Donna is 19 years old and loves animals, which is why I’m always happy to leave

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Donna is 19 years old and loves animals, which is why I’m always happy to leave my dog with her when I go on holiday. Donna also helps to train hunting dogs, but recently, her boyfriend told me, she returned home from a farm in tears after being told to hit some dogs. “She wasn’t being asked to hit them becau they didn’t behave well,” he said. “She was told to punch the puppies with a clod fist simply to let them know who is the boss,” Donna refud. Good for Donna. In my view, you hit an animal for only two reasons: as a way to teach it an important lesson to protect it from danger, such as not into the road; or becau you like hurting animals. Last summer, I attended a hor race. I don’t know much about hors, but I was alarmed when I saw a hor with a huge ulcer (溃疡) on its legs. “Surely this hor won’t race?” I asked. I was very surprid that nobody in the crowd emed concerned. The hor began the race, but later it fell heavily. It had broken its leg. The next thing I saw was its dead body in a bag, being driven past. No one emed to care, except tho who had bet on it. I know people care for hor racing, but do they really care for hors? I doubt it. Oh, but it’s a tradition, I hear you say. Wouldn’t the world be a boring place if we didn’t occasionally hit, shoot and cha animals? Traditions are made by man and can be unmade. It was once acceptable to kill rvants when their master died, to visit the mental hospitals to laugh at the patients or to watch public execution (执行死刑). Nor should it be forgotten that in our progress to a more civilized world, animals have played an important role: they have fed us, carried us, worked for us, rescued us, died for us and sometimes just saved us from loneliness. Surely by now they derve our kindness. At the very least, they derve our respect.小题1:Donna was asked to hit the young dogs becau ________.A．they misbehavedB．their owner disliked themC．people on the farm enjoy hurting themD．it was a way to train them to obey people小题2:What does the underlined word in paragraph 2 probably mean?A．strikeB．strokeC．scoldD．pump小题3:What is the author’s purpo in telling the readers the story about the hor?A．To explain the traditional hor race to readers.B．To prove that the weak hor can’t win in the race.C．To show that animals are treated unfairly by humans.D．To say that people care more for hors than hor racing.小题4:Which of the following is NOT true?A．People no longer watch killing criminals in public.B．The author cannot accept anyone who hits the animals.C．It was a traditional practice to kill rvants for their dead master.D．The author thinks it is possible to change the traditions made by man.小题5:What’s the best title of the passage?A．No One Cares for Animals Nowadays.B．Let’s Protect the Endangered Animals.C．Show Animals the Respect They Derve.D．The Stories Between Animals and People. 题型：未知难度：其他题型

答案

小题1:D小题2:A小题3:C小题4:B小题5:C

解析

小题1:根据第二段“She was told to punch the puppies with a clod fist simply to let them know who is the boss”可知，Donna被要求教训那些狗，不是因为那些狗不听话，而是要让它们知道谁是它们的主人，也就是训练它们，故选D。小题2:根据第二段“She wasn’t being asked to hit them becau they didn’t behave well,”可知，Donna被要求打那些狗，punch在此与hit同义，故选A。小题3:根据第四段“I know people care for hor racing, but do they really care for hors?”可知，作者句了一个关于马的例子，来说明动物没有得到应有的尊重，故选C。小题4:根据倒数第二段“It was once acceptable to kill rvants when their master died, to visit the mental hospitals to laugh at the patients or to watch public execution (执行死刑).”可知，仆人陪葬、观看执行死刑这些在以前是一种传统，A、C正确；根据倒数第二段“Traditions are made by man and can be unmade.”可知，传统是人制定的，也是可以撤销的，D项正确；故选B。小题5:根据最后一段“animals have played an important role ...Surely by now they derve our kindness. At the very least, they derve our respect.”可知，动物在人类文明中扮演者重要角色，它们至少应该得到应有的尊重。故选C。

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