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【題目】 Owning a lovely pet can certainly make one’s family life better and it can make a difference to a pet owner’s career（職業(yè)）life, too. In fact, according to a new research, a person who owns a pet may be more successful in his or her career than those who don’t. This is good news for people who want to keep pets.

The researchers collected information from 857 adults in the United States with all kinds of jobs. Among the successful people in their careers, 93 percent grew up with a pet in their home. 78 percent said that growing up with a pet helped their career success as an adult.

So, how can owning pets exactly lead to career success? Well, according to the research, successful people said that their pets not only helped to teach them to be responsible, be creative and follow the rules, but also made them develop the abilities to understand others’ feelings and organize activities. They are both important and necessary in the business world.

According to the research, 86 percent of present pet parents said owning pets helped them do things on time, better manage their time and put more efforts into work. In fact, 80 percent of present pet parents said they felt more connected with those who were pet owners, and they believed that their workers who had pets were hard workers.

【1】A pet owner may ________ than those who don’t keep pets.

A.spend more moneyB.do better in the job

C.be much happierD.be healthier

【2】Among the successful people surveyed, ________ grew up without a pet in their home.

A.93%B.78%C.86%D.7%

【3】What advantage does pet owners have by keeping pets?

A.It can help people obey the rules.

B.It can make people become good followers.

C.It can help people become brave.

D.It can make people experience others’ feelings.

【4】Most pet parents believe workers owning pets ________.

A.are difficult to get along withB.are easy to find

C.are stronger than othersD.are hard-working

【5】The passage mainly tells us ________.

A.it is very important to keep a pet

B.keeping a pet can only help its owner succeed

C.keeping a pet can influence its owner both in life and career

D.how to become a successful person

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文。主要介紹了養(yǎng)寵物給主人帶來的好處。養(yǎng)一只可愛的寵物無疑會讓家庭生活更美好，并且根據(jù)研究它還能影響到寵物主人的職業(yè)生涯。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段第二句In fact, according to a new research, a person who owns a pet may be more successful in his or her career than those who don’t可知,養(yǎng)寵物的人比不養(yǎng)寵物的人在事業(yè)上更可能成功。故選B。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段第二句Among the successful people in their careers, 93 percent grew up with a pet in their home可知,93%的成功人士家里養(yǎng)寵物，即7%的成功人士家里沒有養(yǎng)寵物。故選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段第二句... not only helped to teach them to be responsible, be creative and follow the rules, but also...可知,養(yǎng)寵物的人能夠遵守規(guī)則,A選項符合題意。故選A。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)owning pets helped them do things on time, better manage their time and put more efforts into work. In fact, 80 percent of present pet parents said they felt more connected with those who were pet owners, and they believed that their workers who had pets were hard workers“養(yǎng)寵物能幫助他們按時做事，更好地管理時間，更努力地工作。事實(shí)上，目前80%的寵物父母表示，他們覺得自己與寵物主人的關(guān)系更密切，而且他們認(rèn)為養(yǎng)寵物的員工工作更努力”可知，養(yǎng)寵物的員工工作很努力。故選D。

【5】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段第一句Owning a lovely pet can certainly make one’s family life better and it can make a difference to a pet owner’s career（職業(yè)）life, too“擁有一只可愛的寵物當(dāng)然可以使一個人的家庭生活更好，也可以對寵物主人的職業(yè)生涯有影響”可知，本文主要告訴我們養(yǎng)寵物可以影響主人的生活和事業(yè)。故選C。