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【題目】Think Before Keeping Pets

More and more people like to keep pets. In their eyes keeping pets has many advantages. It can teach people a sense of responsibility. What’s more, it can drive away the loneliness. It can also reduce people’s stress. But I’d like to voice different opinions.

A recent survey in the United States showed that the common family spent more money on its pets than on its children. Although to some degree unbelievable, it should not surprise anyone who has seen the doggy parlors (客廳) where loved pets rest. Are Americans different from others in treating their little friends in this way? No, the English, too, pay more attention to their pets.

This can clearly be seen when we look at pet foods, which often provide more vitamins (維生素) than human food. They certainly cost much. Last year the British public spent two hundred million pounds on pet food alone, to say nothing of medical bills or animal furniture (家具). It is difficult to feel happy about this when considering what that money could do for the hungry and the poor, so it is not unusual for me to get hot under collar when I read an old man left all his money to his dog instead of his children.

There are some reasons why I find pet-raising worrying. They lead to physical problems. An example of this is New York where it is difficult to deal with the mess that dogs leave on the streets. Many people find this funny, but in a number of large cities it is a big problem. Animals can cause illness, too.

Another problem is the carelessness of pet owners. Most little children want a dog or a cat, and they continually push their mothers and fathers until they get one. It is only when the “sweet little thing” has been brought home that the parents realize how much time and money must be spent on “Rover” or “Bonzo”. Then they just leave the pets they keep. As a result, they are allowed to run free. English farmers lose hundreds of sheep a year, killed by someone’s pet and you must have read of children being hurt by some pets of their own.

So please have a second thought before you keep a pet.

【1】According to the passage, keeping pets have many advantages except ______.

A.reducing the stress

B.driving away the loneliness

C.being good for the environment

D.teaching a sense of responsibility

【2】The doggy parlors are mentioned in the 3rd paragraph to show ______.

A.how much money pet owners spend on pets

B.how much pets depend on their owners

C.why children love their pets so much

D.where Americans keep their pets

【3】In the 4th paragraph “get hot under the collar” probably means ______.

A.staying cool

B.feeling very angry

C.becoming excited

D.getting quite satisfied

【4】According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A.Pets can do harm to people’s health.

B.The writer thinks it is good to keep pets.

C.Pet owners can take good care of their pets all the time.

D.Americans spend more money on their children than on pets.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】

本文是一篇議論文，作者講述現在養(yǎng)寵物非常普遍，但作者呼吁大家養(yǎng)寵物之前一定要三思。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據第1大段“It can teach people a sense of responsibility. What’s more, it can drive away the loneliness. It can also reduce people’s stress.”養(yǎng)寵物能教給人們責任感，能驅趕孤單，還能減輕人們的壓力。可知，養(yǎng)寵物的優(yōu)勢不包括C。故選C。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據第3大段“A recent survey in the United States showed that the common family spent more money on its pets than on its children. Although to some degree unbelievable, it should not surprise anyone who has seen the doggy parlors ”美國的最近研究表明普通家庭花費在寵物上的錢比他們的孩子還更多。雖然有些程度難以置信，但是看到狗狗修飾的客廳并不使人吃驚�？芍�，主要是為了說明養(yǎng)寵物的花費很貴。故選A。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據第4大段“It is difficult to feel happy about this when considering what that money could do for the hungry and the poor,”當想到金錢能為饑餓的人和窮人做什么的時候，很難感到開心；再理解“so it is not unusual for me to get hot under collar when I read an old man left all his money to his dog instead of his children.”所以當我聽到一個老人把所有的錢留給他的狗而不是孩子的時候我生氣是很正常的。可知，是生氣的意思。故選B。

【4】推理判斷題。根據第5大段“They lead to physical problems”他們會引起身體問題，可知A正確；根據第7大段“So please have a second thought before you keep a pet.”所以養(yǎng)寵物前請三思可知作者并沒有說不好，故B錯誤；根據第6大段“It is only when the “sweet little thing” has been brought home that the parents realize how much time and money must be spent on “Rover” or “Bonzo”. Then they just leave the pets they keep”當有新的寵物或者意識到寵物上花了很多時間和金錢后，他們就會離開他們養(yǎng)的寵物，可知，不能一直照顧寵物，故C錯誤；根據第3大段“A recent survey in the United States showed that the common family spent more money on its pets than on its children.” 美國的最近研究表明普通家庭花費在寵物上的錢比他們的孩子還更多。故D錯誤。故選A。

推理判斷題采用的是排除法，就是根據選項的題干意思去原文中找對應段落句子，通過意思的理解來判斷正誤。如第4題，根據第5大段判斷A正確；B因為與作者的觀點表達不同而錯誤；C選項錯在all the time；D選項錯在意思上，是寵物花費比孩子多。所以根據排除法選擇正確選項。