.Their enduring friendship is a classic example of how humans and animals can become family and look out for each other.

Wesselman visits other residents, and her children stop by, but Cleo is her best friend, she says.They've been together nearly 21 years.

"She sleeps on her own pillow right beside mine," Wesselman says."In the morning, she pecks on my cheek to wake me up.It's really sweet.I pet her, tell her I love her and take her to the kitchen to prepare her food."

Research shows that being able to care for a pet improves our morale (;), helps validate us and encourages us to take care of ourselves, says Rebecca Johnson, director of the University of Missouri's Research Center for Human-Animal Interaction.The body of research is leading more retirement communities and universities _ .
1. What do one-third of houses in the US have?
2. What can they teach?
3. What can they raise?
4. What can they catch?
5. How many more domestic cats are there than dogs?
6. Where does Theodora Wesselman live?
7. What type of residence is that?
8. How long has she lived there?
9. How long has she lived with her pet?
10. What's her morning routine?

Numbered answers:
1. cats
2. to be kinder
3. morale
4. mice
5. 16 million
6. TigerPlace
7. a retirement community
8. two years
9. unknown
10. Cleo pecks her on the cheek to wake her up. Theodora pets her, tells her she loves her, and then takes her to the kitchen for food.

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Kingston upon Hull, usually abbreviated to Hull, is a city and unitary authority in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It lies upon the River Hull at its confluence with the Humber estuary, 25miles (40km) inland from the North Sea, with a population of ().

The town of Hull was founded late in the 12th century. The monks of Meaux Abbey needed a port where the wool from their estates could be exported. They chose a place at the confluence of the rivers Hull and Humber to build a quay.

The exact year the town was founded is not known but it was first mentioned in 1193. Renamed "Kings-town upon Hull" by King Edward I in 1299, Hull has been a market town, military supply port, trading hub, fishing and whaling centre and industrial metropolis.

Hull was an early theatre of battle in the English Civil Wars. Its 18th century Member of Parliament, William Wilberforce, took a prominent part in the abolition of the slave trade in Britain.

The city is unique in the UK in having had a municipally owned telephone system from 1902, sporting cream, not red, telephone boxes.

After suffering heavy damage in the Second World War (the 'Hull Blitz'), Hull weathered a period of post-industrial decline, gaining unfavourable results on measures of social deprivation, education and policing. In the early 21st century spending boom before the late 2000s recession the city saw large amounts of new retail, commercial, housing and public service construction spending.
1. What city is the article about?
2. What year was it founded?
3. When was it first mentioned?
4. What did King Edward name it?
5. When?
6. What type of town is it?
7. What else has it been?
8. Is it near the sea?
9. How far?
10. What body of water is near?
11. Is there a river nearby?
12. What is it called?
13. When did the city suffer heavy damage?
14. Were battles fought there?
15. What century saw a spending boom?

Numbered answers:
1. Kingston upon Hull.
2. unknown
3. 1193.
4. Kings-town upon Hull.
5. 1299.
6. A market town.
7. A military supply port.
8. Yes.
9. 25miles.
10. The North Sea.
11. Yes.
12. The River Hull.
13. The Second World War.
14. Yes.
15. The early 21st century.

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Time flies. Your time in junior high school will come to an end in a few months. Let's look back over the last three years. What were the highs and lows? For Zhang Xiaomeng, a senior high school girl from Jiangsu, meeting her best friend Hua Xuan was the best part of her time at junior high school. They went to class together, had lunch together, and even went to the washroom together. Having one or two best friends is important, said Xu Zheng, a teacher from Jiangsu. "Students have secrets. They don't want to tell their parents,"Xu added. However, being too rebellious in junior high is the biggest _ for Liu Anqing, a senior high school student from Fujian. "I didn't listen to my parents. I quarreled with my mother every week," said Liu. "I wish I could go back to that time and get on well with them." Time also needs to be taken care of. Zhang Zihua, 15, from Shanxi, thought he had plenty of time to prepare for the big exam at the end of Junior 3. Then one day, he was told: "The exam is in 100 days." "We need a strong knowledge base to pass the exam. But I didn't care about it," said Zhang. Gu Xiaoli, a teacher from Jiangsu, said that it's never too late to catch up. "No matter your regrets about wasted time, you can always pick things up from now," said Gu.
1. Where is Zhang Xiaomeng from?
2. When did she meet her best friend?
3. What grade is she in now?
4. According to Xu Zheng, what do students have?
5. From whom?
6. What does Zheng do?
7. What will end in a few months?
8. Is the exam in 10 days?
9. When is it?
10. What is needed to do well?
11. Who went to the washroom together?
12. Who did LIU fight with?
13. How often?
14. What did she want to do?
15. Why?
16. Who is from Shanxi?
17. How old is he?
18. Did he work hard to prepare for the exam?
19. Why not?
20. Who is Gu?
Numbered answers:
1. Jiangsu
2. in junior high
3. senior high school
4. secrets.
5. their parents
6. a teacher
7. the end of Junior 3.
8. no
9. in 100 days
10. a strong knowledge base
11. Zhang Xiaomeng and Hua Xuan
12. her mother
13. every week
14. go back in time
15. to get on well with her parents.
16. Zhang Zihua,
17. 15
18. no
19. I didn't care about it,
20. a teacher