"Well, we’re in our new house. Let’s get a new pet to get along with," Mrs. Brown said to her husband.

"That sounds like a pretty good idea." he answered. "Do you want to see the ads in the newspaper?"

"Let's go to the animal shelter. Many pets there need homes. Since tomorrow is Saturday, we can both go." she said.

Next morning the Browns met Mr. Snow at the animal shelter. "We want to be sure that the pets here go to good homes." Mr. Snow said. "So I need to ask you some questions."

After they talked for a while, the Browns decided to get a small dog. It wouldn't need a big house or a big yard. A small dog would bark(吠) and warn them if someone tried to break into their house. After Mr. Snow gave the Browns a book on pet care, they chose one named Shadow and wanted to take her home right away. But the animal doctor hadn't checked her yet. So Mr. Snow told them to return on Sunday.

On Sunday afternoon the Browns went to the animal shelter. The animal doctor said, "Shadow has had all of her shots(預(yù)防針). She will be healthy. "The Browns thanked the doctor and took Shadow home.

56. The word "shelter" in the third paragraph means________.

A. a place to sell small dogs              B. a place to keep homeless animals

C. a place to study animals               D. a place to sell books on pet care

57. Mr. Snow asked the Browns some questions to__________.

A. see if they had moved to a new house     

B. find out how rich the Browns were

C. know where they would keep their new pet  

D. make sure they would take care of pets

58. The Browns think that a small dog________.

A. doesn’t need a house to keep             B. can help them watch their house

C. eats less food than a bigger one            D. usually has a beautiful name

59. It's clear that________.

A. Shadow will not be easy to gel ill 

B. the Browns were not pleased with Shadow

C. the doctor didn't check Shadow at all         

D. Shadow likes barking a lot

56~59  BDBA


解析:

文章講述了布朗夫婦搬到新家后，到動(dòng)物收容所領(lǐng)養(yǎng)新寵物的經(jīng)過。最終他們領(lǐng)養(yǎng)了一只健康的小狗。

56. B  詞義猜測題。由文章第三段的“Many pets there need homes.”和第四段的“We want to be sure that the pets here go to good homes…”可猜出shelter是一個(gè)收養(yǎng)無家可歸的動(dòng)物的地方。故選B。

57. D  推理判斷題。Mr Snow提問的目的是要看看布朗夫婦能否照顧好動(dòng)物。

58. B  細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章倒數(shù)第二段第三句“A small dog would bark and warn them if someone tried to break into their house.”可以確定答案。

59. A  推理判斷題。從文章最后一段的內(nèi)容“Shadow has had all of her shots. She will be healthy.”可推斷出答案。

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