Part I Cloze (15 points)Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one wordfor each blank from a list of choices given in the box. Read the passage through carefully beforemaking your choices. Each choice in the box is identified by a letter: Please mark thecorresponding letter for each choice on the ANSWER SHEET. You may not use any of the wordsin the box more than once.A. using B. after C. affected D. who E. makeF. period G. investigates H. whether I. particularly J. habitsA new study finds that getting a family dog is good for kids. The finding is part of a growingbody of research that ___1___ how dogs can boost health, not just for kids but for people of allages.In the study, Australian researchers followed 600 children over a ___2___ of three years.They tracked kids' physical activities by ___3___ monitors that measured things like how fast,long and intensely they moved. They also surveyed parents about their children's activities and___4___ they had a family dog or not. The researchers tried to see how the kids' activity levelswere ___5___ by dog ownership.Perhaps not surprisingly, both boys and girls in the study spent more time in playing in theyard ___6___ getting a dog. But the impact was ___7___ pronounced in girls. Adding a dog to thehousehold increased young girls' physical activities by 52 minutes a day. It could ___8___ ameaningful difference to their health.“Having a dog in childhood could help kids create healthy ___9___ around physicalactivities,” says MacDonald, a professor at Oregon State University, ___10___ has studied thephysical and emotional benefits of dog ownership in kids.

Part I Cloze (15 points) Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in the box. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the box is identified by a letter: Please mark the corresponding letter for each choice on the ANSWER SHEET. You may not use any of the words in the box more than once. A. using B. after C. affected D. who E. make F. period G. investigates H. whether I. particularly J. habits A new study finds that getting a family dog is good for kids. The finding is part of a growing body of research that ___1___ how dogs can boost health, not just for kids but for people of all ages. In the study, Australian researchers followed 600 children over a ___2___ of three years. They tracked kids' physical activities by ___3___ monitors that measured things like how fast, long and intensely they moved. They also surveyed parents about their children's activities and ___4___ they had a family dog or not. The researchers tried to see how the kids' activity levels were ___5___ by dog ownership. Perhaps not surprisingly, both boys and girls in the study spent more time in playing in the yard ___6___ getting a dog. But the impact was ___7___ pronounced in girls. Adding a dog to the household increased young girls' physical activities by 52 minutes a day. It could ___8___ a meaningful difference to their health. “Having a dog in childhood could help kids create healthy ___9___ around physical activities,” says MacDonald, a professor at Oregon State University, ___10___ has studied the physical and emotional benefits of dog ownership in kids.