Question

In America, when people say “man’s best friend”, they don’t mean another person. Instead, they are talking about a lovely animal—a dog! These words show the friendship between people and animals. Dogs and other pets can give joy to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. Some people even leave all their money to their pets when they die!

Animals can help people, too. Dogs can be taught to be the “eyes” for a blind person or “ears” for a deaf person. Scientists have found that pets help people live longer! They make people happier, too. Because of that, they bring animals into hospitals for “visits”.

Americans hold “Be Kind to Animals Week” in the first week of May. Pet shows are held during the week. Even if you don’t live in America, you, too, can do this. How? First think about how animals make your life richer. If you have a pet, take more time this week to play with it. Remember to give it delicious food.

If you don’t have a pet, be kind to animals around you. For example, if you see a street dog, just leave it alone, or make friends with it. If others around you do bad things to animals, try to speak up. As people, we must protect animals who can’t speak for themselves.

1.“Some people even leave all their money to their pets when they die!” is used to say that ________.

A. pets have the right to inherit (继承) money

B. money can make pets happy

C. it’s the best way to spend money

D. some pets are as important to their owners as their children

2.According to the passage, scientists bring the dogs to hospital because____.

A. they are ill and they need to see the doctor

B. they can make the patients happier

C. they can help the doctor find out the problems

D. the doctors can do experiment on them

3.What is the main idea of the passage?

A. A lot of people are interested in dogs.

B. Dogs can help people do many things.

C. Pets are lovely and need care and protection.

D. We have done a lot of things for pets.

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

【解析】在美国人们最好的朋友是他们的宠物，他们非常喜欢宠物，把他们当作自己的孩子。宠物也能帮助人们做很多事情。因此我们应关心和保护这些人类的朋友。

1.推理判断题。根据短文第一段中Dogs and other pets can give joy to people’s lives. Some people think of their pets as their children. Some people even leave all their money to their pets when they die!可知，在美国人们觉得最好的朋友是他们的宠物，狗和其他的宠物能给人们的生活带来快乐，很多人都把自己的宠物当做自己的孩子。由此可见，人们和宠物的关系是非常亲密的，这句话也说明了宠物对于他们的主人来说是很重要的。故应选D。

2.细节理解题。根据短文第二段中Scientists have found that pets help people live longer! They make people happier, too. Because of that, they bring animals into hospitals for “visits”.可知，因为科学家们觉得宠物能帮助人们长寿，能让人们更加开心，于是把他们带到了医院。由此可知应选B。

3.主旨大意题。这篇短文中作者介绍了宠物和人的关系非常亲密，宠物可以帮助人们，他们是非常可爱的，所以他们需要我们的关心和保护。文章的主题在短文的最后一段中体现比较明显，作者在最后提到As people, we must protect animals who can’t speak for themselves.，我们必须保护动物，因此C选项最符合文意。

点睛：这篇短文介绍了人和宠物之间的关系，前两段讲述了宠物和人之间关系密切，并且宠物还能帮助人们。后两段作者提到了善待动物的这样一个活动，呼吁人们都来关心和保护动物，升华了主题。因此抓住文章的这一结构对我们做题是非常有帮助的，尤其是第3小题，如何获得文章的主题，作者在短文中要说的不仅仅是宠物和人关系亲密，重点在于因为宠物和人的这种亲密关系，我们作为人，应该去关心、保护他们，因此C选项才是最佳答案。