In ancient Egypt (古埃及), people believed that the cat was a god. When a 51 died its owners showed their sadness by the strange habit of shaving their eyebrows off! In the 19th century, the famous English writer Charles Dickens had a cat who was very 52 of him. The cat didn′t like to 53 Dickens working too hard. At night, when the cat wanted to say" 54 writing!" to his master, he often 55 Dickens′ candle with his paw (脚爪)!
When animals become pets, the result, after a number of generations, is a smaller animal with a smaller brain. Rabbits (兔子), 56 , which live as pets in a garden, are less intelligent than their 57 cousins. Of course, man doesn′t always keep 58 for pleasure. Many animals have to work for their masters.
There was 59 a farm in Namibia, Africa, which had 80 goats. A mother monkey took the goats to the hills every day and brought them back at night. She 60 knew exactly which goats were hers--which is more than many humans could do.
第（56）题选
A.finally
B.of course
C.however
D.for example