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[填空题]Greyhound racing is the sixth most （ 46 ）p______spectator sport in the United States ． Over the last decade ， a growing number of racers have been （47）______to spend their retirem household pets，once their racing careers are over．
Many people hesitate to adopt a retired racing greyhound because they think only very old dogs are （48）ava______．Actually，even champion racers only work until they are about three－and－a half years old．Because greyhounds usually live to be 12 to 15years old，their retirement is much（49）______than their racing careers．
People worry that a greyhound will be more（50）______（nerve）and active than other breeds and will need a large （51）sp______to run．These are false impressions．Greyhounds have naturally sweet，mild dispositions，and while they love to run，they are sprinters rather than distance runners and are （52）______（sufficiency）exercised with a few daily laps around a fenced－in backyard．
Greyhounds do not make good watchdogs，（53）______they are very good with ch
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[填空题]The first sentence of the sixth paragraph indicates that it is necessary to __________.
[单项选择]Most of the people who appear most often and most gloriously in the history books are great conquerors and generals and soldiers, whereas the people who really helped civilization forward are often never mentioned at all. We do not know who first set a broken leg, or launched a seaworthy boat, or calculated the length of the year, or manured a field; but we know all about the killers and destroyers. People think a great deal of them, so much so that on all the highest pillars in the great cities of the world you will find the figure of a conqueror or a general or a soldier. And I think most people believe that the greatest countries are those that have beaten in battle the greatest number of other countries and ruled over them as conquerors. It is just possible they are, but they are not the most civilized. Animals fight; so do savages; hence to be good at fighting is to be good in the way in which an animal or a savage is good, but it i
A. the figure of the same conqueror or general or soldier.
B. the figure of some conqueror or general or soldier.
C. a figure reprsenting the number of conquerors, generals or soldiers in that country.
D. the figure of a person who helped civilization forward.
