Cats started living with people as (1) ____________ thousands of years ago. Now, there are about 500 million domestics cats around the world. Cats are usually very good hunters and can catch (2) ___________ and small birds although they don’t often eat them. They are very lazy animals. On average, they sleep for about sixteen hours a day. They also spend (3) _________ time keeping themselves clean by washing their fur with their tongues. Male cats care called Toms and female cats are called Queens. Female cats are pregnant for about nine (4) ___________ and usually have between two and five kittens. There are over one hundred breeds of cat (5) ____________ even a hairless cat called the sphinx cat 1. A. cattle B. poultry C. pets D. human 2. A. mouse B. mice C. rat D. Jerry 3. A. many B. lot of C. a lots of D. a lot of 4. A. days B. weeks C. months D. years 5. A. and B. but C. or D. so