Fill in the blanks with the words you have heard. Play the recording three times. A pet is 1______________________________ and kept as a favorite and 2______________________. The range of animals kept by people as pets today is 3 _____________________ . For example, rabbits, mice, goldfish, 4 _____________, horses, pigs, or even snakes are kept as pets by different people. However, dogs and cats are still 5__________________________pets, and about half the households in Britain own one or 6____________________. The importance of pets in British life is 7________________ in many ways. In the past, landowners liked to be 8__________________with their dogs and horses and many such pictures can be seen in galleries. In many families, pets are 9______________________________. That’s why British people often say “10________________________________________.”