Town Lake Animal Center is the largest animal shelter in Central Texas, providing shelter for more than 23,000 animals each year and animal control services for all of Austin and Travis County. In the shelter, no animal will be turned away.（拒絕）
Hours of Working:
Shelter
Monday - Friday, 11:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday, 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed on City Holidays
Homeless or unwanted animals can be safely dropped off at the shelter.
Animal Protection and Control
Monday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
City Holidays, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Officers on-call overnight to react to emergencies
Administrative Offices
Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Closed on City Holidays
Location: 1156 W. Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX 78703
Mailing address: Town Lake Animal Centre, PO Box 1088, Austin, TX 78767
What’s New:
Animal Cruelty(虐待) Prevention Classes
Purpose: To teach people how to recognize(辨認(rèn)) and report animal cruelty.
Who:  All citizens are encouraged to take this class.
Cause: Usually animal cruelty is relation to (涉及到) family cruelty.People who hurt animals often move on to hurt human beings.If you’re able to recognize and report animal cruelty,you can help prevent cruelty from spreading throughout your area.
【小題1】What is Town Lake Animal Center?
A. It is the largest animal shelter in the USA.
B. It offers many services to animals.
C. It is a place to kill homeless animals.   
D. It is a place to raise animals for food.
【小題2】If you meet a badly hurt pet dog at night, which is the best choice according to the passage?

A．Send it to Shelter immediately.
B．Send it to Administrative Offices at once.
C．Send it to Animal Protection and Control at once.
D．Call Animal Protection and Control quickly.
【小題3】Animal Cruelty Prevention Classes is held to _________.
A．protect and save more animals
B．collect as many animals as possible
C．earn money for Town Lake Animal Center
D．a(chǎn)ttract more volunteers to Town Lake Animal Center


【小題1】B
【小題2】D
【小題3】A

解析試題分析：短文大意：鎮(zhèn)湖動(dòng)物中心是在德克薩斯中部最大的動(dòng)物收容所，每年為超過(guò)23000的動(dòng)物提供庇護(hù)所。
【小題1】鎮(zhèn)湖動(dòng)物中心是什么？
【小題1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文開(kāi)頭Town Lake Animal Center is the largest animal shelter in Central Texas, providing shelter for more than 23,000 animals each year and animal control services for all of Austin and Travis County.可知該選B。
【小題2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中Animal Protection and ControlMonday - Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.Saturday - Sunday, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.City Holidays, 7:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.Officers on-call overnight to react to emergencies可知該選D。
【小題3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段可知該選A。
考點(diǎn)：日常生活類閱讀。

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