填空题

Many dogs were going to be killed. A group of people that help animals heard about this. They wanted to do something to help the dogs.
The animals were all at a pound. A pound is a place where animals without owners are kept. Lots of the animals were very sick. The pound needed to be cleaned. If it was not cleaned the healthy animals would get sick too. Something had to be done to help them.
The dogs could not stay at the pound when it was being cleaned. They needed to leave for a few days. The dogs would be killed if workers could not find a place for them to stay.
The dogs were saved. The group of people that help animals took care of the dogs. Families took some of the other dogs home.

单选题 What is a pound? A. A place where animals live. B. A place for animals to swim in. C. A place where homeless animals are kept.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[详细解答] 第二段第二句解释了pound的含义为收留无家可归的动物的场所。

单选题 Why would the dogs be killed? A. Because there were no other places for them to stay in while the pound was cleaned. B. Because they were dangerous. C. Because people didn't like them.

【正确答案】 A

【答案解析】[详细解答] 第三段最后一句“清洁时必须为狗找个地方，找不到的话，就只能被杀死”。

单选题 Lots of animals were

A、

A. very dirty
B、

B. very weak
C、

C. very active

【正确答案】 B

【答案解析】[详细解答] 第二段第三句即为答案。

单选题 Who helped the dogs? A. Some families. B. Some people who help animals. C. Both A and B.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[详细解答] 最后一段讲“动物保护者照顾这些狗，有些家庭收养了另外一些狗”，所以答案为C。

单选题 Why would people want to help the dogs?

A、

A. They are the owners of the dogs.
B、

B. Their children like the dogs.
C、

C. They like the dogs.

【正确答案】 C

【答案解析】[详细解答] 从全文分析，A显然不对，B文中没有交待，只有C是可能的答案。